In 2006, Norm was hired as the first Executive Director of Arlington Community Media Inc. He continues to bring a great deal of strength and diversity of experience from the corporate, academic and non-profit environments. He received his Master’s degree in Television and Radio Production from Syracuse University, after which he was a News Director for the U.S. military. After being discharged, he became the Program Director for a community access station in Newburgh NY. Norm then moved to Lawrence, MA where he was responsible for the design and operation of a local community origination station. He later became a producer for the New York State Educational Television Network and then went on to become the Director of Radio and Television for Northeastern University in Boston. He then served as Media Director for Cazenovia College in Central New York and later became the Executive Director of CTSB, the Community Television of the Southern Berkshires, in Lee, MA. He also worked in professional television equipment sales as well as local audio-visual production houses in the Boston area.