Occupation: Community Leader and Activist
Education:
MA in Theater, Northeastern Illinois University
BFA, University of Illinois Chicago
Career:
Community Leader, Activist (2000-Present)
Civic:
Founding Board Member, Youth International Media Exchange (T.I.M.E.), Los Angeles, CA (2020-Present); Appointed Member, Selective Service Board (2015-Present); Member, Board of Advisors, Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic, Los Angeles, CA (2005-Present); Commissioner, Pueblo de Los Angeles, CA (2016-2018); Candidate for Los Angeles City Council (2011-2013); Member, Governing Board, Region One, Silver Lake Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles, CA (2005-2011); President, Founder, Archifest (2005-2008); President, Friends of Hollyhock House (Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House), Los Angeles, CA (1999-2008); Vice President, Barnsdall Art Park Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (2000-2006); Co-chair, Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Conference (2005); Founder, Co-writer of Bylaws, Barnsdall Art Park Foundation; Vice President, Friends of Hollyhock House (Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House); Advisor, Make Music Los Angeles, Silver Lake Jubilee, and Sunset Free Clinic; Member, Author of Bylaws, Governing Board, Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council; Founder, “Theater Partners in Residence,” City of LA Recreation and Parks Department, CA; Mentor, Student Participants, Cleveland Media Academy, Grover Cleveland High School, Los Angeles, CA; Volunteer, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Volunteer, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center (Los Angeles LGBT Center); Volunteer, AIDS Project Los Angeles (Now APLA Health); Volunteer, Theatre of Hope for Abused Women; Volunteer, Various Organizations, Los Angeles, CA
Creative Works:
Artistic Director, Dillon Street Players (17 Years); Actor
Achievements:
Appointed by President Obama to serve on the Selective Service Board (2015-Present); Appointed by Mayor Garcetti to serve as Commissioner on the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Commission (2016-2018); Helped raise $17 million for Phase One of the restoration project of the Hollyhock House and assisted in having the historic home declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and America’s Landmark (2000-2006); Cleveland Media Academy named their media award, “The Scottie” in his honor; Having traveled to 85 countires
Awards:
Honoree, “Citizen of the Year,” Lions Club of Los Angeles (2024); Recipient, Outreach Program Award, Theatre of Hope for Abused Women
Hobbies:
Traveling
