Experience

Curtis Institute of Music

• United States
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs

  • Oct 2020 - Jan 2022

• Senior Director of Communications and Marketing

  • Feb 2019 - Oct 2020



Culture Vultures (Discover Jersey Arts)

• Feature Writer

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2020

  Frequent blogger covering organizations and upcoming performances in New Jersey's thriving arts scene through fun and engaging commentary. The Culture Vultures blog is organized by Discover Jersey Arts, a cosponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and ArtPride New Jersey Foundation Frequent blogger covering organizations and upcoming performances in New Jersey's thriving arts scene through fun and engaging commentary. The Culture Vultures blog is organized by Discover Jersey Arts, a cosponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and ArtPride New Jersey Foundation



OPERA America

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketing and Communications

  • Oct 2008 - Jan 2019

  Strategize, implement and monitor all marketing, communications and public relations activities on national and local levels for the national opera service organization and on behalf of the opera industry. Craft informational and promotional copy in a range of styles; create, edit and oversee all external communications to ensure accuracy and brand identity. Address all press inquiries, cultivating relationships with journalists in local and national markets; write and distribute press announcements. Facilitate marketing and public relations staff at member companies by organizing professional development content and identifying new marketing, social media and public relations strategies. Supervise three staff members in the areas of digital media, communications and design. Manage in-house video creation. Direct all design collateral from inception to production. Oversee quarterly print magazine. Plan and implement advertising tactics for the organization’s programs, membership categories and facility rental. **Organized the first-ever national genre-specific feature spread in US Airways Magazine (August 2014), highlighting opera activity in the U.S. This effort yielded a 33-page spread, representing a $108,000 media buy. **Managed outside consultant and agency rebranding and publicity activities surrounding the opening of OPERA America’s National Opera Center facility in September 2012. **Created the organization’s first Marketing/PR Benchmarking Survey, analyze responses, design and publish report annually. **Launched annual National Opera Week in 2009 to increase awareness of opera and opera companies and to communicate the impact of opera on a national scale and in local communities. Engaged Honorary Chairs (including Aretha Franklin, David Hyde Pierce and Isaac Mizrahi), producing video statements that reached thousands of potential opera audiences.



Middlesex Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Sep 2006 - Dec 2008

  Adjunct Professor, teaching Intro to Art History, both Ancient to Medieval and Renaissance to Modern. Adjunct Professor, teaching Intro to Art History, both Ancient to Medieval and Renaissance to Modern.



Opera New Jersey

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Manager

  • Oct 2005 - Oct 2008

  Created and implemented all aspects of marketing and public relations for what was the largest opera company in New Jersey: wrote and distributed press releases, pitched story ideas to journalists, wrote and designed e-newsletters, developed and maintained website (www.Opera-NJ.org), produced all program books, designed advertisements, created and implemented advertising budget and plans for all events, maintained databases and assisted in planning annual fundraising gala and other special events. Prior to promotion to Marketing Manager, Development and Marketing responsibilities also included donor tracking, donation acknowledgements, grant writing and annual appeal solicitations.



Kean University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Sep 2004 - Dec 2006

  Adjunct Professor teaching Intro to Art History, both Ancient to Medieval and Renaissance to Modern. Adjunct Professor teaching Intro to Art History, both Ancient to Medieval and Renaissance to Modern.