resume
work experience
current
WGN Radio 720 Chicago | News Anchor/Reporter | 1997 - Present
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Ramsey Lewis Productions | Social Media Producer | 2009 - 2022
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Rivet Smart Audio | Assistant Managing Editor/Reporter | 2017 - 2021
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Green Sense Radio | Executive Producer | 2010 - 2022
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Plus: Social media producer, blog/book editor, videographer, photographer, graphic design for prominent figures and organizations in music including Grammy winners Trey Gunn & Howard Levy, Robbie Fulks, the Irish Music of Chicago and Genesis at the Crossroads.
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previous
Rivet Smart Audio | Reporter/Launch Team | 2013 - 2016
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Ramsey Lewis Morning Show &
Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis | Executive Producer | 1997-2009
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WGN Radio 720 Chicago | Producer | 1994-1997
education
Marquette University | Broadcasting & Electronic Communication | 1994
there's more...
I'm a professional-level harmonica player who's played at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, performed with Grammy-Winner Dave Alvin, performed in the orchestra for the opera The Grapes of Wrath and recorded and played in numerous acclaimed bands and ensembles ​based in Chicago and beyond.
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I also host Harmonicast, a podcast featuring interviews with the best performers on the instrument music today.
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And, I'm an ordained Dharma Teacher with the Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom, a North American Buddhist Order from the Korean Zen tradition dedicated to spreading Buddhist teachings to the West.