EDUCATION:

B.A.    Administration of Criminal Justice
           University of Illinois at Chicago

MPA    Master of Public Administration
           Northern Illinois University

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Association for Research in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)
North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Guilford Nonprofit Consortium

ACADEMIC INTERESTS OR RESEARCH INTERESTS:

International nongovernmental organizations; advocacy and public policy; governance of nonprofit organizations; nonprofit management.

PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

For 25 years, served as the executive director of five nonprofit organizations, including two national organizations and the NC Partnership for Children, which oversees the statewide Smart Start Early Childhood Program.

Co-director (with Pamela Palmer) of the Nonprofit Leadership Enhancement Program (NLEP).

Presented a paper on nongovernmental organizations in Cambodia at the 2007 annual meeting of ARNOVA.

GRANTS:

Three-year grant from the Hayden-Harman Foundation, which was matched by HPU, to provide training, technical assistance and capacity building for nonprofit organizations in High Point.

OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS:

Conducted trainings for nongovernmental organizations in Cambodia in 2006 and in Slovenia in 2007.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Fundraising and Funding Sources
Strategic Planning
Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
Advocacy and Public Policy