PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE, Plymouth, New Hampshire
M.Ed. Guidance and Counseling

WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE, Westfield, Massachusetts
B.S. Elementary Education

THE CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY at INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Indianapolis, Indiana
Certificate of Completion
Seminar on Fundraising for Small Nonprofits

ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE

PENNSYLVANIA CAMPUS COMPACT, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1997-present
Executive Director
Directed all aspects of statewide coalition of 61 college presidents to support the development and enhancement of service-learning, civic education, and civic leadership in higher education. Administered $500,000 budget which included making sub-grants to Pennsylvania colleges and universities. Coordinated fund development from private and public funding sources. Conducted training and technical assistance workshops on topics related to civic engagement and higher education. Directed AmeriCorps*VISTA project at 23 campuses. Conducted project and organizational analysis of campus service programs. Provided administrative support to the Board of Directors. Assisted Governor’s Community Service Advisory Board with the design and implementation of Pennsylvania’s Unified State Plan. Established Pennsylvania Campus Compact as a 501(c)(3) organization.

REGIS UNIVERSITY, Denver, Colorado
1992-1997
Coordinator of the Center for Service Learning
Worked with faculty and administrators to design campus wide program for integrating public service with academic study. Recruited community based organizations to engage students in service. Coordinated alternative spring break trips to rural Mexico and Belize. Taught Freshman Core Seminar, Sophomore Leadership Seminar, and Christian Ministry courses. Directed mentoring program for educationally and economically challenged youth. Wrote grant proposals to integrate service and academic study and for student mentoring program. Developed and managed multiple budgets. Directed Romero House project and service scholarships. Supervised two professional staff members and three student coordinators. Directed Freshman Service Day as part of freshman orientation. Designed federal work study and community service program to comply with federal mandate.

TEIKYO LORETTO HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY, Denver Colorado 1990-1992
Coordinator of Residence Life
Directed Residence Life program for 450 Japanese students. Developed and managed budget of $130,000. Supervised 6 professional staff. Served on academic appeals committee. Assisted Dean with division responsibilities.

Acting Dean of Student Services
Interim responsibilities for student life division while university searched for permanent Dean.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Boulder, Colorado
1989-1990
Residence Hall Director
Coordinated operation of residence hall housing 350 students. Trained and supervised eight Resident Advisors and two Graduate Assistants. Processed all discipline in the building. Oversaw programming efforts of staff. Advised Residence Hall Student Government and Graduate Assistant Committee.

BRYANT COLLEGE, Smithfield, Rhode Island
1987-1989
Area Director
Supervised residence hall complex of 13 buildings housing 1,200 students. Trained and supervised 26 Resident Assistants. Coordinated programming efforts for Office of Residence Life.

PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE, Plymouth, New Hampshire 1984-1987
Freshman Needs Specialist/Residence Director
Directed undergraduate peer academic advising program. Initiated peer counselor/faculty team teaching model for freshman experience course. Supervised residence halls of 250 male freshmen (1986-87) and 200 co-ed students (1984-86). Administered judicial process in residence halls.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

GRANTS

2004 Campus/Community Emergency Response Planning. Department of Homeland Security. $500,000
2004 Student Civic Engagement Week grant. Campus Compact. $6,000.
2003 AmeriCorps*VISTA supervision grant. Corporation for National and Community Service. $50,000.
Student Civic Engagement Week grant. Campus Compact. $7,000.
Introductory Institute on Service-Learning. Campus Compact. $37,500.
AmeriCorps*VISTA supervision grant. Corporation for National and Community Service. $50,000.
AmeriCorps*VISTA supervision grant. Corporation for National and Community Service. $50,000.
AmeriCorps*VISTA supervision grant. Corporation for National and Community Service. $24,000.
Civic Leadership Program. Corporation for National and Community Service. $896,698.
Campus/community summit. Campus Compact. $5,000.
Institute for the Common Good. Campus Compact. $5,500.
Community Service Directors’ conference. Campus Compact. $14,000.
Student leadership conference. Bell Atlantic—Pennsylvania. $7,700.
Innovative Community Service Program. US Department of Education (FIPSE). $72,000.
Nursing curriculum reform. Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation.
$69,000.
1993 Student Mentoring Corps grant. US Department of Education. $25,139.

PUBLICATIONS

“Beyond the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: Higher Education and Democracy” in J. Cohen and L. Yapa (Eds.) A Blueprint for Public Scholarship at Penn State, University Park, PA: Penn State.
2003 “College and University Partnerships for Service-Learning” in B. Jacoby (Ed.) Building Partnerships for Service-Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass (with Brooke Beaird and Jan Torres).
2001 “Grant Writing for Service-Learning Courses,” Journal of Teaching in Marriage and Family, Vol. 1(3).
1999 “Sysiphusian Exercise: Service Learning’s Distinction From Internship,” Academic Exchange Quarterly, summer.
1998 “Colleges Engaging Communities,” Harrisburg Sunday Patriot-News, Editorial article, April 18.

PRESENTATIONS/TRAININGS

2004 Service-Learning Literacy. Faculty development workshop, Duquesne University.
2003 Academic Call and Response: Service-Learning. Faculty development lecture, Alvernia College.
2002 Integrating Community Service and Academic Study, faculty development workshop, West Chester University of PA.
2001 Privileges and Responsibilities of a Jesuit Education, Gonzaga University Graduate School Commencement address.
The Role of Higher Education in Civic Renewal, Corporation for National and Community Service Grantees’ meeting, Washington, DC.
1999 The Future is Yours to Create: Careers in the Common Good, AT&T Leadership Conference, Pennsylvania State University.
1999 Foundations for Integrating Service and Academic Study, Faculty development seminar, Keystone College.
Best Practices in Community Service Learning, Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND) annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.
1998 Federal Work Study Programs and Campus Compact, America Reads Conference, Washington, D.C.
1998 Ignatian Tradition and Service, Faculty development workshop, Saint Joseph’s University.
1998 Leadership Styles for Creating Change, Bonner Student Leaders training, Allegheny College.
1998 Pedagogical Reasons for Service Learning, Faculty development workshop, Bloomsburg University of PA.
1998 Service as Transformation, Keynote address Indiana University of PA student awards banquet.
1998 On Common Ground, Campus Community Partnerships, Keynote address, Summit on Service, Lycoming College.
1997 Pedagogical Reasons for Service Learning, faculty development workshop, Temple University.
1997 America Reads: Addressing Community Issues, Keynote address, America Reads kickoff event, Greater Lehigh Valley Community Service Consortium, Lehigh University.
1996 Beyond Do-Goodism Toward Social Change, Colorado Governor’s Commission on National Service, Annual Conference, Dillon, CO.
1996 Social Activism as Praxis, Masters in Liberal Studies program, Regis University.
1995 A Model for Institutionalization of Service, National Gathering, Providence College.
1994 If We Build It, Will They Come?, Conference on Jesuit Higher Education, Loyola University (Chicago).
1994 Designing a Service Learning Program, Front Range Community College, faculty Development, Denver, CO.

PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2004 Selected as Fundraising Captain for church capital campaign.
2000 Elected by peers to the National Campus Compact Board of Directors.
1999 Appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to serve on Governor’s State Commission on Community Service. (two terms)
1997 Volunteered at Downtown Daily Bread in Harrisburg, PA.
Volunteered at Samaritan House homeless shelter in Denver, CO.