Experience

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • May 2006 - Present

  New York, NY Executive Director of 45 year old not-for-profit arts organization that produces and presents a NYC Season at venues such as Kaye Playhouse, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYCity Center and Symphony Space and tours productions internationally. Prime Responsibilities include Producing, Tour Booking and Management, Development(Fundraising), Marketing, Financial Reporting, and Strategic Planning. Producer: All new, critically acclaimed production of The Mikado… Show more Executive Director of 45 year old not-for-profit arts organization that produces and presents a NYC Season at venues such as Kaye Playhouse, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYCity Center and Symphony Space and tours productions internationally. Prime Responsibilities include Producing, Tour Booking and Management, Development(Fundraising), Marketing, Financial Reporting, and Strategic Planning. Producer: All new, critically acclaimed production of The Mikado, premiered 2017, tours 2019,2020. I’ve Got a Little Twist- award winning cabaret highlighting Broadway’s influence from the Gilbert & Sullivan legacy. National Booking Representative and Manager: process includes attending all major regional and national arts conferences (APAP, AMW, PAE, WAA, ArtsMarket), seeking presenters, negotiating price, maintaining communications, routing, budgeting, and contracting. Fundraising: cultivating individual donors, designing campaigns, writing plea and acknowledgement letters; successful grant writing; database creation and maintenance; securing corporate sponsorship. Marketing: Working closely with major advertising agency on campaign design, approval of all media buys and budget. Designing email campaigns and blasts. Executing a major market research program including web survey design, focus group sessions and analyses. Producing 2 award winning TV commercials. Television, Print and Radio interviews as company spokesperson. General Management: Strategic planning and working closely on and with Board of Directors; negotiating with labor unions; managing 50 person payroll and financial record keeping(Quickbooks); Financial reporting, budgeting and pro-forma projections; Contributions to the Field: APAP Leadership Fellow,(2016-2018); President, Board of Directors, North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents(NAPAMA), (2011- 2018). Board of Directors, New York Gilbert And Sullivan Players.(2010-present)

• Singer/Actor

  • 2003 - Present

  Professional roles include: The Pirate King, The Mikado, Colonel Calvary, Sir Roderic, Strephon, Arac, Wilfred Shadbolt, The Sultan, King Paramount, The Carpenter, The Sergeant of Police.



North American Performing Arts Managers & Agents

• President - NAPAMA

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2018

  New York, New York Not for profit service organization dedicated to promoting the best interests of agent/managers, artists and presenters in the field of the performing arts. NAPAMA builds and shares knowledge, develops best practices and ethical standards, and returns value through benefits and advocacy.



Atlanta Theater of the Stars

• Singer/Actor

  • Jun 2004 - Oct 2006

  Lancelot u/s in Camelot with Robert Goulet(2004); Beast u/s in Beauty and the Beast. (2006)



Ohio Light Opera

• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Singer/Actor

  • May 2000 - Aug 2003

  Wooster, OH