1776 - 1979: BayView Sr. High School Forensics Team: won first place awards for impromptu speech presentation and poetry/prose presentations - Regional to National levels
1980 - 1981: Campus Crusaders for Christ - religious group member and volunteer presenter to LadLake Home for Boys, Dousman, WI
1985 - 1986: Eastbrook Church Choir Member and gospel narrator for Christmas concert and Easter presentations
1987 - 1990: Volunteer reader at St. Francis Children's Library, reading narrations from childrens' books to neighborhood Summer Library Reading Program members
1988 - 1990: Nursery worker and reader for Fellowship Bible Church. Also worship team leader and bible study group reader
2003 - 2005: Smartboard audio and graphic presentations from PowerPoint, Arnold & O'Sheridan vendor presentations during "Lunch-n-Learn" 60-90 minute luncheon seminars bi-monthly
2004 - 2007: Overseas audio English interpretations to Moroccan Arabic family of Kholti; Ben-Souda,FES - Morocco
2008 - 2011: AVON Independent Distributor audio in-person sales presentations of product line and demos to new customers and existing clientelle
Carroll College (now Carroll University), Waukesha WI
1979-1981: Carroll College Choir member; first soprano voice solos and group songs under the then-direction of Dr. Aamott
Central Bible College, Springfield, MO 3 months winterim period 1981: Worship group leader and guitarist (12-string Yamaha)
Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee WI 1993-1996: Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society - Secretary (took coursework in legal terminology; Business Professionals of America - member of Professional Speakers of America competition, National competition in Tennesee 1996, won 3rd place cash price $375 for speech, President of Waukesha Chapter BPA
Arnold & O'Sheridan, Brookfield WI 2004 took course day seminars at Four Points Sheridan Hotel, Milwaukee WI -"How to Deal with Difficult People", "Professional Speaking in the Workplace"
GreenFlame Recording Studio - 2005-2007 - recording CD for group "Everything's Relative", family-owned singing group
DELL laptop - RightLight(TM)Technology/RightSound(TM)Technology Logitech
Windows Media Center/Media Player -MP3
Summary of Qualifications:
• Excellent communication/organizational skills.
• 15+ years professional experience producing exceptional award-winning reports, schedules and PowerPoint presentations.
Advanced Computer Skills:
• Database: MS Access, & various main frame applications
• Email: MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, MSN hotmail, Gmail, yahoo
• Presentation/Desktop Publishing: PageMaker, MS PowerPoint, QuarkXPress, Adobe
• Spreadsheets: MS Excel, Lotus 1-2-3
• Word Processing: MS Word, WordPerfect, Adobe Acrobat
Education:
New Horizons Business School – 2002 to 2005
Executive Administrative Certification
• Excel 2002: Levels I, II, III
• WORD 2002: Levels I, II, III
• PowerPoint 2003 - Intermediate
Waukesha County Technical College - 1993 to 1996
Administrative Assistant coursework
Departmental GPA = 3.95 with honors
(Phi Theta Kappa) and Dean’s List
Carroll College – 1979 to 1981
Business Administration coursework
Overall GPA = 3.5 (Dean’s List)
Professional Affiliations/Societies/Awards Recognition:
• Legal Action of Wisconsin Board Member (1999-present)
• Notary Public – State of Wisconsin (2006-2011)
• Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society (Lifetime Member)
• Business Professionals of America service award - local chapter President/Secretary
• “Chapter Gavel” award plaque for serving Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society Waukesha local chapter - Secretary
• Honorary Volunteer award – Lad Lake Home for Boys, Dousman WI
• “Marketing Representative of the Month” Comprehensive Accounting, Inc. received 29” Samsung TV and marketing plaque)
• National Professional Speaker’s Association Award (monetary award of $375; National BPA competition – Nashville, Tennessee) for composition “Flextime in the Workplace”
• Student Advisor nominee award recipient(Waukesha County Technical College)
• “Who’s Who in American Junior Colleges award for Associates Program-Administrative
• Wisconsin State Competition awards recipient: Proofreading/Comprehension, Document Edit/ Formatting, Shorthand Dictation, and Desktop Publishing