• International Peace Operations • Interdisciplinary Operational Coordination
 • Political/Civil-Military Operations • Staff/Leadership Training and Orientation

Energetic international civil-military problem-solver with over 15 years overseas in planning,  coordinating, and implementing strategies and operations to achieve organizational goals.  At home in gray areas with minimal guidance.  Intuitive ability to anticipate, interpret, articulate and creatively coordinate and execute strategic vision at multiple operational levels and synthesize policy, operations and logistics.  Effective cross-cultural communicator and executive presenter.  Functions well in high-visibility, sensitive situations.  Seasoned, motivational team leader and trainer.  Organized and agile in dynamic change.  Excellent German and other foreign language acumen.  Award-winning public speaker and published author.  Fielded U.S. Army Reserve Civil Affairs Battalion Commander.

CIVILIAN EDUCATION
 

BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 Master of Arts with Distinction in International Relations     1990

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
 Bachelor of Arts with Honors in German Language & Literature, and History   1983
 Bachelor of Arts with Honors in International Affairs      1982

NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE
 Associate of Arts with Honors in Liberal Arts and Military Science    1980

PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES
 

Policy and Strategic Planning, Research/Analysis, Interagency Coordination and Implementation…

• · Political Reporting Officer, Office of Political Affairs, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo (2000-present).
• · Civil-Military Cooperation Liaison Officer, J9 CIMIC, HQ KFOR, Pristina, Kosovo (2000).  NATO civil-military liaison officer to UNMIK.  Prepared operational reports, assessments and course-of-action analyses and recommendations on UN and interagency civil administration, as they relate to NATO peace support and joint security and information operations.  Facilitated civil-military unity of effort and joint strategic planning and project management and problem-solving through knowledge/information transparency.
• · International Relations Analyst, HQ U.S. Army, Europe, Heidelberg, Germany (1989-93).  Analyzed complex and dynamic international political, economic and security issues and forecasted impacts on interests and relations with German/European government agencies, interest groups and media.  Conceptualized, coordinated and presented decision-making, informational and instructional materials and policy guidelines to multilevel decision-makers and public interlocutors, to include a joint U.S.-German military public relations venture.  Lead political-military spokesman.  In coordination with the U.S. Embassy and USAID, articulated storylines for eastern German/European audiences.  Helped maintain support for presence and operations especially among previously unreachable audiences in a critical transition period.
• · Editorial/Production Assistant, Contributing Editor, Armed Forces Journal International, Washington, D.C. (1983-84).  Prepared layout and coordinated artwork, typeset, and printing.  Researched, interviewed for and wrote national/international news/features for one of America’s most influential defense policy magazines.
• · Research Assistant, Woodrow Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. (1980-83).  Conducted research and analyses on foreign and security policy issues for Congressional, State and Defense Department use to promote U.S. positions on policy issues and multimillion dollar sales of U.S. equipment.  Wrote an evaluation of the Asia-Pacific strategic situation – the first research assistant there to present a paper.

Project Leadership/Management, Planning and Interstaff Coordination…

• Commander, 402d Civil Affairs Battalion, Buffalo, NY (2002-present).  Commander of a high operational-tempo general purpose U.S. Army Civil Affairs battalion with a support relationship to the U.S. Central Command.
• Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 304th Civil Affairs Brigade, Philadelphia, PA (1999-2000).  Managed the mobilization and deployment readiness, training, and administration/logistics of high operational tempo U.S. Army Reserve civil affairs support of theater-level joint and international peace, humanitarian relief assistance, and information operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
• · Civil-Military Defense Plan Coordinator, 1st Armored Division, Ansbach, Germany (1987-89).  Managed civil-military programs, and planned and fielded civil-military operations/training.  Negotiated and administered wartime logistical support contracts.  These projects received recognition as model programs.
• · Assistant Adjutant, Protocol Officer, Safety Manager, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Nürnberg, Germany (1985-86).  Administered and coordinated Congressional/Presidential inquiry and organizational operational safety management and training programs.  Command representative on U.S.-German protocol matters.
• · Tank Platoon Leader, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Bamberg, Germany (1984-85).  Planned, organized and executed intensive training for international border security and wartime first-line defense missions.  Excellent unit training and discipline records resulted in the selection of an unusually high number of personnel for promotion.  Previously served in the Maryland Army National Guard as B Troop, 158th Cavalry Troop Mortar Platoon Leader, Cavalry Platoon Leader, and Troop Executive Officer (1980-84).

Multilevel Political-Military, Civil-Military and Public Relations…

• · Civil Affairs Officer, 304th Civil Affairs Brigade, Philadelphia, PA (1994-present):  Assistant Public Finance Officer; Assistant Civil Information Officer; and Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company.  Planned, coordinated and executed U.S. Army civil affairs/civil information and international command and control support of United Nations/NATO peace operations in Europe, to include:  Theater Support Team Plans and Civil Information Officer, Operation Joint Endeavor (1995-96); and NATO Liaison Officer to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, Operation Joint Guardian (2000-present).
• · Public and Civil-Military Affairs Coordinator, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Nürnberg, Germany (1986-87).  Turned disjointed, reactive media affairs into an aggressive public relations campaign.  Dramatically boosted relations among diverse focus groups through U.S.-German public relations team coaching, personal diplomacy, and synchronization of multimedia programs/events.

International Logistics…

• · Field Services Supervisor, Airborne Express International, New York, NY (1998-99).  Management of intense, time-sensitive commercial freight breakdown, delivery, customer problem-solving, and quality-of-service for 14 route areas in midtown and lower Manhattan – at the most demanding station worldwide.  Supervision and executive reporting responsibilities for challenging station security operations.
• · Logistics Officer, United Nations Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia, Croatia (1996-98).  Planned and coordinated multinational logistics and technical services support of peacekeeping forces and civic administration, to include major political events, e.g., internationally-observed elections.  Chief, Joint Logistics Operations & Movement Control Center - managed civilian-military logistics coordination of military repatriation and mass movement of displaced persons.  Oversaw multimodal international freight movements for liquidation and effected logistics follow-on transition – on time and at millions under budget.

Education and Training, Cross-Cultural and Executive Communications…

• · As a U.S. Army officer (1980-present), as a defense plan coordinator (1987-89), as an international relations analyst (1989-93), and as a UN logistics officer (1996-98), managed, prepared and provided formal and informal instruction, seminars, and “train-the-trainer” sessions on a plethora of subjects to multilevel, multicultural audiences.  Prepared countless information and decision papers and briefings, analyses, policy memoranda, regulatory and operational directives and lessons-learned documents, to include, e.g., operational/financial impact papers and lessons analyses for one of the UN’s most successful field missions.
• · Toastmasters International, Nürnberg, Germany, 1988-89, Heidelberg, Germany 1989-93, Wilmington, Delaware:  Completion of Basic and Advanced Communication & Leadership Programs; Club Vice-President for Public Relations and Club President (Heidelberg);  Continental European Toastmaster of the Year, 1992; Chairman, Continental European Publicity Committee, 1992-93; Continental European Parliamentary Procedures Speech Contest Champion, 1993; Delaware Speakers' Bureau, 1993-96.
• · Instructor/Lecturer, Schiller International University, Heidelberg, Germany (1991-92).  Prepared and provided instruction to international undergraduate students for an ACIS-accredited, (COPA-approved) international university in:  Introduction to International Relations; Diplomatic Writing*;  History of Economic Thought*;  and International Economic Policies*.  (* Upper-division courses.)
• · Published author on a variety of subjects – list of publications provided under separate cover.