During high school and college I held a number of jobs.  Most notable are roles as a DJ at A-Sharp Productions , cashier at Stewarts in Margate, and camp counselor at Camp Ramah Palmer.

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While attending UMD I held various professional roles.  I worked nights and weekends as a Hebrew School teacher and then Youth Advisor at a local synagogue, Temple Emanuel.  I also started my own business in the later part of my sophomore year, Smash Productions.  What started as a small DJing operation slowly grew to include more diverse clients and events.  where my best friend and business partner, David Goldstein, and I would provide technical event production services.  We primarily offered Audio, Video and Lighting for various events including concerts, conventions, weddings, bar mitzvahs, tradeshows/expos, festivals, and speaking engagements. I would later go on to work full time for myself.

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After graduating with a BA, I accepted a position at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington as a teacher in their Transitional Kindergarten class.  This opportunity provided incredible experience working in the disability community while affording me the opportunity to continue growing my business.   After three incredible years working with phenomenal a co-teacher I was ready to make the jump to running Smash Productions full time. 

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David and I ran Smash Productions from our shared home in Silver Spring.  Over the course of a few years we grew our service offerings, our professional expertise, and our client list.  It was exhilarating working for myself and being an entrepreneur.  I was gaining a real world education about business.  Operations, Invoicing, Bookkeeping, Taxes, Insurance, Payroll, Marketing, Branding, Sales.  It was a tremendous growth period.  It didn't come without challenges and in 2013 I parted ways with Smash Productions.

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With an excitement for being an entrepreneur, I tried my hand at another start up, Beach Buggies.  This time, I was comfortably back in Philly, I was in partnership with my brother and parents, and we were aiming to disrupt the vacation experience at the Jersey Shore.  We had a great team.  My brother Zach was in business school full of energy and green behind the ears.  I was coming off of a successful exit from my first business and confident in my leadership skills.  My dad offered a mature perspective with an almanac of experience and my mom was our resident customer service representative.   The idea was brilliant and an instant hit, beloved by customers.  Sadly, all great ideas are not great businesses and there were insurmountable challenges leading us to closing our doors after 4 years.  Through the entire experience I continued to expand my business acumen and had tremendous personal and professional growth.  

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Optimistic and energized, I transitioned to an engagement role at the Philly Friendship Circle.  I volunteered for a number of years and now took on an official role in the organization.  The Friendship Circle runs programs for children, teens, and young adults with disabilities. Over the course of nearly 4 years, my role grew with increasing responsibility and oversight of marketing and engagement.   Similar to running my own business, I learned through experience with a more guided focus on branding and outreach.  I enhanced my marketing skills in building cohesive brand image and campaign messaging over various platforms.  In addition to marketing, I managed outreach, a non profit term for sales.  I developed outreach streams to acquire clients/volunteers involved in the organization and analyzed trends to improve retention and engagement.   I interacted with many different types of clients and gained valuable insights on how to capture these unique audiences effectively.  An additional part of my role, involved fundraising and development.  These responsibilities broadened my ability to be an engaging storyteller, creating messages which resonate with people. Most importantly Friendship Circle experience validated the incredible value of relationships.