My experience in art, design, leadership, board building, financial management and oversight stems from a long and intense history with key arts organizations in the Bay Area. Being in leadership positions at both The Crucible in Oakland and at Burning Man in San Francisco has given me the experience and passion needed to conceive and actualize the role of arts in personal transformation and community building. 

What I Do

I am a creative strategy & business planning consultant specializing in developing and implementing impact-driven programming, communications and fundraising, strategies.

Services

Experience Design, Art Curation, Fundraising & Development, Cultural Leadership & Visioning, Program Strategy, Partnerships & Community Engagement, Nonprofit Management & Governance, Brand Communications & Storytelling

I love helping people learn how to access and embrace their own creativity, as well as helping communities realize the potential of engaging in the creative process. When people engage together in creativity, they create connections to each other. They create opportunities for cooperation and collaboration and ultimately they help to create a sense of belonging. 

Burning Man

I was offered the opportunity to help Burning Man transition to a non profit from an LLC by building a fundraising function, defining roles and hiring staff to begin an active fundraising program. As Interim Director of Development, I worked with the founders and Program Directors to define Burning Man’s first fundraising strategy, hired a fundraising staff and doubled the donor base. Two years later, Burning Man’s contributed income had almost tripled and a permanent Director of Development has been found and hired.  

TRASNSFIX

As VP of Art for TRANSFIX, I directed a team of experienced artist relations professionals and curators in creating an interactive and participatory art experience in Las Vegas at Resorts World. Together we curated, contracted, moved and installed 50+ large scale art works from artists around the world.

The Crucible

While operating my own design firm in the Bay Area, I spent six years serving as a volunteer Director on the Board of The Crucible in Oakland. Three of those years I served as Board President. After helping to manage a founder transition, hiring an interim Executive Director to make some key changes to the financial systems and bringing the organization into compliance of CA labor laws, I was chosen by the board to be the new Executive Director. In one year, I brought the organization out of a three-year loss pattern ending the year with a surplus.