Over the past twenty years, I have worked across cultural, political, and institutional life, helping leaders and organizations think through what they want to say, what they want to build, and how to bring others into the conversation.
Today, my work as a writer, consultant, and curator brings that experience into conversation with my own questions about purpose, meaning, and responsibility. Why do we do the work we do? Who does it serve? What do we want it to contribute? These questions inform both the counsel I offer others and the creative work I develop myself.
I’m interested in how art and culture shape our understanding of the world, connect us to one another, and help us recognize our place in a larger human story. I’m also interested in the standards we develop for ourselves, the places and communities we serve, and how we build lives and institutions that reflect what we actually value.
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I work with cultural leaders, artists, and institutions to develop ideas, shape exhibitions and public programs, and think through how their work connects with the people they want to reach. I am interested in partnerships that bring together intellectual rigor, creative curiosity, and a shared commitment to cultural and public life.
My experience includes corporate and digital communications in finance, communications leadership for the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressman Adam Smith, public engagement at the New York Public Library and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and arts communications at Sutton. Through my own practice at ElevenThirtySix, I have worked with more than thirty cultural organizations including The Africa Center, the International Center of Photography, the International Studio and Curatorial Program, and Socrates Sculpture Park.
I hold a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication from UNC Chapel Hill, an MA in Strategic Communications from American University, and a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from Harvard Extension School, with executive education from Duke University and Sotheby’s Institute of Art.