Jul 07 2006
Resume
Current Work & Civic Activity
• December 2007 – present: Business Agent/Organizer, UNITE HERE, Rochester Regional Joint Board, Albany District. Help workers build strong unions in both unionized and non-unionized shops.
• February 2007 – present: Host/Producer, The Jazz Session. Weekly jazz interview podcast with national recording artists. Online at thejazzsession.com.
• September 2004 – present: Contributing Writer, All About Jazz. Review CDs, DVDs and concerts, and conduct artist interviews for the Web’s most visited jazz site.
• January 2008 - present: Panelist, Parents Panel, Albany Times-Union
Previous Work & Civic Activity
Previous Employment
• December 2007 - present: Business Agent/Organizer, UNITE HERE, Rochester Regional Joint Board, Albany District. Help workers build strong unions in both unionized and non-unionized shops.
• August 2006 - November 2007: Organizing Director, UNITE HERE, Rochester Regional Joint Board. Manage team of organizers throughout New York State (except New York City) who help workers form unions.
• September 2005 - July 2006: Union Organizer, UNITE HERE, Rochester Regional Joint Board. Helped workers form unions in the hotel, gaming & racing, industrial laundry, and food service industries across New York State.
• March 2005 - May 2005: Talk Show Host, The Jason Crane Show, NewsTalk 950 WROC (Rochester, NY). Produced and hosted a weekly progressive interview show on politics, science and the arts.
• February 2002 – November 2004: Station Manager, Afternoon Drive-Time Host at Jazz90.1 (WGMC) in Rochester, NY, the nation’s No. 54 market. Managed 30+ paid and volunteer staff members, oversaw fundraising, programming, public relations, educational outreach. Supervised Music Director, Traffic Director, Production Manager, Office Manager. Produced and hosted afternoon drive programming, including music selection, more than 200 live interviews, contests, and giveaways.
• November 2001 – February 2002: Development Director, Afternoon Drive-Time Host, Jazz90.1 (WGMC). Oversaw fundraising, underwriting. Produced and hosted afternoon drive programming, including music selection, live interviews, contests, and giveaways.
• September 2001 – November 2001: Operations Producer, WXXI AM 1370. Scheduled and recorded feeds, produced daily call-in show, operated board, wrote promo copy, wrote and produced weekend interview show, served as fill-in on-air host, pitched during on-air pledge drives.
• February 2000 – June 2000: Copy Editor, Nikkei News Bulletin (NYC, NY). Edited wire stories.
• April 1999 - January 2000: Saxophonist (Hilton Head Island, SC). Performed in house band at local funk club.
• January 1999 - April 1999: Copy Editor/Page Designer, The Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, SC). Edited copy, designed news and business pages.
• December 1997 - December 1998: Copy Editor, Kyodo News World Service (Tokyo). Edited wire copy.
• March 1998 - December 1998 (concurrent with above): Radio Reporter (Tokyo), National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Served as substitute correspondent based in Tokyo. Wrote and delivered stories on stocks, foreign exchange and general business.
• June 1997 - October 1997: Copy Editor, Daily Yomiuri Newspaper (Tokyo). Edited news and feature stories.
• January 1997 - June 1997: Radio & TV News Writer, Radio Reporter, Copy Editor, Bloomberg Information Television & Radio (Tokyo). Rewrote copy for radio and TV news stories. Wrote/read Asia news radio reports.
• October 1994 - October 1996: Jazz and Latin Jazz Musician (Arizona, New York, Pennsylvania).
• September 1995 - June 1996 (concurrent with above): Radio Host, KUAT (classical) and KUAZ (jazz) (Tucson, Arizona). Announced jazz and classical music.
Previous Civic Activity
• February 2005 - December 2006: Panel Member, Readers’ Advisory Panel on the Environment, The Democrat & Chronicle newspaper.
• September 2006 - September 2007: Committee Leader, 24th Legislative District Committee of the Monroe County Democratic Party. (Member since December 2005.)
• October 2005 - October 2007: Board Member, Abundance Cooperative Market. Oversee the policies, practices and operations of Rochester’s only shareholder-owned natural food store. Elected by co-op members to three-year term.
• August 2003 - October 2006: Announcer, Silver Base Ball Park League. Serve as volunteer announcer for one of the country’s premier vintage base ball leagues, based at Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY.
• June 2003 - November 2003: Candidate, Rochester City Council. Ran an independent campaign for City Council on the Green Party line. First challenge to incumbent in 16 years. Received more than 30% of the vote in many districts — a record for a third-party candidate for City Council.
• January 2002 - January 2004: Chairperson, Green Party of Monroe County. Recruited new voters; managed campaigns for local and state candidates; oversaw fundraising; helped design tactics and vision for party; represented local party at state level. All of the above tasks were performed with the help of many volunteers.
