Harassment expert witness, consultant, trainer, speaker, investigator, and author for 20 years.

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Education & Credentials

Ed.D (In Process) Organizational Leadership St. Mary's U
Professional Certificate Training and Development U of Minnesota
MS Community Health Minnesota State U
BA Psychology & Counseling Metropolitan U Diploma Registered Nursing Abbott School-Nursing

Professional Accomplishments

Served as expert witness for Title IX and Title VII sexual harassment/abuse lawsuits; provided expert testimony and consultation with attorneys on cases including: determining pertinent documents to examine, providing statement of opinions, suggesting questions for witness/alleged harasser/complainant for testimony etc.

Counseled with, made recommendations to, and assisted in the development and implementation of harassment/violence policy for public and private sector in business and industry, government, healthcare and education organizations

Developed and conducted harassment educational programs for thousands of executives, managers and employees for public and private sector in business and industry, government and healthcare

Designed, developed, and conducted sexual harassment educational programs for thousands of students, faculty, staff, and administration for elementary, secondary, and post secondary education

Appeared on and was interviewed regarding sexual harassment issues for local, state, national and international television and radio programs and newspaper, magazine and professional journal articles such as NBC Nightly News, Donahue, World News Tonight; New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Times of London; Parent Magazine, Lawyer’s Weekly, The Harvard Education Letter, The Executive Educator

Consulted with organizations by coaching those employees who need 1:1 coaching to stop their inappropriate and/or harassing behavior

Conducted harassment investigations; trained professionals on how to investigate complaints of harassment; made determinations as to whether harassment occurred with recommenda-tions on resolving the cases

Awarded "Excellence in Educational Equity Award" by the Minnesota Department of Education for pioneering work done on the issue of sexual harassment in education

Recognized need and conducted a study on sexual harassment to students in secondary schools; published results of study as the first research article published in a professional journal on the issue

Published first book in the United States on the issue of sexual harassment to teens

Assisted Minnesota Attorney General in the passage of two bills requiring sexual arassment/violence policies in K-12 and post secondary educational institutions by: providing testimony at legislative sessions, soliciting others to testify at same, providing data from my secondary sexual harassment study to the "Attorney General's Task Force on Sexual Violence Towards Women Report" used as rationale for the bills

Assisted Minnesota Attorney General in researching sexual harassment/violence in elementary, secondary and post secondary institutions in Minnesota

Selected as team member to develop the sexual harassment/violence policy for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU), used by all Minnesota community and technical colleges and state universities; did the same with the Minnesota High School League impacting all Minnesota secondary students involved in fine arts and athletic activities

Designed and developed Minnesota Community College sexual harassment training materials and manual to be used by those colleges in training staff and students on workplace and education harassment; conducted Train the Trainer session for future trainers of the material in their respective colleges.

Conducted field research on sex discrimination and sexual harassment in workplaces in several cities in Poland resulting in formal report to the United Nations and organizations, agencies, and the government of Poland

Consulted with the Israeli Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports on sexual harassment, policy and procedure; trained educators, psychologists and school administrators in Jerusalem on sexual harassment curriculum, prevention and intervention

Awards & Recognition

Excellence in Educational Equity Award--Minnesota Department of Education (1987)
Excel Awards: Silver Award--Society of National Association Publications (1993)
Selected as speaker on Sexual Harassment at international conferences in Botswana, Thailand, Egypt, Israel, and the U.S. 

Publications

Sexual Harassment to Teenagers: It’s Not Fun, It’s Illegal, Minnesota Department of Education, 1987.
“Sexual Harassment in the School: Legal Implications for Principals”, NASSP Bulletin, March 1988.
Sexual Harassment and Teens: A Program for Positive Change, Free Spirit Publishing, Minneapolis, 1992.
"Sexual Harassment in the Schools", Vocational Education Journal, March 1993.
Girls and Boys Getting Along: Teaching Sexual Harassment Prevention in the Elementary Classroom, Minnesota Department of Education, November 1993 (co-author).
"Sexual Harassment at an Early Age", Principal, September 1994.
Sexual Harassment/Violence Curricula/Train the Trainer Manual, Minnesota Community College System, 1995.
“Prompt & Equitable: The Importance of Student Sexual Harassment Policies in Public Schools”, West’s Education Law Reporter, November 28, 1996 (co-author).
Sexual Harassment in K-12 (book chapter), Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Handbook on the Cultural, Social Science, Management, and Legal Perspectives, Greenwood Press; (2003).

Professional Affiliations

American Management Association
Society for Human Resource Management
International Association of Sociologists Against Sexual Harassment
American Society of Training and Development
National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education
International Women’s Health Congress

Employment History

1978-present Consultant ~ Trainer ~ Speaker
International & U.S. organizations, corporations, and agencies

1996-1998 Employee/Management Development Consultant
Program Manager, Medtronic, Inc., Fridley, MN

1993-1996 Sexual Harassment Officer; Director - The Center
forTraining & Development & Healthcare Continuing Education
North Hennepin Community College; Brooklyn Park, MN

1992-1993 Senior Training and Organization Development
Specialist - Abbott Northwestern Hospital; Minneapolis, MN

1990-1992 Training Specialist/Auditor
Intracorp; Eden Prairie, MN

1989-1990 Director of Quality Management and Education
Golden Valley Health Center; Golden Valley, MN

1978-1989 Health Education Specialist - Program Manager
Carver Scott Educational Cooperative Center; Chaska, MN

1974-1978 Health Education Specialist
Waseca County Cooperative Center; Waseca, MN

1967-1974 Registered Nurse - variety of specialities
Various locations

Sample of Clients (excluding expert witness/consulting clients)
· Honeywell
· Medtronic
· Turck, Inc.
· John Morrell & Co.
· RTW, Inc.
· Hubbard Broadcasting
· MRNet Internet Services
· Net Perceptions
· Outsource One
· Deluxe Corporation
· PDQ Convenience Stores
· Bloomington Convention & Visitors Bureau
· Texas Civil Rights Project
· City of Minneapolis
· Minneapolis Police Department
· Carver County Sheriff’s Department
· Carver County Court Services
· Minnesota Department of Education
· Missouri Department of Education
· School Districts in Minnesota, California, New York, Iowa,
'  North Dakota, Texas
· Minnesota Education Association State Convention
· University of St. Thomas – Minnesota
· St. John’s University - Minnesota
· North Hennepin Community College - Minnesota
· Metropolitan Assistant Superintendents Association - MN
· Minnesota Community College System
· Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
· Golden Valley Health Center - Minnesota
· Courage Center - Minnesota
· Metropolitan Association of Nurse Executives - Minnesota
· Allina Healthcare System - Minnesota
· Children’s Hospitals and Clinics - Minnesota
· Hennepin County Juvenile Corrections - Minnesota
· Minnesota Human Relations Association Biennial Conference
· Upper Midwest Radio and Music Heritage Conference
· Minnesota Attorney General’s Office
· Association of Area Residential Resources of Minnesota
· Western New York Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy
· American Counseling Association National Convention
· Attorneys in Minnesota, Washington, Iowa, Indiana, North Dakota, Utah, Florida, California, Kansas
· Educators, graduate students, post-graduate students - nationally and internationally
· Minnesota Department of Corrections
· Metropolitan Business and Professional Women - Minnesota
· American Association of University Women
· Israeli Ministry of Education – Jerusalem

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