• A passion that began with music.

  • Deepened with meditation.

  • And blossomed into world-class business practice...

  • to enable great visionaries to realize a better future.

Case Study: Undercurrent

Miguel, Bon Iver, Jorja Smith Helped Craft Installations for New Music and Art Platform, Undercurrent. The various installations all grapple with climate change. Undercurrent was founded to unite musicians, artists, and other collaborators to create new kinds of immersive, interactive, multimedia events that could also inspire social change.

Role: General Manager

Experience

  • 2018 - 2023, New York City

    Executive leadership in two award-winning agencies that transform the way we create and experience culture. Listen designs audio and music for sonic branding, podcasts, and products. A_DA is an experience innovation and design agency.

    Board Financial Reporting, annual budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling.

    HR, Legal, business operations. Launch Talent Management, Employee Engagement, Future of Work (remote) plans.

    Design & implementation of Anti-Racism and DE&I strategy, L&D initiatives and cross-functional processes.

  • 2015 - present

    Start-up scaling – building teams and operational process

    Fundraising, investor decks and presentations, Executive Coaching

    Competitive Analysis, Research and Development

  • 2015 - 2017

    Album recording, promotion, and world tour.

  • 2014 - 2015

    Culture of high touch, critical stakeholders, and clientele. (e.g. record label executives)

    Launch new L&D high potential program, “Amplify” – support with planning and execution

    Talent Acquisition and Onboarding: develop new processes and materials

  • Executive Management of the dissemination of content for all key areas of international non-profit foundation

    Supervise staff of 9 and over 50 home volunteers (writers, editors, and producers)

    Meeting Facilitation, Public Speaking, extensive written & verbal communication and presentations

  • Excel, Great Plains, Raiser’s Edge Blackbaud


    Supervise staff of 3

    A/R, A/P, Receipts, General Ledger, data analysis


  • Nobel Peace Prize performance for President Barack Obama in Oslo, Norway 2009, Grammy’s 2011

    Production for rehearsals, Background vocals

  • Direct report to Executive Director


    Interim Managing Director

    Manage all operations: payroll, A/R, A/P, customer service, enrollment/registration, office maintenance, etc,

  • COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR EQUITY, INCLUSIVITY & PEACE

    Taught conflict resolution and non-violent communication to 4th and 5th graders of diverse backgrounds

    Lead musician


    Group facilitation with adults and children