Education & Accreditation
Graduated with the Fall 2018 Cohort of the New York Community Trust Leadership Fellows
BFA, Theatre Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduated magna cum laude - 1999
A proud member of Actors' Equity Association
Born and raised in the suburbs of DC, Jeff graduated with honors from VCU with a BFA. Since then he has been based out of New York City, but worked, studied and taught up and down the East Coast, as far west as California and as far east as Italy.
Arts & Education Administration
Building from his background in theatre, Jeff has developed into an experienced administrator of arts and education organizations. In his current position at vice president of operations at The Academy for Teachers he manages a remote-work team spanning programs, development, and operations.
In over a decade with the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Jeff grew from the assistant to the deputy director to a role comparable to chief-of-staff, coordinating several strategic-planning stages, recruiting and on-boarding new leaders for the museum, and working extensively across all seven departments.
Jeff is a husband and father of two and, a rock climber, creative writer, and origamist.
Performance Training
Acting: Suzuki, Meisner, long- and short-form improvisation, commedia dell'arte, clown, dialects, stage combat
Circus: Stilt-walking, acro-balance, various aerial, contact improvisation, tumbling
Hobbies
Origami & papercraft
Cycling & rock climbing
Creative writing
Gaming
