Experience

CBS News

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lighting Director

  • Nov 2019 - Nov 2023

  Lighting Director for the 'CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell'. Additional lighting direction work includes 'Face The Nation', '60 Minutes', 'Person to Person', James Brown interview specials, Supreme court events, Gayle King specials, Pres. Biden and VP Kamala Harris events, Political Specials, Special Reports, and CBSN. Lighting Director for the 'CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell'. Additional lighting direction work includes 'Face The Nation', '60 Minutes', 'Person to Person', James Brown interview specials, Supreme court events, Gayle King specials, Pres. Biden and VP Kamala Harris events, Political Specials, Special Reports, and CBSN.



CNN

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lighting Director

  • May 2013 - Nov 2019

  Assistant Lighting Director (Freelance), air-shift work includes '​'The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer'​, 'The Lead with Jake Tapper'​, 'Inside Politics'​, 'Crossfire'​, 'State of the Union'​, 'Directo'​, and 'Reliable Sources.' Assistant Lighting Director (Freelance), air-shift work includes '​'The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer'​, 'The Lead with Jake Tapper'​, 'Inside Politics'​, 'Crossfire'​, 'State of the Union'​, 'Directo'​, and 'Reliable Sources.'



The George Washington University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lighting Director/ATD

  • Jun 2012 - Nov 2019

  • Design and direct the lighting for all Lisner Auditorium events, including lectures, special events, conferences, full-scale musicals/concerts/opera. • Design and direct the lighting for events at the Jack Morton Auditorium and Betts Theater • Manage crew (6-12 people). • Serve as Assistant Technical Director for all events, including client services, event organizing, and public relations • Adjunct Faculty: Lighting Instructor in the MFA Design program for the Graduate… Show more • Design and direct the lighting for all Lisner Auditorium events, including lectures, special events, conferences, full-scale musicals/concerts/opera. • Design and direct the lighting for events at the Jack Morton Auditorium and Betts Theater • Manage crew (6-12 people). • Serve as Assistant Technical Director for all events, including client services, event organizing, and public relations • Adjunct Faculty: Lighting Instructor in the MFA Design program for the Graduate School of Theater and Dance. • CAD, drafting Show less • Design and direct the lighting for all Lisner Auditorium events, including lectures, special events, conferences, full-scale musicals/concerts/opera. • Design and direct the lighting for events at the Jack Morton Auditorium and Betts Theater • Manage crew (6-12 people). • Serve as Assistant Technical Director for all events, including client services, event organizing, and public relations • Adjunct Faculty: Lighting Instructor in the MFA Design program for the Graduate… Show more • Design and direct the lighting for all Lisner Auditorium events, including lectures, special events, conferences, full-scale musicals/concerts/opera. • Design and direct the lighting for events at the Jack Morton Auditorium and Betts Theater • Manage crew (6-12 people). • Serve as Assistant Technical Director for all events, including client services, event organizing, and public relations • Adjunct Faculty: Lighting Instructor in the MFA Design program for the Graduate School of Theater and Dance. • CAD, drafting Show less



California State University, Fresno

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2006 - May 2012

  Lighting Professor/Department Head. Sound/Stage Management Lighting Professor/Department Head. Sound/Stage Management



.

• Greater New York City Area

• Lighting Designer

  • 1994 - 2008

  Freelance Lighting Designer/Director on hundreds of plays, musicals, opera, and special events throughout the Tri-State area. Freelance Lighting Designer/Director on hundreds of plays, musicals, opera, and special events throughout the Tri-State area.



PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre

• Santa Maria, California

• Resident Lighting Designer

  • 2005 - 2006



Brandeis University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor/Grad Student

  • 2002 - 2005



Stagedoor Manor

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resident Lighting Designer

  • 1999 - 2001