About: My day job is director of market development and communications for the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. My "fun job" is helping to run the Business Innovation Factory.

In addition to overseeing RIEDC's market development and communications activities, I have the priviledge of overseeing our innovation programming, including program management for the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council.

Prior to joining to returning to Rhode Island in 2004, I served as Assistant Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I spent six years managing various components of Whitehead’s science communication and outreach efforts. I was one of the lucky people who got to work on the completion of the human genome project and its public communication.

My graduate degree is in science and technical communications (from Northeastern, graduated in 2002).

I love this community and am very committed to making Rhode Island an even better place to live and work. I've been with BIF from the beginning and consider myself lucky to be involved with activities like the Summit.

Title Director of Communications and Market Development

Organization Business Innovation Factory / Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation

What are five keys to innovation? Collaboration, Failure, Enthusiasm, Humor, Humility

What are the keys to collaboration across traditional boundaries? Fear of failure, less ego

What talents or resources do you bring to this community? good connector, good problem solver, good communicator, throws a mean party

Dream partnerships: Which people, organizations, or industry sectors would you or your organization most want to partner with? Enjoying my current work in the IT and digital media sector, would like to get more involved with the simulation geeks and the folks that are using gaming technology to solve real world problems.