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Currently leading the nation’s preeminent developmental theater: The \'Launchpad of American Theater.\' Strategic and innovative leader with strong skillsets in talent discovery & development, program development and growth, producing, fundraising, cultural diplomacy, and leveraging revenue opportunities. Under leadership, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center was awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts by President Obama and the 2010 Regional Theater Tony Award. Significant projects launched at the O’Neill under tenure include: In The Heights (2005); [title of show] (2005); The Receptionist (2006); In Transit (2008); Tales of the City (2009); The Nether (2013); Ugly Lies The Bone (2014); Slave Play (2018) and others. Since 2005, the O’Neill’s budget has grown by 180%, with especially strong earned revenue growth. Doubled the size of the National Theater Institute, the O'Neill's flagship training program, and launched a new MFA program for NTI, partnering with Rose Bruford College in London. Frequent speaker at Duke University, Moscow Art Theatre, Theater Communications Group, and profiled in the New York Times, Hartford Courant, and on CBS Sunday Morning. Trustee (formerly Chairman) of the Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition, and Trustee of the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce. In 2014, was named to a three-year term to the Nominating Committee of the Tony Awards.