Academy of American Poets / (2025-2026)
- Interim Director of Development
- Produced the 2025 Chancellors Reading and Awards Benefit at the Guggenheim Museum
- Rebuit development operations infrastructure
Woodie King Jr’s New Federal Theatre / (2025-2026)
- Development and Communications Consultant
Arts Ignite (formerly Artists Striving to End Poverty) / 2022 – Present
Arts Ignite (formerly Artists Striving to End Poverty) / 2022 – 2024
- Executive Director of an international arts education organization
- Led this international arts education organization through a period of transformational growth.
- Designed and executed complete re-branding of the organization from a founder-led operation to achieve among all stakeholders the quantitative and qualitative impact needed to bring forth a solution-based culture, with detailed action plans for accountability, feasibility and implementation.
- While serving in this leadership capacity, remained actively engaged in fundraising strategy and and direct donor cultivation
- Launched a new annual fundraiser and secured first public funding grants from the City and State of New York
- Added 10% new funding within a year
- Completed three-year strategic plan overhauling all operations activities including human resources management, financial management, payroll and benefits, facility management, board recruitment, program evaluation, donor stewardship, database management and capacity buidling
Theatre Forward (formerly National Corporate Theatre Fund)/ 2015-2022
- Director of Development
- Manages all fundraising activities for a service organization supporting advancement activities for 19 leading regional theatres
- Launched the organization’s first patrons programs increasing donor base 15 % over one year
- Secured six-figures contributions from AT&T, Bank of America, The Hearst Foundations
- Funded a $1 million campaign to advance Equity, Diversity and Inclusion efforts at the theatres
- Secured over $1 million of emergency funding for COVID-19
Interschool Orchestras of New York/2019
- Events Management consultant for benefit honoring Jazz legend Howard Johnson
St. Ann’s Warehouse/ 2013-2014
- Interim Director of Major Gifts
Brooklyn Historical Society/ 2014
- Membership and Direct Mail consultant
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music/ 2014-2015
- Development consultant
New York City Mission Society / 2009-2013
- Interim Director of Development
- Provided a comprehensive annual fundraising and communications plan
- Managed the first benefit which raised over $ 1 million for the organization
- Oversaw the launch of a capital campaign and the Bicentennial celebrations
- Produced the organization’s first direct mail acquisition campaign
The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund / 2009-2012
- Advised on making the most effective grants to serve theater companies in the New York tri-state area
- Provided long-term grant making strategy
Theatre Development Fund/2012-2013
- Provided strategic plan for direct mail campaigns
Friends of the High Line/ 2011
- Conducted membership audit
- Advised on new individual giving strategic plan
Save the Chimps/2011-2014
- Advised Board of Directors on Direct Mail campaigns
The Music Store / 2010
- Provided comprehensive business plan for new venture
The Actors Center / 2009
- Devised strategy to launch and fund the first Lloyd Richards Fellowship aimed at training actors of color to take position at the nation’s top acting conservatories
- Advised on the marketing and fundraising campaign to launch the “Week of the Actor” initiative
The Studio Museum in Harlem / 2008
- Increased membership by 12% in six months by restructuring the Museum’s benefits and donor events to match industry standards
- Overhauled the fundraising database to improve efficiency and provide reliable current and future income analysis
New York Theatre Workshop / 2004 – 2008
- Directed all contributed income activities for this off-Broadway theater company
- Increased contributed income from all sources by 35% over three fiscal years
- Launched the theater’s Youth Education programs for high school students
- Curated over 30 public programs on topics ranging from “Contemporary Documentary Theater” to “Building Energy Sustainable Theaters”