• Studied Oceanography at Brookdale Community College
  Studied Public Speaking and Human Relations at Dale Carnegie Institute
  Graduated as Certified Paralegal from American Institute of Paralegal Studies at
   St. Peters’ College (Awarded Certificate of Scholarly Distinction for highest performance)

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Jersey City College with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management

• General
  Contract negotiation in a union based company
  NY State-wide Sales responsibilities for a $4.5Billion International Company
  Introduced computers into an office operation & trained personnel in
  MS Word, MS Excel, E-mail & Internet operation 

• United States Senator Frank Lautenberg
  Responsible for oversight of relations with organized labor, military, public safety sector and veterans.
  Director of projects affecting veterans’ healthcare, hospitals and benefits e.g. help procure congressional appropriation of $2.5M for the East Orange VAMC to secure a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine.
  Helped procure funding for Traumatic Brain Injury study jointly conducted by the Dept. of Defense and the Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs which provided a total of $9M in FY 91 and 92.
  Prioritize Senators’ public schedule in NJ.
  Brief Senator on State and political affairs.
  Liaison with legislative staffs of federal agencies, senior officials of the VA, Public Safety sector and organized labor.
  Coordinated meetings and strategy sessions with parties affected by the Base Realignment Commission (BRAC) in 1991 and 1993.

• Present
  Employed in the Office of the Hudson County Sheriff as Director/Coordinator of Hudson County Regional 9-1-1 Center. The Center operates 24/7/365.
  Responsibilities include annually budgeting for and managing the daily operation  of an emergency communications department comprised of 7 supervisors and 23 operators.
  The 9-1-1 Center handles all emergency calls for 9 of the 12 municipalities. Bayonne, Jersey City and Secaucus have their own 9-1-1 Centers. However, with the proliferation of wireless cell phone usage it is not uncommon for the County 9-1-1 Center to receive calls from all municipalities as well from outside the County.

      MILITARY SERVICE

• U.S. Navy - 1966 to 1970 - Honorable Discharge  
              Radarman 2nd Class - two tours Vietnam
                        

• National Defense Service Medal
              Navy Good Conduct Medal
              Navy Unit Commendation Medal
              Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
              Vietnam Service Medal (One Silver Star- 4 Bronze Stars)
              Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
              Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

•  1995 to 2001    Served as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army

•  2001                Awarded The Outstanding Civilian Service Medal 
                          by the Commander of the United States Army

•  2004                Selected for inclusion in the International Marquis'
                          "Who's Who in America", 2005 American Edition.
                     

            

 Click below to see two of the ships I served on.