Hi, I’m Ben.
Great to meet You.
Career Bio
Over my career, I have worked with organizations and companies to help tell their stories effectively, to grow their audience, and to achieve ambitious goals.
My experience includes leading teams focused on digital marketing, market positioning, visual branding, crisis communications, institutional strategy, board engagement, strategic planning, video production, ghost writing and speech writing, fundraising, as well as managing both local and remote teams.
Currently, I work at HarbourVest Partners creating brand content and thought leadership. Previously, I was at State Street Global Advisors and at Concord Academy, where I was Director of Marketing and Communications and a member of the senior leadership team. I worked for the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) as their Senior Communications Manager, and for Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 2degrees, BluSkye, Google, L.L.Bean, and Maine Public Television.
As a writer, I focus on topics related to fly fishing, carpentry, and the environment. I was a regular contributor to On Earth magazine from 2006 to 2011. In addition, I have contributed to such publications as The Boston Globe, Print, Portfolio, and to The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media. I worked as the publicist for The New Yorker and as a fact checker for New York.
Personal Bio
As an avid fly fisherman, I maintain a site about fly fishing in New England called New England on the Fly. I am a Senior Contributor to The Drake, and have published articles and photographs in Fly Fisherman, The Atlantic Salmon Journal, The FlyFish Journal, Eastern Fly Fishing, On the Water, Chasing Silver, and other publications. I have edited a few books about Atlantic salmon fishing, and currently serve on the on the US Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and on the board of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum. I previously served on the board of the Miramichi Salmon Association.
In 2010, I received a masters degree from Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, where I was fortunate to study on a Marshall Scholarship. Prior to that, I studied English at Brown University.
I currently live in Carlisle, MA with my wife and daughter, Georgia and dream of the coast of Maine.
I love working with people to create purposeful, compelling content to achieve ambitious goals.
What I do
I create campaigns and content for companies and nonprofits. I create videos and photos. I write for magazines, blogs, and newspapers. I help companies build their content strategy, email marketing, and create entire teams and brands.
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