𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 | 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 | 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿I love helping leaders communicate with others. I hate talking about myself. So here are the basics. • I’ve had the privilege of working with an incredibly diverse array of people, including university presidents, entertainment executives, billionaire business leaders, best-selling authors, FBI hostage negotiators, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellows, MIT Innovators Under 35, Academy Award-winning filmmakers, and Emmy-winning TV writers.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗗𝗼 • I help leaders find the stories only they can tell. Help organizations increase profits and raise money. Help speakers engage and inspire audiences. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝗗𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁?• Someone once said of Ted Sorensen, speechwriter and adviser to John F. Kennedy, “He has the rare gift of being an intellectual who can completely sublimate his style to another individual.”• I think of myself less as a writer than a “vision translator,” someone who listens carefully to clients, translates their thoughts, and then enhances the original ideas beyond their expectations. • One former client said, “When you wrote speeches for me, it was phenomenal. From our short conversation, you went off, you did research, you came back with a storyline that was fascinating. I even learned some things I didn’t know as a result.”𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀• I've helped raise over $10 billion for education, medical research, the arts, and other worthy causes.• At Disney, I scripted presentations for the company’s most successful “upfront,” generating a record $9 billion in ad sales.• USC is the largest private employer in the city of Los Angles. I assisted with USC’s President’s Distinguished Artist and Lecture Series, which welcomed prominent leaders, thinkers, and artists, including:- Archbishop Desmond Tutu- Cellist Yo-Yo Ma- Historian David McCullough- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman- Journalists Tom Brokaw and David Gergen- Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates- Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀• I’ve worked as a researcher for an Emmy-winning writer, studied screenwriting with the co-writer of the original "Top Gun,” and learned speechwriting from the former chief speechwriter for the Vice President of the United States.• I also earned the Edward Small Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts.Let's connect and explore how we can elevate your leadership through the art of strategic storytelling.