Some Of My Professional Experience​

• • Founder/Owner-Vision Powered Coaching/Widows Coach/Expert Adoption Coach since late 2008
  • Established and lead small & large on line and real-time virtual groups to help widows & widowers
  • Helped hundreds of widows in multiple countries, through coaching & also fundraising for group of African widows
  • Intensive international training as a Certified Professional Life Coach, with continued additional training & skills enhancement, credentialed by International Coach Federation, the gold-standard global organization for coaching & coaches (PCC level) + ongoing professional development
  • Published Poet & Author-Writing featured in variety of online and print publications over several years
  • 30 years in non-profit management & leadership
  • Founder/Director-licensed CT adoption agency, Thursday’s Child, Inc.
    •  Administrative, social work, fund raising, marketing, family & child assessments, skilled mentor, adviser, team builder, family support & interventions, birth mother assistance, pregnancy counseling, problem solving, listening & communication skills, cultural, educational, recreational event planning, intercultural experience & travel to many countries including Asia, Central America & Europe, business writing, creative writing skills & editing skills, Professional life coach in adoption specialty
    • Authored legislation as member of parent advocacy group to facilitate home finding for hard to place children in the state system in my state of residence
  • Helped provide support, equipment & funds to women’s / children’s assistance projects in Asia & Central America.
    • Involved in projects to teach young girls in India crafts to sustain themselves & their families
  • Active member of several groups whose mission was the empowerment of women, including an organization for women in the arts
  • Served as board member of community organizations with a focus on children & adolescents
  • Facilitated  informal poetry/memory aid group for senior citizens
  • Sat on local board of citizens to establish criteria for hiring of police officers for my community, interviewed and selected new officers to meet needs of a racially diverse community