I've been working 10 years in the music industry – both for SFJAZZ and as a working musician (I play trumpet with Bay Area music collective Jazz Mafia). I graduated from Whitman College in 2011 with a BA in Chemistry. I took a hard left to pursue music, spring boarded by the T.J. Watson Fellowship, which funded a year long project where I studied and played jazz in Sweden, India, South Africa, Brazil, Japan and Cuba. I returned to the US in 2013, and moved to San Francisco, CA (I grew up in Seattle, WA).In 2013, I started at SFJAZZ in the Marketing Department and grew the social media channels and content marketing strategies. To this day, I have a soft spot for content and content creation (especially video!). In 2019, I accepted a position under SFJAZZ's former Executive Artistic Director and Founder Randall Kline, to research, develop and launch a member-supported digital platform for jazz streaming. The groundwork paid off when we launched a weekly livestream series in March 2020 in response to the pandemic.Since the launch of what we now call SFJAZZ At Home, the digital platform and my professional development has accelerated considerably. Over 19,000 people have signed up for SFJAZZ At Home to date. And the program has put over $800,000 in the pockets of musicians. It's been quite a ride, and I've been supported every step of the way by a talented and hardworking staff.We have big ambitions for SFJAZZ At Home, and also envisioning a greater Digital Transformation for SFJAZZ. Recent wins include getting a Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Grant, for which I'll serve as a Bloomberg Tech Fellow. I also wrote my first 5-Year Business Plan (for SFJAZZ At Home) including Financials and a Pitch Deck for raising capital. I'm excited to continue developing as a leader and as a person. Music has been a trusted north star, and I'm fortunate to call it my career.PS - if you're curious about my trumpet playing, check out Jazz Mafia on any streaming platform (including Bandcamp). We've released a song a week for the past couple of years. I love working with such creative and ambitious and crazy people!
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