Ali leads human resources as well as diversity and inclusion efforts for the US offices. She is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and an SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). In addition to contributing across teams as a certified copy editor, Ali is also a trained mediator who specializes in workplace conflict management.

Ali’s been with us since 2005—first as project coordinator, then as operations director and business director in the Connecticut office. Working remotely from Colorado since 2013, she spearheaded the opening of the Denver office in 2018 and its expansion in 2020. Ali’s entertainment industry experience includes working as a production manager at the North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA), where she managed concerts for artists including BB King, Clint Black, Trisha Yearwood, and Lincoln Center Jazz. She also spent five years as the stage manager for Strings Music Festival (Steamboat Springs, CO), managing festival orchestra performances and touring performances like The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Asleep at the Wheel, and Lyle Lovett.

In addition to her duties at Theatre Projects, Ali’s active freelance work includes six years as an event manager and two years as the company manager for  iTheatrics’ Junior Theater Festivals in Atlanta and Sacramento, one-off stage management gigs and special projects for Strings Music Festival, copy editing for novels and textbooks, and writing Master Gardener articles for Colorado State University Extension in Routt County.