Experience

Pennsylvania Democratic Party

• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Democratic State Committee Person

  • May 2014 - Present

  Representing Bucks County Pennsylvania As a State Committee Person, I am one of 12 elected representatives of the approximately 185,000 registered Democrats in Bucks County Pa. We participate in state wide meetings, disseminate information to our voters, organize election campaigns, raise funds and endorse candidates for state-wide office. I am a member of the Executive Committee, the Southeast Caucus, the Progressive Caucus and the Senior Citizens Caucus.



Bucks County Democratic Committee

• Deputy Chair for Organization

  • Feb 2014 - Present

  Bucks County, Pennsylvania I am responsible for maintaining the organizational infrastructure of our party in Bucks County. This includes recruiting and nominating committee persons and municipal chairs where vacancies occur, helping local party activists rebuild and reorganize municipal groups, maintaining contact with our officers, committee persons, municipal chairs and volunteers and planning and conducting training. I serve at the pleasure of our elected Chair and perform other duties as assigned.



143rd Assembly District Democrats/Bucks County Region 4 Democrats

• Chairman

  • Mar 2012 - Present

  The chair acts as the coordinator of a leadership team of Democratic municipal chairs, Democratic committee persons and local party activists. The chair leads in efforts to effect the election of a state representative to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. The chair also coordinates campaign activities for all elected offices and supports efforts by municipal chairs to create and sustain robust and effective Democratic organizations at the local level. Assembly Chairs maintain data bases… Show more The chair acts as the coordinator of a leadership team of Democratic municipal chairs, Democratic committee persons and local party activists. The chair leads in efforts to effect the election of a state representative to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. The chair also coordinates campaign activities for all elected offices and supports efforts by municipal chairs to create and sustain robust and effective Democratic organizations at the local level. Assembly Chairs maintain data bases, produce newsletters, maintains websites and other methods of communications and serves on the county-wide Democratic committee. In addition to my work as the 143rd Chair, I serve as a Precinct Committee Person in Plumstead Township. Show less



Patrick Murphy for Congress

• Full-time Campaign Volunteer

  • May 2010 - Nov 2010

  Bucks County, Pa. I canvassed neighborhoods, participated in phone banks, maintained data-bases, planned and conducted events, edited literature, participated in forums and organized and distributed campaign materials. This was my 30th year of volunteering for Democratic candidates and causes, having begun as a campaign worker in 1980 on Steny Hoyer's first congressional campaign, the run-off election against Ruben Spellman. I have served on campaigns from school board to Maryland and Pennsylvania legislatures… Show more I canvassed neighborhoods, participated in phone banks, maintained data-bases, planned and conducted events, edited literature, participated in forums and organized and distributed campaign materials. This was my 30th year of volunteering for Democratic candidates and causes, having begun as a campaign worker in 1980 on Steny Hoyer's first congressional campaign, the run-off election against Ruben Spellman. I have served on campaigns from school board to Maryland and Pennsylvania legislatures and prior to returning home to Pennsylvania, worked on Chris Van Hollen's first campaign for Congress. Show less



Prince George's County, Maryland Public Schools

• Assistant Superintendent

  • Dec 2001 - Aug 2009

  I initially led and supervised 44 schools, pre-K through high school, serving approximately 33,000 students. I supported and evaluated the principals in these schools, supervised a staff of academic specialists, peer mediators, school psychologists, pupil personnel workers, technology specialists and clerical support staff. Under a subsequent reorganization, I led and supervised all 22 high schools, serving approximately 43,000 students and all secondary programs. These programs included… Show more I initially led and supervised 44 schools, pre-K through high school, serving approximately 33,000 students. I supported and evaluated the principals in these schools, supervised a staff of academic specialists, peer mediators, school psychologists, pupil personnel workers, technology specialists and clerical support staff. Under a subsequent reorganization, I led and supervised all 22 high schools, serving approximately 43,000 students and all secondary programs. These programs included athletics, career technical education, alternative education, summer and evening high school programs, Read 180, Smaller Learning Communities and College Summit among other programs. Additionally, I was part of small leadership team that planned and implemented the University of Pittsburgh's Principles of Learning, a part of their work based in the Institute of Learning. I was also responsible for instituting the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching in each of our 22 high schools. In my final year with Prince George's County, I assumed the responsibility for implementing the Teacher Incentive Fund grant, the largest grant in our school system's recent history. Show less



Prince George's County Public Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educational Administrator

  • Jul 1991 - Dec 2001

  I served as an Assistant Principal at High Point High School in Beltsville, Maryland, Coordinator of the ATLAS Communities Project (a national school reform program) The ATLAS Communities Project was a national school reform program, funded by the New American Schools Development Corporation and included 4 schools systems and 4 national partners: The Coalition of Essential Schools at Brown U., Harvard's Project Zero, The Educational Development Corporation of Newton, MA and the "Comer" School… Show more I served as an Assistant Principal at High Point High School in Beltsville, Maryland, Coordinator of the ATLAS Communities Project (a national school reform program) The ATLAS Communities Project was a national school reform program, funded by the New American Schools Development Corporation and included 4 schools systems and 4 national partners: The Coalition of Essential Schools at Brown U., Harvard's Project Zero, The Educational Development Corporation of Newton, MA and the "Comer" School Development Program at the Yale Child Study Center. Locally, I led a comprehensive reform effort involving 12 schools, K-12, including changes to school management structures, creation of new curricula and graduation requirements, professional development and the creation of a multi-agency school and community services center, known as the Judy Hoyer Center. Judy centers have since been replicated nationwide. As the Principal of Northwestern HS, oversaw the construction of a new high school, built and organized around Schools and College/Career Academies, including as example, the Jim Henson School of Arts Media and Communications. While there we expanded AP offerings, moving to the second largest number in our school system, and wrote and received a Smaller Learning Communities Grant from the USDE. Our school received a federal award through the Career Connections Program, as a "Fast-Track" High School for our success in reorganizing our entire academic program into smaller learning communities and for our integration of career technical education with our academic program.

• Social Studies Teacher, Social Studies Department Chair, Magnet Academic Coordinator

  • Aug 1976 - Jul 1991

  Suitland High School, Suitland, Maryland While at Suitland H.S., I taught American History, Advanced Placement American History, International Baccalaureate Study of Man, World Georgraphy, African Studies, Black Studies, Economic Issues, Psychology and Anthropology. As department chair, I supervised a department of 12-15 teachers, authored county-wide curriculum in International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement American Government and World Gergraphy, introduced, trained staff and conducted Paideia Socratic Seminars, as well as new… Show more While at Suitland H.S., I taught American History, Advanced Placement American History, International Baccalaureate Study of Man, World Georgraphy, African Studies, Black Studies, Economic Issues, Psychology and Anthropology. As department chair, I supervised a department of 12-15 teachers, authored county-wide curriculum in International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement American Government and World Gergraphy, introduced, trained staff and conducted Paideia Socratic Seminars, as well as new methods of teaching multi-disciplanary integrated units in American History, American Literature and Art History. I served on a task force on Interactive TV, that brought the first interactive television systems to Prince George's County. I also served as the school system's representative on the county-wide Interfaith Action Council. I served as a school representative on the local educational association (bargaining representative PGCEA/MSTA/NEA) and coached football and track for 27 seasons. As a department chair and magnet academic coordinator, I served on the Instructional Council and led and assisted in the development of new programs, courses, curriculum and activities and advised the principal and administrative team. During my tenure as department chair, we received a Blue Ribbon School designation and hosted a visit from then president Ronald Reagan celebrating the creation of our innovative magnet programs.