Serving as a member of the Youth Orchestra Division board of directors for the League of American Orchestras. The mission of the Youth Orchestra Division of the League is to promote youth orchestras as essential musical, educational, and cultural assets and to provide resources to help all youth orchestras build and maintain artistic and organizational excellence.

---Provide consulting services to a variety of small to medium non-profit organizations throughout the country, including grant writing services, marketing and management consulting, and general organization structure consulting---Successfully increased current client grant awards through previous and new funding streams by nearly $500,000 in under one year

---Execute all management functions, in consultation with the Board of Directors, for the organization, including artistic administration, fundraising, finance, marketing/communications, audience development, human resources, and strategic planning---Collaborate with the Music Director to cultivate and develop the Sinfonia program and participate in artistic season planning for all four youth orchestras within the Sinfonia program---Deepen relationships and regularly communicate with parents, donors, concert and rehearsal venues, school and private music educators, and other community partners to promote and execute programs, support recruitment efforts, and increase the visibility and impact of the organization---Develop and execute a full annual fund plan in collaboration with the Board Development Committee, and identify short-term and long-term institutional funding opportunities to support organizational stability and growth---Recruit, hire, and supervise all staff while continually evaluating opportunities for infrastructure growth to support a multi-tiered and growing youth orchestra program---Oversaw the launch of a new ensemble in the Sinfonia program at the beginning of the 2022-2023 season, which has already doubled in size in its second season; led the organization to its highest level of annual fund revenue in 26 years; oversaw and executed a complex organizational move into a new state-of-the-art rehearsal venue at the beginning of the 2023-2024 season

Develop and teach curriculum for the Graduate Arts Administration program. I have developed and taught material for the following courses:--Introduction to Arts Administration--Technology Management for the Arts--Technology Tools for Cultural Managers

---Responsible for the management of all logistics of international and domestic tour planning, including negotiating and executing contracts with hotels, major airlines, charter airline companies/brokers, ground transportation companies, and other travel industry vendors---Advanced all future touring plans, including in-person pre-tour site visits and presentation of travel recommendations to senior team managers. Ensured recommendations are viable based on orchestra trade agreement guidelines. ---Managed and cultivated travel vendor relationships through regular communication regarding upcoming travel, industry standards, and changes in the field of travel and hospitality ---Managed the inter-departmental tour planning team, which is composed of 15+ individuals of varying management levels; scheduled and led regular team meetings; assigned touring responsibilities to all participants and followed up as needed---Provided travel advice and booking assistance to a 135+ member tour party, including high-profile guest artist VIPs, staff, senior management, and professional musicians. Executed the passport renewal and travel visa application process as needed for all tour party members in a timely fashion. ---Escorted the orchestra on all tours and external concerts, ensuring smooth and seamless travel logistics for the duration of the tour; traveled in advance of the group to prepare group check-in at the next city---Produced tour book itinerary and other internal planning documents to ensure transparent communication of the itinerary to the entire touring party---Hired, negotiated, and executed contracts with touring assistants and external travel agents as needed ---Developed and managed budgets and other key financials for a multi-million dollar touring program

---Administrator for all large ensemble performance-related activities, including all operational logistics for domestic and international performances, personnel assignments, and rehearsal and performance schedules. Managed two direct reports (Orchestra Librarian and Coordinator of Community Performances) ---Executed all operational logistics for orchestra services in Philadelphia and on tours, including liaising with venues regarding stage plots, production needs, load-in/out schedules, and communicating with vendors relative to bussing and instrument transport ---Corresponded directly with guest conductors and soloists, ensuring all artistic and hospitality needs were met prior to and during their time with Curtis ---Oversaw annual orchestra production and orchestra library budgets ensuring fiscal compliance ---Developed and maintained an orchestra service schedule allowing for an ideal balance of academic, chamber music, and ensemble participation while collaborating with other performance and academic staff ---Generated rosters for all orchestra projects, prioritizing ideal personnel fairness through tracking and conferring with faculty ---Provided resources for students relative to future careers as professional orchestra musicians by mirroring the personnel management practices at major American symphony orchestras ---Moderated and reconciled sensitive and confidential personnel matters in close consultation with Curtis faculty and staff ---Cultivated lists of substitute musicians and hired additional ringers as needed ---Oversaw the maintenance and distribution of the Curtis Instrument Collection

---Execute all management functions, in consultation with the Board of Directors, for the organization, including artistic administration, fundraising, finance, marketing/communications, audience development, human resources, and strategic planning. ---Collaborate with the Music Director to cultivate and develop the Sinfonia program and participate in artistic season planning for all four youth orchestras within the Sinfonia program.---Deepen relationships and regularly communicate with parents, donors, concert and rehearsal venues, school and private music educators, and other community partners to promote and execute programs, support recruitment efforts, and increase the visibility and impact of the organization.---Develop and execute a full annual fund plan in collaboration with the Board Development Committee, and identify short-term and long-term institutional funding opportunities to support organizational stability and growth.---Recruit, hire, and supervise all staff while continually evaluating opportunities for infrastructure growth to support a multi-tiered and growing youth orchestra program.---Expanded earned and contributed revenues by 40% over two fiscal years; oversaw the planning and launch of a new ensemble in the Sinfonia program at the beginning of the 2012-2013 season; developed and managed administrative systems as the organization's first full-time executive director

---Key departmental staff member for all community-based programs for the Education and Community Partnerships Department, programs that reached over 40,000 greater Philadelphia area residents per season ---Coordinated internal and external communications for the department, including all departmental website content, brochure production and distribution, and correspondence with internal departments and external partners ---Cultivated partnerships with the Philadelphia community, school groups, and other arts organizations ---Collaborated with other administrative departments to facilitate artist management, event planning, and ticketing for all community-based programs ---Represented the Orchestra at organizational programs and events, including education and subscription concerts and special events ---Managed department interns and contract employees

---Supported the production of two highly successful and internationally distributed Global Concert Series live concert multicasts in 2008 and acted as a production coordinator for earlier multicasts ---Participated in content development, planning, and production of monthly podcasts designed to facilitate an educational opportunity for audiences ---Developed and executed in-house marketing plan for commercial CD releases on the Ondine label and download releases on the Online Music Store, and was the primary organizational contact with Ondine ---Research and development into expanding the Orchestra’s online music distribution strategy, including facilitating discussions with potential collaborators and surveying musicians, patrons, and staff ---Responsible for most department financial matters, including serving as department contact with the finance department---Coordinated internal and external communication for the department and managed all paper and electronic files ---Managed department interns and contract employees

Provided front line marketing support for the organization during its annual summer residency at Tanglewood.