Education:      
Humboldt State (California State University at Humboldt),
     B.A. in Social Welfare (1966)
Kansas University, Masters of Social Work (1976), 
     Area of Concentration:  Administration, Management, Evaluation
University of Oklahoma (1988/1990)
     Doctoral Student in Public Administration

October 1, 1997 – Present:

During this time leadership responsibilities have included:  as Project Director, the overall responsibility to administer the Region XI Disabilities Quality Improvement Center which provides services for Head Start and Early Head Start children with disabilities, and as Senior Manager, the overall responsibility to restructure and create Three Feathers Associates Management Consultant Service, to manage the development and implementation of consultant contracts, to develop protocols and policies and procedures for the effective management of the Management Consultant Service and to design Head Start training programs.

  
For the past 22 years carried overall responsibility for all grants and contracts administered by TFA and served as the Director of Projects for all grants, contracts and cooperative agreements operated by TFA.  Programs which were administered included:  Victims of Crime in Indian Country, Child Sexual Abuse/Incest, Child Protective Services, Family Court Services within a Court of Indian Offenses, National Indian Adoption Resource Center, Family Violence/Community Awareness, Community Awareness and Child Abuse and Neglect, Indian Child Welfare Act Research Project and a general Indian Child Welfare Training Project.  Other projects were:  Indian Technical Assistance Support Center and Resource Access Project for all Indian Head Start programs, Training and Technical Assistance Project for Indian Elders, Developmental Disabilities Research Project and Native American Veterans Access Project.

Additional activities have included:  Member of NICHCY Advisory Board, National Board of Family Based Services, National Board of People of Color Institute on Child Abuse and Neglect, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Native American Task Force on Children with Disabilities, Board of Directors of Council of Social Work Education, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.

Head Start Expertise:
Family and Community Partnerships
Program Design and Management
            Program Governance
            Grant Application
            Human Resources Management
            Self-Assessment Process
            Recordkeeping
            Community Assessment
            Strategic Planning
            Management Support Systems

Interests:
Restoring vintage Airstream Travel Trailers, Golfing, Flower Gardening, Playing with my dogs, Lady and Bobbie Lee, and my cat, Bailey, Maintaining my family's Native Baskets and adding to this collection. 
 

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