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Completed and tracked extensive and detailed deliverables for international documentary series required by clients HHMI and PBS for international documentary series of 26 short episodes and many digital assets

Worked closely Executive Producer on the development phase for PBS 4- hour series about dementia; helped produce a trailer, a short film, and several digital assets to promote the series, wrote in-depth treatment • Organized and led film shoots in Virginia and NYC, conducted interviews, directed verité shoot• Recruited, hired, and supervised interns, and managed timelines and budget with Line Producer• Conducted in-depth research on the current national landscape of dementia, as well as pre-interviews with scientists, doctors, activists, caregivers and individuals living with dementia

Collaborated with Post Production team to complete and track extensive deliverables for 8-part documentary series following conservationists and everyday people restoring the planet – awarded 2023 AA Kavli Science Journalism Silver Award for In-Depth Reporting

Helping produce an episode in pre-production and production of investigative documentary series for ABC News & Hulu

Worked from development through delivery on two episodes of the show's 9th season • Worked closely with the director and executive producers on the creative treatment, preparing all research needed for in-depth interviews, as well as the script for episode• Organized two-week interview and verité shoot, as well as two recreation shoots, filming with subjects in a range of sensitive settings across the country• Researched and licensed extensive archival, prepared all deliverables for Part2 Pictures & CNN

Researched potential subjects, filming locations, and content for 12-part Vox / The Verge Series for Netflix "The Future Of" - now streaming - which explores the future of emerging technologies and how they will influence various aspects of our lives - from food and fashion, to where and how we date, vacation, live, and die.

Helped produce an episode, from development through delivery, of This is Life with Lisa Ling's 8th season, about the Lavender Scare- a little-known period in American history, when the federal government fired, arrested and persecuted thousands of gay government employees - leading to a lasting legacy on our country, as well as the first movement for gay rights in the U.S. The episode was nominated for a GLAAD award for Outstanding Journalism - Longform. - I collaborated with the director to find the episode's subjects, dig into rare archival material, including government records, helped to organize a two-week cross-country shoot, collaborated with writing the script, wrote a short piece for CNN digital, and completed all CNN deliverables, fact checking, and legal review documents.

Pre-Production• Conducted all content research for 9 of the series’ short films and the one-hour documentary• Researched, pre-interviewed, and booked subjects, including politicians, activists and artists • Wrote treatments and scripts for 3 episodes, as well as all interview questions for 18 interviewsProduction:• Organized 10 shoots across the country, including in Honolulu, Chicago, Washington D.C., New York City & Salt Lake City• Coordinated all travel arrangements, booked crew, studios and talent, and assisted on sets • Worked closely with production team, animation team, archival team, and editing teamPost Production, Promotion & Impact:• Reviewed 9 films from rough cut to online for editorial feedback and fact-checking• Prepared extensive deliverables to American Masters for films released on weekly basis • Created website content for 9 films & coordinated with American Masters for all promotion• Wrote and designed newsletters, tracked press about project, and managed social media

• Conducted all biographical research and fact-checked script treatments for 9 films• Assisted with organizing screenings across the country with national partners & venues

• Provided support for President & Executive Producer Tom Yellin & other executives• Conducted development research on series, short films, and branded content• Assisted on set, fact-checked, and tracked deliverables for projects in production, such as:"We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World" (CNN), "How to Fix an Election" (MSNBC), "Age of Aerospace" (Discovery)• Assisted the festival run for "When Lambs Become Lions" (Tribeca Film Festival, 2018), and submitted applications to international festivals, and organized film premiere event

• Managed the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design, a National Endowment for the Arts initiative, which organizes workshops in communities across the U.S. to help revitalize them o Planned workshops in 8 states, managing all timelines and budgets for each o Reviewed all applications for the program and researched all communitieso Served as the point of contact for all partners, including the NEA and USDA• Conducted interviews with community members to evaluate public spaces in different cities• Created presentations for clients Southwest Airlines and New Amsterdam Spirits

• Collaborated with museum’s team to plan museum’s opening benefit, and two annual week-long film festivals: “Films of the Lower East Side” and “Women of the Lower East Side”• Researched and organized archival materials, conducted outreach to community organizations

Filmed, edited, and created documentary on Saratoga Spring’s Urban Forestry Project

Funded to conduct qualitative research on social movements and to analyze organizations, corporations and cooperatives