Seasoned writer and editor • Author of major features and news reports in local, regional, and national publications in print and online. In-depth profiles of luminaries from TV, film, stage, literary and visual arts, politics, and business.• Longtime theater reviewer, social scene reporter, and arts writer. Editorial positions from founding executive editor to managing editor for both startup and continuing publications. • Writer for businesses and non-profits including event and program promotions and marketing, executive speeches and op-eds, white papers, annual fund appeals, proposals, and grants.• Experienced media spokesperson representing businesses and non-profits for events, strategic developments, and crisis-related communications.Creative arts producer• Producer and promoter of theater, music, and arts events in Ohio, Michigan, Boston, New York, and Nantucket. Founding co-producer of original large-scale musical “Faraway Land,” staged on Nantucket 1998-1999. Business manager in 1980-81 for revival of Antioch Summer Shakespeare Festival, outdoor theater built from ground up.• Occasional cable TV co-host and past host of local public radio programming. Frequent emcee for community events.Highly effective fundraiser• Adept at capturing entry to mid-level donors for nonprofits and cause or political campaigns at local, state, and national levels; leader in annual and ad hoc fundraising events for Nantucket AIDS Network, Nantucket Education Trust, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket Arts Council; credited with raising grants from $1,000 - $50,000 from individuals, foundations, and government grants. Experienced community leader• President, Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce. Served two-year term through August 2015. • Executive Director, Nantucket Arts Council, October 2014 - July 2016.• Leadership on many non-profit boards, political, and community change campaigns, past elected member of Nantucket Town Democratic Committee.