Candidate for
Board of Trustees; Santa Monica Community College District

WORK EXPERIENCE

Pepperdine University, Malibu, California http://www.pepperdine.edu/ Adjunct Professor of Law. 2003 to present. Teach seminar on entertainment law, focusing on all aspects of motion picture production, acquisition and distribution. Formerly guest lecturer at UCLA.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Santa Monica, California http://www.mgm.com/ Senior Executive Business Consultant. 2002 to present. Head of Business Affairs for MGM Interactive and MGM Consumer Products. Negotiated motion picture and television acquisitions, negative pick-ups, co-financings and renewals/extensions for MGM, Orion Pictures and United Artists, including with Summit Entertainment, Working Title Films, RKO Pictures. Handled all aspects of acquisition, development, production, promotion, distribution and licensing of consumer products, themed entertainment and interactive videogames, including with Mad Science, Electronic Arts, Vodafone.

Vice President of Business Affairs. 1997 to 2001. Head of MGM Interactive. Head of Business Affairs for MGM Consumer Products and MGM.com. Deputy Head of Business Affairs for MGM Home Entertainment. Handled all aspects of acquisition, development, production, promotion, distribution and licensing of consumer products, themed entertainment, interactive videogames, videocassettes, DVDs and websites and online content production. Worked on acquisitions and co-financings for MGM Home Entertainment. Deals included Owens-Corning for Pink Panther spokescharacter; Blockbuster, Ingram and all video revenue sharing deals; switch to direct distribution in MGM Home Entertainment in the United States; Walt Disney Studios and Universal Studios for themed entertainment; switch to Fox for international distribution in MGM Home Entertainment; Electronic Arts James Bond videogame co-production and licensing; Sony Computer Entertainment America license; Nintendo of America developer agreement. Represented MGM with the Motion Picture Association on technology and licensing issues. Specific motion picture titles released included Some Like It Hot; the James Bond special edition DVDs; Return To Me; The Smokers; the Woody Allen DVDs; When Harry Met Sally; This Is Spinal Tap. Released interactive products included: GoldenEye; Tomorrow Never Dies; The World Is Not Enough; Tiny Tank; WarGames; Robocop; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Adventures in Tinkertown; Babes in Toyland; All Dogs Go To Heaven Activity Center; Paul Is Dead.

Clinton/Gore '96, Huntington, West Virginia Advance Team Leader. 1996. Coordinated President Clinton's train trip to the Democratic National Convention. Traveled with Secret Service and prepared crowds for "spontaneous" demonstrations.

Hufstedler & Kaus/Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, California http://www.mofo.com/ Associate Attorney. 1994 to 1996. Argued and drafted motions. Composed memoranda of points and authorities. Pursued consumer law case referred by Public Counsel to successful default judgment through post-judgment motions. Handled child guardianship cases referred by Public Counsel. Advised client on tactics and strategy in Ninth Circuit appeal.

Seminole County School Board, Sanford, FL Substitute High School Teacher. 1990.

Dukakis/Bentsen Committee, Inc., Portland, Oregon Assistant State Director. 1988. Supervised state headquarters for victorious Oregon campaign. Set up telephone banks for statewide calling effort. Coordinated budgeting, fund-raising and procurement of office materials. Directed cleanup and withdrawal from state.

PUBLIC SERVICE

Bayside District Corporation, Santa Monica, CA http://santa-monica.org/cityclerk/boards/directory/cBaySide.html http://www.thirdstreetpromenade.com/ Board of Directors. 2002 to present. Finance Committee, Chair. Board member for quasi-public corporation responsible for advising the City of Santa Monica on the Bayside District, including the Third Street Promenade, and the downtown Central Business District. Lobbied for promotion of locally-owned businesses and for improvements to the Third Street Promenade.

Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition, Santa Monica, CA http://www.wilmont.org Chairperson. 2002 to present. Board member and chair of local neighborhood group. Insured that local residents' concerns were addressed by government bodies. Resolved parking disputes with local businesses. Advised local government bodies, including the City Council, Planning Commission and the California Coastal Commission on neighborhood positions.

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts http://www.law.harvard.edu/ J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1994. Graduate English Orator, Harvard Commencement; HLS Drama Society, actor/singer, writer, producer, director; Harvard Law Record, columnist, reviewer; Criminal Justice Institute, member; Legal Education Committee, member; Currier House Pre-Law Tutor.

Stanford University Graduate School of Arts & Humanities, Stanford, CA http://www.stanford.edu/ M.A. in Sociology, 1992. Coursework in education, organizational theory and leadership, political sociology, philosophy of science and statistical methods. Release Magazine, movie reviewer; Bauhaus Productions, actor.

Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/ B.A. in Sociology, Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors, 1990. John Harvard Scholarship (1987-90); Dean's List (1986-90); Fulton Prize for best Senior Thesis in Sociology, "Clothes Don't Make the Woman," (on male heterosexual transvestites); American Sociological Association, Junior Fellow; Undergraduate Council, parliamentarian, representative; Currier House Drama Society, treasurer, actor; The Harvard Crimson, editor; Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society, member.

PUBLICATIONS "Confessions of Guilt: A Clinic Student's Reflections on Representing Indigent Criminal Defendants" 1 Clinical Law Review 299 (1994)

AFFILIATIONS

• AFTRA
• Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights
• Santa Monica College General Advisory Board
• Santa Monica College Associates
• Santa Monica Democratic Club
• Malibu Democratic Club
• Marina Mar Vista Democratic Club
• Santa Monica Conservancy
• California Bar, Intellectual Property Section, Executive Board
• Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library
• Kehillat Israel

Engaged to Melissa Price, Los Angeles Unified School District Second Grade Teacher and Gifted Coordinator at Sharp Avenue Elementary, a Title I school in Pacoima, CA, wedding on November 14, 2004. Co-Guardian of Reck, a 5-year old German short-haired pointer. http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=106850806617792