I am a museum administrator and curator with over 20 years of experience in the arts, entertainment and culture industries. I currently serve as the first full-time Executive Director of Denniston Hill, an artist residency founded by artists Julie Mehretu, Paul Pfeiffer and Lawrence Chua. From 2015-2020, I served as the Founding Director of The Underground Museum in Los Angeles, guiding the museum’s storied transformation from artists Noah and Karon Davis' storefront vision to a world-renowned contemporary art center locally anchored by civic engagement. Under my leadership, The Underground Museum, launched 7 critically acclaimed exhibitions and 100s of public programs. I oversaw major capital improvements and The UM's garden expansion, established 10 new permanent staff positions, secured upwards of $3 Million in grant funding, and successfully grew the museum's annual operating budget from $100,000 to over $1 Million. During its existence, The UM fostered deep, lasting relationships with its neighborhood and remains a model for how a globally recognized contemporary art museum can simultaneously be an integral member of its community. My curatorial projects rooted in dance, performance, and new technologies have been shown at institutions around the world, including Dolby Gallery, Museo Pecci Milano, Sonos Studio Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, District Berlin, ICA Boston, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). In 2023, I will launch an exhibition at the new international terminal of LAX airport, commissioned by Los Angeles' Department of Cultural Affairs.I have written for several artist publications and exhibition catalogs, including Edges of the Experiment by Marie-Josè Jongerius (2014, Fw: Books Amsterdam) and Dance/Draw at ICA Boston (2011, Hatje Cantz). My published thesis, “The Kinesthetic Citizen: Dance and Critical Art Practices” (2011), examines the kinesthetic experience of six contemporary dance-based art works through the lens of political and spatial theories in order to locate political empathy in everyday movement, social encounters and lived experiences. I hold a Master of Public Art Studies from the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Art. Prior to graduate school, I was the Creative Director for Capitol Records in Los Angeles. From 2000-2004, I was the chief researcher, producer and artist liaison for photographer Annie Leibovitz’s book “American Music.”