EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, A.B. in Anthropology, 1976-1980
Universita Italiana Per Stranieri, Perugia, Italia, Certificate in Italian Language and Culture, 1985-1986
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Graduate Level Coursework, Summer, 1991
Istituto di Dante Alighieri, Firenze, Italia, Coursework in Italian Language and Culture, Summer, 1994
Brown University - BLC, Providence, Rhode Island, Coursework in Italian Language, 2001
AUTHOR
The Hands of Our Fathers: Army Engineer Magazine, November/December, 2009
A lilac in winter: Fra Noi Magazine, 2008
A Tribute to Our Fathers: Army Engineer Magazine, September/October, 2007
The Wisdom of Angels: Unearthing My Italian Roots, Branden Publishing Company, Inc., April, 2002
Critical Equations: Teaching Tolerance Magazine, May, 2000
Straddling the Borders: The Year I Grew Up In Italy, Branden Publishing Company, Inc., March, 1999
EXPERIENCE
MTC CONSULTING, LLC
Private Tutoring, Independent and Public Schools, Rhode Island, 1997-2011
For details, please click on the tutorial link above.
THE RIVERS SCHOOL
Coeducational Day School, Weston, Massachusetts, 1989-1997
DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY
- Was facilitator as Rivers clarified definition of diversity and reasons for diversifying, assessed diversity status, began to create
diversity strategic plan, and educated constituents on diversity matters
- Was source of support and liaison as Rivers a) recruited, supported, and monitored attrition, b) developed more global program,
and c) developed extensive network inside and outside community
- Created/led Student Diversity Club, which met weekly for discussions, planning assemblies, and networking with other schools
- Created a group for African-American students, which met weekly to discuss topics of particular pertinence to group members
- Created/led Employee Diversity Committee, which met monthly, focused on personal growth and developed comprehensive
procedures for attracting/recruiting diverse administration, faculty, and staff
- Created/led a Parent Diversity Network, which met bimonthly and focused on personal growth, parent education, student
support, and networking for recruitment
- Successfully addressed the need for diversifying the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, staff, and student body
HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
- Standard Administrative Duties: overseeing academic/co-curricular matters; orienting/evaluating faculty and deans;
determining/implementing student discipline; coordinating advisor/advisee program
- Accomplishments: emergence of division as separate/unique entity; transition from all-male to coeducational school; increase in
diversity of population; 82% increase in enrollment over five-years
RECIPIENT OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE'S GOLDEN TEACHER AWARD, 1995
Awarded for initiating, overseeing the design of, and implementing a co-disciplinary (English and history) unit on the Holocaust.
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEACHING/COACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Elected by peers as faculty member of and leader of both Head of School and Interim Head of School Search Committees
- Leader/member of committees that wrote: Mission Statement and Core Values; student/parent handbook and Directory; faculty
evaluation process; mentor/mentee program; channels of communication
- Member: Board of Trustees (ex-officio); NEAS&C Accreditation Executive Team; Strategic Planning/Drafting Committees;
Head of School Evaluation Team; Admissions Office; and Facilities Committee
- Mathematics teacher, basketball coach (varsity, junior varsity, middle school), and student advisor
POLYTECHNIC PREPARATORY CDS
Coeducational Day School, Brooklyn, NY, 1986-1989
ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Mathematics teacher
- Grade level dean, admissions officer, and student advisor
PURNELL SCHOOL
Girls' Boarding School, Pottersville, NJ, 1980-1985
ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEACHING/COACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Mathematics and anthropology teacher, varsity field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse coach
- Director of Athletics, Co-director of College Counseling, and Director of Community Service
- International trip leader, newspaper advisor, and student advisor
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