Positions Held

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Cirque du Soleil Crystal North America and Middle East Tour 2023-2024

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Herb Alpert School of Music at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Fall 2022

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Westminster Choir College at Rider University Fall 2020-Spring 2021

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mill City Summer Opera Minneapolis, Minnesota 2018-2019

ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Cirque du Soleil Quidam Brazil Tour 2009-2010

FOUNDING CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Opera Omnia New York City 2008-2013

Education

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Master’s of Arts Management, Heinz College of Public Policy and Management

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Drama-Directing, double major European Studies, School of Drama

Instituto Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy, Fairfield University study abroad

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

Certificate - Professional Screenwriting Program, School for Theater, Film, Television

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES EXTENSION

Certificate in Business and Management of Entertainment for Film & Television

Fluent in Spanish and Italian; working knowledge of German, French, Portuguese (Brazil); knowledge of Serbian, Czech, Cyrillic alphabet