I offer senior advisory support to artists, cultural and civic institutions, and creative leaders navigating moments of transition, growth, or uncertainty.

My advisory work draws on cultural strategy, creative production, program design, and systems thinking. I help people and organizations slow down, clarify what’s actually happening, and make decisions that are aligned, ethical, and sustainable over time.

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What This Work Is

Advisory work with me is conversational, strategic, and relational rather than task-based. I’m not brought in to execute a predetermined plan; I think alongside you, offering pattern recognition, institutional fluency, and creative perspective in complex situations.

This work is often most useful when clarity matters more than speed, and when the stakes—creative, ethical, or institutional—are high.

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Who It Is For

This work is often useful for:

Cultural and civic institutions
navigating transition or recalibration

Foundations, intermediaries, and programs seeking reflection or strategic clarity

Artists and collectives
managing growth, funding, or increased visibility

Creative leaders
carrying responsibility without space to think

Especially when existing structures no longer fit, but what comes next is still forming.

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Ways We Might Work Together

Advisory engagements are shaped to fit context and need. They may include:

Strategy intensives.

Focused conversations designed to clarify direction, priorities, or next steps.

Ongoing advisory.

Short-term or sustained support for individuals or organizations who benefit from consistent senior thinking.

Program and narrative reflection.

Support around alignment, framing, and coherence, often in relation to funders or partners.

Transitional support.

Thought partnership during leadership changes or organizational shifts.

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How I Approach Advisory Work

Care, curiosity and rigor.

I believe clarity is generous, structure is supportive, and that humor and delight matter, even (and especially) in serious contexts.

Grounded by practice.

My approach is informed by years of work across art, literature, education, and public life, and by a belief that access, beauty, and imagination are essential to healthy systems.

What I’m here to do.

I work as an advisor when clarity, discernment, and shared accountability are valued. My role is to help shape direction, assess readiness, and offer grounded perspective—particularly when work is complex, values-driven, or under pressure to move quickly.

What that includes.

This work often involves strategic thinking, pattern recognition, and honest feedback, including when something may need more time, structure, or resourcing than initially hoped.

What I’m not here to do.

I do not take ownership of outcomes, fundraising results, or executive decisions. I work best when roles are clearly defined, decision-making authority is explicit, and advice can be received even when it challenges assumptions or timelines.

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Selected Collaborators

Past advisory and collaborative work includes projects with PEN America, the Mellon Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Lincoln Center, and other independent artists and institutions. Collaborations are shaped case by case and are not assumed as part of advisory engagements.

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Start A Conversation

If you’re curious whether advisory support might be useful, you’re welcome to reach out. I’m glad to have an initial conversation to see if the work is a good fit.