With 20+ years of experience my leadership enriches lives through cultured arts programming. The through-line of my professional career is creativity and community service. I thrive on integrating artistic vitality and cultural vibrancy wherever they intersect with people’s everyday life and have social and economic impact.Professional Skills:• Event planning and festival curating;• Grant-writing, grant-making and advisory reviewing;• Artist proposals and commissioning;• Public speaking and emceeing; • Contract analysis and negotiation;• Copyright / intellectual property expert;• Intermediary for artists and general public alike;• Interpersonal, supervisional, and encouraging.Highlights:• Produced SWITCHFOOT Concert and Exhibition at San Diego International Airport, a worldwide trending topic covered by media outlets like San Diego Union-Tribune and 91X. Streamed Internationally;• Produced first-ever U.S. Airport Performing Arts Residency Program at San Diego International Airport, a worldwide trending topic covered by media outlets like CNN, USA Today, Vice/Live Nation and The Telegraph. Broadcast Internationally;• Produced Frankie Knuckles Tribute Concert at Cloudgate Plaza (public art sculpture “The Bean”), a worldwide trending topic covered by media outlets like the Huffington Post and DNAinfo. 13,000 Attended; • Co-produced Jackie Robinson West Little League U.S. Champions Rally at Millennium Park featuring Chance the Rapper and more, a worldwide trending topic covered by media outlets like the Chicago Tribune. 13,000 Attended.