Executive Speech Coach, Communication Specialist, Corporate Speech-Language Pathologist

• Aug 2010 - Present

iSpeak Clearly provides clients with techniques to enhance their public speaking skills and corporate communication. After working with me, my clients report speaking with greater confidence. ● Develop skills to speak clearly, use body language to enhance your message, be more persuasive, and demonstrate the social skills that attract others. ● Develop a voice that can be easily heard, better understood, and engages the listener with emotion and enthusiasm. ● Reduce use of verbal fillers such as um, uh, and like, and use your words, your voice and your body language to tell your story. ● Learn how to modify sound pronunciation to reflect Standard American English, improve your vocabulary, and project your voice. ● Develop professional presentation skills, incorporating vocabulary specific to your profession. ● Learn workplace cultrual communication. iSpeak Clearly provides customized individual and group training programs: small and large group presentations, workshops, and seminars related to public speaking, social speaking, business presentation skills and accent reduction. Show less

Instructor at Stony Brook University's Center for Corporate Education

• 2014 - 2022

Conduct professional speaking and communication workshops related to public speaking, presentation, accent modification and leadership communication for the Management and Professional Development program. Professional English Pronunciation course instructor in partnership with Stony Brook University's Center for Coproate Education and Upwardly Global. This couse was designed to improve American English pronunciation, incorporate work- related and professional vocabulary, learn workplace cultural communication. Instructor in the Global Power Leadership Program coaching CEOs and corporate leaders to develop their English speaking and communication skills for global business leadership. Show less

Lead Speech Teacher

• Jan 2009 - Jun 2013

● Planned, implemented and assessed speech programs and services with administrators● Liaised between speech teachers and central administration● Developed and conducted staff development trainings● Supervised Clinical Fellowship of speech teachers for NYS License and ASHA Certification ● Supervised students pursuing NYS Certification, as Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities

Speech-Language Pathologist

• May 1979 - Jun 2013

● Worked with school-aged Special Education students ● Provided individual and group speech and language therapy and social skills training ● Focused on students presenting with a variety of communication disorders: autism spectrum disorders, language-learning disabilities, speech impairments, multiple disabilities, other health impairments, and learning disabilities

Speech-Language Pathologist

• Sep 1998 - Jun 2009