Overview:
Interest in working in areas of inter and intra-national conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Desire to synthesize administrative, communication, logistical, supervisory, crisis, mediation and counseling skills to provide leadership in this arena. Excellent match of skills and experience combined with a solid spiritual practice and a strong community and family foundation.
Strengths & Qualifications:
Leadership: Demonstrated ability to take initiative while utilizing creative and innovative means to build consensus and achieve goals in a variety of group and organizational contexts. Experienced in human resources, organizational development and strategic planning. Strong background in organizational behavior and intercultural communication and excellent facilitation skills.
International Experience: Have worked in the peacebuilding field in the following countries: Cyprus, Ghana, Palestine, Israel, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Guinea, South Africa, U.S.S.R. and India. I have also studied, lived and/or traveled in many other counties, including Peru, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, India, Japan, China, Mexico, Taiwan, Kenya, Hong Kong, Italy, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Brazil.
Communication/Technology: Proven writing and speaking skills on a variety of levels. Demonstrated ability to communicate well within organizations as well as representing organizations. Possess and enjoy excellent problem solving, editing and computing skills. Highly empathic and intuitive with solid ability to synthesize, bringing issues and people together. Have excellent skills working with computers (hardware and software), and the Internet (for research, communication, distance learning and web site development).
Mediation/Crisis Intervention/Counseling: Certified mediator and Emergency Medical Technician. Have broad counseling background as well as solid skills and training in crisis intervention.
Professional Experience:
Strategic Liaison, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), St. Paul, Minnesota. November 2001 – Present.
Coordinate the Emergency Response Network. Serve as the Co-Chair of the Recruitment and Information Technology Committees helping to lay the groundwork for the Pilot Project. Serve on the Training Committee. Conducted outreach visits on behalf of the NP to Israel, Palestine, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Organized NP talks in Vermont, Massachusetts, California, South Africa and Ghana. Assist in fundraising, outreach and publicity.
World Learning and the School for International Training (SIT), Brattleboro, Vermont
-Assistant Director and Faculty, CONTACT, Summer Peacebuilding Program, July 1999-present
Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) is a groundbreaking international peacebuilding program that brings together peacebuilders from around the world. CONTACT has doubled in size and scope during the past four years. Work on curriculum development, faculty selection, publicity and outreach, and web-design, and overall coordination. The Summer Institute involves over 80 peacebuilders from 30 countries from many conflict areas in the world. Responsible for hiring and supervising the Program Assistants, and coordinating the Teaching Fellows.
-Teaching Assistant, Intercultural Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding Institute, June 1999
-Program Staff, Peace and Dialogue Retreat for Northern Irish Youth, July 1999
-Graduate Student Body President and Student Trustee, 1998-2000
Presided over 15-member intercultural graduate student association providing leadership, representation and coordination. Led campaign for student representation on board of trustees. As a trustee, oversaw an annual budget of $60 million, supervised executive staff, and developed the long-range plan for the organization.
Psychotherapist, Group Leader and Consultant, Burlington, VT 1990-1999
Worked with adults and children in a variety of contexts (e.g. workshops and seminars, weekend long trainings, individual, couple and family settings). Led training's in Gender and Violence and Trauma Recovery, and Educational Groups for perpetrators of violence. Provided general counseling while specializing in work with both victims and perpetrators of violence and trauma.
Adjunct Faculty, Lesley College Satellite Program, Netanya, Israel. August 2002
Taught graduate intensive: Inter-Group Conflict Transformation to 35 Israeli students.
Summer Peace Youth Camp Leader, Nancen Ctr. for Dialogue/Karuna Ctr. for Peacebuilding. July 2002
Led peacebuilding dialogue intensive camp for Macedonian, Albanian and Roma youth, held in Macedonia.
Emergency Medical Technician, Hartland First Response; Hartland, VT 1996-2002
Volunteer certified EMT responding to local emergencies of all types.
Board Member and Training Associate, Karuna Ctr. for Peacebuilding, Leverett, MA. August 2000 - Present
Workshop Presenter, Women Waging Peace, Harvard University, Boston, MA. November 2000
This Presentation (for 35 women from 12 different countries) was on conflict analysis and conflict mapping.
Assistant Presenter, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MA. February 2001
Course title: Socially Engaged Buddhism.
Assistant Instructor, Conflict Transformation seminar, Hampshire College, Amherst MA January 2000
Worked with Dr. Paula Green teaching 27 students from five countries, from five area colleges.
Host family, Vermont Refugee Assistance; Richmond, VT 1988-1999
Provided housing/support to refugees fleeing to Canada from: Asia, the Mid-East, Africa and the Americas.
Senior Staff - Opening The Heart Workshops, Spring Hill of Ashby Inc.; Ashby, MA 1987-1997
Group Leader, Domestic Abuse Education Project; Burlington, VT 1990-1993
Worked with Probation Office and the Women’s Shelter to provide educational groups for men who battered.
Trustee and Student Body President, University of Massachusetts 1985-1987
Languages: English (native) and Spanish (high intermediate)
Education:
School for International Training; Brattleboro,
VT
Master of Arts: International and Intercultural Management.
June 2001
Thesis topic: Building Nonviolent Intercultural Peace Teams.
University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA 1987
Bachelor of Arts: Gender and Power. Minor in Women’s Studies. Cum Laude.
University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 1984
Participated in Semester at Sea -- an educational, intercultural and international
global circumnavigation.
References: Available upon request
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