For over 25 years I’ve worked in partnerships, advocacy, and strategic communication, primarily for publishers (of books, journals, newspapers, and databases) but also for tech startups and in science and technology policy. I’ve been entrusted with multimillion-dollar brands, leadership and management responsibilities, and the oversight of key governmental and commercial relationships.

More recently I’ve pivoted to direct political engagement, working for local, statewide, and national campaigns in fundraising, organizing, and campaign management.

Originally from New York, my career has brought me to Philadelphia (nearly 15 years), the United Kingdom (three years in London), and now Chicago, where I’ve lived and worked since 2019.

Started in 2011 as a sidelight to a day job, Smarter Learning is now a full-time consultancy working in relationship management, business development, communication strategy, and political advocacy.

Current and former collaborators include US and European publishing companies, science-adjacent technology startups, and political campaigns on the East Coast and in the Midwest of the US.

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From 2022 to 2025 I was head of Public Affairs in North America for Frontiers, a science publisher based in Switzerland. In that role I advocated for Open Science policy in the US and Canada. And because of the August 2022 OSTP memo, I devoted significant time to helping researchers, librarians, lawmakers, and federal agencies prepare for the US federal mandate on freely accessible research.

Immediately prior to joining Frontiers (2020-22) I managed large and strategic partnerships for the Copyright Clearance Center, which helps publishers and other copyright holders coordinate content delivery, licensing, and Open Access workflows. I also served as a liaison to CCC's Government Relations team, which works to guide policymakers on copyright modernization and related topics. 

From 2015 to 2019 I was manager of Publisher Relations for the Web of Science Group of Clarivate, the former IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters. Based in Clarivate's London office from 2016 to 2019 (and in its Philadelphia office prior), I helped coordinate content and communication strategy for the Web of Science's editorial team.

I worked in newspapers for the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader and the Pottstown Mercury (as a copy editor and freelance writer, respectively) and for F.A. Davis Company, one of the few remaining independently owned and family-operated medical publishers in the US. As an acquisitions (commissioning) editor at F.A. Davis I developed new medical textbooks and helped bring some print-only resources into the digital world. 

Since 2015 I'm a member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, a US-based non-profit for the scientific and academic publishing industry. I volunteer with SSP's mentorship program and was a co-chair of SSP’s Community Engagement Committee for two years.

As of September 2023 I serve on the alumni advisory board for my alma mater, The University of Scranton, focusing on networking and fundraising with graduates and professional development opportunities for students. I serve in a similar capacity for the university’s Department of Communication and Media Studies.

I play a number of instruments, none well but all enthusiastically.