Summary

Award winning producer with creative storytelling abilities specializing in pushing video messaging to a new level—is looking for new opportunities.

Credits

9/12 – 5/13

Series Producer

Staff Position — M2 Pictures Details
9/12 – 5/13

Show runner for crime documentary series on Investigation Discovery cable network. Oversaw production of 10-one hour episodes that takes the viewer behind the scenes of some of the most dangerous and compelling FBI investigations in recent past. Two episodes were honored with a Silver and Bronze 2014 Telly award.

1/08 – 1/09

Executive Producer (EP) (Story producer) Various Projects

Various — TV — donnabrant productions LLC Details
1/08 – 1/09

President of boutique video production company whose mission is to make a positive difference in our day to day lives. Whether public safety, non-profit fundraising, short web videos or long form documentaries, we're about character driven storytelling. Experienced hand in all aspects of production, problem solving and budget management.

1/05 – 1/08

Supervising Producer

Staff Position — America's Most Wanted Details
1/05 – 1/08

Show runner in charge of hour-long weekly FOX-TV program. Instrumental in restyling AMW’s storytelling capabilities to include fresh, innovative, and creative approaches that resulted in a bump up of viewership and an increase in tips for law enforcement.

1/98 – 1/05

Senior Producer (Senior Producer of Special Projects)

Staff Position — America's Most Wanted Details
1/98 – 1/05

Developed investigative unit for AMW and created cutting edge and ground breaking series, “Great Detectives,” which used real-life Detectives to investigate unsolved murders. Virtually a one man band responsible for every detail of hour-long pilot and AMW specials, including: researching, writing, field directing, producing, and post supervision.

1/96 – 1/98

Supervising Editor

Staff Position — America's Most Wanted Details
1/96 – 1/98

Managed small newsroom staff that often scooped established media outlets on major breaking crime stories in the country; was months ahead of mainstream media on the manhunt for FBI’s Top Ten fugitive Andrew Cunanan in 1997 due to personal source directly inside the investigation.

1/89 – 1/96

Segment Producer (Field producer)

Staff Position — America's Most Wanted Details
1/89 – 1/96

Researched, pitched, developed and produced breaking news stories for two major crime beats -- the West Coast and the New York regions.

Orgs

  • Women In Film (WIF)

Media

Recos

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Education

Boston University

MS Broadcast Journalism

George Washington University

BA Philosophy