Has held significant roles and delivered results with educational institutions. (Listed in alphabetical order.)
LACER (Hollywood, CA) a 501(c)3 award-winning arts education non-profit organization that provides free arts and literacy based after school activities to middle school youth throughout Los Angeles
- Serve as third-party Controller/CFO reporting to the Board of Directors since 2004
- Financial reconstruction of 3 years of data
- Establish financial systems, procedures and insure integrity remains in place
- Monthly oversight including extensive consolidated reporting to Executive Director & Board
- Liaison with third party professionals for audit, tax and informational returns
- Treasurer & General Manager
- Established educational programs that have been presented to over 1 million middle school, high school and college-age students in relation to the award winning documentaries “Journey to a Hate Free Millennium” and “Mama D”
- Launched and managed speaker’s bureau
- Created, supervised and maintained internal control structures, financial policies and administrative policies and procedures
- Took organization from zero funding to an annual budget of $500,000 in 18 months
- Visiting Professor on Independent Film making
- Class agent for 1983-2008
- Effected a record 83% participation rate in one year
- BFA Theatre Arts | Minor Communications (Dean's List)
- Guest Professor "The Business of Show Business"
- Developed curriculum that taught students how to build and maintain PC systems, saving schools tens of thousands of dollars in equipment maintenance costs (1997)
- Led curriculum with high school students
- Trained staff and educators on curriculum
- Established presence in area high schools