Experience

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  120/80 GROUP

  • Senior Vice President, Editor-in-Chief & Executive Producer

    • Jan 2023 - Present

    120/80 GROUP operates the two consultancies that are guiding healthcare transformation. AOx3: A marketing and communications consultancy serving innovators at the intersection of healthcare and technology. 120/80 MKTG: The nation’s leading digital health consultancy. An award-winning author and filmmaker, I am the head of thought leadership narrative content, messaging, video and podcast production, social media and spokesperson training, leading a creative team of writers, editors, designers, composers and strategists. We make the mummies dance.

  • Editorial Director

    • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    Editorial Director of written, video, podcast, and social media content for 120/80 MKTG and 120/80 STUDIOS. Head of content and production from creative ideation to execution, leading a team of writers, editors, and designers.

  • Director, Writer - Just the Facts on Vax: Inoculating Against Disinformation

    • Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

    Director and Writer of "Just the Facts on Vax: Inoculating Against Disinformation," a 20-episode PSA campaign regarding the COVID-19 vaccine featuring leading medical experts, broadcast on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

  • Senior Writer

    • Apr 2019 - Jan 2022

    Writer of C-level thought-leadership bylines, OpEds, news releases, web copy, social media and corporate messaging for digital health, digital therapeutics and public healthcare clients. Published in STAT, Fast Company, Fierce Healthcare, Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Today.com, HLTH Matters, Employee Benefits News, Modern Healthcare, Benefits PRO, Med City News and many others.

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  Simon & Schuster

  • New York

  • Author - THE MAN WHO COULDN'T EAT

    • Sep 2011 - Present
    • New York

    Author of a an award-winning memoir published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery. Named a Best Book by the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Daily Beast, winner of the Publishers Weekly Best Audiobook, and awarded starred reviews by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. Published in hardcover, paperbac...

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  Magazines, newspapers, online publications.

  • New York

  • Features Writer

    • Sep 2009 - Present
    • New York

    Writer of personal essays, feature stories, humor, criticism and reviews published by Esquire, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, The Satirist, Slice and many others, and recorded for NPR. Winner of the James Beard Award for Feature Magazine Writing and nomina...

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  The New York Times

  • New York

  • Director, Writer, Producer - TO THE EDITOR

    • Jun 2018 - Present
    • New York

    Director, Writer and Producer of a feature documentary film, To The Editor, currently in production. Centered around The New York Times’ Letters Department and their letter writers, the film explores the importance, history and future of letters to the editor as a pillar of free speech and social...

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  Netflix

  • New York

  • Director, Writer, Producer - TREE MAN

    • Apr 2013 - Present
    • New York

    Director, Writer and Producer of an award-winning feature documentary film exploring the annual journeys of Christmas trees sellers to NYC where they become seasonal fixtures in their adopted communities. Acquired for distribution on Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV and Google Play following a successfu...

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  Gotham Writers Workshop

  • New York

  • Teacher

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • New York

    Classroom teacher of Creative Writing and Documentary Filmmaking for continuing education students. Curriculum development, lesson planning, lectures, instruction, workshop leadership and individual mentoring.

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  The New York Public Library - Center for Humani...

  • New York

  • Research Fellow

    • Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
    • New York

    Appointed as a Research Fellow by the New York Public Library to support archival research for my documentary film, To The Editor.

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  be®

  • New York

  • Chief Storyteller

    • Feb 2007 - Jan 2022
    • New York

    Writer-director transforming clients’ aspirations into content. Creative ideation, brief development, narrative strategy, copywriting, scriptwriting, directing, and thought-leadership bylining and blogging for clients in industries including healthcare, digital health, health and wellness, pharma...

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  American Kennel Club

  • New York

  • Series Writer - MEET THE BREEDS, AKC.TV

    • Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
    • New York

    Writer of the episodic web TV series "Meet the Breeds" for the American Kennel Club's AKC.TV. Launched in January 2018, it was the highest-rated show on the channel.

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  Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Department of...

  • New Brunswick, NJ

  • Adjunct Professor

    • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
    • New Brunswick, NJ

    Classroom teacher of Expository Writing courses. Curriculum development, lesson planning, lectures, instruction, assignment/semester grades and student advisory.

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  Interpublic Group/Jack Morton Worldwide

  • New York

  • Vice President/Senior Creative Strategist

    • 2005 - 2007
    • New York

    Founding executive for experiential marketing strategic-and-creative services for global clients in technology, telecommunications, consumer products and film-and-television-production industries. Creative ideation, brief development, narrative strategy, copywriting, scriptwriting and management...

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  Sony Electronics

  • Park Ridge, NJ

  • Manager, Digital Movie and TV Marketing

    • Jan 2002 - Jun 2004
    • Park Ridge, NJ

    Founding executive creating brand leadership and product demand in entertainment production industry for Sony HD/digital production technology. Led strategic product integration in more than 100 motion picture features, TV series and commercials. Led creative direction of North American advertisi...

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  Cross Media (formerly Ovation Studios)

  • New York

  • Executive Producer

    • Nov 1996 - Aug 2001
    • New York

    Founding executive for an integrated-marketing production company, creating content in video/broadcast production, graphic design, copywriting, scriptwriting and live event production for clients in consumer electronics, technology, gaming and education industries. Managed all creative and busine...

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  Golin (formerly TSI Communications)

  • New York

  • Vice President

    • May 1995 - Aug 2001
    • New York

    Led clients’ global communications, media strategy, editorial execution, content creation and executive speechwriting/ghostwriting for C-level professionals. Spokesperson to media and thought leaders. Clients in technology, consumer electronics, entertainment and government industries.

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  American Express

  • New York

  • Producer

    • Jan 1993 - Feb 1994
    • New York

    Creative producer/writer for cause-related communications and marketing programs including the Charge Against Hunger and Financial Responsibility, growing market share though consumer awareness. Content creator for social and cultural programs of the American Express Foundation.

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  The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing A...

  • Washington, D.C.

  • Manager, Programs

    • Dec 1988 - Jan 1993
    • Washington, D.C.

    Manager of educational program development for national office, U.S. and international affiliates of VSA, a non-profit serving people with disabilities. Creator/manager of arts and education curriculum, exhibits, concerts and theater productions. Founding director of the Yamagata Institute, an an...

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  University of Maryland-College Park, Department...

  • College Park, MD

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Sep 1984 - May 1987
    • College Park, MD

    Classroom teacher of Expository Writing and English Literature courses. Curriculum development, lesson planning, lectures, instruction, assignment/semester grades and student advisory.

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  The Alan Brady Show

  • New York

  • Writer

    • Oct 1961 - May 1966
    • New York

    Staff writer for the Alan Brady Show, a comedy-variety series starring Alan Brady, broadcast weekly on CBS. Writer of monologue and sketch material for Alan and the show's special guests.