Resumé

My academic training is in philosophy.  My non-academic training is in making things happen - Academic, Corporate, Private, Non-profit, and Arts commmunities may call their Writers, their editors, their Producers, and their Project/Stage Managers by different names, but the skillsets are essentially the same.  Only the vocabulary changes - plus whether you wield a wrench, clipboard, or spreadsheet.

I have used my skills as a problem solver, creative thinker, editor, and advisor in a variety of positions.  References available on request

Selected Work Experience:

MIT Sloan School of Management; 2004-present
Title: Program Coordinator, MBA Student Affairs.  Responsibilities: Managing or supporting all aspects of the MBA Student Affairs department in support of over 700 graduate students.  Supervision and training of all other support staff members.  Event planning and coordination, teaching students to create their own events, maintaining financial processes for program, designing and testing new processes.  negotiations with vendors and contract review, design and editing on school intranet for educational and promotional purposes.   Regular communication with various other institute departments.  Completed certificate training in mediation.  Received Sloan Enterprise Award.

MIT's Business School hired me to help manage their student orientation in 2004, and quickly decided they had to keep me as a permanent employee.  Student Affairs handles orientation, academic advising, all official student trips, activities for over 65 clubs, and is the catch-all for all MIT Sloan activities not assigned to a specific department.  While there I have clarified several administrative processes for the department, completed certificate training in mediation, and begun a university wide upgrade of the event registration process, for which I received the Sloan Enterprise Award.

Harvard University; 2003-present
Title: Production Assistant.  Responsibilities: Production work for the Memorial Hall complex as Assistant Stage Manager, House Manager, and as Usher for numerous shows.  Additional work with Harvard theatre and music societies over the past 5 years.

Anmahian Winton Architects; 2002-2003
Title: Office Manager, Special Projects Manager.  Responsibilities: Cataloguing of firm library and materials, real estate search, website design, general office coordination and management duties.

First Night International (FNI); 1998, 2002
Title: Special Projects Manager.  Responsibilities: Conference planning, grant writing, computer instruction, company newsletter, move coordination, facilitation of communications among 200 member communities in North America, basic financial bookkeeping, writing, editing, daily operation of office.

First Night International franchises the "First Night" name and vision of a community and arts oriented New Year's Eve celebration to its member communities.  It also teaches members how to put on a good city-wide show, negotiates national discounts and sponsorships for its members, and enforces its artistic and business standards.  There are are over 200 member communities in North America and FNI organizes an annual conference to help them meet, learn, and share experiences.

WellChild Foundation; 2000-2001
Title: Communications Manager.  Responsibilities: Event and website planning and management for nonprofit division of Blue Cross Blue Shield.  Planned and coordinated logistics for medical and other workshops/conferences. Managed website.  Other duties: Acting as assistant to Director, writing, editing, distribution of educational and promotional materials and follow up contact, and office manager duties.

Wellchild was a non-profit dividion of BlueCross BlueShield of Massachusetts devoted to teaching doctors and parents about early childhood education, and about how to effectively communicate with each other.  The division was dissolved in 2001 to make way for a larger version of itself.

Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University (CMS); 1997-2000 (plus seasonal duties continuing through 2003)
Title: Executive Administrator, Media Liaison.  Responsibilities: Planning and managing of simultaneous projects for international academic research center, media contact and spokesman duties, grant writing, office management duties, management of director’s and VIP guests’ schedules, writing, editing, press releases and kits, web design, public presentations and interviews with local and national media outlets.

The Center studies how beliefs in an immanent destruction (or radical change) of the world has an impact on societies and history.  In short, People with these beliefs have had a great effect (both positive and negative) in history, and we should understand this because these people and their beliefs continue.

Along with my other duties at the Center, I conducted my own research and writings on millennial and apocalyptic thought and behavior, and edited the research of others in the field.  I made presentations to schools, historical associations, religious associations, and media outlets, consulted for other research agencies working on topics related to the field, and designed and taught a class on millennialism in modern culture.  A partial list of the organizations that called on me includes:

The Arlington Institute (Washinton, DC).  New England Cable News Network.  Thornton Academy.  Andover Newton Theological Seminary.  Boston Clergy for Interfaith Dialogue.  The Society of Colonial Wars of Massachusetts.  The Cambridge Center for Adult Education.  The Lazarus Foundation.  The Greater Lowell Methodist Cluster.  

Freelance Event & Conference Planner; ongoing  (details, contacts, and references available on request)
Extensive experience planning, organizing, and managing events of all sizes, in academic, corporate and other environments.

Additional information on my Event Planning experience and credentials available on this website's Language & Logistics page

Freelance Writer; 1996-present
Magazine, newspaper, and worldwide web samples available upon request

Samples of my writing are available on this website's Writings page

Tai Chi Instructor; 1992-present
Extensive experience organizating and teaching classes and educational seminars for Universities, Hospitals, Health clubs, and Cultural Centers.  Instruction given both as professional and volunteer.

Additional information on my martial arts experience and credentials available on this website's Wushu page

Harvard Bookstore; 1994-1997
Title: Special Orders Associate, Bookseller.  Responsibilities: Researching customer orders, publisher contact, international customer service

King Richard’s Faire; 1987-1990, 1994-1996
Titles: Production Assistant, Stage Manager, Properties Master, Technical Director, Special Effects Coordinator, Quartermaster.  Responsibilities: Supervised the simultaneous use of twelve stages and performance areas.

Additional information on my Theatre Production experience and credentials available on this website's Theatre page