Research Biography
My experience has been in the public schools as Teacher, Building Administrator, Director of Personnel, Director of Business Services and Chief Business Official in Ohio. I’ve served as a part-time educational consultant and instructor in Project Management, Leadership and Management and other related areas working with a variety of management staff in the U.S., Europe and Middle East. Previously I served as a part-time UF faculty member working with Ed.D. cohorts in Collier County.
Degrees
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Educational Policy and Leadership
M.A. The Ohio State University, Educational Administration
B.A. Asbury University, Science Education
Activities and Honors
Outstanding Ohio School Personnel Administrator
Strategic Planning Certification
Project Management Professional Certification
Ohio State University President’s Club
Member or Past Member
American Association of School Administrators
Buckeye Association of School Administrators
Ohio Association of School Personnel Administrators
Ohio Association of School Business Officials
Phi Delta Kappa
Council for Exceptional Children
Leadership Worthington Board Member
Project Management Institute
Ohio State Alumni Association
Chair and workshop presenter for the Ohio Public Schools Committee for the All-Ohio Safety Congress
Grants
Collaboration on the Market Linkage Project in Special Education
Collaboration with Ohio universities on technology and school facility grants
Selected Publications
Relationships Between Weekly Newspapers’ Agendas and the Public Agenda about Issues in a Suburban Ohio School District Tax Levy Election, doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1991
UFO’s: Understanding Finances of Schools, co-author of booklet published by Leadership Worthington, Worthington, Ohio, 1992
Training materials in project leadership and management courses
Coordinator, M.Ed. Online Program in Educational Leadership
School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
College of Education
University of Florida
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