Master
of Public Administration, University of Dayton, 1994
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Antioch College, 1976
Experience
As a Program Associate for the
Kettering Foundation, I am responsible for contract research
pertaining to the question: What does it
take to make democracy work as it should? My ability to simplify
complex information for general audiences has been useful over the
course of my career.
Work History
Program Associate, Kettering Foundation, 2001-
Research and Writing Contractor, Kettering
Foundation, 1999-2001
Researcher, Miami Valley Cable Council, a
consortium of governments, 1997-1998
Graduate Assistant, Department of Political
Science, University of Dayton, 1993-1994
Councilwoman, Village of Yellow Springs,
1987-1993
Sous Chef, Euro Bistro, 1989-1991
Advertising Sales, Yellow Springs News,
1986-1987
Home Daycare, 1983-1986
Senior Sales Clerk, B. Dalton Bookseller,
1978-1983
Leadership
Graduate, Harwood Leadership School, Bethesda,
Maryland, 2004
Elected to two four-year terms, Yellow Springs
Village Council, 1987, 1991
Graduate, Miami Valley Leadership Program, 1992
Director, County Level, Presidential and
Senatorial campaigns, 1988, 1992, 1998
Participant in Decision-Making Groups
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission
Greene County Regional Planning Commission
Springfield Airport Plan Board
Yellow Springs Environmental Commission
Cable Advisory Board
Yellow Springs Planning Commission
Delegate, national party conventions, 1988,
1992
Communications, Oral:
“Accountability in Education: Strengthening
Citizen Voice” delivered before the Partners of the Americas Task
Force, Washington, D.C., September, 2004
Moderator, WYSO 91.3 FM radio call-in forums
Moderator, Miami Valley Issues Forums
Facilitator, Antioch College campus assessment
process, 2002
Moderator, “Your Voice, Your Vote” Project,
Dayton Daily News, 1991
Panelist, local and nationally aired television
broadcasts
Communications, Written:
“Public-Building and Public Administration”
Connections, January, 2005
“The Relationship of Citizens to Their
Schools—Emerging Kettering Research, Connections, April, 2004
“Local Officials Guide to Telecommunication
Towers”
“The History of a Small Land Trust”
Successful grants applications and direct-mail
fundraising efforts
