For more than two decades, I worked as a professional screenwriter, developing projects for companies including Paramount, Universal, Disney, Hallmark, Lifetime, NBC, and Imagine Entertainment. My television work includes Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story, the Lifetime biopic about the author’s remarkable journey, and The Write Environment, the award-winning PBS series I created, produced, and hosted, featuring conversations with some of television’s leading writers/showrunners.

More recently, I wrote and directed I.M. Romance, an independent short film about two people finding a connection in an increasingly disconnected world. The film received multiple festival honors, including an award for Best Director and Award of Excellence for Best Contemporary Issues/Awareness Raising.

My career eventually took me in another direction as well. From 2012 through 2025, I worked at NAVEX, a global governance, risk, and compliance organization, where I served as Creative Director and Senior Manager of Video Production. At Navex I led teams creating ethics and compliance courses seen by millions of employees around the world. The subjects weren't always simple. They involved topics such as workplace ethics and compliance, legal and regulatory issues, cybersecurity and more. My job was to work with attorneys, subject-matter experts, writers, editors, and production teams to communicate those issues clearly and responsibly. 

That experience reinforced something I’ve come to believe about leadership: it starts with honesty, openness, and setting the right example.