Strategist, communicator, connector for cultural institutions and heritage brands, working across boundaries and translating the untranslatable.
Strategist. Connector. Communicator. What this means, practically:
Once a brand whisperer and publicist (recovering), I now work with arts and cultural institutions, heritage brands, and a select few others to help them create lasting cultural relevance and financial viability. My work has spanned clients from Heath to Cartier to LEGO to Stanford, alongside large corporates during my years at leading consultancies. I’ve even helped the U.S. government privatize the uranium enrichment operations of the former Soviet Union. But that’s another story.
I'm the editor in chief of Certosina, an editorial project exploring material culture, taste, and the psychology of value, featuring interviews with connoisseurs, collectors, and curators. Before that, I edited Handful of Salt, an early and defining voice at the intersection of craft and design—what would later be labeled “collectible design.” I’ve contributed to books and written museum catalogues along the way.
A graduate of Stanford and Hastings Law, I grew up between Tokyo and Hong Kong. San Francisco was home for years (with brief stints in London, Paris, Chicago,and New York) before I decamped to New York's Hudson Valley where I now live with my partner, two ridiculously indulged cats, and four seasons.