Professional Service & Work History

Mid Atlantic Arts (2023-present)

Lower Shore Land Trust (2015-2018)

Maryland State Arts Council (2010-2016)

Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Council (2005-2015)

Mid Atlantic Folklife Association (2005-2012)

National Council for the Traditional Arts  (2018-October 2023)

Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University/ Ward Foundation, Inc.  (2006-2018)

Established: Bottinelli.co, LLC (2023)

Established: National Treasurers: A tour of Culture Bearers in National Parks, while with the National Council for the Traditional Arts (2022)

Organizational Lead: navigation of COVID-19 impacts across major live events reaching an in person audience of nearly one million annually with a full return to pre-pandemic levels (2020-2022)

Founding Member: Living Traditions Network, a national folklife networking platform (2020)

Accreditation Evaluator: Goucher College, Master of Arts in Cultural Sustainability program (2019)

Community Lead: Recruitment of the National Folk Festival to Salisbury, MD for a multi-year residency (2018)

Organizational Lead: Planning and design for the  John A. Luetkemeyer Sr & Thomas F. Mullan Jr Legacy Center, a 2,200 square ft waterfront venue (2015-2018)

Planning & Lead Fundraiser: Soar to New Heights Capital Campaign raising $2.2M  while with Salisbury University's Ward Museum and the Ward Foundation, Inc (2015 -2018)

Heritage Award:  Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Council (2016) 

Heritage Award, Crisfield Heritage Foundation (2015) 

Organizational Lead: Accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, for Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University (2011)

Special Appointment, Governor Martin O’Malley to the Maryland Arts Council (2010) 

Certificate of completion: American Association for State and Local History Seminar for Administration (2006) 

Certificate of completion: Wor-Wic Community College Green Business Industry Practices (2006)

Fieldworker & Presenter: 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage (2003-2004)

Co-Director:  2003 Folklife Field School, the Library of Congress, American Folklife Center (2002-2003) 

Established: Lower Shore Traditions, regional folklife center for Maryland folk arts infrastructure while with Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University (2002)

Phi Kappa Phi, National Honors Society (2002) 

Rotary Youth Leadership Award (1992)

American Studies

University of Wyoming, (2002)

American Studies and English

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2000)