6167 Deeside Drive
Dublin, OH 43017

Superintendent, MONTGOMERY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, Dayton, Ohio, 1994-Present

Superintendent, MARIEMONT CITY SCHOOLS, Cincinnati, Ohio 1978-1994

Assistant Professor, School of Education and Allied Professionals, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, Oxford, Ohio, 1987-1991

Superintendent, NEWTON LOCAL SCHOOLS, Pleasant Hill, Ohio, 1976-1978

College Instructor, Educational Administration and Supervision, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1975-1976

Assistant Principal, Springfield South High School, SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOLS, Springfield, Ohio 1973-1975

Title III Project Director, Statewide Project, "Implementing Statewide Students' Rights And Responsibilities Guidelines" SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOLS, Springfield, Ohio 1971-1973

Director of Research and Communications, SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOLS, Springfield Ohio, 1970-1971

Teacher and Coach, SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOLS, Springfield, Ohio, 1967-1970

EDUCATION:

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, Bowling Green, Ohio - Ph. D., 1978 Educational Administration

WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, Dayton, Ohio - M. Ed. 1971 Educational Administration

WITTENBURG UNIVERSITY, Springfield, Ohio - B.S., 1968 Business Administration (Accounting) and Secondary Education

CAPITAL UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio 1963-1965 Business Administration

PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY ASSOCIATIONS:

Tau Pi Phi Business Honorary

Phi Delta Kappa

American Association of School Administrators

Buckeye Association of School Administrators (Regional VI Director, Executive Committee)

Valley Association of School Administrators

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS:

Kiwanis Club (Past President, Pleasant Hill, Ohio; member of Mariemont, Ohio and Springfield, Ohio)

HONORS:

President, American Association of School Administrators (1996)

President, American Association of School Administrators (1995)

Executive Committee Member, American Association of School - Administrators (1992-pressnet)

Past President, Buckeye Association of School Administrators (1990)

Educational Leadership Award, Buckeye School Administrators "Exemplary Leadership" Award

Doctoral Intern Program - Chosen as one of four from a national search by Bowling Green State University (Ohio) for their first Doctoral Intern Educational Leadership Program.

Superintendents’ Work Conference at Teachers’ College, Columbia University - One of forty-five nominated, through a national screening process for members in the Thirty-Eighth Annual Superintendents’ Work Conference at Teachers’ College. The work conference was an intensive experience limited by invitation to chief school officers from school systems throughout the United States.

I/D/E/A Fellow - Selected as a member of the 16^th I/D/E/A Academy of Fellows summer program. One of eight hundred educators to receive this honor and participate in a week-long seminar.

PUBLICATIONS:

The School Administrator, "The President’s Corner," (April, 1996), "Engaging Parents In Educating"; (May, 1996), Locking Horns vs. Linking Arms…The Choice Is Ours"; (June, 1996), "A Message to Business: We Need You and You Need Us"; (August, 1996), "School Leaders…A Vital Resource for Policy Makers"; (September, 1996), "Back to School…A Time to Get People Involved"; (October, 1996), "AASA National Conference: A must for Every School Leader"; (November, 1996), "Let’s Seek Common Ground With Our Communities;" and (December, 1996), "School Size Counts"

The Effective School Research (October, 1996), "Taking A Stand for Education"

Ohio Schools (November 3, 1975), "Setting Rules for Students Rights"

Ohio School Boards Journal (May 1972), "To Alleviate Misunderstanding: Need Is Now For the State to Implement Student Rights, Responsibilities Guides"

SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Martin W. Essex Series Guest Lecturer, Buckeye Association of School Administrators (1996)

Bowling Green State Superintendents Leadership Conference Lecturer (1996)

South Carolina State Board of Education/Superintendents Annual Meeting (1996)

National School Boards Conference at Orlando, Florida (1996)

Ohio State University National Superintendent’s Academy Lecturer (1995)

"What Does Senate Bill 140 Mean – Reform/Restructure " (1990) Seminars given to various educational groups in Ohio explaining the law and school reform

"Implementation of House Bill 330 – Teacher Evaluation" (February-August, 1989)

"School Finance Seminars" (October, 1984 through March, 1985) Seminars sponsored by the Office of School Management Assistance of the Ohio Department of Education

"School District Public Relations Programs That Work" (April 1981) National School board Association’s 41^st Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas

"Accent on New Board Members" (November, 1979) Ohio School Boards Association’s Capital Conference, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio

"How to Disseminate Information to the School Community" (April 1979) National School Boards Association 39^th Annual Convention, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida

"Hiring and Firing" (February, 1979) American Association of School Administrators, 111^th Annual Convention, Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

"Superintendent" Manager or Educator? (November, 1978) Ohio School Boards Association Capital Conference, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio

CURRENT AND/OR RECENT EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE ASSISGNMENTS:

Buckeye Association of School Administrators Executive Committee, Regional VI Director

Advisory Council for College Preparatory Education (Joint Committee of the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio State Department of Education

External School Finance Task Force (Advisory Committee to the Ohio State board of Education

Chairperson for The Greater Cincinnati Insurance Consortium

President of Valley Association of School Administrators

Chairperson, American Association of School Administrator’s Instructional Leadership and Technology Committee

Member, American Association of School Administrator’s State Advisory Committee

Executive Committee Member, American Association of School Administrators

Forum for Educational Leaders, Washington, D.C.

America Goes Back to School Steering Committee, United States Department of Education

Montgomery County/Dayton Scholarship Program, Trustee

Montgomery County Family and Children First Council

The Mohican Institute Think Tank

PERSONAL: