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After receiving two undergraduate degrees from the University of South Florida (one in Psychology and one in Communication) I worked with at-risk kids then moved to New England to work as Counselor and Outward Bound Instructor. (I had hiked the Appalachian Trail by myself a few years earlier in 1987 so the opportunity to be in the wilderness and get paid was a dream-come-true).
Working at Outward Bound and other wilderness / adventure schools as "unbelievably great" and it was here that I honed my abilities to help people tap into more than they thought they had. It was here that I really learned to coach.
After a few years of working wilderness courses from Florida-to-Oregon I entered graduate school where he earned a Master of Science degree in Business Management. Along the way I achieved Certification and Faculty Status with the William Glasser Institute. Glasser's techniques grounded in Lead Management and Choice Theory help people identify what they really want and develop more effective ways to get it and is the primary model I uses in both business and personal coaching.
I returned to Outward Bound for a short time as the Assistant Program Director of an Urban Center in Boston with the focus of developing therapeutic health services. The pull of what had become my home was great however and I eventually returned to the rural Vermont.
I started working in a substance abuse treatment program through the the Vermont Department of Corrections, called ISAP, and was eventually promoted to Program Director. While working in the ISAP Program, I was the architect of a consistent treatment design which I implemented statewide at nine sites. Along the way I started teaching a diverse array of courses at the Community College of Vermont – from Substance Abuse Services to Local Area Networks to Linux to Small Business Communication to Basic Math.
Currently I am active as a trainer, motivational speaker, clinical supervisor and business & personal coach. In 2009 I achieved certification as a Personal Trainer through the National Federation of Professional Trainers, endeavoring to better serve my personal coaching clients. Also in 2010, I became a QuickBooks ProAdvisor®, bringing another level of service to my business coaching clients.
A former West Fairlee Conservation Commissioner, I am committed to common-sense forest management. My spouse, Brian, and I steward 110 acres of Vermont forestland (Tree Farm #1464) developing agri-forest products like ginseng, in addition to timber; both of us are Cooperators through Vermont Coverts.
When I am not coaching, hiking, working on our land or sitting Vispassana, I volunteer with the West Fairlee Fire Department and I am certified as NFPA Firefighter Level 2 as well as a HazMat Operator.