SKILLS
- Building suite of social media properties and website content
- Podcasting development, production, and distribution
- Scriptwriting and structuring of short and long form content
- Video/still photography, audio, and lighting
- Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro editing
- Google Workspace
EXPERIENCE
Creative Consultant: New York City & Washington, D.C. (2013 - Present)
Develop and produce campaigns, content, events, and messaging for high profile media, nonprofit, and government clients.
The White House 1600 Sessions| Director & Co- Executive Producer (2022 - current)
"The White House 1600 Sessions" is a monthly documentary podcast which can be found on your favorite podcast provider as well as on video at the White House Historical Association's YouTube and Facebook channels. The Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. whitehousehistory.org/the-white-house-1600-sessions
2024 COMMUNICATOR AWARDS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Series-Political for Podcasts
2024 COMMUNICATOR AWARDS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Individual Episodes-Non-Profit for Podcasts,"Remembering President John F. Kennedy"
2024 TELLY AWARD, SILVER
General - Video Podcast, "The White House 1600 Sessions Series"
2024 TELLY AWARD, SILVER
General - Video Podcast, "Remembering President John F. Kennedy"
2024 TELLY AWARD, BRONZE
Series - History, "The White House 1600 Sessions Series"
2024 SHORTY AWARD AUDIENCE HONOR
Pieced Together | Director & Producer
Made the first documentary film about Donna Sue Groves, a 6th-generation Appalachian and the community organizer behind Barn Quilt Trails. This public art movement of hanging decorative wooden quilt squares on barns to promote tourism and bolster rural economies has gained fans from around the world. piecedtogetherdoc.com
CURED | Co-Producer
CURED is an award-winning documentary about the LGBT heroes who courageously and relentlessly campaigned to have homosexuality removed from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental illnesses in the 1970’s. CURED opened Season 23 of Independent Lens/PBS in 2021. cureddocumentary.com
Finish Line: The Rise and Demise of Off-Track Betting | Producer
OTB was NYC’s first legal bookie and a public-benefit corporation whose proceeds from horse racing bets funded state and local government programs. This award-winning documentary film spotlights the impact on over 1,000 union workers who lost their jobs and promised retiree health benefits when OTB went bankrupt due to poor mismanagement, political agendas, and the attack on the middle class.
Haddad Media: Washington, D.C. | Senior Producer (2007 - 2013)
Developed and produced campaigns, content, events, and messaging for clients. Examples of work:
Washington Insider| Co-Executive Producer (2014)
The WASHINGTON INSIDER channel looks at how money, power and celebrity drive politics and policy in America’s capital city. Wrote and edited the inaugural seven podcasts, White House Correspondents Weekend, which focus on the personalities and ambition that fuel politics, power and elections – and ultimately drive policy inside the Beltway. Tammy Haddad, CEO of Haddad Media, Simon Marks, CEO of Feature Story News, co-executive producers.
ABC News: Washington, D.C.| Producer (1995 - 2007)
Worked up through the ranks of the National Bureau of ABC News on programs including World News Tonight, Nightline, This Week, 20/20, PrimeTime and Weekend News.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Syracuse University | Adjunct Professor (Summers 2013 - 2015)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Capstone Program
Mentored journalism graduate students in the last six weeks of their Masters program while they served as Washington, D.C. reporters for various stations across the country. Provided real world guidance in developing stories, booking interviews, writing, tracking, producing, and editing.
EDUCATION
Syracuse University, Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism & Political Science cum laude
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
2006 RIAS German/American Journalist Exchange Program Fellow
2002 George Foster Peabody Award, “Nightline: The Survivors,” Field Producer
Cited in Smithsonian exhibit, “September 11: Bearing Witness to History”
Pieced Together:
WINNER Best Documentary Short Feature Film - 2017 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival
WINNER Audience Award - 2018 Indy FilmFest
Official Selection - 2018 Great Western Catskills International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2018 Ocean City Film Festival
Official Selection - 2018 Ozark Foothills FilmFest
Official Selection - 2018 Oil Valley Film Festival
Official Selection - 2016 River's Edge International Film Festival
Presenter & Film Screening - 41st Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference (2018)
Program Participant - 40th Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference (2017)
Speaker - Not Fade Away Conference | Quilt Alliance (2015)
MEMBERSHIP
New York Women in Film and Television
Women in Film & Video of Washington, D.C.
Writers Guild of America, East
Develop and produce campaigns, content, events, and messaging for high profile media, nonprofit, and government clients.
- Plan and create client messaging campaigns.
- Develop plans for executive engagement such as breakfast briefings, participation in major panel discussions, and hosting of new podcasts.
- Create digital media strategies, messaging, content and planning calendars.
- Align communication strategies across special events, virtual conversations, and product launches.
- Branding development and marketing strategizing.
- Implement corporate media training.
- Produce video and audio content.
- Crisis response communications.
- OpEd and blog writing.
- Creating pitches for creative projects and original content.
- Research and development for interviews and panels.
- Guest booking and talent management.
The White House 1600 Sessions| Director & Co- Executive Producer (2022 - current)
"The White House 1600 Sessions" is a monthly documentary podcast which can be found on your favorite podcast provider as well as on video at the White House Historical Association's YouTube and Facebook channels. The Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. whitehousehistory.org/the-white-house-1600-sessions
2024 COMMUNICATOR AWARDS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Series-Political for Podcasts
2024 COMMUNICATOR AWARDS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Individual Episodes-Non-Profit for Podcasts,"Remembering President John F. Kennedy"
2024 TELLY AWARD, SILVER
General - Video Podcast, "The White House 1600 Sessions Series"
2024 TELLY AWARD, SILVER
General - Video Podcast, "Remembering President John F. Kennedy"
2024 TELLY AWARD, BRONZE
Series - History, "The White House 1600 Sessions Series"
2024 SHORTY AWARD AUDIENCE HONOR
Pieced Together | Director & Producer
Made the first documentary film about Donna Sue Groves, a 6th-generation Appalachian and the community organizer behind Barn Quilt Trails. This public art movement of hanging decorative wooden quilt squares on barns to promote tourism and bolster rural economies has gained fans from around the world. piecedtogetherdoc.com
CURED | Co-Producer
CURED is an award-winning documentary about the LGBT heroes who courageously and relentlessly campaigned to have homosexuality removed from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental illnesses in the 1970’s. CURED opened Season 23 of Independent Lens/PBS in 2021. cureddocumentary.com
Finish Line: The Rise and Demise of Off-Track Betting | Producer
OTB was NYC’s first legal bookie and a public-benefit corporation whose proceeds from horse racing bets funded state and local government programs. This award-winning documentary film spotlights the impact on over 1,000 union workers who lost their jobs and promised retiree health benefits when OTB went bankrupt due to poor mismanagement, political agendas, and the attack on the middle class.
Haddad Media: Washington, D.C. | Senior Producer (2007 - 2013)
Developed and produced campaigns, content, events, and messaging for clients. Examples of work:
- Transitioned traditional print outlets into digital and live content.
- Produced discussion panels at 2012 DNC and RNC conventions for Bloomberg Media.
- White House Correspondents’ Association weekend talent management.
Washington Insider| Co-Executive Producer (2014)
The WASHINGTON INSIDER channel looks at how money, power and celebrity drive politics and policy in America’s capital city. Wrote and edited the inaugural seven podcasts, White House Correspondents Weekend, which focus on the personalities and ambition that fuel politics, power and elections – and ultimately drive policy inside the Beltway. Tammy Haddad, CEO of Haddad Media, Simon Marks, CEO of Feature Story News, co-executive producers.
ABC News: Washington, D.C.| Producer (1995 - 2007)
Worked up through the ranks of the National Bureau of ABC News on programs including World News Tonight, Nightline, This Week, 20/20, PrimeTime and Weekend News.
- Earned a Peabody Award for work on the Nightline profile of two of the burn survivors from the 9/11 Pentagon attack.
- Worked on longform profiles including Andrea Bocelli, global singing sensation; a former CIA disguise artist who now makes medical prosthetics; and a beloved jazz teacher at a D.C. public high school for the arts.
- Covered events from the White House, Capitol Hill, and Cabinet Departments.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Syracuse University | Adjunct Professor (Summers 2013 - 2015)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Capstone Program
Mentored journalism graduate students in the last six weeks of their Masters program while they served as Washington, D.C. reporters for various stations across the country. Provided real world guidance in developing stories, booking interviews, writing, tracking, producing, and editing.
EDUCATION
Syracuse University, Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism & Political Science cum laude
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
2006 RIAS German/American Journalist Exchange Program Fellow
2002 George Foster Peabody Award, “Nightline: The Survivors,” Field Producer
Cited in Smithsonian exhibit, “September 11: Bearing Witness to History”
Pieced Together:
WINNER Best Documentary Short Feature Film - 2017 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival
WINNER Audience Award - 2018 Indy FilmFest
Official Selection - 2018 Great Western Catskills International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2018 Ocean City Film Festival
Official Selection - 2018 Ozark Foothills FilmFest
Official Selection - 2018 Oil Valley Film Festival
Official Selection - 2016 River's Edge International Film Festival
Presenter & Film Screening - 41st Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference (2018)
Program Participant - 40th Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference (2017)
Speaker - Not Fade Away Conference | Quilt Alliance (2015)
MEMBERSHIP
New York Women in Film and Television
Women in Film & Video of Washington, D.C.
Writers Guild of America, East
