CURRENT MISSION

Develop Internet-radio "creation spaces": forums for group collaboration to solve societal problems

ABOUT ME

Human/civil rights advocate, new-media marketing, wilderness backpacker, lover of classic literature/Shakespeare, career counselor...

PHILOSOPHY

We all have a responsibility to use our skills and expertise to save the planet and build social justice, and need to realize we absolutely can be part of projects that totally succeed in building amazing momentum towards this goal.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been on the board of directors of Arlington Independent Media, the #1 new-media/cable-access facility of its kind in the nation. I was formerly a writer on staff at the nation's #1 rated university magazine, Emory Magazine. In my 20s I lived in one of the most alternative towns in the U.S., Santa Cruz. I have strong focus on fitness, and on natural foods.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have used AirBnB only. I also sublet space in my Arlington VA home, minutes from Washington DC, to interns and others seeking low-cost temporary housing.

Interests

Have hiked Sierras, Rockies, Big Sur Coast, Tetons, Grand Canyon. Love TS Eliot, Euripides, Jos Conrad, Hemingway. Study leadership/social-benefit entrepreneurship. Have landed my projects with/on: CNN, Wash Post, NY Times, Oprah Winfrey. Schools: UC Santa Cruz, Yale, NYU. Have group house for interns in Arlington. Not techie but have patent: group communications voice/audio discussion forum. Blues acoustic guitar.

• writing
• literature
• civil rights
• fitness
• guitar
• blues
• backpacking
• communications
• entrepreneurship
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Books I love: Heart of Darkness, The Sun Also Rises, The Aeneid. Greek/Roman Mythology. Leadership: What Leaders Really Do (John Kotter, Harv Bus School). Leadership and the New Science (Margaret Wheatley, amazing book!). Never Eat Alone (career guide,Keith Ferrazzi). The Power of Pull (out of Silicon Valley, stunning road map to digital age and how to negotiate it).

Teach, Learn, Share

Anyone who shares my passions.