Academic Background

Highlights of Professional Experience

• Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies, Division of Education, Department of Technology for Education (November 1997 to present)
  Responsibilities include development of new postgraduate certificate programs, development of the Johns Hopkins programs in the Southwestern Maryland region, and development of new graduate education offerings for delivery via distributed learning vehicles including the Internet.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Director of Academic Affairs (March 1996 - November 1997)
  Responsibilities include providing support to the academic community including developing Internet/WWW training programs, online coaching and mentoring, identifying innovative practices/programs, distance learning and other leading-edge instructional delivery systems.
• America Tomorrow Inc. President 1995, Vice President and founding executive (1991-1995)
  Responsible for information content; research; presentations, partnerships, training/professional development.
  The company provides consulting and custom online services to organizations and companies in emerging technologies for education and training. Services are delivered on the Internet World Wide Web and on commercial networks.
• IBM Washington Center for Technology in Education (1989-1991) Senior Education Planner Responsible for developing collaborative leadership projects with universities, communities, and government agencies. Developed strong corporate partnerships with cognitive scientists, education researchers, and field based practitioners. Secured internationally recognized authors for IBM exclusive publications. Represented IBM on White House Task Forces, Think Tanks, and Industry Panels.
• IBM Special Education Programs (1984-1989) Responsible for training institutes/seminars; partnerships; national/international presentations; task forces/think tanks; research; product evaluation and design consulting. Program to develop technology training for teachers won national award from Council for Exceptional Children Teacher Education Division.
• George Washington University (1970- 1984) Associate Professor (Tenured), Academic responsibilities: Development of innovative graduate programs; In-service training, programs, Grant writing (2.8M); Administration/Evaluation; Industry/Government partnerships; research; staff development.
• Education Practitioner/ consultant/ grantwriter (1965-1970)Responsibilities / Experiences: Classroom teacher; State Education Agency evaluator, field based ‘action’ research.

Professional Recognition

• IBM “High Quality Achiever” award - outstanding quality education training programs (Received twice).
• "Certificate of Appreciation” national award for Innovative Training in Education Technologyfor Faculty Teacher Trainers, Council for Exceptional Children Project Retool
• “Excellence in Education” Citation for Outstanding Teacher Education Preparation, U.S. Department of Education
• Elected to Board of Directors for Head Start: East Coast Migrant Program

International Consultant

• Department of Defense Dependents Schools - Germany, Japan, Korea: In-service training; program evaluation; Congressionally- mandated Compliance Study.
• IBM Brazil - University guest lecture series, governmental relations, in-service training.
• IBM Puerto Rico - Staff Development, Technology and Lifelong Learning
• RCA Corp.- Distance Teaching Project for the Agency for International Development

National Consultant

• National Head Start Bureau - Technology and Staff Development
• The Smithsonian Institute - Elementary and Secondary Education Division, Kellogg Project on Mediated Learning.
• The National Learning Center/ Capital Children’s Museum - Innovative Educational Intervention, Technology and Accelerated Learning.
• U.S. Department of Education - Grant Reviewer, Staff Development
• Macro International - Grant preparation, Program design/evaluation, technology review.

Think Tanks / Task Forces

• White House Task Force on Innovations in Learning
• White House Initiative “A National Strategy for Learning Involvement”
• IBM Education Technology Institute, IBM Watson Research Center
• RCA Corporation - Innovations in Distance Learning
• Macro International - Technology and Early Childhood Education
• U.S. Task Force - European Lifelong Learning Initiative

Author and Speaker

• Coauthored chapters in graduate education texts, technology resource books; and journal articles.
• Keynote speaker / presenter at regional, national, and international conferences and symposia(National School Board Assoc., American Federation of Teachers, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Library of Congress, Federal Communications Commission).

Last updated January 26, 1998