CV HISTORY

Stories/reviews/appearances have been secured in wide range of outlets including: Late Night with David Letterman, Conan, CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, CNN Inside Africa, NPR All Things Considered, NPR Morning Edition, World Café, Mountain Stage, New York Times, LA Times, AP, LinkTV, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker, Billboard, BBC The World, Studio 360, Afropop Worldwide, Town & Country, Songlines, Global Rhythm, WB 11, People en Espanol, El Diario, Hoy, EFE, Latina, Univision, Mun2, Despierta America! Body & Soul, Irish Echo, Archaeology Odyssey, Jazziz, Jazz Times, DownBeat. FUSE, Travel + Leisure, VH Uno, MTVe, LATV, Strings, Buen Hogar, La Opinion, VIBE, TV y Novelas, Trace, Irish America, LatinEyes TV, Miami Herald, India Today, Al jadeeda, Prevention, Mantram, LinkTV, Harpers Bazaar en espanol, Washington Post, SF Chronicle and many others.

PR HISTORY

5/93 – 9/01
National Director of Public Relations SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT, New York, NY
Directed national PR office, overseeing long-running campaigns for artists in exceptionally diverse genres: world, traditional and smooth jazz, folk, pop, reggae, Irish, spoken word, soundtracks, Latin, blues, country and more. Wide-ranging roster included Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Solas, Richard Shindell, Chava Alberstein, Lucky Dube, Black 47, Najma, Huun-Huur-Tu, Henry Kaiser, Andy Statman, Ghazal, Larry Coryell, Grupo AfroCuba de Matanzas, Brooklyn Funk Essentials and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

11/92 – 3/93
Director of Public Relations, Family Life Magazine
WENNER MEDIA, New York, NY
Publicist for lifestyle magazine launched by Rolling Stone publishing group.

1/92 – 9/92
Director, East Coast Publicity EMI RECORDS GROUP, N.A., New York, NY
Directed press campaigns for Chrysalis artists on newly-merged label. Clients included some of label’s most successful debuts, including Jeffrey Gaines and Arrested Development.

2/87 – 1/92
Director, East Coast Publicity CHRYSALIS RECORDS, New York, NY
Campaigns for pop, hip hop and folk acts including Jethro Tull, Proclaimers, Waterboys, Divinyls, Was (Not Was) and World Party.

1/86 – 1/87
CHAMPION ENTERTAINMENT, TOMMY MOTTOLA Mgmt
Indie radio and PR in house for acts including Darryl Hall & John Oates

ADDITIONAL INFO:
• My press releases are reprinted as industry templates in The Billboard Music Guide to Publicity.
• Music Consultant for the documentary film Promises, nominated for 2001 Academy Award for “Best Feature Documentary” and for two Emmy Awards. Originally broadcast on PBS national series “P.O.V.”

MEMBER:Board of Directors, WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE, New York, NY
WMI is North America’s most prestigious presenter of traditional music and dance from around the world, now in its 20th year.