EMPLOYMENT

Winona State University, Winona, MN  – 1990-2014

                Director of Grants and Sponsored Projects

                Sexual Harassment Officer (Two years)

Saint Mary’s College (Now Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota), Winona, MN – 1984-1990

                Assistant to Director of Development

                Affirmative Action Officer

Saint Francis College, Fort Wayne, IN – 1979-1984

                Title III Coordinator

                Assistant to the Director of Public Relations and Director of Development

State of Michigan Campaign Finance Reporting, Lansing, MI – 1978-1979

                Analyst/Elections Specialist

City of Kalamazoo Department of Parks and Recreation, Kalamazoo, MI -- Winter Semester-1977

                Graduate Student Intern

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN - 1976

                Political Science Department Graduate Assistant

Southern Illinois University Daily Egyptian, Carbondale, IL -- 1972

​                 General reporter

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

WSU institution-wide service - Higher Learning Commission Re-accreditation Committee Co-chair, Winona State University Sesquicentennial Scrapbook 1858-2008 co-author, Institutional Review Board (human subjects research) facilitator and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (animal subjects research) facilitator.  Service on university-wide committees:  Finance and Facilities, Long-Range Planning, Lyceum, Policies and Procedures and Safety.

Collective bargaining service - Administrative Service Faculty (ASF) local President (two terms), vice president, grievance officer, negotiations representative and secretary/treasurer, and Administrative Service Faculty (ASF) State Board member.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

City of Winona Human Rights Commission (including service as Chair), City of Winona Fine Arts Commission and Winona Community Education Adult literacy tutor.

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL -- Bachelor of Science, Journalism, 1972

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN -- Master of Public Administration, 1977

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

• Susan Rich,  Elizabeth Bradfield, Cindy Veach, Susan Landgraf, Ocea Echo - Poets on the Coast, La Conner, WA, 2025 ​
• Ted Kooser, Duluth Writers’ Workshop, University of Minnesota, Summer 2005
• Sandy McKinney and Lola Haskins - Island Muse, Cook Island, Florida, April 2003.
• Fred Chappell - Duluth Writers' Workshop, University of Minnesota, Summer 2000.
• Mark Levine - Iowa Summer Writing Festival, University of Iowa, Summer 1999.
• Yusef Komunyakaa - Indiana University Writers Conference, Indiana University, Summer 1997.
• Naomi Shihab Nye - Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Summer 1996.
• Michael Dennis Browne - Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Summer 1994.
• Karen Subach - Iowa Writing Festival, University of Iowa, Summer 1993.