COOMER is a full-service advertising agency based in Lexington, KY with global teams and brand partners.  We are dedicated to big ideas that permeate culture to create meaningful impact, brand growth and enduring loyalty and advocacy through shared-belief. Certified B Corp.

Wise Bird Cider is an award-winning, family-run business committed to crafting small-batch traditional-style ciders made with a focus on tradition and quality from the best apples we can get our hands on. We believe that great apples make great ciders and we source as many apples as we can from Kentucky but we also seek out harder to find, cider-specific apples from our neighbors in Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania when we need to. We are committed to our community, to Lexington, and to Kentucky. We believe in staying as local as possible for as much as possible. We believe in being good people, hiring good people and that giving back to our community makes our world a better place.

Results driven media executive with expertise in creative development, client management, budgeting, production, and team building. Experience in broadcast, digital, short- and long-format, and feature films.

CNF is a non-profit with the mission to serve as a collaborative center of education, resources, and support for children and their families living with neurologic conditions, and facilitate connection with medical professionals who care for them. I served as the bridge between staff and our executive office, operationalizing the vision of the CEO and Board. I was responsible for ensuring a strong company culture which serves as a bedrock for staff to create the positive impact it is charged with for our community. CNF’s ability to do for others starts with a healthy foundation.

Wrigley Media Group is a full-service creative, marketing, and media company. As SVP of Production, part of the senior executive team, I played a key role in the growth of WMG’s production department and the strategy behind its expansion into content created for mass consumption. I oversaw the moving parts of all productions – movies for theatrical release, national commercial campaigns, branded content – and the teams charged with their creation. • Managed the change of production personnel from project managers to full-scale creative producers, resulting in higher quality productions and projects, an increase in repeat clients, and more won pitches • Created and implemented new – and more efficient – workflows to bring the company up to industry standards, while increasing quality and maintaining the bottom line • Responsible for growing the production teams needed to handle 35+% YoY growth in projects• Accountable for the individual growth plans and development of all production staff members

Storyblocks is a venture-backed company and the first unlimited download, subscription-based provider of stock media. As the VP leading the Content Acquisition and Contributor Engagement teams, I led Storyblocks’ launch of its revolutionary “Marketplace” and was responsible for the strategy of all aspects of content across Storyblocks, from our subscription libraries to our Marketplaces. As part of the Management Team, I played a key role in ensuring the success of the company by bringing the perspective of the creative industry to the development of new products and services.• Created and executed the strategy for content acquisition and new content partnerships across all sites• Oversaw content management (submissions portal, guidelines, content quality assurance) and the teams that supported these endeavors• Responsible for developing the content budget and accountable for the financial health and monetization of the Marketplaces and subscription libraries• Responsible for relationships with the contributor/artist community, including over 30,000 individual artists, as well as large-scale content providers. Oversaw community engagement, marketing, email communications, social media, and contributor customer service. • Represented Storyblocks at conferences (DMLA, NAB, CEPIC) as a panelist and presenter; interviewed by major publications (Forbes, Digital Trends, Studio Daily, etc.)Metrics:• Expanded the video Marketplace to over 5M assets in less than 3 years, grew content team from 3 to 8 • Key leader in Storyblocks Enterprise platform launch, achieving a content opt-in rate of over 98% • Exceeded year-over-year goals: Increased contributor sales by 42%, subscriptions to Storyblocks via the Marketplace by over 20%, and content growth by over 70% (FY 2017)

Summit Series is an invitation-only event and production company that “fosters a global community of entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, philanthropists and thought leaders.” Summit Mountain Holding Group is the company that co-owns Summit Powder Mountain, with Summit Series. I was recruited to join the Summit Series leadership team to help integrate operations with Summit’s acquisition of Powder Mountain (North America’s largest ski mountain) and was responsible for operationalizing Summit’s core values to create a thriving culture in a tumultuous, fast-paced, startup environment.

Recruited as part of the original team charged with the start-up and development of Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between Showtime Networks and The Smithsonian Institution.• Created, managed, and oversaw the network’s multi-million-dollar programming and development budgets and slate, which resulted in successful delivery – on time and on budget – of hundreds of hours of finished programming • Built – from the ground up – the network’s archive and digital asset management systems and oversaw its personnel• Spearheaded the network’s stock footage licensing agreement with Getty Images, resulting in over six-figures in on-going and growing yearly profit

DIRECTOR, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT• 9/11: Day That Changed the World: Two-hour special narrated by Martin Sheen, with exclusive interviews by Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Rudy Giuliani, Andrew Card, and Richard Clarke. • The Hunt for Bin Laden: Two-hour special featuring insightful interviews with Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Clark, Laura Bush as well as a host of CIA and FBI counter-terrorism officials. • Remembering the Wall: Vietnam at 25: New York Film Festival Gold Medal, CINE Golden Eagle Award, Parade Magazine’s “Pick of the Week,” Emmy Award nomination. • Apocalypse: The Second World War: Six-part series reviewed by The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, selected as Pick of the Week by The Christian Science Monitor. (Smithsonian Channel)• Aerial America: Fifty-part series that tells America’s story from a bird’s eye view. (Smithsonian Channel)PRODUCER / FIELD PRODUCER• Angkor Wat: Empire Rising (w/t) and Angkor Thom: Seat of Power: A two-hour, 3D special shot on location in Cambodia, hosted by Yul Kwon of Survivor fame. • Aerial America: Hawaii and Aerial America: California: Two of the first of 50 Aerial America programs in production at Smithsonian Channel.• Smithsonian Spotlight: Space: Bots or Bodies: Smithsonian Spotlight is a series which takes an in-depth look at the exhibitions, fieldwork, and personalities of the Smithsonian Institution with host Susan Spencer (correspondent on 48 Hours, CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning).LINE PRODUCER • The Science Channel’s 100 Greatest Discoveries: 9-part series hosted by Bill Nye, “the science guy.”• Addicted to Oil: Thomas L. Friedman Reporting: Hosted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. • You, the Owner’s Manual with Dr. Mehmet Oz: TV program based on the award-winning book. (Discovery Health)