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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
College and More, Inc, Founder and Director, Member of Independent Educational Consultant Association (IECA); Affiliate of the Highlands Company, with training on interpreting the Highlands Ability Battery, 2007 to present
• Provide Comprehensive College and Career Counseling for Students and Parents ; and for Independent
     Schools
• Provide Ability Assessment using The Highlands Ability Battery
• Provide Counseling on Summer Enrichment, College Visits and Interviews, Common Application and
     Personal Essay
• Give Lecture Series for Families: Titles include “ Weathering the College Admissions Process” and “ Abilities
• Teach College Program, Rochester Scholars, University of Rochester

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE
College Guidance Program and Junior Class Academic Dean, Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms, CT 2003-2008; Head of College Counseling and Academic Dean, Community School of Naples, Naples

• Provided Comprehensive College Advising for Grades 10-12 including Academic Program Planning and
     Enrichment Programs
• Taught College Seminars for Juniors and Seniors
• Provided Individual Counseling for Juniors and Seniors at each stage of the College Admissions Process
• Ran College Forums on College Admissions Grades 9-12
• Wrote The College Handbook on College Admissions
• Wrote Supplements on Gap Year Programs, Study Abroad, Internships, Ability Testing, Summer
     Enrichment, Experiential Learning,
• Conducted Study Group for Parents on Trends in College Admissions
• Counseled on Off-Campus Learning Programs and Community Service
• Initiated and Directed Experiential Learning Programs: The Finger Lakes Seminar, 2001; Project Santa Fe,
     An Adventure in Cultural Anthropology, 2003; and The Writing Symposium, Ionia, NY 2004

Founder and Director, Scholar’s Workshop, Haverford, PA, 1981-1989
• Provided Comprehensive College and Academic Counseling
• Gave Public Lectures on the Admissions Process: What Really Counts
• Gave Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing Seminars

Rapporteur, Aspen Institute, Wye Plantation, MD 1977-1981
Prepared Conference Reports on Domestic and Foreign Policy based on Round Table Discussions held at the Wye Plantation MD and Aspen Institute in Berlin; comprehensive reports included The Reform of American Schooling (Mortimer Adler, Chair); U.S-Soviet Foreign Policy in the 1990s, Political Campaign Reform et al.

Associate Dean of Admission and Assistant to the Dean of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1970-1975
• Wrote Admissions Publications, Monthly Letter to Trustees, The Annual College Profile and Speeches for the
     Dean of Admissions
• Participated in All Aspects of the Undergraduate Admissions Process
• Facilitated Off-Campus Study and Study Abroad Programs
• Initiated Recruitment Program in the Northeast for The Wharton School
• Co-Directed the Tiffany Lecture Series on Design, The Wharton School

Teacher, Dalton School, New York, NY 1968-1971
• Taught Honors Modern European, Russian, and American History
• Established and Taught Environmental Studies Programs Grades 9-12
• Served on the Admission Selection Committee

Teacher and History Chair, Crystal Springs School, Hillsborough, CA 1966-1967
• Taught World History I, World History II, and American History
• Directed Model United Nations Program and Florence Flood Relief

RECENT PUBLICATIONS, PROJECTS, AND PRESENTATIONS
Weathering the College Admissions Process: What Parents Need to Know;Abilities Count in College Admissions: What Students Need to Know; An Annotated Bibliography on College Admissions Books and Web Sites; Testing for Natural Abilities: A New Way to Achieve the College Match; New Program Development in Experiential Learning: Finger Lakes Seminar and Project Santa Fe; Comprehensive Review of The Oxford Tradition Summer Curriculum; Critical Thinking and Writing Seminar for Upper School Seminars: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam: Lessons from the Cold War; Introduction to Literary Criticism: The Tragic Hero in the Novels of Hemingway, Wharton, and Steinbeck.