Experience

Managing Director, Know Your Options, Educational Consulting Services Practice, Fairfax County, Virginia

  • School Search , Application, and Admission Process
    • Day and Boarding Schools
    • Colleges
  • Student Advocacy
    • Academic Concerns
    • Social Development Issues
    • Disciplinary Process
    • Academic Planning

Former District Representative, Board of Education, Fairfax County, Virginia

  • Chair, Committee on Student Behavior and Discipline
  • Chair, Committee on Parent Involvement
  • Co-Chair, Board of Education Annual Retreat
  • Co-Chair, National Superintendent of the Year Honorary Reception Committee

Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)

Moderator, Workshop, “The College Process and Learning Disabled Students”

Panelist, Workshop, “Paying for Extracurricular Honors: Are They Worth the Price?”

Author, The Value of Professional Membership ,INSIGHTS
The Newsletter of the IECA, February/March 2004 Issue

Author and Presenter, State of Virginia Professional Association Conferences

Culturally Responsive Group Counseling: Meeting the Needs of Ethnically Diverse Secondary School Students Post September 11th

  • Virginia Association of Specialists in Group Work, Group-A-Rama Workshop
  • Virginia Counseling Graduate Student Conference

Our Profession’s Future: Ensuring a Mutually Rewarding Experience for Student Interns and Cooperating Counselors

  • Virginia School Counselors Association Conference

Author and Coordinator, Staff Development Workshop for The Field School, Washington, DC

Implementing a Block Schedule Curriculum in Secondary Schools

School-Based Experience

High School Guidance Counselor, Marymount University Intern
Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax County, Virginia

Elementary School Guidance Counselor, Marymount University Practicum Student
Washington Mill Elementary School, Fairfax County, Virginia


Marymount University Guidance Counselor Field Assignments

  • Ravensworth Elementary School, Fairfax County, Virginia
  • Lake Braddock Middle School, Fairfax County, Virginia
  • Lake Braddock High School, Fairfax County, Virginia

Substitute Elementary School Teacher, Fairfax County, Virginia

Education Advocacy, Past Leadership Positions, Fairfax County, Virginia

Vice Chair, Superintendent’s Community Advisory Council, Fairfax County Public Schools

District Representative, County Committees and Task Forces

  • School Funding Task Force
  • School Bond Committee
  • Extending Elementary School Day Ad Hoc Committee

Coordinator, Local School Pyramid

Parent Representative, Area Superintendent’s Advisory Council

President, Parent Teacher Association, Local Elementary School

Other Volunteer Experience

Member, Steering Committee, The Fairfax Scholarship Fund

Past Member, Admissions Committee Parent Network
The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, Massachusetts