• Film: advise various screenwriters and directors, including Tom Shadyac (Bruce Almighty).
• TV: develop and participate in documentary, dramatic and reality programs including co-hosting The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, advising on ABC’s Nothing Sacred, and being featured on numerous programs for the History Channel, E!, and The Food Network.
• Radio: developed and hosted Review from the Pew, a weekly half-hour film critique for KTIE.
• News: field questions from TV, radio and print news bureaus seeking clarification and opinion on current religious events.
• Special Events: deliver speeches at dozens of events, including Easter Sunrise Service at Hollywood Bowl, Larry King Heart Foundation Appreciation Dinner, Habitat for Humanity Awards and Grossman Burn Center Donor Dinner. Education:
• Conduct empowerment workshops for faculty, staff, parents and students of all ages.
• Advise school administrators regarding the importance and facilitation of parental involvement.
• Provide mentoring to faculty members in inner-city, low-income schools.
• Speak at the annual Religious Education Congress of Los Angeles.
• Oversaw the development and opening of Stella Academy, a charter middle-school. Development:
• Organize and conduct fundraisers and capital campaigns, recruiting volunteers and raising millions of dollars for dozens of organizations over 30 years. Beneficiaries include Dreamstreet Foundation, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Camp Good-in-the-Hood, Catholic Charities USA, and numerous low-income private schools and community service organizations. Community Outreach:
• Created and organized “Community Voice of LA: LaBrea/Adams Development Project,” an $80 million commercial/residential/community real estate development project.
• For more than ten years, have developed programs and enlisted volunteers to visit and assist juvenile and adult inmates with their families at various detention facilities in LA County.
• Provided financial, volunteer and facility development services to El Hogar de los Ninos Orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico.
• Created “Always Beginning” a senior citizens service which has maintained monthly attendance by 100 seniors for over 10 years.

Coordinates, organizes, and implements programs of awareness of children around the world who suffer from poverty. Students and Faculty in all levels of education are encouraged to aid in the plight of others by sharing their monetary gifts.

Led culturally and racially diverse inner-city parish with annual budget of $1 million. In addition to overseeing all functional areas and day-to-day activities, provided personal counseling and worked extensively to improve social awareness, justice and empowerment in the parish and surrounding neighborhood.

• Doubled membership from 1200 families in 1996 to over 2500 families in 2005, despite zero population growth within the parish boundaries.
• Increased revenues from $2500 per week to over $10,000. Supplemented internally-generated income with fundraising efforts to completely eliminate debt and subsidies from wealthier parishes.
• Created and directed “Camp Good in the Hood;” a youth summer program with attendance of 135 campers per week with 90% of the $200,000 annual budget generated through fundraising.
• Established “QueensCare,” a health clinic for the poor that has served 4500 walk-ins over 8 years.
• Named one of the top five parishes in the U.S. in “Excellent Catholic Parishes: The Guide to Best Places and Practices” by Paul Wilkes (2002).

• Implemented A Parish Detention Program To Minister To Inmates Within The L.A. Department Of Corrections And Their Families.
• Organized And Hosted A Thanksgiving Meal For The Homeless, With 50 Volunteers Serving 1000 Meals.
• Organizer / Presenter Of Nearly 50 Spiritual Retreats For Youth, Young Adults And Adults.
• Established And Administered Financial Assistance And Scholarship Programs For Lower-Income High School Students/Families.

• Initiated A Total Reorganization Of Parish Ministry To Provide Better Volunteer Opportunities For Parishioners And More Targeted Social Services For Those In Need.
• Managed And Facilitated Numerous Adult Education Programs.
• Provided Pastoral And Managerial Support For Numerous High Schools And Parishes In Los Angeles, Orange And Ventura Counties.

Organized Development Efforts And Solicited Funding For This Non-Profit, 400-Student, 5000 Alumni/Parent College Preparatory Institution.

Instructor/Dean Of Student Activities. Taught English, Psychology, Philosophies/Religions Of The World, Public Speaking And Ethics Of Sex And Marriage At All High School Levels.

B.A. Philosophy

M. Div / M.A. Theology