​Professional Experience

2018 to Current

• Program Manager, House Manager Director, Staff Manager, Chief Recruiter
  Sunny Crest Youth Ranch

 

​2018 to 2018

• Interim Executive Director, Leadership Coach
  Sunny Crest Youth Ranch

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2010 to 2016

• CLEAR Counselor
  Assisting men coming from prisons

 

2006 to 2010

• Manager
  Carlton House - Worked with underprivileged men and their families

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2004 to 2006

• Superintendent
  Caledonia Community Schools - Served 3500 students and 430 staff members.
  Voted 3rd most effective school district in Kent County

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2001 to 2004 

• Superintendent
  Belding Area Schools - Served 2600 students and 408 staff members.

 

2004 to 2006

• Superintendent/Principal
  Buckley Schools - Served 450 students.
  Top school Apple Award presented by the Governor

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1994 to 1999

• Superintendent
  San Pasqual Valley Unified School District - Served 900 students
  Region II. Superintendent of the Year.

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1993 to 1994

• Principal
  Yuma High School - Served 2,160 students and 183 staff members

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1988 to 1993

• Junior High Principal
  Woodard Junior High School
  Educational Leader serving a population of 650 students and 53 staff members.
  Meet and confer-District Office Cabinet

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1985 to 1988

• High School Assistant Principal
  Yuma High School - Served as disciplinary officer and maintained effective learning climate in the school.
  Assumed the responsibilities of the Principal during his absence.
  Yuma High School Athletic Director - Organized, scheduled and promoted high school activities.

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1985 to 1990

• Counselor
  Children Village (Sunday work)
  Assisted and served runaways, neglected, and abused youth.

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1978 to 1985

• Foster Parents
  Kent County Juvenile Court - Offered living quarters to teenagers who had been taken out of their homes.

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1984 to 1985

• Athletic Director
  Grand Ledge Public Schools - Supervised all athletic responsibilities.

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1984 to 1985

• High School Assistant Principal
  Bad Axe Public School - Served as Disciplinary Officer and provided a system of pupil attendance, accounting, record keeping, and follow up of pupil and staff activities
  Athletic Director - Organized, scheduled, and promoted high school athletics
  Co-op Coordinator - Counseled and supervised co-op students

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1978 to 1983

• Teacher/Athletic Director, Varsity Baseball Coach, Migrant School Teacher (Summer only), Junior High Counselor (part-time)
  In-House Suspension Program Coordinator
  Lakewood Public Schools
  Teacher of the Year, Coach of the Year

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1976 to 1979

• Home Detention, Monitor/Counselor
  Kent County Juvenile Court - Counseling with Juvenile delinquents.
  Coordination with staff, community resources and support service

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1976 to 1977

• Juvenile Group Worker
  Monitored and disciplined detains youth

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1973 to 1977

• Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach/Co-Founder of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Phil Regan)
  Grand Valley College
  Conference champions - four years

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1972 to 1978

• Michigan National Guard
  Military Soldier of the Year 1972

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1970 to 1972

• Professional Baseball Player​
  New York Yankee​