a bit about me

I am a senior consultant and design strategist with a focus on nonprofit communication.

My career has been a 25-year journey through the world of communications and graphic design. I’ve loved design ever since I cracked open my first Art History textbook in college. Fittingly, my first job was at a museum, where I wrote grants and produced publications in support of large annual and capital fundraising campaigns. I then moved on to consulting for a celebrated national art collection in Prague, launching their first-ever membership program at a castle. Back in the U.S. I marketed classics and new literature for a high-profile American book publisher in New York. I embraced my lifelong passion for music and dance as head of communications for a Manhattan concert hall and performing arts center. These experiences sparked a longing to explore the creative aspects of how communications and design can be used to reinforce missions.

I use my cumulative experience, insights and creativity to help each client tell their story, and to invite others to support them, buy goods or participate in their vision.

A closer look at my resumé includes . . .

Director of Communications, Kaufman Music Center
Director of Marketing, Penguin Books USA (Plume)
Development Consultant, Lobkowicz Collections in Prague
Director of Development Communications, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

I have served on the Board of Trustees for the Brooklyn-based theatre ensemble Irondale Center, the Hudson Valley-based quintet Winds in the Wilderness, Brooklyn Free Space Preschool and the Minneapolis-based string trio Ensemble Capriccio.

I received my B.A. in Art History, American History and Music from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.