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Professional Summary

I am a mission-driven creative professional dedicated to social justice, sustainable agriculture, and the arts. Adept in the corporate, nonprofit, and academic settings, my degrees in organizational communication and photography complement a 20+ year project management and communication career focused in local food supply and the arts.

OPERATIONS / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Hudson Valley Seed, Beacon, NY

Admin Manager

  • General business management specific to project needs

Cold Spring Farmers’ Market, Cold Spring, NY

Market Manager

  • Maintain year-round all-weather non profit farmers’ market logistics and accounts management

  • Manage a culture of mutual respect between key market stakeholders to ensure effective operations

  • Bookkeeping responsibilities include vendor and FMNP accounting, monthly reporting, and staff payroll

Purchase College, Purchase, NY                                                                                                                        

Digital Media Manager / Conservatory Coordinator / Photographer

  • Coordinated events calendar for photo and video shoots campus-wide

  • Managed and integrated archives for the office of Communications, incorporating images and video clips from multiple campus sectors, and outside photographers and videographers

  • Managed all aspects of bookings and student and faculty travel for BFA Acting, LA showcase performances

  • Facilitated personnel reviews, budgeting, payroll, and general business operations

  • Served and chaired campus personnel search committees

Eileen Fisher, Inc, Irvington, NY                  

Communications Generalist

  • Facilitated foundation awards, granting over $300,000 annually to local and national nonprofit organizations and small businesses: facilitated grant meetings, maintained applicant correspondence and website updates

  • Coordinated company holiday celebration, including catering and entertainment, and R&D and distribution of Earth Day gifts with living trees to over 800 employees in 50 locations

92Y, New York, NY

Production Manager

  • Responsible for events, production materials, equipment rentals, press, staff, and artists’ technical needs for 7 producing departments, four on-site, and two off-site venues – 350 shows per year

  • Managed recording releases and archives for all shows produced by 92Y

  • Negotiated all aspects of Kaufmann Concert Hall rentals including scheduling, contracts, event insurance, accounts receivable, ticketing, and staging requirements

 

COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH

Cold Spring Farmer’s Market, Cold Spring, NY 

  • Manage vendor recruitment and applications, and social media marketing

  • Increased Instagram followers by 400%, created #csfmmeal hashtag to entice shoppers with recipe ideas

  • Supervise the marketing and program coordinator in strategies and development

  • Drive the annual business sponsorship campaign – identifying new business, non-profit, and cross-promotional opportunities – expanded Business Sponsorship outreach by 25%

Purchase College, Purchase, NY

  • Primary performance and campus photographer, recruited and directed reliable team of student photographers through mentorship and open communication

  • Design direction, copy-editing, and website content management of marketing and PR collateral for recruitment, student portfolios, and website

Eileen Fisher, Inc, Irvington, NY

  • Coordinated and conducted confidential interviews with department directors to establish individualized focus for professional development

92Y, New York, NY       

  • Liaised with local and federal agencies including NYC cultural and education departments, International Delegates, and the U.S. Secret Service

  • Served as artist assistant, acting as organization rep to well-known performers during annual gala

Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft Office Suite 

Mac and PC platforms

Nikon camera systems

Water bath canning

Composting

 

 

 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education

State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Bachelor of Science, Communications                                                                              December 2014

  • Magna Cum Laude

Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Associate of Science, Photography,                                                                                         June 2006

  • Dean’s list

  • Program awards recipient

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