It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going. ~ Anthony Burgess
Experience
Current Positions
- President, CharacterEthics, LLC
- Practitioner/Student: Appreciative Inquiry, Better Decision-Making,
Integral Facilitation, Non-Violent Communication - Trainer, LeadershipPlenty WV
- Co-Director of The Poverty/Ethics Project
- Steering Committee, WV Partners in Prevention against Child Abuse
- Board Member, Step-By-Step: Building Capacity through Community Service
- Steering Committee, Friends of the Humanities, Marshall University Graduate
Humanities Program Board & Dance Committee Member: FOOTMAD: Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
Published Articles
“Leadership Within: Ethical Decision-Making Skills,” WV Executive, Summer, 2004.
Appreciative Inquiry Learning Space E-Zine co-authored with Chet Bowling and Skip Lineberg
Sampling of Clients & Partnerships
- Volunteer West Virginia
- The Family Refuge Center
- Trillium Performing Arts Center
- Appalachian Regional Hospital
- West Virginia University, Training and Development, Division of Human Resources:
- John Marshall Emerging Leaders Institute, Marshall University
- United Way LifeBridge AmeriCorps
- Kettering Foundation, Community Politics
- WSAZ News Channel 3 TV
- East End Family Resource Center
- Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Marshall University Graduate College: Adjunct Faculty Member
- Coro Leadership Center, St Louis, MO
- World Fellowship, New Hampshire
- Share the Vision Conference, Charleston, WV
- Coalition of Essential Schools, 2004 Conference, San Francisco, CA
Education
Master’s Degree in Humanities, Marshall University Graduate College,
BA in Humanities, Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis
Continuing Education in Appreciative Inquiry, Non-Violent Communication, Integral Facilitation.
Member
International Association of Facilitators