Full Circle Center for Restorative Justice – Salida, CO

Executive Director, Victim – Offender Conferencing                                                (March 2010 – Present)

¨        Manage all aspects of non-profit organization in the 11^th Judicial District; including budget, development, special fundraising events, media releases, presentations, referrals, collaboration with Probation, Diversion and schools, report to board of directors , volunteer coordination and training, facilitate restorative circles.

Youth Program Director of Action Adventure Opportunities (AAOpps)             (March 2008 – Present)

¨        Founded and currently manage a program designed to provide healthy, positive recreation, education and adventure experiences for youth of all abilities. AAOpps partners with the Diversion Program to offer regular recreational outings which provide alternative activities for youth in Chaffee, Fremont, and surrounding counties.

 Program Director and Founder of Youth@Crossroads (Y@C)

Chaffee County Department of Health & Human Services – Salida, CO                                       (July 2004 – Sept. 2008)

•  Managed all aspects of program in the 11^th Judicial District for at-risk teens ages 13-18 with focus on  prevention education, community service and alternative recreation activities; implemented and taught scientifically-proven, evidence-based alcohol, drug and life skills with the Project Towards No Drug Abuse curriculum for high risk youth population (Level 1 Y@C); maintained budget; supervised staff and volunteers; participated in community evaluation teams and coalitions; managed records and database; edited grants; attended and presented trainings.

Editor Extraordinaire – Freelance (Contract) Writer/Editor/Designer                       (May 2002 – 2007)

•   Writer, Editor, Layout and Designer of various organizational newsletters, websites and brochures; Quiet Times – Quiet Use Coalition newsletters, business card design and quc.org content management; Squire Consulting Services, Inc. – business card design, reports; Recycling Rap – Chaffee County Citizens for Recycling, Inc.; Ark-Valley Antics – Ark Valley Humane Society public relations, fundraising and news; Home is Where the Heart is – Salida Realtor Community News; The Concrete Connection – ASI RCC company news

Overall organization communications contact, web site manager, special events coordinator and public relations for conservation organization promoting the concept of quiet use areas and non-motorized means of recreation and travel

Communications Architect

I.B.M. Global Services, Service Delivery, Strategy and Transition                                                      (Sept. 1999 – May 2001)

• Drove e-Business communications initiatives by incorporating latest technology to connect geographically-diverse team; coordinated monthly VP status meetings; designed, provided content and managed department Web site, conceptualized and managed online team status database, planned and coordinated creative team all-hands meetings
• Project Manager roles: Established leading edge in e-Business communications for team in varied formats – e-Meetings, department and individual PC videoconferencing, wrote and edited Web content, coordinated executive site visits

Web Site Manager/Editor

I.B.M. Global Services, Lucent Technologies Account                                                                               (Dec. 1997 – Sept. 1999)

• Project Manager for high-profile I.B.M. News Connection (INC) Web site — led team in design, development and delivery of internal site disseminating account information to 5,000+ employees;  interfaced with multiple organizations and executives to create and maintain comprehensive communications vehicle; provided photographs, wrote and edited Web site content
• Team Lead for I.B.M./Lucent Boulder Communications Department: designed and implemented executive communications strategy; coordinated high-level customer executive site visits; public speaking engagements 

 Competitive Internships:

    Associate Editor and Writer, Communications Specialist                                         I.B.M. Communications Department, I.B.M. Boulder, Colorado                                                                    (April 1996 – Dec. 1997)

• Feature Writer/Reporter Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado                                                                                                          (Aug. 1996 – Jan. 1997)

Teen Talk/Crisis Line Director – Senior School Trainer for Youth Program                                 

Suicide Prevention and Crisis Center of Monterey County, California                                           (Jan. 1993 – July 1994)

• Conducted workshops on stress-reduction, depression, warning signs and suicide prevention for community members, focusing on adolescents in school system; developed curriculum; provided one-on-one counseling
• Directed teen volunteer program; oversaw recruitment and training of teens and adult supervisors; developed public relations, promotional marketing, grant writing and fundraising strategies

  http://papercretepalace.blogspot.com/contains:

“Life- It’s All Good” — Personal essay published in Chicken Soup for the Working Woman’s Soul; “The Drive by Roostering”, “Water Wars”, “Mountain Barbies”, “Silence is Significant”, “Barnyard Attachments”, “Sweet Sadie, The Predator”, “Getting Home was the Problem” in Base Camp Colorado, the Colorado Central Magazine and The Mountain Gazette; “Lucky Than Good” on Women’s Adventure Magazine blog; articles for Kid’s Connection in The Mountain Mail.

Currently writing monthly “News from the San Luis Valley” Column in the Colorado Central Magazine.

Boulder Daily Camera articles: Food features, Entertainment and music reviews,  Health and Fitness articles, Personality Profiles and special section features – “ChocoLove” (Nov. 1990) run by Knight-Ridder newswire

Photography: photos published in Canine Colorado, Boulder Daily Camera; Mountain Sports Photography portfolio;

IBM publications and TV News

•  Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication,UniversityofColoradoatBoulder                (May 1997)
• Bachelor of Arts: Cum Laude; Sociology,State University of New York at Cortland                                                                        (May 1990)
• Schiller International University, Heidelberg, Germany                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (Spring 1990)

        Certifications & Training:

• Colorado Mediation Certification April 2011
• Compassionate Leadership 2010*
•  International Intensive 10-Day Non-Violent Communication Training (2008)
• Restorative Justice Facilitation Training – Conflict Mediation (2007-8)
• Level 1 Certified PSIA Ski & AASI Snowboard Instructor (Seasonal 1998 – 2005)
• Certified Commercial Whitewater River Guide
• Experiential Education – in and out of classroom training
• Adolescent Substance Abuse and Reduction in Tobacco Use Strategies
• I.B.M. Coursework:  Project Management Fundamentals, Leadership & Teamwork Communications, Diversity Awareness

• Team member of the 2007 Rotary International Group Study Exchange Program to theCzech & SlovakRepublics
• IBM Global Services Gold Olympic Level Award for Performance                                                         (June 1998)

• Full Circle Restorative Justice Board of Directors -  (Former President, Board member)            (2006 – Present)
• Salida Build-A-Generation Board of Directors                                                                                           (2004 – 2008)
• Ark-Valley Humane Society Board of Directors -  (President, 2000-01); Current Volunteer     (1998 – Present)
• Quiet Use Coalition Board of Directors – (Secretary 2003-06)                                                          (2002 – Present)
• Chaffee County Mentors Volunteer                                                                                                                  (2005 – 07)
• Chaffee County Citizens for Recycling Board of Directors – (Secretary 04 -06)                                  (2003 – 2006)
• Sustainable living, writing, reading, travel, boating, hiking, skiing & snowboarding, community volunteerism

*The Compassionate Leadership program is presented by the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC), a global organization that supports compassionate communication and nonviolent resolution of conflicts.

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