Professional Experience

 
 

DOW JONES / MarketWatch, New York, NY
2019 — 2020
Development Consultant/Executive Producer
Developed long-form television formats and talent-driven projects from Dow Jones intellectual property/libraries.

NEW YORK POST, New York, NY
2017 — 2019
Development Consultant/Executive Producer
Developed television formats and talent to pitch networks. Generated digital ideas and content for New York Post properties.

Bustle.com, New York, NY
2017
Development Consultant/Format Creator
Created format for Bridesmaid Upgrade, an innovative Facebook Watch series.

ATLAS MEDIA, New York, NY
2016
Development Consultant/Executive Producer
Created concepts for original television series ideas and d closely with networks on development.

VH1, New York, NY
1999 − 2014
Executive Producer, Development & Programming  
Part of core development/production team that created VH1’s overall defining voice including the highly rated series, Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, Love & Hip Hop New York, KMichelle: My Life, Chrissy & Mr. Jones, I Want to Work for Diddy, The Salt–N-Pepa Show, the 100 Greatest franchise, the All Access lifestyle series and Let’s Talk About Pep.

  • Developed docu-soaps, competition elimination and magazine clip shows from conception to air.

  • Generated internal ideas as well as pitches from outside sources. 

  • Managed regular staff executives and freelance staff up to 30 people, from supervising producers to researchers and production assistants, as well as staff from third-party production companies.

  • Formed partnerships with talent, producers, writers, and production companies to create hit programming.

  • Provided extensive notes on production concepts, casting, outlines, scripts, and rough cuts for series.

  • Worked closely with field and edit teams to ensure brand specific storytelling.

  • Coordinated series launches and developed and execute integrated marketing strategies to monetize series.

  • Ensured on-time and on-budget series delivery.

  • Produced one-off documentaries such as Madonna Speaks; Around the World with Mariah Carey; What It’s Like: TLC; Deeper with No Doubt, Paul McCartney: The Best of Wingspan and Hey Ho, Let’s Go: The Story of the Ramones.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDITS INCLUDE:

  • 30 hours of Love and Hip Atlanta, seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4

  • 30 hours of Love and Hip Hop New York, seasons 3 and 4

  • 10 half-hours of hours of KMichelle: My Life, season 1

  • 10 hours of Love and Hip Hop Reunion Specials

  • 10 hours of Chrissy & Mr. Jones, seasons 1 and 2

  • 20 hours of I Want to Work for Diddy, seasons 1 and 2

  • 10 half-hours of Styled By June  

  • 8 half-hours of Let’s Talk About Pep

  • 8 half-hours of Transform Me 

  • 10 hours of My Antonio

  • 10 half-hours of The Salt-N-Pepa Show

  • 10 half-hours of The Agency

  • 30 hours of 100 Greatest franchise

  • 40 half-hours of the All Access magazine series and Awesomely Bad franchise 

MTV, New York, NY
1999
Field Director, Fanatic

  • Directed multi-cam field based reality show.

  • Oversaw field staff of ten.

  • Surprised fans and brought them to meet their favorite celebrities, including Van Halen, Bruce Willis, Ozzy Osbourne, Derek Jeter, and Kobe Bryant.

CHANNEL 4 UK, New York,NY
1998 − 1999
Producer, Amazing People

  • Produced show about amazing, strange, and bizarre people including vampires, serpent handlers, and a man who lived in a can suit.

PBS, New York, NY
1997 − 1998
Senior Segment Producer, In The Mix

  • Developed and produced hour-long special for teens about the interactive world.

LIFETIME TELEVISION, New York, NY
1996 − 1997
Associate Producer, The Dish and The Wire 

  • Worked on magazine lifestyle shows.

  • Produced Guerrilla Girls on the Loose, an on-camera segment about crashing movie sets.

NICKELODEON, New York, NY
1996
Segment Producer/ Writer, U to U: On the Road

  • Produced kid/celebrity packages for international interactive show.

PBS, New York, NY
1994 − 1995
Researcher, P.O.V.                                                                                        
Development Reader, American Playhouse

  • Researched and developed online outreach for acclaimed documentary series.

  • Wrote coverage of screenplays and novels for the indie film arm of P.O.V.

BROADWAY VIDEO, New York,  NY
1992-1994
Development Associate, Creative Affairs Department  
Development Assistant, The Vacant Lot
Production Assistant, The Kids in the Hall

  • Selected screenplays and proposals for upper-management consideration; scouted talent for shows in development, including the host of what became The Conan O’Brien Show.

  • Worked on pilots for such companies as Comedy Central, NBC, and KingWorld.

AUTHOR/ FILMMAKER

  • Published personal essays in The New York Times, Salon.com and NY Press.

  • Documented family Holocaust history through Europe and Morocco.

  • Wrote teen fiction novel for Random House.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, English and Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ SKILLS

  • Served as a panelist on Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, 2006, 2008 and 2009.

  • Conversant in French.