With over twelve years experience supporting executives by co-creating and implementing both short term and long term operational programs & strategies; working with teams from five to four hundred to foster a culture of excellence, support, and creativity; and planning and managing events of all sizes; I am a highly skilled and hyper capable executive & organizational operations specialist. In the past I've been given the honorary titles of Chief of Staff and Chief Fun Officer, and I take honorary titles very seriously.
I am also a very proud founding board secretary of CHICAT (2014-2018), the Chicago Center for Arts and Technology, opened Spring 2017. There are three central tenets to CHICAT's philosophy: every human being is an asset and every life has value; environment shapes behavior; and creativity fuels enterprise. CHICAT provides arts programming for youth and in-demand skills training for adults, taught by working artists and professional instructors in a state of the art environment. It was my honor to serve as board secretary for 4 years, departing in 2018.
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Why “Drift Club?”
“The forces which displace continents are the same as those which produce great fold-mountain ranges. Continental drift, faults and compressions, earthquakes, volcanicity, transgression cycles and polar wandering are undoubtedly connected causally on a grand scale. ”
— Alfred L. Wegener
Alfred Wegener was the geophysicist, meteorologist & polar researcher who first proposed the theory of continental drift, which served as the foundation for the theory of plate tectonics. The name “Drift Club” was inspired by a secretive society of the same name dedicated to his legacy of climate research.
I see a similar connectivity between many different kinds of creators, innovators, and communities as he saw between the forces of nature shaping our world. The quote above has been helpful to me in articulating how I approach change, perceive & participate in personal and professional endeavors, and move through the world.
Perhaps by recognizing our relationship to each other as innate, regardless of variations in medium or locale, we can better serve each other as mutual support and inspiration, and see our work as part of a collective effort toward shaping ideal futures.