MY STORY
10 / The Through Line
I’ve spent over 25 years building events, departments, and teams across some of New York’s most extraordinary institutions and stages. What drives all of it is simple: the people involved. Every decision, every system, every conversation traces back to human experience. Events are living things - unpredictable, human, and never quite the same twice. I’ve learned to meet them there, calmly and with care, and to build teams that do the same.
This is my story.
9 / Guiding Tomorrow
After nearly a decade, returning to higher education - this time at one of the most celebrated performing arts conservatories in the world - felt earned. Leading Front of House Operations at The Juilliard School means something different than it would anywhere else. Professional staff growing into their leadership, and student staff who are themselves among the finest young artists in the field. My work has been building the systems and culture that allow everyone to succeed - teaching people to lead, to stay present, to build towards tomorrow, and to take pride in the work that happens offstage.
8.5 / When the World Stopped
In March 2020, the events industry disappeared overnight. Years of work, relationships, and infrastructure gone in a matter of days. It was humbling, disorienting, and genuinely frightening. We pivoted immediately into video production and digital program offerings, building that capacity from nothing while the world waited. When the time came, we were among the first in NYC to safely bring live performance back to audiences in August 2020. The pandemic didn’t change why I do this. It confirmed it.
8 / A Living Stage
At The New York Botanical Garden, we didn’t just produce events, we built a department, shaped a culture, and became part of the institution’s forward motion. Programming that challenged what a botanical garden could be. Events that felt as alive as the landscape surrounding them. The team developed into taking genuine ownership of not just our own work, but the Garden’s broader story.
7 / MetLive Arts
Few venues ask more of an event professional than The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Working inside one of the most significant art collections ever assembled, every decision - flow, sound, sight lines, lighting - had to honor the space and the work around it. It was a master class in restraint, precision, and the quiet authority that comes from truly understanding your environment.
6.5 / TiL Productions
What began as a vehicle for my own work grew into something large. We brought full-service event production to clients across New York, from creative concept through execution. We provided gig employment to over 100 individuals and built a six-figure business rooted in the belief that great events require great teams.
6 / Truth in Lies
My creative laboratory. We blended original storytelling, imaginative nightlife, and fearless game design into environments that didn’t exist anywhere else in the city - events that were specific, strange, fun, and entirely their own. It taught me that the most ambitious ideas, when executed with genuine care, always find their audience.
Truth in Lies… the truth is you
5 / The Long Rehearsal
BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. The Ride. Pace University. Countless stages, venues, and roles in between. Stage Manager one night, sound guy the next. Box Office, Security, Laborer, House Manager, Producer… there was no such thing as a day off, and I wouldn’t have wanted one. These were high-stakes training grounds, and I was learning every corner of the business from the inside. Seven days a week, I was building something, even when I didn’t fully know what yet.
4 / If You Can Make it There
After an apprenticeship at NY Stage and Film, I arrived in New York with one north star: work. The city felt like home immediately, and the opportunities came fast. I had come to direct, and while that path evolved, it gave me something invaluable: big picture thinking, the ability to hold an entire production in my mind at once. Every instinct I have as a manager and producer today has roots in that training.
3 / The Long Way Round
My academic path was anything but straight. Five universities, half a dozen majors, 3.5 years studying management, and nearly a minor in music before landing on a B.A. in Theatre Arts. All while continuing to freelance and chase every opportunity the events world offered. There were stumbles along the way. But every detour was preparation. I was challenging myself creatively and intellectually at every turn, and the two paths were quietly informing each other the whole time.
2 / Doors Open
My career in events started as a high school intern at the Charles Ives Concert Park. The hours were long, the weather was often unforgiving, and I loved every minute of it. I began freelancing at every opportunity, chasing the feeling I’d discovered behind the scenes. There was nothing better than the doors opening and the band hitting the stage.
1 / The Record Player
I was born into a blue-collar family in rural Connecticut, and music was always a part of my life. I could sing along to popular melodies before I could even form sentences. My parents always had the record player on, and I grew up listening to Billy Joel, The Beach Boys, The Temptations, The Who, and Madonna. I never imagined that one day I’d be working alongside them.
Photography By
Ben Hider / Ben Hider Images
Marlon Co / Marlon Co Photography
Juan Batista / by Papi Juan Photography
Maria Perez / Maria Perez Photography
Iris Garcia
Videography by
Kaitlin Tyler
Marlo Co / Marlon Co Photography
Maria Perez / Maria Perez Photography
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