Senior consultant in an arts and culture research and planning practice focused on:- Research projects to inform organizational policy and planning - Strategic planning and implementation for cultural organizations and arts agencies- Development and operation of arts, cultural, and entertainment facilities- Projects across the United States and Canada for public sector, not-for-profit, and other clients

• Supervise the allocation of the Cultural Development Fund ($47M, 1,000+ grantees in FY22) generating policy recommendations, allocation formulas, outcome analysis, and managing equitable distribution practices • Work with Assistant Commissioner to oversee six Program Officers in providing strategic guidance and technical support to grantees in their portfolios• Leadership and management of data-informed policy initiatives since 2017, including:> Ten-year trend analysis of the $300M Cultural Development Fund (CDF) in partnership with Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer and US Digital Response> Collaborative design of Americans for the Arts’ COVID-19 impact survey, supervisor of resulting report detailing Covid impact on NYC Cultural Organizations> 2018-2022 Equity Audit of the Cultural Development Fund, resulting in revised grantmaking policies supporting small and BIPOC-led and -serving arts organizations> 2019 NYC Creative Aging Initiative investigating the impact of arts programs for older adults in partnership with New York Community Trust, Brookdale Center for Research on Aging, LifeTime Arts, and LiveOn NY > Rollout of 2017 Cultural Workforce demographics survey delivering organization-specific DEI analysis to cultural organizations, supervised the creation of field-wide reporting> Collaborator on the 2014-2017 University of Pennsylvania study on arts and social wellbeing resulting in $10M allocated to organizations in low-income neighborhoods• Translated public policy recommendations into programmatic initiatives, including:> Lead designer: Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide and SU-CASA (based on recommendations in Age-Friendly New York, 2008) > Lead designer: Mayor’s Grant for Cultural Impact and Community Organizing 101 (based on recommendations in CreateNYC, 2017)• Commissioner’s Designee to the Board of Trustees for The South Street Seaport Museum and ArtsConnection (current), New York Public Radio (2013-2017)

• Responsible for facilitating up to six annual peer-review funding panels, delivering panel charge and ensuring even and fair review of proposals and recommendations for funding during two-day panels reviewing 40-50 proposals per panel• Designed, implemented and lead the artist selection panel processes for the SPARC program (Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide), placing 200 artists-in- residence in senior centers across the five boroughs• Worked closely with the Department for the Aging to develop evaluation process and measure outcomes for SPARC• Represent the DCA and City of New York at public events, as a speaker on panels and roundtables, in institutions’ stakeholder and strategic planning meetings, and with elected officials

• Created and presented public seminars for potential applicants to the Cultural Development Fund• Educated the field during the launch of DCA’s online application in 2010 and the launch of online reporting and the introduction of the Cultural Data Project in 2011• Overhauled the site visit priority system for the Cultural Development Fund in 2009, developing a methodology to provide even visitation to and uniform review of funded organizations, analyze and evaluate visit data each year

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Adjunct Lecturer, New York Theater

Adjunct Lecturer, History and Mission of Arts Institutions

• Led the successful search for a permanent Managing Director• Restructured and streamlined the organization’s development practices and procedures, wrote all government and foundation grants, and added new institutional sources to Target Margin’s supporters• Produced David Greenspan’s The Frogs in partnership with Classic Stage Company, overseeing all aspects of production, including ticket sales, press, marketing, fundraising, and union negotiations• Oversaw TMT’s successful annual gala and 2008 individual fundraising campaign

• Consulted with members of Fractured Atlas, an arts service organization that provides fiscal sponsorship for emerging artists, to teach them basic producing skills to apply to their own work• Held regular meetings with clients help them to determine goals for their productions, fundraising and marketing strategies, and production timelines; also provided assistance as needed with union negotiations, theater contracts, letters of agreement, media buys, press strategy, staffing, and general operations

 Managed chashama’s residency and service programs for artists in visual arts, theater and film, supervising program directors in each area as well as technical and maintenance staff for 14 temporary artists’ spaces Negotiated contracts with private and public landlords, including The New York City Economic Development Corporation for the first artist studios at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Designed and led the selection process for a one-year NEA-funded residency for theater artists at chashama’s 42nd Street theater Supervised chashama’s Grants Manager and worked with board to raise annual budget of $500,000 Worked closely with chashama’s board of directors and Founding Artistic Director to create strategy

 Served as primary administrative manager of 15-year- old not-for- profit theater specializing in developmental work for women theater artists Produced the annual ENVISION Summer Retreat for women theater artists at Bard College, including coordination of selection process, supervising an administrative and production staff of ten, and coordinating with college staff Wrote all foundation and government grants, managed funder relationships, and coordinated the organization’s individual giving campaign Executed the promotional campaigns for productions and readings in New York City during the year Worked with the Artistic Director to create strategy for the company

Associate General Manager, Peter Brook’s Tierno BokarOctober 2004 – May 2005 Worked with the Executive Producer and General Manager of Tierno Bokar to strategize ticket sales to specific communities;creating and executing a grass-roots marketing plan to reach Harlem residents and students and theater artists city-wide Supervised three remote and one on-site box offices; arranged travel and housing for Peter Brook and the members of theacting company; maintained the checkbook and established financial reporting systemsCompany Manager, The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Midnight’s ChildrenJanuary – April 2003 Oversaw ticket sales for Midnight’s Children at the Apollo Theatre Coordinated with press, marketing and audience development teams, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company Oversaw fulfillment of alumni ticket sales initiative for Midnight’s Children and ticket sales for the 19-event Humanities Festival that accompanied the production