Experience

Goucher College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• President

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  12th president of Goucher College, a small (2,400 students), private, non-profit college located on a bucolic 287-acre campus on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland. Consistently ranked one of the most innovative and forward-looking liberal arts institutions in America. Offering undergraduate and graduate degrees to students on campus and online, and to currently incarcerated individuals through our innovative Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP). Committed to international education, social justice, and the power of the arts and education to change lives. Show less



New Hampshire Institute of Art

• Manchester, New Hampshire

• President

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2019

  President and CEO of the New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA), a private, non-profit college founded in 1898 offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in arts, design, and writing. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, NHIA is the oldest and largest arts institution in the state of New Hampshire, now part of New England College. Accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Arts & Design (AICAD). Show less



Cornish College of the Arts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Professor of Music, Department Chair

  • 2008 - Dec 2014

  Provided artistic and academic leadership for the music program of Cornish College of the Arts, a premier visual and performing arts college founded in 1914 and offering degrees in music, dance, arts, design, theater, and performance production. Artistic Director for the College's presenting series, Cornish Presents and founding Festival Director of the Seattle Jazz Experience. Provided artistic and academic leadership for the music program of Cornish College of the Arts, a premier visual and performing arts college founded in 1914 and offering degrees in music, dance, arts, design, theater, and performance production. Artistic Director for the College's presenting series, Cornish Presents and founding Festival Director of the Seattle Jazz Experience.



Kaplan University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President

  • 2008 - 2008

  Oversaw curriculum design and development standards across all ten schools of Kaplan University, a fully accredited, for-profit online university serving 34,000 full-time students and awarding Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Juris Doctor degrees. Oversaw curriculum design and development standards across all ten schools of Kaplan University, a fully accredited, for-profit online university serving 34,000 full-time students and awarding Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Juris Doctor degrees.



Kaplan Professional

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Vice President

  • 2002 - 2007

  Chief academic officer reporting to the President overseeing curriculum design and development for all online and print self-study and instructor-led offerings of the North American professional and continuing education division. Chief academic officer reporting to the President overseeing curriculum design and development for all online and print self-study and instructor-led offerings of the North American professional and continuing education division.



Encyclopaedia Britannica

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Vice President

  • 1998 - 2001

  Recruited by Encyclopædia Britannica to be part of the management team charged by new ownership with moving the venerable print publisher to the Internet. Directed the creation, enhancement, and publishing of all digital products and services worldwide. Recruited by Encyclopædia Britannica to be part of the management team charged by new ownership with moving the venerable print publisher to the Internet. Directed the creation, enhancement, and publishing of all digital products and services worldwide.



WHITTMANHART Interactive

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Practice Leader, New Media

  • 1996 - 1998

  Ran national new media consulting practice for Whittman-Hart, a management consulting firm. Ran national new media consulting practice for Whittman-Hart, a management consulting firm.



School of the Art Institute of Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor, Time Arts

  • 1985 - 1993

  Taught the introductory survey to time arts (sound, video, film, and performance) in the foundation program required for all first-year students. Developed and co-taught the first time arts composition course intended for visual art students. Taught the introductory survey to time arts (sound, video, film, and performance) in the foundation program required for all first-year students. Developed and co-taught the first time arts composition course intended for visual art students.



California Institute of the Arts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Visiting Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow

  • 1990 - 1991

  One-year research and teaching appointment in the School of Music and Division of Critical Studies; taught music criticism and a survey on interdisciplinary collaborative art. One-year research and teaching appointment in the School of Music and Division of Critical Studies; taught music criticism and a survey on interdisciplinary collaborative art.