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Denver, CO, US

Denver Metropolitan Area

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

• Increased resources & access for a regional art and history museum by empowering a great team, focusing on continuous innovation and iteration.
• Doubled annual budget (to $2.2 million) above pre-pandemic levels.
• Grew endowment by $3.25 million (to $13.5 million) through major gifts & asset sales.
• Oversaw government affairs; obtained $2.2 million in capital outlay from NM legislature in 2022-23; led campaign to secure $3.5 million in G.O. Bond support from the City of Albuquerque.
• Identified priceless Mexican antiquities in the organization’s collection; led outreach to Mexican government and return of items.

United States

Provide strategic guidance to organizations, including in the areas of development, programming, operations, financial management, communications, and leadership development. Clients include the University of Virginia, Altitude Aviation, and La Napoule Art Foundation.

Greater Denver Area

• Rehabilitated a 40-year-old arts organization to provide compelling programs for 186k attendees across major cultural events, including the Denver Film Festival and Film on the Rocks, and the year-round Sie FilmCenter.
• Increased annual budget by 71 percent, from $3.5 million to $6 million.
• Raised $3.6 million in five- and six-figure gifts over 30 months from a portfolio of major donors, sponsors, and foundations.
• Increased annual box office revenues at the Sie FilmCenter by 112 percent, from $218k to $462k.
• Recruited more than $1 million in new business for the organization’s fiscal sponsor program.
• Grew membership revenue by 63 percent, from $182k to $299k, and the member retention rate from 39 to 62 percent.

Winston Salem, NC

• Led a nationally-recognized cultural event, reporting to 20-member Board of Directors. Led 25 staff and 300 volunteers to provide extraordinary film programming for 16,000 annual festival attendees. Oversaw the.
• Increased annual budget by 306 percent, from $230k to $904k.
• Raised more than $4.4 million from a personal portfolio of donors, sponsors, government, and foundations.
• Achieved Oscar-qualifying status for the Festival’s jury award-winning documentary and animated short films, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
• Secured the organization’s first and ongoing support from city (Winston-Salem), state (NC Arts Council), and federal (NEA) government sources.
• Led the organization’s outreach to industry leaders, and built a Creative Advisory Board, with membership including Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, Bill Pullman, David Gordon Green, and Ramin Bahrani.

Salt Lake City, UT

Grew awareness and attention for the largest film event in the U.S., reporting to the Associate Director, Media Relations. Led six staff to promote the films, filmmakers, and programs of the Sundance Film Festival. Wrote and managed press releases, oversaw red carpet events, and coordinated interviews with talent; handled publicity for all films in the.

Chicago, IL

• Created and implemented all media strategies for the country’s oldest competitive film event, reporting to the Managing Director. Led four staff and an external PR agency to grow awareness and attention for the Chicago.
• Built the organization’s first digital database of 300+ regional media contacts and archived 40 years of photography assets.
• Secured Robin Williams as the honoree for the 2004 Summer Gala, making it the most successful fundraising event in the organization’s history.

Santa Monica, CA

• Served as a project manager for the initial product launch that combined three website brands (UltimateTV, MovieQuest, and TVQuest) into a unified entertainment platform.
• Took handoff from design team and produced, tested, and launched all website templates within Vignette’s StoryServer database platform. Managed workflow of programming staff, and led QC for all site elements utilizing.
• Coordinated programming and sales staff in multiple locations (Chicago and Los Angeles) to create and deliver modular entertainment sites for media partners.
• Received company award for exemplary team performance for product launch and promoted to Staff Writer in 2000.
• Wrote daily news and feature stories about the film and TV industries, as well as celebrity profiles, film reviews, and analysis of industry trends. Stories were regularly syndicated nationwide on the.
• Led coverage of impact to film industry on September 11th; received national attention for uncovering the emerging trend of “fan edits” to popular films, and represented the company as the lead reporter at film.

Chicago, IL

• Wrote, designed, and produced a complex online retrospective on Chicago’s prohibition-era gangsters, utilizing extensive archival materials mixed with original reporting to provide historical context.
• Coordinated all editorial and multimedia to produce online news and feature stories in an intense deadline environment for chicagotribune.com.
• Worked with designers, reporters, and editors, to plan online coverage of contemporary issues, people, events, and analysis. Initiated regular review of audience statistics for online feature stories. Produced online.
• Wrote book review, internet trend stories, profiles, and general features for the daily newspaper.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism