SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
MAGAZINES
Romantic Love, Reincarnated,
Mommy Matters column, Cleveland Family Magazine,
February 2005
Attitude Helps Parents Reduce Test Anxiety,
Cleveland/Akron Family Magazine,
October 2004
Getting to Know Cancer Treatment Options:
Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancer, Suburban
Focus Magazine, Fall 2004
The Testing Grounds,
Cleveland/Akron Family Magazine,
September 2004
Testing...one, two, three,
Cleveland/Akron Family Magazine,
August 2004
Top Tools For Sharpening Kids’ Minds During
the Summer, Suburban Focus Magazine,
June 2004
Nobody Loves Me Better,
Cleveland/Akron Family Magazine, May
2004
20 best break-in markets The
Writer, May 2004
Independent Thinking...Choosing the Right
School for Your Child Cleveland/Akron
Family Magazine, April 2004
When Camp Granada Doesn't Cut It...
Cleveland/Akron Family Magazine,
March 2004
After the Gold Rush Cleveland/Akron
Family Magazine, January 2004
Living and Giving Outside the Box
Cleveland/Akron Family Magazine,
December 2003
"Ready! Set! Unwrap! How to Make Your Thoughts and Gifts
Count," Suburban Focus (Chicago),
December 2003
Selection Perfection
Cleveland/Akron Family Magazine,
November 2003
"A Haunting We Will Go: How to Have a Howlingly Good
Halloween," Connecticut Parent,
October 2003
NEWSPAPERS
"Gifted children left behind,"
The Plain Dealer, February 17, 2004
"Students learn value of money," The Sun
Press, January 1, 2004
"New standards won't change most curriculums," Chagrin
Herald Sun, November 20, 2003
Evolution debate evolves, but schools stand
firm, The Sun Press,
December 11, 2003
"Exemption for Head Start threatens basic principles,"
The Plain Dealer, August 30, 2003
"Help with the risky calls," The Plain
Dealer, May 28, 2002
"Religion and conflict clash in child's mind," The
Plain Dealer, May 18, 2002
"Where Are We From?" The Plain Dealer
Sunday Magazine, March 24, 2002
INTERNET
Reprint Mania Write
From Home, April 2004
Underneath It All FundsforWriters.com,
December 2003
Reprint Mania FundsforWriters.com,
October 12, 2003 edition
AWARDS
Third Place,
Best Nonfiction Article Published in 2003, Preditors
& Editors Readers' Poll, January 2004
Second Place, Second Annual Success Wanted Contest,
FundsforWriters.com, November 2003
First Place, Inspired to Journal Contest, April
2003
Eighth Place, The
Writer Magazine Essay Contest, March 2003
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ABBREVIATED RÉSUMÉ
KNOWLEDGEWORKS FOUNDATION,
April 2004 - present
- Documentarian for Ohio High School
Transformation Initiative, a program supported by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation to convert large urban high schools into several small
schools.
- Interview, observe and explore personal impact
of initiative on teachers, administrators, students, parents and
community.
FREELANCE WRITER, January 2002
- present
- Author of current affairs, education,
parenting, writing and general interest articles and essays
- Contributing editor, Cleveland/Akron Family
Magazine
- Published in major metropolitan, regional and
community newspapers and magazines in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio,
Connecticut, West Virginia and in Web publications
BELLEFAIRE JCB, September 1992
- January 2000
- Authored hundreds of memos and briefs for
private nonprofit mental health agency
- Wrote or modified the language of agency and
managed care contracts
- Wrote and instructed educational programs for
hundreds of private and public social workers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS,
September 1989 - January 1995
- Authored grant-winning application for the
research, development and training of health care professionals to
identify, assess and intervene on behalf of domestic violence victims
who present in a pediatric hospital setting
- Co-authored instruction manual for medical
professionals who served women and children
- Wrote progress for funding agent
YALE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT,
September 1985 to August 1988
- Designed and wrote presentations on trends in
corporate and foundation giving
- Supervised and edited work of research staff in
Corporate and Foundation Relations
- Wrote biographical, financial and personal
histories of Major Gifts prospects
EDUCATION
- Case Western Reserve University, 1992 JD/MSSA
(joint degree in law and social work)
- Georgetown University, 1984 BA in Government
and Sociology
MEMBERSHIPS
- Member, Poets' & Writers' League of
Greater Cleveland, since 2003
- Member, Ohio Bar, since November 1992
- Ohio Licensed Social Worker, since 1992
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