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Ithaca, New York Area

Greater Los Angeles Area, Miami

Culinary program development, project management, and event logistics for an all-inclusive, multi-day, invite-only event. Led culinary operations and logistics for Summit’s flagship gatherings LA18 and LA19, along with Summit Palm Desert in 2022 and Summit at Sea 2024. For Downtown Los Angeles, programming included Family-style dinners, curated beverage popups, superfood bars and restaurant takeovers provided over 40,000 chef-crafted meals to attendees. 2018 boasted the transformation of a parking lot into a 750 seat popup restaurant that served 2800 guests up to 3 meals daily.

Los Angeles

Assisted in the creation of the Summit LA17 Food and Beverage Program, which served for 4000+ attendees 3 meals per day across two popup campuses in downtown Los Angeles. Responsible for hiring and on-boarding 40+ staff members, culinary program development, and organization. Responsible for full oversight and planning of Summit's dinner program, which worked to feed 4000 people across 15 hip downtown LA restaurants in 4 hours each night. Assisted with the planning and development of other programmatic elements including curated dinners, surprise pop-up programming, gourmet food trucks, snacking program (included distribution of 40k+ units of product from the newest organic and health focused brands), and boutique coffee and espresso stations throughout the event. The program brought in tastemaker chefs to help feed thousands for lunch in a high design, temporary Summit marketplace, which transformed a parking lot into an urban garden, marketplace and lounge in downtown LA. The Summit Culinary program worked to be an innovator in event culinary experiences, moving beyond the fast food model of many large scale events to offer a memorable, curated yet approachable dining experience.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Program development, project management, and event logistics for a full culinary takeover of a 4-day cruise, which fed over 40,000 locally sourced meals to attendees for a TED-like conference.Executed creative development of print assets, including copywriting for culinary program guide, online scheduler, project oversight of signage and creation of design briefs. Pre-event and on-site support for shipping logistics, program timeline, and program director support. Program featured family style dinners, superfood bars, restaurant takeovers, a curated organic, vegan snacking program, and boutique bar experiences.

Brooklyn, Ny

Project lead and manager of 20+ Food & Beverage events in 6 mountain-top locations in the US and Canada, plus a 7th winter event in Hawaii. Developed and executed special Food & Beverage events, which included Farm to Table Dinners, wine tasting events, and locally sourced barbecues. Events hosted anywhere from 60 to 300 people and range from casual picnic style events to high end family-style dinners.Oversaw on-site logistics, program budgets, and experience design. Primary liaison between host site's culinary team, Wanderlust Executive chef, and event staff. Consulted on menu collaborations and overall food experience, designed visual elements and site decor, food packaging, curated print + web collateral, and overall programming (music, popup experiences, surprise & delight moments).

Brooklyn, New York

Oversaw concept, project management, and execution of Festival Art Experience, in addition to overseeing the Food and Beverage Program. Executed planning of events and execution on-site, and developed profitable models for future expansion of Food & Beverage program, created a grab and go lunch concept, generating a profitable model for the company to expand its offerings. Projects included the concept development, design and execution of a traveling boutique coffee house called the True North Cafe, sponsored by TOMS. Space housed a full service espresso bar, nighttime music programming, and a large custom decor buildout within a 36' geodesic dome. Oversaw product and large equipment purchases, and managed all logistical elements for the venue.Managed the full scope of the 250k art budget, and project managed the design, construction, and delivery of all site decor elements including site lighting, outdoor art installations, classroom decor, and a redesign of all site signage and mapping systems. Conceived and oversaw all festival popup art programming.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Project management, marketing strategy and implementation, social media, user experience, user interface design.

Miami, Florida

Collaborated with a small staff to coordinate a 4-day international music festival in Miami, FL. Oversaw marketing efforts including social media, radio and television advertising, and overall strategy.

• Collaborated with Dir. of Business Development to determine marketing strategy, branding, and new marketing campaigns • Designed marketing materials for a variety of campaigns including direct mail, postcard, lost customer and e-campaign, with materials distributed to 8000+ customers• Designed a company-wide internal branding project surrounding the company mission statement• In charge of research, design, and ordering of promotional materials

Asheville, Nc

• Worked as a liaison between event co-coordinators, planners, and service providers. • Hosted events with hundreds of guests at multiple venues.• Duties included overseeing caterers, decorations, and event schedule.

B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies

Grants: Drama Scholarship, Undergraduate Research Summer Research Grant Reciepient

Yoga Teacher Certification, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy

High School, Theater Major