As Executive Director and now Co-Head/Artistic Director of Montclair Film, New jersey's leading non-profit film organization in Montclair, NJ, and in service to the mission developed by the organization’s Board Of Directors, I am responsible for the overall management of Montclair Film, including the development and execution of the organization’s strategic planning, operations , marketing, social media, event planning, and publicity, while supporting development, membership, and year-round education programs. I am also responsible for the development, curation, management, and scheduling of the organization’s film programs, including the 120-film, ten-day Montclair Film Festival, year-round film programs and community partnerships, and since November 2021, the acquisition, renovation, booking, and programming of our six-screen arthouse cinema, The Clairidge.Responsibilities also include: • Developing and managing Montclair Film’s $4.5+ million annual operating budget.• Managing and supporting our development team to create and execute a $2.8 million Capital Campaign for renovation of The Investors Bank Film and Media Center, and in 2021, a $1.5 million campaign for renovations to and the launch of The Clairidge.· Producing Montclair Film’s annual fundraiser with Stephen Colbert & special guests (Steve Carell in 2014, JJ Abrams in 2015, John Oliver in 2016, Samantha Bee in 2017, Meryl Streep in 2018, Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 2019, Daniel Craig in 2022, Martin Scorsese in 2023).· Programming and managing the entire film and artistic program at The Montclair Film Festival (2015-present), including managing the programming process.· Year-round film booking & management of The Clairidge, our six screen non-profit cinema in Montclair, NJ.· Planning, organizing, and executing audience and artist experiences at all Montclair Film programs, including screenings and retrospectives, on stage conversations, award ceremonies, and audience Q&A moderation.

As the festival’s Director, I was responsible for film selection and scheduling of a 200-film, ten-day film festival. I also worked to develop and meet overall festival strategy for development, fundraising, sponsorship, marketing, and event planning. Responsibilities included: • Creating and managing the selection of the entire film and artistic program at The Sarasota Film Festival;• Managing distributor and filmmaker relationships, talent and industry invitations and attendance commitments, catalogue materials, initial print scheduling, and overall festival film and event schedule;• Planning, organizing and executing artist attendance at festival, including screenings and retrospectives, on stage conversations, award ceremonies and audience Q&A moderation. Artists include: 2006: Robert Altman, Robert Towne, Werner Herzog, Felicity Huffman, William H Macy and Paula Wagner;2007: Norman Jewison, Edward Norton, Steve Buscemi, Marcia Gay Harden;2008: Liv Ullmann, Charlize Theron, Stanley Tucci, Ted Hope and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck;2009: Bill Paxton, Jon Voight, Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Schiff and Oren Moverman;2010: Kevin Kline, Ben Foster, Patricia Clarkson, Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Vincent D’Onofrio, Patti Smith, Ira Sachs and Oren Moverman2011: Christopher Plummer, Geena Davis, Sarah Green, David Carr.• Responsible for developing and managing departmental budget;• Authoring film descriptions for festival catalogue, as well as developed and managed all film content for website;• Managing overall solicitation and screening of over 1000 films annually;• Working with Outreach and Education department to develop programs, panel topics, schedules, and confirm participants;• Managing Technical Director to assure film exhibition formats, aspect ratios, and print building schedule met technical requirements and overall standards.

As the Artistic Director of The Newport International Film Festival, I was responsible for film selection and scheduling of a 90-film, five-day film festival. Along with the Executive Director, I also worked to develop and meet overall festival strategy for development, fundraising, sponsorship, marketing, and event planning. For newportFILM, a new non-profit film organization in Newport, RI, I am serving a Programmer, working with the staff to target and book films for an emerging non-profit film organization and their Summer 2011 film series.Responsibilities include(d): • Creating and managing the selection of the entire film and artistic program at The Newport International Film Festival and newportFILM;• Manage distributor and filmmaker relationships, talent and industry invitations and attendance commitments, catalogue materials, initial print scheduling, and overall festival film and event schedule;• Program year-round monthly film series at The Jane Pickens Theater; • Develop strategic partnerships and planning for festival, including new archival cinema partnership with the Museum of Modern Art and the To Save and Project Festival of Film Preservation; • Developed and executed Claiborne Pell Tribute, honoring filmmakers with $10,000 gift to MoMA Film Archive for the purposes of Film Preservation;• Responsible for developing and managing departmental budget in conjunction with overall budgeting and management process;• Author film descriptions for festival catalogue, as well as develop and manage all film content for website;• Manage overall solicitation and screening of over 700 films annually;• Manage a 12-person Screening Committee;• At festival, responsible for film introduction and post-screening Q&A, both schedule and execution;• Manage Technical Director to assure film exhibition formats, aspect ratios, and print building schedule met technical requirements and overall standards.

As the festival’s Programmer, I was responsible for film selection and scheduling of a five-day, 50-film festival. Along with the Executive Director and Artistic Director, I also worked to develop and meet overall festival strategy for development, fundraising, sponsorship, marketing, and event planning. Responsibilities include:• Managed overall solicitation and screening of over 1000 films annually;• Planned, organized and executed artist attendance at festival, including screenings and retrospectives, on stage conversations, award ceremonies and audience Q&A moderation. Artists include Jim Carrey, Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Gordon Green, Mos Def, Ben Stiller and Brian Williams, among others. • Programmed film retrospective for NBC Universal Screenwriters Tribute Honoree (2003 Ruth Prawer-Jhabvala, 2004 Charlie Kaufman, 2005 Steve Martin);• Managed a 10-person Screening Committee;• Managed distributor and filmmaker relationships, talent and industry invitations and attendance commitments, catalogue materials, initial print scheduling, and overall film scheduling;• Authored film descriptions for festival catalogue, as well as developed and managed all film content for website;• At festival, responsible for film introduction and post-screening Q&A schedule and execution;• Developed panel topics, schedules, and confirmed participants;• Managed Technical Director to assure film exhibition formats, aspect ratios, and print building schedule met technical requirements and overall standards;• Programmed non-festival film events for festival fundraisers.

Responsible for arranging and executing talent attendance at the Hampton International Film Festival.

As sole Director of new media products, I developed overall web design and content publication strategy for The Independent Film Channel and Bravo Networks, including the network’s overall New Media strategy.• Developed and implemented strategic content and product partnerships (salon.com, looksmart.com, Road Runner, iFilm.com, etc.);• Executed entertainment industry-leading broadband internet strategy and content/site development;• Co-managed short and feature film acquisitions for IFC New Media, including developing a library of over 100 short films and several features for on-line distribution;• Responsible for first to market on-line film distribution with first-ever desktop-broadband exclusive film exhibition of a feature length film, The Last Broadcast (October, 1998);• Managed external client and talent relationships for both television and new media content production;• Programmed, produced and published web-exclusive film related content for IFC Productions and IFC Films;• Created on-line broadband web business in partnership with Facets Film and Video in Chicago, developing an on-line film content and foreign film sales and distribution outlet for Bravo;• Developed and produced content packages (video/text/still photography), acquired short and feature films, broadcast interviews, and facilitated on-line chats at Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Havana Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival (among others) for Independent Film Channel.

As part of Vice President Al Gore’s Reinventing Government initiative, I worked under the direction of Secretary of Education Richard Riley as a Student Advocate in the design and implementation of Project EASI (Easy Access for Students and Institutions), a project that sought to organize the data systems of the US Department Of Education’s (DoE) Student Financial Aid programs (SFA) under a single, web-based, user-driven process. This project worked to place all SFA applications (FAFSA, Pell Grants, etc) on the internet and to re-design the internal data processing at the DoE into an integrated system. As Student Advocate, my role was to oversee the user experience and data, privacy and account requirements for all student users. This included active participation in data mapping, project management, user interface design management and system design. The result of this project can be seen at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov