From 2018 through 2025, I worked as the President of America’s first trade school, North Bennet Street School. Together with the remarkable faculty, staff, and students, and with the support of the Board of Directors, Advisors, and community of alumni, the School thrived through challenge during my tenure.

I was first hired at Cranbrook to oversee the areas of Academic Programs, Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid. Over time, I was promoted to Dean at the Academy, which broadened my role to include leadership with the Artists-in-Residence (faculty), partnership with Development + Fundraising, as well as the Cranbrook Educational Community and greater Detroit.

As an active member of the national Fulbright community, I advise student applicants on a volunteer basis. From 2008 to 2016, this was as a member the Fulbright Committee at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

MoreLand 2017: a collaborative curatorial project with Iris Eichenberg and supported by Simone DeSousa’s EDITION Gallery in Detroit, Michigan.  MoreLand 2017 took its inspiration from an essential community stronghold, a site of function, curiosity and learning: the hardware store. 

What is it to have the opportunity to respond to a moment that has already past?  This is the terrain of dreams or longings – to look back over our shoulders and see that the past exists within the present and that it is still malleable and responsive to our actions.