POSITION -- Since 2011, President, Washington State Community College, Marietta, Ohio (September, 2011).
PREVIOUS -- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Baton Rouge Community College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Feb. 2005 – Aug. 2011); Assistant Vice Chancellor for Learning and Student Development, The Community College of Baltimore County (Aug. 1999 – Jan. 2005); Director for Hunt Valley Professional Center, The Community College of Baltimore County (March 1992 – Aug. 1999); Director for International Education, Catonsville Community College (July 1986 – Feb. 1992); Director for Continuing Education, Carroll Community College, Maryland (Sept. 1981 – June 1986); Visiting Professor, Yokohoma City University, Japan (July 1989- July 1990).
AFFILIATIONS -- Southeastern Ohio Port Authority (Economic Development (October 2011 – Present); Marietta Noon Rotary (January 2012 – Present); Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce Board (Currently nominated); AAC Workforce Commission (July 2012 – present); Western Family YMCA Board (July 1999 – July 2004) (Chair 2000 – 2002).
EDUCATION -- Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Matriculated 1987, Higher Education Administration. Other Related Training: Executive Leadership Institute; League for Innovation in the Community College, 2007; Leadership Baton Rouge; Baton Rouge Area Chamber Leadership Program 2005-2006; Future Leaders Institute; American Association for Community Colleges, 2004; Bureau Better Business; Baltimore, Maryland. Twenty hour training in arbitration skills, 1997; Institute for Conflict Resolution; Annapolis, Maryland; Forty hour training in mediation skills, 1997; Leadership, Baltimore County; Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, 1994-1995; Professional Certificate, East-West Center, Institute of Culture and Communication; Honolulu, Hawaii; for participation in eight day summer workshop for the development of intercultural course work at colleges and universities, (1992).
OTHER -- Publications: "Understanding the Japanese University Student." A chapter in Understanding The International Student by KaiKai, Septimus. Newbury Press; New York, 1991, pages 184-213. "The Faculty Expatriate: Living and Teaching Abroad," Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal. August/September, 1990. "Success With A Little Help From Our Friends," (the process of an American girl adapting to Japanese school), The Yokohama City Education Journal, volume 4, 1990. "International Education: Where Does it Fit in Your College?," Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal. December/January, 1988-1989. "Jamaican Community Colleges: Missions and Traditions," Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal. December/January, 1987/1988. Review of Southern Regional education Board report on "Enrollment of Black Students in Higher Education, Can Declines be Prevented?" printed in AACJC Letter, Summer, 1986. "The Community College and Community Education," Mid-Atlantic Community Education Consortium, Role Guide Series, co-author, 1978.