Resume? Resume…
“Hey, like I’m not that interested in your educational
qualifications, jobs and stuff… Like tell me, man, what stuff have you done
that means something to you. You know like stuff that stuck to you?…
“You
want me to talk about experiences that I think helped make me who I am?”
“Yeah,
yeah, like that…. Just rap on and you
can give me some of that other stuff later”
“Okay. First, my loving parents -- smart, common
sensed based Mom and hard working, truck driving Dad. Next, the Jesuit’s discipline and training in
learning doled out from
“Being
exposed to and working with ex-band leader and used car salesman Edwin Koupal
and his merry band of political crusaders and hell raisers via the initiative
process which revived the grassroots
initiative process from California through 18 Western Bloc states and
then launched the nation’s first
National Initiative Hearings in the 1977 Senate Judiciary
Committee. Had he not succumbed to cancer,
his organization, People’s Lobby, could have developed the grassroots initiative
into a force that would have given Americans better gas mileage in economics
and more jazz in its politics. www.peopleslobby.net
“Partnering
with PCV buddy in Recycled Building Company and starting the learning curve
around real estate pyramids, housing and land development’s political valleys,
fast talkers and hard workers. Stepping
lightly onto the real estate of pricey Marin County, California blended some Peace
Corpian recycling with Rubelian building and
political skullduggery to see whether such disparate experiences might allow
prosperity in one of America’s most exclusive communities.
“Winning
another phony charge based dismissal attempt mounted by politically appointed
lackeys in the California Conservation Corps, who relied on fear of their
position for their case rather than substance, and who wouldn’t know how to run
a good program even if Moses gave them directions on a hard tablet. Becoming (again so told) third probationary
dismissal in California Employment Department history to win such a case, where
again, due to it being a probationary dismissal, one is presumed guilty and
must prove innocence, not just doubt, to win.
“Sharing
care with my sister for 6 ½ years of my once resilient, fearless Mother who suffered a
debilitating, independence draining stroke.
Joked and jocked my Mom back from vegetarian
state to again walk on an arm and see some.
Never worked harder at anything or was more drained or miss anyone’s
company more…
.
“Do you want any of that typical resume stuff
now?”
“Yeah, you can throw in some titles and
back-patting now.”
“Well,
then, here’s my fast talking rendition in no particular order… Consultant on land development, public relations, politics,
small business and non-profit corporate development. Partner in Recycled Building Company, Suntrain Inc., Posada del Sol Life
Estate Retirement development proposal. Network Marketing Rep with Excel/Telelglobe/BCE
Telecommunications Inc. High school teacher, owner builder teacher, coach,
college professor. Novato
Ecumenical Housing’s Asst. Executive Director, Director Research &
Development, Project
Manager for Skylark Meadows, 1986, 37 unit,
$4.1 million affordable ownership housing project set
Initiated campaign to establish American-Soviet Peace Corps. Congresswoman Boxer introduced my proposal as
HR 1807 in the 1989 Congress. Sales and Marketing Coordinator for multi-unit residences for STAR
TV. Youngest
management member of start-up team for Governor Jerry Brown's
Field Director for kickoff of National Initiative
for Democracy Campaign out of Maine, September – November 2002. Director of Senator
McGovern's 1972
“Wow, that took you only 67 seconds. Do you ever burn your lips?”
“Sometimes
they get warm… but I usually stop to read a book or two after talking too
much.”
EDUCATION & HONORS
BA, Political Science/Economics,
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Urban Community Development,
Peace Corps Training,
MA, 1975, Broadcast Journalism,
MA, 1974, Ph.D. 1984, Public
Policy, Finance and Administration,
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