Background & Qualifications
Education
| May 1981 | University of Texas at Arlington: Master of Arts, Graduate School of Political Science; Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society. |
| May 1975 | University of Texas at Arlington: Bachelor of Arts, Major Political Science, and Minor History; Alpha Chi National Honor Society. |
| May 1966 | Woodrow Wilson High School with Honor, Dallas Public Schools. |
Employment
| 1968/1972 | Military Service: US Air Force Security Police, Honorably Discharged, Staff Sergeant, supervised personnel securing Strategic Air Command alert aircraft and nuclear munitions. |
| 1977/1982 | Employment Interviewer Texas Employment Commission: Assisted employers to meet labor needs, by referral of qualified job applicants. |
| 1983/1994 | Assistant to Dallas County Commissioner Chris V. Semos: Contributed to the planning and oversight of County budgets, bond programs and operations. Serve as liaison with the public, other county departments and with city, state and federal agencies and officials. |
| 1995/present | Manager of Court Ordered Community Service Programs administered by a local non-profit agency: Manage programs that screen and refer 12,000 community service volunteers to 600 non-profit agencies. Communicate with referring County Criminal Courts, District Courts and Municipal Courts, Judges, Probation Departments and School Districts. Programs report and verify 600,000 hours of community service annually. |