*Serve as the sole executive and spokesperson for the award-nominated arts business (2013 KYW Small Business Challenge Finalist) that was launched as Roger Lee Dance, LLC in 2012 and renamed to Roger Lee Arts, LLC in 2015. Lead all of the business’ operations. Create, manage, and star in the business’ publicity campaigns that generated over 80 international, national, regional, and local media features. Produce dance company concerts (21 series and three tours), original paintings (14 series and six solo exhibitions), and artist career advice (the programs Artist Career Success Accelerator and Artist Career Building Bootcamp, the web series Roger Lee’s Artist Career Success Interviews, and the e-book Artist Career Building Steps). Hire and supervise production cast and crew members, production consultants, and production interns.*Serve as the Founder, Artistic Director, Resident Choreographer, and a Principal Dancer for Roger Lee Dance Company, an award-nominated professional contemporary jazz dance company (2015 RAW Artists’ National Performing Art Award Semi-Finalist) that is operated by the business and was launched in 2012. Hire and supervise guest choreographers, dancers, singers, musicians, and the Rehearsal Assistant. Maintain the company’s rehearsal residency with Philadanco Studios. *Served as the Founder, Education Director, and Lead Teaching Artist for Roger Lee Arts Academy, a mobile visual and performing arts studio that was operated by the business, launched in 2015, and closed in 2017. Hired and supervised teaching artists and camp counselors.

*Provided strategic counsel to the Founder and President as a member of the senior leadership team for String Theory School of Design (est. 2024), the state’s newest college in the last decade that generated creative endeavors through design, technology, and entrepreneurship.*Led the senior leadership team in launching the college. Designed and implemented the college’s four-month launch plan. Facilitated college planning meetings for four working groups. Wrote the first draft of the college’s standard operating procedures (SOPs), employee handbook, and student handbook. Prepared all college launch documents for inclusion in the college’s first Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) accreditation application.*Led the senior leadership team in launching the college’s first degree program, the new A.A. in Innovation, Design, Arts, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (IDeATE) Program. Led the faculty in designing the program’s first curriculum that included 27 new undergraduate courses (designed 9 of the 27). Provided instructional coaching to the program’s first full-time professors. Designed and led the search process for the program’s first adjunct professors. Maintained the program’s dual enrollment partnership with the Vine Campus of Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School, the city’s largest tuition-free, K-12 charter school that had three campuses. Maintained the program’s membership in School of Thought, a new learning community of schools and sectors (designated Co-Creators) in Philadelphia.

*Provided strategic counsel to the Founder and the Head of School as a member of the senior leadership team for the new private high school that provided citywide experiential learning.Served as the first Director of REVchat Cultural Consultancy (est. 2023), the school’s new alumni-designed, revenue-generating internship program that hired high school and college students as paid cultural consultants to corporate and non-profit clients. Led the alumni founders in launching the program. Designed and implemented the program’s five-month launch plan. Wrote the program’s first standard operating procedures (SOPs). Wrote and submitted the program’s first $100,000 Seed Capital Campaign proposal. Booked Spelman College’s Office of Admission as the program’s first paid client. Helped secure a $50,000 NextStep Grant from VELA Education Fund, the program’s first grant and the school’s largest grant. Managed the six-figure annual programming budget. Hired and supervised the first External Relations Manager, the first Special Projects Manager, the first Administrative Coordinator, and the first four Senior Cultural Consultants and Sales Representatives. Chaired the program’s new 10-member Advisory Committee. Maintained program partnerships with AJO Vista, Nth Round, Cortico (an MIT Media Lab AI Startup), AchieveNEXT, and Reify Solutions.*Created, launched, and managed the school’s first 10-week Future Ready Field Trip Series.*Designed and taught the school’s new courses Future Ready and Dance. Coached a Future Ready student to become the 2nd Place Winner of the 2023 regional Rising Starters High School Pitch Competition at Drexel University’s Startup Fest.*Hosted and facilitated the school’s first dual enrollment partnership meeting with Community College of Philadelphia’s Division of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement.

*Provided strategic counsel to the Chancellor as a member of the senior leadership team (Chancellor’s Council) for one of the most racially diverse Commonwealth Campuses of the state’s largest public university.*Appointed by the Chancellor to serve as a member of the campus’ Budget and Strategic Planning Committee (and its DEIB Subcommittee). Assisted with the committee’s allocation process for the campus’ eight-figure annual operating budget. Led the implementation of all five innovation and entrepreneurship objectives in the campus’ 2020-2025 strategic plan.*Served as the Campus Designee for the university’s Office of Ethics and Compliance. Ensured that all of the campus’ youth programs maintained full compliance with the university.*Served as the Director of Penn State Brandywine LaunchBox (est. 2021, designated an American Express Small Business Neighborhood Champion, and in residence at Lansdowne Economic Development Corporation's Utility Works MakerSpace), the campus’ new state-funded community startup incubator for Pennsylvania’s entrepreneurs, small business owners, and creatives. Led all aspects of the incubator, including programs, committees, development, and facilities. *Represented the campus as a member of Invent Penn State’s statewide, 21-member LaunchBox and Innovation Network (and its DEIB Strategy Committee). Coached the 2nd Place Winner (student team won a $10,000 cash prize) and 3rd Place Winner (student team won a $2,500 cash prize) of Invent Penn State’s 2023 statewide Inc.U Competition.*Represented the university as a member of the Philadelphia Regional Entrepreneurship Education Consortium (PREEC), a group of education leaders from 20 regional colleges and universities that partnered to co-create a new regional entrepreneurship education ecosystem.*Nominated for the campus’ 2023 Connections Award.

*Led the national diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiative for the national non-profit youth development organization’s headquarters in Oakland and five regional offices in San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia.*Produced Championing for Justice and Equity (CJE), the organization’s three-year public panel discussion series that secured corporate sponsorships, featured over 30 corporate and non-profit executives as moderators and panelists, and registered over 1,200 virtual attendees. Supervised five CJE production consultants. Partnered with the External CJE Committee Chair to co-facilitate meetings for the 33-member External CJE Committee. Partnered with the Internal CJE Committee Chair to co-facilitate meetings for the four-member Internal CJE Committee.*Wrote the first draft of the e-book Summer Search’s Guide to Launching a DEIB Initiative.

*Led the public relations initiative for the city’s largest non-profit dance organization that operated two ballet companies (one professional and one pre-professional) and a ballet school. *Served as the organization’s point of contact for media representatives. Provided media training to the Executive Director, the Artistic Director, and Principal Dancers. Created and managed the organization’s publicity campaigns that generated over 100 international, national, regional, and local media features. Supervised five public relations consultants. Maintained the organization’s publicity partnerships with NBC10 / Telemundo 62 and Kimmel Cultural Campus.*Oversaw the management of the organization’s digital and print playbill production, social media pages, and digital media library. Supervised the Digital Content Coordinator, four photographers, two videographers, three social media consultants, and four playbill production consultants. Created and chaired the organization’s new seven-member Playbill Production Committee.*Created, produced, and moderated A Conversation with Philadelphia Ballet’s Black Male Dancers, the organization’s new public panel discussion that featured all three of its Black male dancers as panelists and registered over 50 virtual attendees. *Partnered with the Director of Community Education and Public Programs to co-write the diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) section of the organization’s first brand style guide.*Represented the Advancement Department as a member of the organization’s DEIA Task Force.*Chaired and/or served as a member of the Advancement Department’s Search Committees for the Digital Content Coordinator (Chair), the Marketing and Sales Manager, and the Manager of Research and Moves Management.

*Led the first pre-college engagement initiative and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative for the nation’s first independent, degree-granting school of entrepreneurship at a university. *Led the design, delivery, and evaluation of the school’s revenue-generating pre-college programs (Rising Starters High School Pitch Competition, Altomari Entrepreneurship Summer Camp for Girls, Startup Summer Camp, and Youth CEO Summer Camp) that annually served over 300 middle and high school students. Managed the five-figure annual programming budget. Recruited and supervised over 50 instructors, speakers, coaches, and judges. Maintained program partnerships with Global Give Back Circle, Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office of Catholic Education, Belmont Charter Network, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and TiE Philadelphia.*Created, produced, and moderated Diverse Entrepreneurs in Action!, a new three-part public panel discussion series that featured six Black, LGBTQA, and women entrepreneurs as panelists and registered over 600 virtual attendees.*Designed and facilitated Creating Entrepreneurial Solutions to Systemic Racism, the school’s first anti-racism training for the professional development of its 18 faculty and staff members.*Advised the Founding Dean on the school’s crisis communications about race-related incidents. Represented the school as a Founding Advisory Board Member for the university’s new Center for Black Culture (est. 2020).*Represented the school as an Admissions Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Committee Member for the university’s Office of Enrollment Management. *Represented the university as a Planning Committee Member for the annual Entrepreneurial Mindset for Educators Symposium (co-hosted by the school and Penn GSE). Presented the session “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Today’s Classroom” at the symposium.*Won the 2021 Staff Award for Campus and Community Engagement from the university’s Lindy Center for Civic Engagement.

*Revised the graduate course Dynamics of the Family Firm (ENTP 550) for the school’s new M.S. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program. Served as a member of the school’s new Graduate Curriculum Revision Committee.*Designed, revised, and/or taught the undergraduate courses Life Strategies I (ENTP 101), Entrepreneurship as a Life Skill (ENTP T180), Social Entrepreneurship (ENTP 270), and Dynamics of the Family Firm (ENTP 350) for the school’s B.A. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program. Maintained the ENTP T180 partnership with the university’s Center for Inclusive Education and Scholarship.*Nominated for the 2020 Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence from the university’s Office of the Provost.

*Served as a mentor for the school’s Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship (student startup incubator), the undergraduate courses Launch It!: Early Stage (ENTP 440) and Launch It! (ENTP 450) for the school’s B.A. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, the school’s Entrepreneurship Co-Op Program, and Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships’ B Smart Small Business Development Program. Mentees launched and led their own for-profit and non-profit startup ventures, collectively raised over $3 million in startup funding, and collectively received over 50 media features, honors, and awards. *Served as a member of the school’s Entrepreneurship Co-Op Selection Committee.*Served as a member of the judging panels for the school’s student pitch competitions.*Created and led the first Arts Entrepreneurship Day of LeBow College of Business Summer Camp.

*Led the program’s first two-year Business Minor revision process. Conducted research on trends in business education at arts colleges and universities across the United States. Wrote and submitted the first Business Minor revision proposal. *Revised and taught the undergraduate courses Introduction to Business (BUSN 118) and Business Fundamentals for the Creative Economy (BUSN 330) for the Business Minor.*Represented the university as a member of Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAEE). Presented the session “Promoting Arts Entrepreneurs of Color in the Classroom” at the annual SAEE conference.

*Advised over 30 clients on the launch and/or growth of their Pennsylvania-based startup businesses in the new COVID-19 landscape.

*Served as a member of the judging panels for National Dance Showcase Finals, New York State Dance Challenge, and Dance Expressions’ 25th Anniversary Season.*Wrote dance-related columns and/or articles for Dance Magazine, Dance Magazine College Guide, Dance Studio Life Magazine, Dance / USA E-Journal, The Dance Journal, The Dance Enthusiast, Dance Advantage, 4dancers, and Broad Street Review.*Designed and taught dance classes for Joffrey Ballet School’s Jazz and Contemporary Summer Intensive, Broadway Dance Center’s International Student Visa Program, Millennium Dance Complex Philadelphia, The Rock School for Dance Education’s Urban Dance Program, RockReach Program, and Summer Intensive, Koresh School of Dance, International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) Conference and Festival, National Dance Showcase Finals, Philadelphia School of Dance Arts (2015 Teacher of the Year Award Winner), Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts’ Dance Department, Limitless Performing Arts (2018 Dance Educator of the Year Award Winner), Musicopia, CHI Movement Arts Center, University of Pennsylvania’s Recreation Center, Drexel University’s Recreation Center, and Ursinus College’s Fitness Center and Center for International Programs.*Choreographed and/or performed dance pieces for SHARP Dance Company, Introspective Movement Project, Chisena Danza, West Chester Dance Works’ Signature / Training Company, Mid-Atlantic Ballet, Ursinus College Dance Company, Eastern University’s Dance Department, 6abc Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade Pro Dancers, FOX 29’s Good Day Philadelphia Dance Team, Dionne Warwick (Grammy Award Winner), Al B. Sure! (Grammy Award Nominee), Maureen McGovern (Grammy Award Nominee), Bianca Ryan (America’s Got Talent Season 1 Winner), Matt Schuler (The Voice Season 5 Finalist), Sisaundra Lewis (The Voice Season 6 Finalist), and Urbano (Billboard-charting pop duo). Dance pieces were performed at theaters, on TV, and in music videos.

*Led the design, delivery, and evaluation of the non-profit cultural museum’s revenue-generating family and community programs (Macy’s Family Days, MLK Weekend, Black History Month Celebration, Juneteenth Celebration, Kwanzaa Celebration, Educators Night Out!, Fierce Healing Yoga Workshop Series, Learning Through the Arts Workshops, AAMP on the Go! Workshops, Youth Leadership Summer Camp, and High School Internship Program) that annually served over 5,000 youth and adults. Managed the five-figure annual programming budget. Hired and supervised over 60 teaching artists, instructors, speakers, and performers, 12 education interns, and a curriculum consultant. Maintained program partnerships with Global Citizen, Smithsonian Institution, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Art Sanctuary, NextMove Dance, Campus Philly, The School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Youth Network, Free Library of Philadelphia, and Reading Terminal Market. *Served as a member of the Education Department’s Search Committee for the Educational Programming Manager (formerly the Curator of Education position).

*Revised and taught the graduate course Arts in Community and Economic Development (ARTS 530) for the Campolo College of Graduate and Professional Studies' M.A. in Urban Studies Program.*Revised and taught the undergraduate courses Intermediate Jazz Dance: Theory and Technique (DANC 232), Arts Integration in the Classroom (FAPA 300W), and Methods and Techniques of Dance Instruction (DANC 345) for the Dance Department’s B.A. in Dance Program. Hired and supervised the DANC 232 Teaching Assistant. Maintained the FAPA 300W partnership with the university’s Loeb School of Education.*Served as the Faculty Advisor for all first-year Dance Majors, a senior Dance Major’s thesis, and the student club Eastern Dance Ministry.*Served as a member of the judging panels for the department’s student dance auditions.*Served as the Theatre and Dance Recruitment Liaison to the university’s Office of Admission.

*Revised and taught the undergraduate course Jazz Dance I (DANC 1804) for the Dance Department's B.F.A. in Dance Program.

*Produced, curated, and emceed the annual arts festival’s Dance Stage that presented six consecutive hours of outdoor dance performances and classes for over 500 attendees. Managed the four-figure production budget. Hired and supervised four production crew members, two production assistants (PAs), and over 20 dance companies, dance soloists, and dance instructors.

*Managed booking, travel logistics, and annual giving for the non-profit music education organization’s award-winning competitive youth drumline. Supervised the Artistic Director, three drum coaches, and 24 middle and high school student members.*Managed booking for the organization’s revenue-generating in-school programs (music assemblies, workshops, residencies, and showcases) that annually served over 10,000 K-12 students. Supervised 52 teaching artists.

*Booked the non-profit professional modern dance company’s first international performance at the Bedford Fringe Festival (Bedfringe), the United Kingdom’s fourth largest fringe festival.*Designed and published the company’s first electronic press kit (EPK).*Partnered with the Board President to co-write the first standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the company’s first shared studio.

*Surveyed over 100 theater attendees to collect data for the 450-member non-profit arts service organization’s published report Arts, Culture and Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia.*Partnered with the Marketing Assistant to co-manage Phillyfunguide.com, the organization’s regional arts and cultural events calendar that had over 110,000 monthly users. Curated the Phillygunguide homepage. Provided technical support to Phillyfunguide users.

*Co-led all operations for the South Philadelphia Site (Hawthorne Cultural Center) of the local government’s revenue-generating, citywide performing arts summer camp that annually served over 250 youth across five sites. The South Philadelphia Site annually served over 50 youth.*Co-supervised three teaching artists, two camp counselors, and the After Care Manager.*Co-produced, co-directed, co-wrote, and choreographed the site’s original musical.*Designed and taught all of the site’s dance classes.