I am a community-centered fundraising and nonprofit leader,creative executive, historian, professor, and writer.

I am Assistant Professor of Arts Administration at Elon University. Previous faculty positions at Seattle University and UNC-Greensboro.

Author, A Kid’s Book About Kindness, DK Publishing/AKidsCo, 2023, 2025

Author (w/Cailtin Pontrella), Nonprofit Boards For Dummies, Wiley/For Dummies, 2026

Author (w/Hannah Grannemann), Sustainable Fundraising, Columbia Business School Publishing, 2026

Washington State Arts Commissioner, representing 43rd District (Seattle), Governor Appointed, Chair, Advocacy Committee, 2025

Board President, ARCADE NW Architecture and Design Magazine

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Inaugural Executive Director of the American Genre Film Archive, the world's largest nonprofit archive and distributor for genre films. Produced 10+ Home video releases

Artistic roles for NC Museum of Art, Durham Savoyards, Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh, Chamber Music Raleigh, Justice Theatre Project, Pauper Players

Theatre director and orchestra/opera conductor and has produced over 150 live performances including a televised tribute to Leonard Bernstein and American Music for PBS/UNC TV

Fundraising roles with Friends of Waterfront park, Arboretum Foundation (WA), Mary’s Place, Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Featured appearances: TED Radio Hour, Cannes Film Festival/Fantastic Pavillion, Variety, The Advocate, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, How To Build a Nonprofit, The Projection Booth

HONORS:

40 Under 40, Puget Sound Business Journal, 2025

Young Alumni Award, UNC-Greensboro, 2024

Honorary Fellow, Rainier Club (Seattle), 2024-2026

Top 30 Arts Professionals by Musical America, 2023

“The Future of Arts Fundraising” by Southern Theatre Magazine, 2022

Tar Heel of the Week, Raleigh News and Observer, 2016