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Los Angeles, California, United States

Leading the new sports vertical for first-in-class, multi-platform talent/content management company Workhouse Media. Workhouse is the preeminent management company for helping talent and content developers expand their brands and businesses across multiple entertainment platforms. Responsible for helping Workhouse further develop their presence in sports. The firm was founded in 2001 and has offices in Seattle, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Florida, and Chicago.

Orange, California, United States

The PADRE Foundation was founded in 1985 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization designed to support families and adolescents living with Type 1 diabetes in Southern California through programs which include health education, support groups, and events. PADRE was created by a group of parents who recognized the need for the kind of support that PADRE provides to families of children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Today, PADRE serves more than 1,700 pediatric patients annually throughout Southern California.

New York | Bristol, Ct | Los Angeles

Promoted from local to national role as VP of ESPN Audio, leading all business divisions for national audio and a team of 70 responsible for podcast content and radio/podcast advertising sales, distribution, marketing, and research. Drove $115M in revenue from 250+ national advertisers and 400+ distribution affiliates and reached 20% of Americans each week.SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Aggressively expanded content distribution beyond radio/linear TV to digital streams, podcasts, ESPN+, and YouTube, effectively reaching a larger audience and overcoming a 12-year decline in radio listenership. ESPN Audio reached more Americans in 2022 than ever before and captured 55% of all digital sports audio listening.► Secured exclusive right to manage podcast ad sales and distribution for ABC/ABC News (previously with 3rd party); fiscal 2023 ad revenues will finish up +95% vs. 2022. ► Led national business through entirety of COVID pandemic, as all shows and staff shifted to producing and working remotely, live sports halted for months, and ad marketplace contracted significantly; despite pandemic, grew podcast ad revenues by 9% in 2020, 6% in 2021, and 21% in 2022.► Realigned ESPN Audio to support broader Disney reorganization, shifting ad sales and distribution teams to Disney units and podcast content team to ESPN Digital. ► Managed sale of ESPN’s local media operations in NY, LA, and Chicago in 2022 and led multi-month transition of businesses and teams to new owner.

Los Angeles

Recruited to return to The Walt Disney Company as senior executive to turn around and grow ESPN’s local media operations in Los Angeles (radio, podcasting, and digital audio content/ad sales). Led team of 50 driving $30M in revenue.SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Drove ESPNLA’s growth from $17M to nearly $30M in revenue, reaching >1M sports fans per week. ► Grew ESPNLA’s ratings from perennial #2 (to Fox Sports) to 50% larger than #2 and #3 combined. ► Rapidly expanded ESPN’s digital footprint in LA, growing ad revenues at a 25% CAGR. ► Pitched and won long-term partnerships with LA Lakers (extended 3X), LA Rams (upon move from St. Louis and extended 2X), LA Angels (extended 3X), and LAFC (extended 1X). ► Signed and developed marquee on-air talent in LA including Keyshawn Johnson, Max Kellerman, Marcellus Wiley, and Jorge Sedano; each advanced to larger national TV/radio roles. ► Advanced diversity at ESPNLA, with African Americans and Hispanics eventually accounting for two-thirds of on-air talent and 60% of audience. ► Negotiated several union agreements with SAG-AFTRA and consistently maintained productive relationship.

San Francisco, Ca

Launched firm with $100M in capital commitments from high-net-worth individuals. Focused primarily on early and growth stage opportunities in digital media and entertainment sectors. Added two professionals and greatly expanded deal flow. Halted investments in 2009 due to collapse of financial markets and shifted focus to unwinding of portfolio investments and management consulting projects. SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Led two rounds of investment in digital media startup focused on kids/families; helped founders build website to 1M uniques/month and $150K in monthly ad revenue; sold to News Corp./Fox. ► Developed strategy for and managed initial execution of new music company concept; acquired recording studio in Los Angeles and signed first artist. ► Completed several consulting projects, including for two children's media/consumer products companies and for rapidly expanding Bay Area fitness venture.

San Francisco, Ca

Hired to turn around videogame division after challenging year under prior leadership (significant drop in EBITDA, troubled launch of website, and print underperformance). Managed 3 monthly magazines (16M readers/month), 6 websites (10M uniques/month and 85M page views/month), and 5 weekly podcasts (750K downloads/month). Division generated >$40M/year in revenue from 165 advertisers and employed 110 people across 5 cities.SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Grew EBITDA by 36% despite 18% drop in revenue (tied to gaming industry hardware transition).► Increased online reach from 850K to 10M uniques/month and grew online revenues five-fold. ► Acquired 2 websites and launched 3 others; grew audience of flagship website 3X. ► Signed exclusive 5-year deal with ESPN to provide content for videogame channel on ESPN.com. ► Secured 5-year partnership with Microsoft to be exclusive media partner for Games for Windows. ► Integrated previously segmented editorial, ad sales, and marketing teams.

Los Angeles | New York

Promoted to EVP of ABC Radio Networks, managing international operations and digital media and driving all new business development efforts. Grew digital media effort with 175% revenue growth in 2 years and operating margin swing from -33% to +10%.

Burbank, Ca

Elevated to SVP of ABC Broadcast Group, serving as right-hand to President of group (TV Network, TV stations, and radio) in managing division ($6B in revenue, $1B in operating income, and 10,000 employees).

Burbank, Ca

Selected to be first VP/GM of Radio Disney, growing business from inception to more than 40 stations (14 of top 20 markets) reaching more than 1M kids per week. Managed 161 employees in 13 locations, 9 studios in 3 locations, and budget of $25M. Managed acquisition of 12 major-market radio stations for aggregate consideration of $104M.

Master In Business Administration

Bachelor Of Arts, Cum Laude, Economics

Business Fellows Program (Early-Entry Mba)

Pre-Law Program