MEDIATION ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
My experience in mediation began at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where I took a Conflict Resolution course. This eventually lead to my training and my pending training as a mediator in California. My involvement at North Central College also included being a four-year member of the varsity golf team, working in the admissions office as a Student Ambassador, studying family structure and culture in Morocco, and participating in a service mission trip to Haiti. I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing.
Previous work experience includes working with children at both the YMCA and US Kids' Golf, where I set up and coordinated junior golf tournaments. I worked in several retail and service industry jobs. In high school, I was a member of the National Honor Society and Indian Prairie Scholars, which helped me to earn a Presidential Scholarship to North Central College.
Job Titles:
- Schiller Park Chamber of Commerce - Director
My experience encompasses several professional and employment fields, but can be narrowed into the areas of higher education, law, real estate, and general business/marketing/management/non-profit organizations.
As to higher education, upon graduating from college, I taught high school English while totally funding my graduate schooling, and then my law school education. After earning my Juris Doctorate, I began teaching part-time at several local colleges and eventually joined DeVry, where since the late nineties I have been teaching courses in customer service, business communications, career development, interpersonal communications and law. I continue through today serving as an adjunct instructor. As an adjunct professor of law, I have extensive knowledge of government, environmental and contract law, in addition to issues and concerns, both legal and industry-wide, unique to the manufacturing and industrial sectors.
For several years I also served as full-time faculty recruiter for multiple campuses of DeVry in the Chicago Metro region. In the latter capacity I was responsible for finding potential adjuncts, conducting interviews and teaching demos, orientation and assimilation into the classroom. Responsible for faculty development, formally with in-service training programs and informally with instructors on an individualized basis, I also observed all first term and other adjuncts on a rotational basis, and assisted all new and newer adjuncts with syllabus construction and employee orientation. Further, I provided assistance with implementation of selected teaching best practices and served as resource person to all evening and weekend adjuncts for multiple campuses. I serve on the Student Retention Task Force and assist with each graduation ceremony for the combined campuses. I thus have first hand experience speaking to diverse populations, and have direct experience dealing with governmental and industry accreditation bodies, and have experience working with legislators in Illinois and California.
I have experience supervising and proctoring ACT, SAT and high school freshman tests for several years. Additionally, I am familiar with many state and national testing and licensing procedures, such as JCAHO, LSAT, and GRI. In addition to my Illinois and Texas law licenses and assorted certifications and court admissions, I have two teaching licenses and a real estate broker's license. I am acquainted with ACSA (Association of California School Administrators) and am conversant with topics and issues unique to California colleges and universities.