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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States

Scriptwriter for five consecutive James Beard Awards. In this role I craft speeches for Beard Foundation principals, industry presenters and celebrity Emcees at four distinct events: The Restaurant & Chef Nominee Announcement and the Leadership Awards, Media Awards and Restaurant & Chef Awards. I also think up, pitch and script intro videos for Emcees and star presenters. My proudest accomplishment in this role: helping the Foundation articulate its message during the COVID pandemic and social… Show more Scriptwriter for five consecutive James Beard Awards. In this role I craft speeches for Beard Foundation principals, industry presenters and celebrity Emcees at four distinct events: The Restaurant & Chef Nominee Announcement and the Leadership Awards, Media Awards and Restaurant & Chef Awards. I also think up, pitch and script intro videos for Emcees and star presenters. My proudest accomplishment in this role: helping the Foundation articulate its message during the COVID pandemic and social uprising of 2020-22 and through the period of recovery that followed. Show less

New York City Metropolitan Area

On this short but exciting job I got to interview last-pick-of-the-draft athletes in Women's Pro Basketball, Soccer and Tennis about what it takes to stay centered under intense pressure, and then turn their words into narration for the campaign.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Scriptwriter and Supervising Story Producer for two doc series from Academy Award-nominated director Leslie Iwerks: 100 Years of Warner Bros. (streaming on MAX; premiered at Cannes 2023) and Superpowered: The DC Story (streaming on MAX).

San Francisco Bay Area

I produced key on-site interviews and rehearsal footage at the San Francisco Ballet for this celebration of the career and creative legacy of the SFB's beloved Artistic Director, Helgi Tomasson. The project was directed remotely by New York based filmmaker Elizabeth Hummer. It screened at the Ballet at the opening of Tomasson's final season in 2022.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Human: The World Within is a top-rated series from Netflix that explores the workings of the major systems in the human body. As a scriptwriter/story producer in the development phase of the show, I conducted extensive research, pitched segments and wrote story outlines and narration for episodes 1-3: Birth, Pulse and Fuel. I am proudest of my work on Ep.1, which centered the birthing experiences of women from different walks of life and shifted the POV of story of human conception from a… Show more Human: The World Within is a top-rated series from Netflix that explores the workings of the major systems in the human body. As a scriptwriter/story producer in the development phase of the show, I conducted extensive research, pitched segments and wrote story outlines and narration for episodes 1-3: Birth, Pulse and Fuel. I am proudest of my work on Ep.1, which centered the birthing experiences of women from different walks of life and shifted the POV of story of human conception from a classic 'hero's journey' of the sperm to the exquisitely complex maneuvers carried out by the largest, rarest and most sophisticated of all our cells: the egg. Show less

New York City Metropolitan Area

Story Producer for 3 episodes of this 8-part series looking at American fiction fans' 100 best-loved novels. My biggest thrill was working directly with host Meredith Viera to record narration I wrote for her across all 8 episodes. My biggest challenge was crafting succinct, attention-grabbing intros for all one hundred books. The show enjoyed one of the largest viewing audiences in the history of PBS.

New York City Metropolitan Area

As Supervising Producer on S1 and Co-Executive Producer on S2 this Daytime Emmy-Winning show with hosts Blair Underwood and Jenna Bush-Hager, I researched, pitched, wrote and post-produced multiple episodes while simultaneously overseeing story development and post for four other producer/editor teams. I was instrumental in setting the tone and feel of the show, which was created to put focus on organizations that apply small-scale, local solutions to big national problems like homelessness and… Show more As Supervising Producer on S1 and Co-Executive Producer on S2 this Daytime Emmy-Winning show with hosts Blair Underwood and Jenna Bush-Hager, I researched, pitched, wrote and post-produced multiple episodes while simultaneously overseeing story development and post for four other producer/editor teams. I was instrumental in setting the tone and feel of the show, which was created to put focus on organizations that apply small-scale, local solutions to big national problems like homelessness and hunger. Show less