Projects and Engagements
Professionally my work has ranged from managing nonprofit start-ups, creative consulting, and online business development. Creatively I work in experimental sound art // place based installations & photography.
Mitchell Street Arts
A community X contemporary art center based in Milwaukee, WI. As the Founder and Executive Director, I brought the organization from 0-1, securing over $1M in funding from federal, state, municipal, private and foundation sources. I served as the general contractor for the build out of the 12,000 sqft center and hired a robust team. Together we built the organization to host award winning exhibitions, two competitive residency programs, and 300 pay-what-you-want programs a year. During my leadership, the organization held a $300,000 annual budget and grew into an important part of the city’s arts ecosystem. I exited the organization in 2025 and trained a new Executive Director to replace me. Since then, the organization has continued to grow.
Founder and Executive Director. Est. 2021
The Token Institute
An AI Education platform and Film Festival based in Chicago, IL. Token was born from an impulse to deepen the conversation around AI ethics. In collaboration with Northwestern University and the Wirtz Center, the organization hosts an annual festival exploring how new technologies are affecting the film&TV industry both positively and negatively. My cofounders and I know it’s difficult to know where this technology is headed, but hope that the reality lies between these two binaries of reckless innovative progress and total devastation. Here, experimentation is encouraged, contradictions are visible, and storytelling remains the north star. Our willingness to engage with the unknown reveals as much about us as it does about the future we’re building.
Cofounder & Creative Strategist. Est. 2025
In The Realm Of Senses Chicago
ITROS aims to make people of all ages feel more alive. Working at the intersections of performance, sensory design, and immersive experience, we inspire adults with our acts and educate students through hands on arts programs in schools. Our performances are designed to be difficult to explain, equally synthesizing music, visual art, olfactory & gastronomic art.
As a working board member and treasurer, I support the organization through both hands on support of our programs as well as overseeing our bookkeeping.
Board member and treasurer. Est. 2018
Common Good Earth
Board member and ex Community Development manager. Est. 2018
CommonGood.Earth is an alternative currency designed to create a more just world. The organization envisions a society in which people gather locally to decide for themselves what their funding priorities should be, to advance a Common Good Economy. Our mission is to design and establish the framework for that new economy by integrating a fast-growing mutual credit system with traditional bank accounts, to shift power from big business and big government back to communities.
As a previous employee and now board member, I’ve supported the organization through an executive leadership transition and guide the organization’s expansion into new geographic areas.
