EDUCATION
Yale University - B.A. Economics & Political Science / International Relations
EXPERIENCE
Performing Artist (NYC)
(see "Acting" page for acting and music credits & reels / see "Music" page for songs & music videos)
Toilet Book Press [A Missing Chunk Production - NYC]
Author: Bubba - Sci-Fi action comedy pilot script
Author: Elliot Dare: Agent of the Stars - Sci-Fi situation comedy pilot script
Author: The Mighty Gwin - Sci-Fi action fantasy pilot script
Author/Illustrator - The Hunter: A Middle-Aged Urban Zen Fable - Adult fable
The Comic Bible (Bronx, NY)
Columnist - Pet Peeves - regular column. Various interviews.
Columnist - Reality Check - A column providing practical mental approaches to the performing arts.
Assistant to Producer - Funny Shorts (films) & Sketch Off competitions at Carolines Comedy Club, NYC.
Missing Chunk Productions (NYC)
Independent Producer/Diversity Events (1999 to 2002) - Designed forums, campaigns and workshops to
educate industry insiders & artists in an effort to mainstream minorities in network television. In
collaboration with NY Women in Film & Television, produced a forum discussion with industry & network
producers.
Creative Producer/Music (1996 to 2000) - Financed, wrote, recorded, & produced modern rock music &
videos about the "human shadow." Also involved musical direction, mixing, mastering, & line production.
Audition Panelist - NYC Transit Authority's Music Under New York. Benefit shows for the American Diabetes
Association (Z100), Epilepsy Foundation, Children with AIDS, etc. Wrote & prepared promotional packages.
Songwriter - Wrote all songs on Missing Chunk's The Resemblance is Uncanny album. Two songs from this
album were used on the Snow Days soundtrack (a movie starring Bernadette Peters) and two songs were used
on The Living Room soundtrack. One song from the album was written into the screenplay of Trance & Venom.
Screen Actors Guild - EEOC (NYC)
Vice Chairman - Produced events to increase press recognition for the EEOC, including booking
entertainment, celebrity facilitation, promotion, & organization logistics. Increased access opportunities t
through industry workshops. Moderated events. Recipient of SAG's Joseph C. Riley Service Award for
my diversity efforts.
Book Editor (NYC) - Not By Design - Memoirs of Richard W. Sonnenfeldt from Pre-Nazi Germany, to the
Nuremberg Nazi War Crimes Trials, to his leadership roles in pioneering technology companies.
Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Chairman - Student Activities Committee - Raised funds/allocated budget to a variety of campus cultural
groups. Initiated & promoted events for the college & or joint projects with the New Haven community,
including the highest netting university event for the academic year. Designed promotional campaigns.
Byram Hills High School (Armonk, NY)
Chairman - Humanities Film Festival - Engaged speakers, arranged film presentations, & coordinated
concessions. Responsible for all fundraising & promotional events/concerts.
Miscellaneous Experience:
Legal Assistant (Asbestos Class-Action Litigation)
Union Minority Advocate - Defended minorities from exclusion/harassment within the union
MTA Music Under NY Street Musician / South Street Seaport Busker
Investment Banking Financial Analyst (Mergers & Acquisitions, Commodity Indexed Swaps)
Technical Writer
Lifeguard
Parking Attendant
Cat Whisperer
Director [Scarsdale, NY] - Greenvale Elementary School production of The Trial of Mr. Wolf - The Big
Bad Wolf goes on trial for harassing Little Red Riding Hood.
OTHER
Guest Lectures/Appearances:
American Museum of Natural History - Asian Stereotypes in Hollywood: Perpetuation of the Model Minority Myth
Through Positive Role Models
Pratt Institute - Theater Scene in NY
NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority, Music Under New York - Audition Panelist
Awards:
Cornell University Ingenuity in Math and Science Award
NYS American Revolution Bicentennial Essay Winner
Southern Westchester BOCES Young Authors' Conference-Excellence in Writing
Regents Scholar
Screen Actors Guild EEOC-Joseph C. Riley Service Award
U.S. Savings Bond Promotional Poster Design Contest Winner
Valedictorian-Byram Hills High School
Personal
Love Animals (including mice & rats), Children's sci-fi, Funny odd & Funny ha-ha things, and Reading on the toilet
