I am a creative event producer, curator and cultural strategist with over thirty years of experience envisioning, planning, and implementing cultural events, performances, programs, festivals, and community engagement initiatives, and managing presenting organizations, and artist driven performing arts companies.

I have spent my career supporting and nurturing the creative process, and working to make real our collective vision of the arts and artists as a vital and integral part of a healthy society. 

I am most passionate about connecting people—to each other and to a shared past, present and future—through cultural programs that meet at the intersection of art and social justice and celebrate discovery and foster a culture of diversity, innovation, equity and inclusion.

Founder/Director Mov!ng Culture Projects (OpenCultureWORKS). Formerly Director of Museum Mile Festival for 20 years, Founder and Artistic Director of Riverside Park’s Summer on the Hudson Festival, Executive Director of River To River Festival, Director of Programming for Madison Square Parks’ Mad Sq Art program, Curator of Public Programs for the Van Alen Institute, Managing Director of Performance Space 122, and Ralph Lemon Company, Founder of The Puffin Room, and Contributing Cultural Writer for TheLoDownNYC.com. Member of Manhattan Community Board 3 Member, Creative and Independent Producers Alliance (CIPA)

EXPERIENCE

CORE COMPETENCIES

·    Strategic Planning

·    Creative Visioning

·    Public Programming/Curating

·    Community Engagement

·      Fundraising/Sponsorships

·      Partnership Development

·      Consensus Building

·      Marketing & PR

·    Project Management

·    Budgeting/Fiscal Management

·    Complex Negotiations

·    Operations & Logistics