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New York, United States

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Recognizing the impact of the arts on individual and community health and well-being, the Senior Director of Arts + Well-being at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center leads visionary programming, evaluation, and research at the intersections of arts and health.

Instruction of the graduate course Advanced Professional Seminar, guiding students through the IRB submission process for their Capstone projects, including study design, methodologies, research ethics, and protocols.

Remote

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Developing curriculum, learning objectives, and rubrics for online Arts in Health undergraduate and graduate courses.
• Utilizing the distance-learning format to engage, encourage and build students’ interest in and knowledge of the field.
• Cultivating and advancing students’ academic writing, program development, portfolio development and advocacy skills.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed a $650,000 budget to develop and execute innovative and engaging arts programs at 17 hospitals, post-acute centers and 70 clinics across the largest public health system in the US, serving over 1 million.
• Spearheaded 8-10 simultaneous Community Murals at hospitals across the system annually, inclusive of hiring and training professional artists, scheduling focus groups, planning public programs like “Paint Parties” and.
• Generated effective data collection tools, collecting and analyzing program data to track, evaluate, and improve programs.
• Created and delivered training for art facilitators, including training programs approved for Continuing Education credits.
• Collaborated with arts program contractors, creating Letters of Agreement to ensure safe, creative, and consistent programs.

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Planned and executed nationwide convenings for the Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America initiative.
• Collected and coded qualitative data from convenings, establishing themes and prescribed outcomes and recommendations.
• Established team project management procedures, including the use of an application to increase efficiency.
• Strengthened and streamlined a new website and communications plan, working with team members and managing interns.

• Devised and implemented the organization’s first three-year strategic plan, defining and developing goals, objectives, and strategies through thorough communication and partnership with the Board of Directors.
• Facilitated the complete redesign of the organization’s website, including employing new membership software to track and map membership more efficiently, resulting in a 100% increase in membership in one year.
• Coordinated and strategically publicized the activities of the organization including the annual conferences and summits.
• Secured over $105,000 in event and project sponsorship.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Generated a 200% increase in membership through pioneering a new membership platform, website redesign, and e-campaign.
• Planned, organized, executed, and evaluated programs and events including but not limited to annual symposia, arts accessibility workshops, and public arts engagement activities, while securing over $54,000 in grant.
• Acted as spokesperson for the organization, represented the programs and point of view of the organization to agencies, organizations, and the general public, in particular through regular oral and written.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Lead the development and design for the organization's first strategic plan.
• Implemented action and evaluation plans, and conducted community surveys and needs assessments.
• Drafted, proofread and/or edited a range of materials, including but not limited to grant proposals, publications, reports, program documents, policy memos, presentations, and press releases.

Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

Chelsea/Flatiron, NY

Master Of Arts - Ma, Arts In Medicine

B.F.A., Fine Art