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Providing services to the arts and culture field including executive search, strategic planning and organizational assessments, facilitating adaptive programs, and helping craft external messaging and internal systems.

Executive leader of vital not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development and production of new work for theater and film/tv. During my tenure, NYSAF supported over 300 projects and 2500 artists, including Tony Award winners HAMILTON, HADESTOWN, and THE HUMANS, Pulitzer Prize finalists THE WOLVES (Sarah DeLappe) and Taylor Mac’s epic A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC, and work from Ayad Akhtar, César Alvarez, Rachel Chavkin, Michael Friedman, Beth Henley, Michael R. Jackson, Lynn Nottage, John Patrick Shanley, and countless others. My time included: -a strategic deepening of programming and organizational capacity-a new collaboration with Marist College to present NYSAF's flagship Summer Season-new programs such as the Filmmakers’ Workshop, Stories That Move, NYSAF NOW, and the NYC Winter Season-an expansion of the permanent year-round staff, plus board and funder development-expanded commitments to pay equity, access, agency, and belonging, to address historical inequitiesNYSAF’s institutional budget and annual contributed revenue doubled during this time, and we increased net assets by 400%, including developing a robust working capital fund.

Senior theatrical literary agent representing a wide variety of artists in theater and other live performance, as well as film and television. I helped facilitate the development and premiere of work such as BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, PASSING STRANGE, FELA!, AN ILIAD, JACK GOES BOATING (play and film), and Tarell Alvin McCraney’s landmark THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS.-Guided three new musicals in 5 years from developmental workshops to non-profit productions to Tony-nominated Broadway runs-Identified and recruited clients at all career stages; collaborated within agency to represent high-level film and television actors, writers, and directors-Promoted and marketed clients and projects to non-profit and commercial theaters and other live performance venues and media organizations throughout North America and internationally-Negotiated production, commission, co-production, enhancement, touring, and other agreements

General manager of major off-Broadway institutional theatre; oversaw budgets, contracts, union relations, immigration issues, and finance and administration, in collaboration with Artistic and Managing Directors and other department heads. Projects included US/World premieres of: HOMEBODY/KABUL (Tony Kushner); FAR AWAY and A NUMBER (Caryl Churchill); FLOW (incl. tour) and THE SEVEN (Will Power); VIENNA: LUSTHAUS (REVISITED) (Martha Clarke / Charles L. Mee; incl. tour); HEDDA GABLER (dir. Ivo Van Hove).-Created practices to facilitate flexible programming and realize innovative new work within balanced budgets-Managed major-markets national tours-Key trustee contact-Produced fundraising benefits