resume
work experience
current
WGN Radio 720 Chicago | News Anchor/Reporter | 1997 - Present
Ramsey Lewis Productions | Social Media Producer | 2009 - 2022
Rivet Smart Audio | Assistant Managing Editor/Reporter | 2017 - 2021
Green Sense Radio | Executive Producer | 2010 - 2022
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.
previous
Rivet Smart Audio | Reporter/Launch Team | 2013 - 2016
Ramsey Lewis Morning Show &
Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis | Executive Producer | 1997-2009
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.
And, I've trained as a 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.