Aloha!  Born and raised in Hawaii, I decided to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA to see what this thing called “snow” was all about.  I graduated (phew) with a finance degree in hand while almost bankrupting my parents (thanks Mom and Dad!) and moved to New York City to emulate Michael J. Fox in one of my favorite movies, Secret of My Success.

I started at Credit Suisse and over the next 20 years I worked in Fixed Income Derivatives Structuring at CLSA and CIBC, and then ended my Wall Street tenure at ABG Sundal Collier offering US clients Nordic equity solutions.  In between, I jumped to a Barron’s recognized top 50 hedge fund, Libra Advisors, where I worked as a Senior Trader for 7 years.

While I will always love NYC, I closed the travel gap to Hawaii and moved to Los Angeles in late 2019 because I knew the greatest potential (I mean pandemic) experience awaited me in my next life endeavor.  Joining TPC has certainly been the best elixir – film finance is undeniably different from Wall Street finance, but the transition has been fantastic and it’s truly because of the people.  I couldn’t be more thankful to work alongside the best tax credit financiers in the business, and I look forward to all the exhilarating adventures to come!

I grew up in New York and currently live in Manhattan. After graduating Tulane University, I worked at a boutique investment bank as a stockbroker. Soon after, I worked at Bloomberg L.P. as a core terminal sales and relationship manager covering accounts in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. After 9.5 years, it was time for a new challenge and career change. I joined Forest Road to assist in building out relationships to help grow the tax credit brokerage and real estate tax credit lending businesses.

Born and raised in Southern California, I spent my early education trying every single water sport and every single art class before eventually graduating from Chapman University in 2013 with a BA in Peace Studies. (If you read this and asked yourself, “what does that even mean?” you are not alone. Think International Relations + Conflict Resolution).

I then quickly moved to Los Angeles to start my winding career path as an administrator for a private language school. The next turn landed me with a wonderful e-commerce company called Tech Armor, only to switchback and drop onto a consumer finance sales floor as a loan processor with Westlake Financial Services. All offered me very different lessons, but the common thread was nurturing my propensity for talking to and helping people.

During the height of the pandemic, I took a leap into the construction industry, where I began to really understand my value as a professional working for a very competitive masonry company. Circumstances required another turn, and I knew I found something special when I joined TPC. This is an incredible team of people with such a wide breadth of experience. The film finance industry is so interesting and ever-evolving. I am so grateful and excited to learn from this top notch team and grow in ways I haven’t imagined yet!

I began my career in the entertainment industry working in production accounting at Millennium Films and Bold Films, after which I spent five years at Lionsgate working in the accounting department before segueing into profit participation.  I was promoted to the audit division, where I managed film and television royalty audits of producers’ profit participation statements.

In 2013, I joined Three Point Capital, where I have been involved in the financing of over 150 independent films and received over 30 Executive Producers credits.

I graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a double-major in Business and English.  I am a member of the Producers Guild Association, Film Independent, and Women In Film.  I am a frequent panelist and guest lecturer for international film festivals and universities.