Qualifications
Twenty seven years experience in operations and management, ten years experience teaching English to international students, immigrants and refugees, and seven years experience administering a university intensive English program.  Documented success in senior leadership positions managing diverse organizations of up to 3500 people with large annual budgets.  Extensive experience in operations, administration, training, personnel and staff supervision, fiscal management including programming, facilities maintenance, and logistics, and application of data systems in specialized as well as worldwide command and control networking situations.

Education
M.A., English Linguistics, George Mason University, May 1996 
Graduate TESL Certificate, George Mason University, May 1996
Foreign Service Institute, January 1981, Certificate: Danish 
B.A., Spanish, University of New Mexico, June 1966 
Professional Courses - 1966, 1972, 1979, 1981

Relevant Experience

2005 - Present   Director, English Language Institute, George Mason University
1999 - 2005       Assistant Director, English Language Institute, George Mason
                          University
1996 - 1999       Adjunct Faculty, English Language Institute, George Mason
                          University
1996 - 1997       English as a Second Language Instructor Fairfax County Adult
                          Education ESL Program
1994                  ESL Instructor (Volunteer) Fairfax County Adult Education ESL
                          Program
1966 - 1993       Commissioned Officer, United States Marine Corps.  Completed
                          service as Marine Corps colonel 

Recent Professional Activities
1999 - 2001       Treasurer, Washington Area Teachers of English to Speakers of
                          Other Languages Association 
2000 - Present  Member, George Mason University Television (GMU-TV)
                          Advisory Board 
2000 - Present  Member, GSE Bilingual Paraprofessional Career Ladder Program
                          Advisory Group 
2001 - Present  Member, University Life Information Technology Advisory
                          Committee
2002 - 2004       Member, Board of Directors, Great Oaks Homeowners
                          Association
2003 - Present  Member, Continuing Professional Education Academic Council,
                          George Mason University

Recent Presentations*, Publications and Awards
Presenter, ITC's TeleLearning '99 - October 11, 1999 - Austin, Texas
Presenter, NAFSA Region VIII Conference - November 19, 1999 - Bethesda, Maryland 
Presenter, TESOL 2000 - March 17, 2000 - Vancouver, British Columbia
Panelist, Learning 2000 - September 29, 2000, Roanoke, Virginia
Presenter, NAFSA 53d Annual Conference - June 1, 2001 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Presenter, ITC's TeleLearning 2001 - October 8, 2001 - Costa Mesa, California
Panelist, Starlink Teleconference, October 8, 2002 - Odessa, Texas
Instructional Technology Council Featured Essay, March 2002, "High Quality ESL in Distance Education"
The Videographer Awards 2000, Award of Excellence, as Host for GMU-TV's "Get Connected" video course

Professional Associations
Marine Executive Association (MEA)
Instructional Technology Council (ITC)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (TESOL)
Washington Area Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (WATESOL)
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Phi Beta Delta: The Honor Society Dedicated to Scholarly Achievement in International Education

Other Experience
Six years experience in ten foreign countries in Europe, the Orient, and Central America, and the US Trust Territories in the Pacific, dealing successfully with elected and appointed officials and diplomats (US and foreign), and foreign military and civilian personnel.
 

Foreign Languages
Spanish, Danish
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