Associate Director, George Foster Peabody Awards (2004-) • Festival Director and Co-Founder, Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival (2006-10) • Member, Panel of Motion Picture Curators, The Film Movement, New York, New York. 2002-present • Festival Director and Co-Founder, Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival, UIUC, 1999- present • Director/Writer/Editor, Office of Public Affairs, Chancellor’s Office, UIUC 1997. • Writer, UIUC College of Communication Alumni News, UIUC 1996-97. • Columnist, The Octopus Weekly Magazine, Champaign, IL. 1995-96. • Associate Publisher and Co-Founder, The Optimist Newspaper, Champaign, IL. 1994-95. • Editor/Writer, Horizon Hobby Distributors, Champaign, IL. 1990-98. • President and Board Chairman, Filmtrust of Arkansas, Inc., Little Rock, AR. 1987-90. • President and Founder, Samarkand Motion Picture Productions, Inc., New York, NY. 1976-79. • President and Co-Founder, United Pictures Organization, Inc., Chicago, IL. 1974-77. • Partner, Kohn-Vawter Productions, Champaign, IL 61820 1972-75. • News Director and Creative Director, WICD-TV, Champaign, IL 61801. 1968-72.