Professional Documents
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Professional Experience
Director, Workforce Training and Development
Additional Part-Time Duties:
Ethics Officer
Temporary Employment Counsel
Acting Affirmative Action Officer
S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center
2002 - 2015
2014 - 2015
2009 - 2010
2002 - 2008
Create unique training designed to restore or maintain organizational health and vitality:
New Supervisors Orientation
21st Century Leadership Skills
Communication and Counseling Skills
Ethics in the Workplace
Violence Prevention
Performance Management
Cultural Sensitivity and Customer Service
Respect in the Workplace: Its Not Just About Sexual Harassment
The Road to Employee Engagement: The Psychological Contract: Practical tools change the employeremployee conversation, providing virtually cost-free solutions to employee disengagement in trying fiscal times
1987 - 2002
1996 - 2002
1993 - 1996
1983 - 1987
Restructured presentation of trials to streamline disciplinary system of over 4,000 cases annually
Reduced fraud in time and attendance, substance abuse, sexual harassment, workers compensation
Crafted training for all new supervisors and employees, resulting in decrease of disciplinary complaints
Created novel training program for attorneys and investigators
1982 - 1983
Appellate Counsel to district attorneys in twenty-three counties in the Third and Fourth Departments
Editor of primary legal resource for state prosecutors, monthly Criminal Law Review
Mounted mandatory weeklong training conferences for new prosecutors statewide
1980 - 1982
1976 - 1980
Tried felony cases; defense witness confessed to perjuring herself on the stand
Wrote and orally argued appeals in federal and state courts
Supervised and trained appellate attorneys in investigative and trial techniques
Managed trial calendar by ensuring ready cases as Trial Supervisor of 16 appellate attorneys
Education
LL.M. in Labor Law
J.D. cum laude
Associate Editor, Law Review
B.A. cum laude
1981
1976
Brooklyn College
1971
Awards Received
Bridge-Builder Award: Employee Satisfaction and Engagement Initiative
Fennell Award for Excellence in Training, NYS Training Council, NYC Chapter
NYS/CSEA Labor Management Award for Quality of Work Life
Stockman and American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence
Full scholarship to NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Consulting
Presenter
Three-day program, Managing People, for Penn State University School of Labor and Employment Relations
Principal, Carpe Diem Associates
Training in Leadership, Counseling, Communication, Cultural Diversity, Respect in the Workplace;
Employee Engagement; Policy Development; Investigations; Arbitration Advocacy