I have spent the last 34 years serving others, most recently as a Regional Training and Delivery

Manager at LivingWorks Education, providing leadership and overseeing a network of

approximately 650 suicide prevention trainers, and before that as a Supervisory Special Agent,

Acting Unit Chief, Investigator, Program Manager, Instructor, and EAP PEER in the FBI. Prior to

the FBI, I served 8 years as a Naval Flight Officer and Division Officer in the US Navy. My FBI

career includes approximately 13 years as a complex white-collar crime/fraud agent and squad

supervisor, 5 years as an instructor, instructor trainer, supervisor, and program manager at the

FBI Academy, and 5 years as a regional program manager and long-term acting unit chief in the

FBI’s Employee Assistance Unit. I possess strong leadership skills, and I am well-liked and

respected by my peers, supervisors, and subordinates alike. I am a very highly rated

agent/investigator, supervisor, instructor, instructor trainer, and curriculum designer, and I also

have extensive experience in leading FBI Crisis Intervention Program responses to numerous

national level mass casualty events. Those who know me describe me as a kind, laid back,

empathetic person, who can also be depended on to take on any project or task and surpass

expectations. I strive to model the core values of the agencies I serve, and I have enjoyed

successes in my career through hard work and achieving results, but more importantly through

forming caring and trusting relationships with my co-workers and colleagues.

EXPERIENCE

06/2021 - PRESENT

REGIONAL TRAINING AND DELIVERY MANAGER – NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION,

LIVINGWORKS EDUCATION

• Provided Leadership and Oversaw the training and delivery of safeTALK and ASIST Suicide

Prevention workshops by a network of 650 Trainers across Washington DC, Maryland,

Virginia, Delaware, and West Virginia.

• Recruited, trained, mentored, supported and provided continuing education for Trainers

in the network to meet current and foreseeable market needs.

• Mapped trainer network coverage and conducted community assessments of suicide

prevention efforts for each state/Washington DC in the National Capital Region.

• Provided administrative support and professional development assistance to all safeTALK

and ASIST trainers in the National Capital Region.

• Identified, recruited, interviewed and mentored “hosted workshop” trainers, contracted

to deliver workshops on behalf of LivingWorks.

• Investigated and Resolved all escalated Quality Assurance issues for all trainers in the

region, ensuring all evidence based programs are delivered to “standard.”

• Provided support, mentoring, and resources for new trainers, ensuring success in the

delivery of their first few workshops.

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• ASIST Consulting/Bronze Trainer – over 40 workshops delivered. safeTALK Silver Trainer /

T4T Instructor – over 60 workshops delivered.

• Facilitated over 15 safeTALK Train the Trainer workshops, teaching trainer candidates

and certifying them as safeTALK Provisional Trainers.

MILITARY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, LIVINGWORKS

EDUCATION

• Assisted all DOD branches in understanding/adopting LivingWorks suicide prevention

programs.

• Assisted US Military Installations worldwide, government agencies, and veteran service

organizations in creating and implementing networks of safety from suicide/suicide

prevention training programs.

• Managed accounts of all DOD Component Services and several US Government Agencies.

• Program Manager for US Coast Guard/USUHS large scale evaluation of LivingWorks new

trainer mentoring program.

• Authored the LivingWorks Military Network of Safety Implementation Guide for Program

Managers.

• Delivered numerous presentations and represented LivingWorks for various

audiences/industries.

• ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Strategies) Licensed Bronze Trainer

• safeTALK Licensed Bronze Trainer

06/2022 – 10/2023

COACH TRAINING DIRECTOR – PART TIME, CONTRACT, PERFORMANCE

PROTOCOL – FORMERLY AXON COACHING

• Designed and created first of its kind law enforcement executive/life/wellness coach

training curriculum, including scripts, quizzes, and exercises for five hour online/hybrid

course.

• Filmed video instructional segments/wrote quizzes/tests.

• Built online coach-training and certification course with final practical exercise.

• Interviewed, hired, trained and certified over 150 law enforcement executive/life

coaches.

• Built and published new coach bios and scheduling to website/app.

• Hosted webinars for coach community for team building and continuing education.

09/2019 – 06/2021 AND 01/2011 – 06/2013

INSTRUCTOR/COURSE DESIGNER/PROGRAM MANAGER, FBI ACADEMY (GS-14)

• University of Virginia Adjunct Instructor, graduate and undergraduate level.

• Designed and taught 12 FBI National Academy sessions of undergraduate and graduate

level Leadership, Ethics, Psychology, Positive Psychology, Wellness and Resiliency courses

to executive level law enforcement leaders from around the USA and world. Very highly

rated instructor.

• Designed and delivered numerous webinars on various Leadership and Wellness topics

to audiences from around the USA and world.

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• Taught Interview/Interrogation, Humint, Financial Investigation, Ethics, and

Criminal/Counter-Terrorism/Counter-Intelligence skills to new FBI Agents and

Intelligence Analysts.

• Taught Wellness and Resiliency to new FBI employees as part of the Onboarding New

Employees and Employee Assistance Programs.

• Authored and published 5 articles on Leadership/Positive Policing/Wellness topics in the

Law Enforcement Bulletin.

• Program Manager for FBI LEEDS (Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar)

program. LEEDS is a two-week Leadership program for Chief Executive Officers of the

nation’s mid-sized law enforcement agencies.

• Served as Co-Coordinator and a PEER in the FBI’s Employee Assistance Program for FBI

Training Division, FBI Academy, Quantico.

01/2015 – 09/2019

REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER/ACTING UNIT CHIEF, FBI EMPLOYEE

ASSISTANCE UNIT (GS-14, ACTING GS-15)

• Long-Term Acting Unit Chief – 6 months – Senior Leader responsible for overseeing and

administering all aspects of the FBI Employee Assistance Program and Crisis Intervention

Program responses nationwide. Directly supervised 6 licensed mental health clinicians, 5

Supervisory Special Agent/Regional Program Managers, and 2 support staff. Indirectly

supervised an additional 10 licensed mental health clinicians and over 700 EAP

Coordinators, Peers and Chaplains nationwide.

• Oversaw all aspects of FBI Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for Northeast and Mid-

Atlantic Regions of USA (16 Field Offices). Extensive experience with employee disputes,

supervisor/employee relationship issues, workplace abuse and harassment, conflict

resolution, mental health issues, suicidal ideation and behaviors, relationship issues,

substance use and abuse, family issues, health issues, and other issues affecting

employee performance.

• Created, implemented, and managed FBI ASIST/safeTALK Suicide Intervention Training

Programs. (2500 students/yr). Nominated for FBI Director’s Award 2018.

• Became a Licensed Bronze Trainer for both LivingWorks ASIST (Applied Suicide

Intervention Skills Training) and LivingWorks safeTALK.

• Oversaw, lead, and deployed with FBI Crisis Intervention Program Responses to several

national level mass casualty/traumatic events impacting FBI employees, including San

Bernardino, Dallas, Las Vegas, Virginia Beach, Pittsburgh and other mass shootings, line-

of-duty deaths, traumatic experiences, and suicides. Extensive experience with

psychological first aid, post-traumatic exposure psychological education, and the

administration of process groups, individual counseling and follow-up.

• Expanded and oversaw FBI nationwide Chaplain Program (130 Chaplains).

• Created and updated curricula and delivered instruction for the EAP Peer Basic and EAP

Coordinator Advanced courses.

• Updated/re-wrote and published the FBI policies and policy guides for the FBI’s Crisis

Intervention Program and the FBI Chaplain’s Program.

06/2013 – 01/2015 AND 01/1999 – 04/2007

WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR, FBI LOS ANGELES AND FBI

WASHINGTON DC (GS-13)

• As case agent, investigated, prepared prosecutive reports, indicted and assisted

in the prosecution of dozens of complex financial crimes involving complex

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corporate, securities, and investment frauds, insider trading, foreign corrupt

practices act (FCPA) violations, mass marketing/telemarketing fraud, bank fraud,

bankruptcy fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, self-dealing, conspiracy, and

other violations.

• Extensive experience with interview/interrogation, report writing, financial

analysis, asset forfeiture, evidence gathering and preservation, drafting affidavits

for criminal complaints, arrest, search, and civil forfeiture warrants, conducting

and leading surveillance, arrest and search operations, and testifying in front of

federal grand juries and in federal court.

• Numerous US Attorney’s Office awards for excellence in investigation.

01/2011 – 06/2013 AND 2016-1017

INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT / CORE FACULTY PROGRAM MANAGER, FBI

ACADEMY (GS-14)

• Assisted in designing and was a contributing subject matter expert for the FBI

Presentation Skills Course (PSC) and Instructional Strategies Course (ISC) and taught

many sessions of each, certifying hundreds of instructors in the FBI.

• Taught and Certified approximately the first 200 PSC Instructors in the FBI.

• Co-developed and Implemented the Core Faculty/Faculty Development Program at the

FBI Academy. Co-wrote the FBI Academy Faculty Handbook.

• Instructor for Saudi Arabian Bi-Lateral Law Enforcement (SABLE) IDP 2016-2017

• Taught/Mentored three, three-week AIDC courses for King Fahd Security College

personnel, in Quantico, VA, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

06/2010 – 01/2011

NEW AGENT CLASS SUPERVISOR, FBI NEW AGENT TRAINING UNIT (GS-14)

• Supervised a class of 50 FBI new agents and 2 field counselors through 21-week training

program at FBI Academy, Quantico, VA.

04/2007 – 06/2010

WHITE COLLAR CRIME SQUAD SUPERVISOR, FBI LOS ANGELES (GS-14)

• Oversaw the daily operations and investigations of FBI Los Angeles Field Office white

collar crime squad WCC-1, Bank/Mortgage Fraud. Achieved over 150 criminal

indictments and informations as squad supervisor.

• Supervised 10 agents, 1 intelligence analyst, and 1 admin support.

• Los Angeles Field Office Program Coordinator for Financial Institution Fraud, Mortgage

Fraud, Money Laundering, and Bankruptcy Fraud.

• Developed and managed the Los Angeles Field Office program for the processing of over

100,000 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) per year. Co-developed two processing tools

used to process SARs nationwide.

• Created and led Southern California Mortgage (SCaM) Task Force.

VARIOUS DATES

INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS / INSPECTION TEAM LEADER, FBI INSPECTION

DIVISION – TDY/COLLATERAL DUTY (GS-14)

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• Conducted three complete, end-to-end internal investigations of FBI employees accused

or suspected of violations of FBI Policy and/or criminal laws. Conducted and documented

complainant, witness, and subject interviews. Gathered and analyzed electronic,

documentary, and physical evidence. Prepared summary reports. Gathered and reported

mitigating information and circumstances. Provided verbal and written

recommendations for adjudication decision makers.

• Served as Team Leader for an FBI Inspection Division Special Investigation involving more

than 240 FBI employees who were suspected of financial mis-dealings. Created the

investigative plan, then supervised a team of 20 Supervisory Special Agent Investigators,

4 Forensic Accountants, and 4 Security Division Personnel, carrying out the

investigations. Reviewed and compiled the results of the investigations, recommended

follow-up investigative action, and made recommendations to the head of FBI Internal

Investigations and the Assistant Director of the FBI Inspection Division for further

disciplinary action, criminal prosecution, or case dismissal as appropriate.

05/1990 – 04/1998

NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER, U.S. NAVY

• 1995 – 1998 - Assistant Intelligence Officer – Tactical Training Group Atlantic.

• 1992 – 1995 - E-2c Hawkeye Mission Commander- Squadrons VAW 122 and VAW 124.

Division Officer and Acting Department Head for numerous divisions.

EDUCATION

12/1996

MSED COUNSELING, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

05/1990

BA BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

07/2020

CERTIFICATE – FOUNDATIONS OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY SPECIALIZATION,

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

08/2021

CERTIFICATE – POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRACTITIONER, SCHOOL OF POSITIVE

TRANSFORMATION

SKILLS

• Leadership/Supervision

• Program Management

• Instructor/Instructor Development

• Presentations/Webinars

• Training/Course Development

• Employee Assistance / Suicide Prevention

• Investigations

• ASIST/safeTALK Bronze Trainer, safeTALK

Instructor

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PUBLICATIONS

LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN Articles

• 09/2021 - Suicide Prevention and Intervention

• 02/2021 – Create Your Own Outline

• 08/2020 - Positive Policing

• 06/2020 - Appreciating Others’ Burdens

• 04/2013 – Leadership Lessons from Home

PODCASTS / YOUTUBE INTERVIEWS

• 03/2022 - White Collar Advice – Former FBI Agent Discusses Suicide Prevention

• 01/2022 - Recovery is Possible Episode 91

• 09/2020 - A World Where LivingWorks – First on the Scene

• 01/2010 - The Norris Group Real Estate Radio Show

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Youth Soccer Coach / Referee – USSF National D license – 20 years

Youth Baseball / Basketball Coach – 5 years

Crisis Text Line Volunteer Crisis Counselor – over 200 hours

ASIST / safeTALK Trainings – approaching 100 trainings delivered

Religious Education Teacher – 19 years