Experience

Heroes of the 21st Century

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creator

  • May 2021 - Present

  I've spent the better part of 25 years working to communicate the complex issues of science, sustainability, and climate change to a wide variety of audiences. "Heroes of the 21st Century" is in many ways the culmination of that experience. "Heroes..." illuminates the work of people who are fighting against climate change, using two complementary media channels: 1) fictional webcomic stories; and 2) video interviews with the real-life experts whose work inspires those webcomics. My goal: Inspire students and early-career professionals to dedicate their passion and talent to the struggle against climate change.



Stony Brook University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor & Workshop Facilitator for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Since 2015, I've had the great pleasure of serving as a workshop facilitator with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. I continue that work now as an Adjunct Professor with the Alda Center's home base, Stony Brook University. Since 2015, I've had the great pleasure of serving as a workshop facilitator with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. I continue that work now as an Adjunct Professor with the Alda Center's home base, Stony Brook University.



Experts/Clearly

• Professional Training and Coaching

• Communications Coach & Consultant / Principal

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  Experts/Clearly is a communications consulting and coaching firm that helps leaders and technical experts communicate more effectively with their target audiences.Whether you're the CEO of a large organization, a scientist with a government research lab, or the founder of a tech startup, you have an important story to tell. But chances are it's also a complex story. And if you're like most of our clients, you struggle with how to relate that story in a simple, engaging way that remains true to the full breadth and depth of your work.Experts/Clearly can help you meet this challenge, and ensure that your story reaches your audience with clarity and power.



Cool People Doing Awesome Things (a live web show)

• Producer & Host

  • Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

  Each episode of "Cool People Doing Awesome Things" featured a live, interactive show & tell with an artist, scientist, craftsman, engineer, or other expert whose efforts are inspiring, innovative, important... and just plain cool!I continue to run Experts/Clearly, my communication coaching & consulting business that strives to tell the stories of these very same people. This show was simply a new, playful extension of that work. I'm endlessly fascinated by these experts and the work they do, and wanted a new way to share their work with the world.



Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science

• Workshop Instructor

  • May 2015 - May 2020

  As an instructor with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, I had the honor of working with incredibly talented scientists, engineers, clinicians, public policy thought leaders, and other experts from institutions around the country. These people do tremendously interesting and important work, and it was my great pleasure to help them more effectively share that work with the public. I'm thrilled to carry on that same work with my business Experts/Clearly, and our live web show, "Cool People Doing Awesome Things."



SiteStories, LLC

• Principal

  • Feb 2001 - Sep 2011

  SiteStories, LLC develops entertaining, informative multimedia content for the internet. We create pieces for clients, as well as original programming for direct syndication to the web.Clients have included the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), the Green Chemistry Institute, best-selling author Robert Alexander, award-winning filmmaker Allison Argo, and the national PBS cooking show "Chefs A' Field." SiteStories, LLC develops entertaining, informative multimedia content for the internet. We create pieces for clients, as well as original programming for direct syndication to the web.Clients have included the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), the Green Chemistry Institute, best-selling author Robert Alexander, award-winning filmmaker Allison Argo, and the national PBS cooking show "Chefs A' Field."



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications - Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale

  • May 2007 - Dec 2007



American Chemical Society

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications

  • Mar 2005 - May 2007



US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Technical Lead, Design for the Environment (DfE) Program

  • Jun 1996 - Sep 1998

  The DfE program is a voluntary partnership between the EPA, industry, and academia to search for and test alternative, cleaner technologies. When found, such technologies were evaluated along side the standard technologies for their performance, cost-effectiveness, and environmental performance. When viable, cleaner alternatives were found, DfE published training materials to educate the industry on these alternatives. The DfE program is a voluntary partnership between the EPA, industry, and academia to search for and test alternative, cleaner technologies. When found, such technologies were evaluated along side the standard technologies for their performance, cost-effectiveness, and environmental performance. When viable, cleaner alternatives were found, DfE published training materials to educate the industry on these alternatives.