Bio

Fifteen years ago, I left the #1 morning show in San Francisco to join the start-up team at Stitcher as it's first Director of Content. At Stitcher, I won a Webby before Deezer acquired the company. I was radio's first VP of Podcast Programming at iHeartRadio and launched over 300 shows and helped build the content that became the iHeartRadio Podcast Network. I am the Founder of Jam Street Media which just got its first Ambie Nomination for Best Sports Podcast in 2022 and has produced hit shows like ''Appalachian Mysteria'' and ''Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco'' The past year, I was Chief Developement Officer at Amaze Media Labs, focused on creating high-quality podcasts for Fortune 500 companies like Ford, MAC Cosmetics, Vistaprint, Pfizer, Koch Foundation, and Amarin. I left Amaze in June and am focussing on consulting, producing both original and branded content for our network, and working with creators on new shows. My other passions is teaching and mentoring. I am a Professor and General Manager for The Academy of Art University's Urban Knights Radio in SF. I built the first podcasting program in the US there 10 years ago and am now also teaching at my alma mater West Virginia University. I serve as an advisor and consultant for Ossa Collective, YAP, The Podcast Academy, Second Chance Studio, and Sounder.FM. I started in radio when I was 16 in my small hometown of Keyser WV, after several years in small market radio as a DJ and Programmer, I went to CBS Radio to produce the G Gordon Liddy Show in DC, The Sports Guys at WNEW NYC and Alice Radio and Live 105 in SF as the AM Executive Produce. Seeing the potential in podcasting, I left terrestrial radio to become part of the startup team and the first director of content and community at Stitcher in 2007. Specialties: Content creation, digital marketing, social media, talent development, voice-over, writing, podcasting, digital editing, producer, staff training and hiring, content creation, social media strategy, metrics utilization, and podcast set up.