Community
World 50
Leading peer communities for the executives who run the world's most respected companies — facilitating the conversations that don't happen anywhere else.
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Building communities, hospitality businesses, and experiences that bring people together.
Executive Director at World 50 and Managing Partner of The 601 Group. A student of hospitality, leadership, and human connection.
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Community
Leading executive communities and experiences for senior leaders through World 50.
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Hospitality
Building experience-driven hospitality businesses through The 601 Group.
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Exploration
Studying hospitality, leadership, gathering, and human connection through The Gathering Project.
A life spent at the intersection of leadership, hospitality, entrepreneurship, and human connection.
Current work
Three efforts, one throughline: creating the conditions for people to gather and connect.
Hospitality
The 601 Group
Building hospitality brands worth coming back to — The Local Epicurean, For Crêpe Sake, and Brown Butter Crêperie — rooted in craft, community, and connection.
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Exploration
The Gathering Project
An ongoing research project asking a single question — why do people gather? — through field notes from travel, restaurants, hotels, and leadership rooms.
Explore →Podcasts & speaking
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Speaking
Hospitality, Leadership & the Science of Human Connection
Talks and team facilitation rooted in why people gather and what makes an experience worth remembering.
Facilitation
Immersive Culinary Experiences for Leadership Teams
Hands-on sessions at The Local Epicurean that turn team events into something people actually remember.
Podcasts
Conversations on Building Businesses While Leading Others
Available for interviews on community building, hospitality, and entrepreneurship.
Let's talk
Building something that brings people together?
For speaking, facilitation, board and advisory conversations, or simply to compare notes on hospitality and human connection.