EDUCATION

• B.A. (cum laude) - Manhattan College
• M.A., Ph.D. - Fordham University
• Advanced Professional Certificate (International Business) - New York University
• Graduate, Capital Asset Finance - Cambridge University
• Associate in Risk Management - Insurance Institute of America

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

International Insurance

• Account Executive and Risk Manager for Marsh, Inc.
• Developed and marketed worldwide insurance programs in the United States and Europe for multinational corporations.

Cox & Wagner

• President, Cox & Wagner, Inc.
• Formed in 1989 to create and market a unique financial guarantee product for large capital assets.
• Financed by Fireman's Fund and Alexander Howden, a large United Kingdom brokerage firm.

Academy of National Economy, Moscow, Russia

• Taught American business practices to university students.

C.I.S. Business Education Enterprise

• Project Director for this non profit organization which provided education materials teaching basic business practices to Russians.
• Obtained "Project" status from the Tides Foundation.
• Obtained publishing rights through the generosity of Crisp Publications in Menlo Park.
• Translation, printing and distribution costs financed by Mr. George Soros.

Knitway America

• Founder and co-owner of a retail children's clothing boutique in Moscow. Developed the business plan and managed the operations of this boutique at Dyetski Mir, Russia's largest children's store.
• This business became the standard model for Dyetski Mir's financial recovery after the collapse of the USSR.

Fusion Project - Integrating Mathematics and Art

• Founded and is Project Director for this communinity based orgazination whose vision is to capture the interest of "at risk" middle school students in mathematics using art. Its mission is to support classroom instruction by providing an educational enrichment program in conjunction with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (de Young and Legion of Honor). This pilot program will be tested in SFUSD and its design is intended to be replicated in other communities and school districts.