Independent historian with interests in Venice, slavery, early modern European history, economic history, historiography.• Forthcoming 2022. “How early modern Italian men and women felt toward slaves: evidence from merchant letters and business documents” for essay collection on representations of slavery in medieval and early modern Italy. • April 2021. “Richelieu’s Niece – Thwarted Nun and New France Power Broker” for the Renaissance Society of America annual conference.• September 2020. Delivered paper “Mountain Imagery in Genoese, Ragusan, and Venetian Cityscapes” for the conference Image and Ascent: Mountain Terrains in the History of Art at the Warburg Institute, London.• March 2020. Delivered paper “Five Practical Ideas for Reframing Medieval and Renaissance Course Material to Increase Student Interest” for the conference Pedagogy and the Premodern at the Duke University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.• April 2016. Delivered paper "Shakespeare, Venice, and the Venetian Empire" for the Shakespeare and Our Times conference at Old Dominion University. • March – April 2016. Delivered paper “Convertite Establishments in Venice, the Terraferma and the Stato da Mar” at the Renaissance Society of America annual conference.• October 2009. Delivered paper “A Penny for a ‘Get-Penny”’: The Long, Stable Price of Entertainment at Shakespeare’s Globe” at American Shakespeare Theatre Blackfriars Conference.• Spring 2005. Delivered paper “The Winged Lion of St. Mark: Logo of Venice, Inc.” at European Business History conference in Frankfurt. • Spring 2004. Delivered paper “Venice: The Economic Model Turned Upside Down” at European Business History conference in Barcelona.

Write and deliver slide lectures for Viking Ocean Cruises. Topics to date include “History of Venice—From the Byzantines to Napoleon,” “The Medieval Maritime Republics,” “Naples, Pompeii & Herculaneum,” and “The Medici Bank—Its Rise & Fall.”

Advisory Board Member for Virginia Institute of Finance (www.viftraining.com), a training and consulting firm registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia and licensed to operate under the Knowledge and Human Development Authority of Dubai. Virginia Institute of Finance delivers state-of-the-art business training to help organizations and individuals thrive in an increasingly competitive environment. VIF currently offers over 30 courses in the areas of Accounting & Finance, Strategy & Planning, Leadership & Management; and Project Management.

A lead professional for VPP’s investments in nonprofit organizations, working to help these investment partners become stronger and increase their positive impact on the lives of the children and young people in greater Washington.

Working with Dean, faculty, and staff, provided leadership for all graduate business programs at Boston College's Carroll School of Management: FT MBA, PT MBA, MA in Finance, MA in Accounting, PhD in Finance, and PhD in Organizational Studies. •Led curriculum revision emphasizing data analytics for better employment outcomes.•Strategically explored new and online programs.•Completed first year of enhanced marketing program, including website traffic growth with new landing pages and migration from legacy management to CRM system.

• Spearheaded effort to establish first off-campus cohort for successful MBA Evening Program. Chaired exploration committee of regular faculty, adjunct faculty, local business leaders, student, and alum. Researched and wrote detailed marketing study and project proposal. Led efforts to gain needed approvals from McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Middle States Commission on Higher Education (accreditation body), State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, and Fairfax County. Working with faculty and staff on crafting high-quality, "same-as" experience. Developed budget. Negotiated facilities contract. At scale, expansion will increase Georgetown's MBA population by 20% and result in $6+ million in new revenues.• With others, innovated to expand pool of applicants to Georgetown's full-time and Evening MBA programs using social media, video, live events, and outreach. Applications increased 23%.• Led web redesign for MBA Programs.• Executive producer for MBA video marketing series.• Co-authored strategic plan for MBA Full-Time and Part-Time programs.

• Led small team that grew number of students from 280 at arrival to 390 and revenues from $6.65 million to $10.78 million.• Program advanced in rankings from #23 to #14 to #11 among part-time MBA programs (U.S. News).• Worked with faculty to design and deliver Business and Public Policy Residency featuring participation by Alice Rivlin, Ray Suarez, Charlie Cook, Andrew Kohut, and Earl Pomeroy in 2011 and 2012.• Worked with career management team to enhance offerings, including highly-rated curriculum and executive coaching, resulting in 30%+ increase in salaries from program entry to graduation.• Collaborated collegially and effectively with faculty, increasing the number of regular faculty teaching in the evening by 75%.• Instituted rigorous survey program to ascertain levels of satisfaction with all aspects of program and take appropriate action.• Worked with development and alumni teams to establish Evening Program alumni group.

• Devised and executed marketing plan for nonprofit consulting segment, growing it from 8% to 31% of DC revenues. Personally generated $3 million of sales in 18 months.• Planned and executed networking strategy with key influencers resulting in speaking engagements, higher visibility and successful sales opportunities.• Served as interim CFO for $14 million award-winning NGO, executive coach for CEO of national healthcare advocacy organization, senior consultant on finance and membership for $40 million trade association. Led teams in crisis engagements with clients doing work in AIDS treatment, immigrant healthcare, and wildlife protection. • Was one of nine Partners out of 700+ nationwide named to Tatum CFO Council. • Twice given “Firm First Award.”

• Recruited as the top financial executive to reshape finance, administration, technology. • Led internal/external team in relaunch of CPB website. Page views increased 75% through improved page structure and focus and more user-centered experience.• Championed customer service excellence across the organization and shifted adversarial relationships with program directors to supportive, collaborative partnerships.• Led significant changes to a $2M facility renovation, completed on time, on budget.• Led finance, admin and web staff of 40 through 6 direct reports.

• Advanced through increasingly responsible financial and administrative roles (Director of Budget; Director of Budget and Finance; Director of Finance and Administration; Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration) under three Presidents. • Grew earned revenues during a period of substantial state/federal government scrutiny of public funding. Administered 73% revenue increase and 32% programming increase.• Recruited and developed a top-flight team and instituted a new service culture based on understanding customer needs, strategic partnering and customer service excellence. Dramatically improved credibility and responsiveness.• Helped secure funding and ensure on-budget completion of $35M building renovation.• Led finance, business services, and facilities, with staff of 40 through 6 direct reports.

• Recruited to introduce a fresh leadership perspective, internal controls and market-focused programs into a 75+ year old organization. • Held P&L and operational oversight for finance, HR, office services, facilities, security and retail/rental operations. • Ensured on-time, on-budget completion of $6M museum annex. • Wrote museum’s first endowment investment policy• Led a staff of 60+ through 5 direct reports. • Reported to the President, staffed Audit & Finance Committee.

• Recruited by a newly appointed Director to plan and orchestrate a strategic change in the organization to mirror the Director’s vision of operational excellence. • Led top-to-bottom assessment and upgrade of finance, HR, administration, and services. • Led on-time, on budget completion of $100,000 exhibition construction.• Led a staff of 35 through 5 direct reports. Reported to the Director.