SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:Music industry professional with extensive experience presenting music through events, broadcasts, and education.Event planner, organizer and marketeer for private events, concerts, and festivals with over 10,000 attendees.Business skills include negotiation, collaboration, organizing, managing, budgeting, grant writing, and marketing.Creator and Artistic Director of educational programs, a performing arts series, and annual music festivals.Entertainment talent buying, programming, and operations at venues that seat up to 2,500.CORE COMPETENCIES:EVENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SKILLSManaged booking and touring logistics, coordinated production, and handled advancing of live events.Created the Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival, attracting up to 10,000 attendees a year for over 20 years.Secured talent for Appel Farm events by developing relationships with agents, managers, and music industry contacts.Responsible for programming, promotion, operations and problem solving in venues ranging up to 2,500 seat capacities.Booked Festival musicians including Brandi Carlile, The Avett Brothers, Rufus Wainwright, and Jackson Browne.Booked Event performers including Leslie Odom Jr., Idina Menzel, Toby Keith, Paula Poundstone, and Linda Eder.Recruited, scheduled, supervised, and evaluated staff, interns, and over 400 volunteers.Co-managed and consulted bands for career development.BUSINESS SKILLSNegotiated details of agreements and authored client contracts, ensuring clear communication.Generated budgets, tracked expenses, invoiced clients, and completed financial settlement with performers.Collaborated on grants, receiving the sixth highest appropriation from the NJ State Council on the Arts in successive years.OUTREACH AND PROMOTIONAL SKILLSCollaborated with marketing staff on the design and production of marketing materials, web content, and social media.Partnered with schools to create arts assemblies and residencies, serving over 7,000 students a year.Wrote press releases and secured features in newspapers including The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer.Developed promotional partnerships with regional radio stations including WXPN, WXTU, and others.Recorded and edited a weekly two-hour show for broadcast on FM radio and streaming on two web platforms.Researched, contacted, and scheduled artists and music industry professionals for live on-air radio interviews.Wrote content for radio interviews, hosted interviews, and curated all music content.