Experience

Young Company | Creative Marketing Communications

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP

  • Jan 2015 - Present



The Hutchins Consort

• Orange and San Diego Counties

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2012 - Feb 2014

  The Hutchins Consort is a an octet of gifted musicians performing on eight harmonically-matched violins that range in size from the 18.5-inch treble to the 7.2-foot contrabass. Through its annual concert season, national and international tours and community outreach, the group has redefined the customarily accepted perception of the chamber music concert with programs that combine great works of virtually every musical genre -- from the Renaissance to Rock. Their performances are virtuosic, uninhibited, sometimes improvisational and always entertaining. As executive director of the organization, it was my great pleasure to develop a strategic plan with an emphasis on fiscal management and governance, oversee financial budgets, fundraising campaigns and donor relations, build and maintain a new website, supervise marketing and PR, monitor social media programs, and, in association with the artistic director, manage tours, direct the sourcing and sales of merchandise and assist in the production/propagation of second generation instruments.



Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra

• Marketing and Development Director

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2012

  Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra is dedicated to the authentic performance of Baroque music exclusively using 18th Century period instruments and performance practices. The ensemble's mission includes the presentation of masterworks of great composers, such as Bach, Vivaldi and Händel, as well as the introduction to exquisite compositions by lesser known Baroque composers. In addition to presenting its own orchestral and chamber music series, Musica Angelica collaborates with leading performing arts institutions in Southern California, including the Los Angeles Opera, Long Beach Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Norton Simon Museum. Originally hired in 2010 to direct staff and general operations, the responsibilities to manage marketing and PR, development and fundraising, and to co-author a three-year strategic plan were added in 2011.



Young Company | Creative Marketing Communications

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2010

  Over the past 60 years, Young Company has helped over 250 clients build their brands and grow their businesses. It was founded as an advertising agency in 1949 -- just in time to embrace the new media of the day: television. Since then, YCo has kept pace with technology; expanding services to include all media advertising, brand development, marketing research, public relations, website marketing and social media. As vice president, it was my role to serve the many non-profit organizations that contacted Young Company for paid/pro bono assistance with marketing and public relations. Duties included the design and copy for a variety of correlated marketing materials, writing and distribution of press releases and newsletters, management of data bases for donors, patrons and media, and coordination of fundraising events.



Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra

• Santa Barbara, CA

• Development Director

  • Apr 2002 - Apr 2006

  Since its inception in 1978, the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra's mission has remained the same: to maintain a Chamber Orchestra in Santa Barbara that is of the highest artistic quality possible, to produce the finest music heard in Santa Barbara, and to perform well-known repertoire as well as music written in this century. In 2002, I was hired to help launch a $2.5 million endowment campaign. By 2003, the scope of duties increased from event coordination, donor relations, season subscriptions and bookkeeping to grant writing and supervision of SBCO's educational outreach programs.



Fleischmann Arts

• Los Angeles, CA

• General Manager

  • Mar 1998 - Jul 2002

  As general manager of Fleischmann Arts, I built the operating infrastructure and directed general office and bookkeeping functions for Ernest Fleischmann's international arts management and consulting firm which specialized in artistic searches, programming and public relations for orchestras, artists, music festivals, music schools and foundations. As general manager of Fleischmann Arts, I built the operating infrastructure and directed general office and bookkeeping functions for Ernest Fleischmann's international arts management and consulting firm which specialized in artistic searches, programming and public relations for orchestras, artists, music festivals, music schools and foundations.



Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

• Los Angeles, CA

• Personal Assistant to Ernest Fleischmann, Exec. VP and Managing Director

  • Jan 1990 - Feb 1998

  In 1998, I moved from my position as group sales manager at the Hollywood Bowl to the executive office of the L.A. Philharmonic Association as Ernest Fleischmann's personal assistant. My responsibilities included supervision of the executive office, organizing provisions for high profile artists, managing donor and board relations, maintaining Mr. Fleischmann's professional and personal meeting/travel/social schedules, accounting and correspondence. In 1998, I moved from my position as group sales manager at the Hollywood Bowl to the executive office of the L.A. Philharmonic Association as Ernest Fleischmann's personal assistant. My responsibilities included supervision of the executive office, organizing provisions for high profile artists, managing donor and board relations, maintaining Mr. Fleischmann's professional and personal meeting/travel/social schedules, accounting and correspondence.