Experience

San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Executive Director, Marketing & Communications, 7/21–Present
Director, Marketing & Communications, 1/20–7/21

Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
Executive Vice President, Communications & Visitor Experience, 5/18–1/20
Vice President, Communications & Visitor Experience, 4/17–5/18
Senior Director, Communications & Visitor Experience, 1/17–4/17
Director, Communications & Marketing, 6/13–1/17

Balboa Park Online Collaborative, San Diego, CA
Director of External Affairs, 9/12–6/13
Senior Editor, 6/10–8/12

SURVIVORS, San Diego, CA
Public Affairs Director, 11/06–05/10
AmeriCorps Volunteer, 9/05–10/06

New York Magazine, New York, NY
Intern & Freelancer, 06/04–09/04

National Geographic Adventure, New York, NY
Editorial Intern, 03/04–05/04

Chicago Magazine, Chicago, IL
Marketing Intern, 01/04–03/04

Teen People, New York, NY
Public Affairs Intern, 06/02–09/02

The Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA
Writer, 11/98–08/02

EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Science, Medill School of Journalism, June 2005

School for International Training, Durban, South Africa, Fall 2004
Studied reconciliation, development and basic Zulu.

Additional coursework: Elements of Marketing, UCSD-Extension, Spring 2008

LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Program Committee, MuseWeb, 2013-Present
Co-Chair, Digital Marketing for SoCal Museums, 2014-2017
President, Northwestern University Alumni Club of San Diego, 2011-2013