PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1994 - Present:
Vocational Expert. Called upon to provide expert vocational opinion in personal injury,
workers/compensation, employment law and marital dissolution cases. Evaluations include determining
employment marketability by transferable skills assessment and testing. This involves looking at all
possible skills which can be used in any new employment and conducting labor market research to
determine earning capacity and market conditions. Assessment of opposing expert's relevant documents
and/or testimony. Detailed wage loss analysis when medical restrictions apply. Deposition and trial
experience. Asked to be the first vocational expert member of the Collaborative Council of the Redwood
Empire.

1982 - 2002:
Owner Work-Wise a full service vocational counseling and evaluation firm. Providing comprehensive
vocational rehabilitation services to the workers' compensation insurance industry. Services included
assessing and researching vocational alternatives based on post-injury medical data, transferable skills,
and a variety of testing. Labor market research analysis and job placement services. Testimony on
rehabilitation issues for Workers Compensation Appeals Board.

1977 - 1982:
Rehabilitation Specialist State of California Department of Rehabilitation. Assigned a variety of unique
cases, which required being responsible for developing and implementing individualized plans for
academic, vocational re-training and job placement of individuals with psychological and medical
impairments. Worked closely with physicians and psychiatrists to develop specialized rehabilitation
services.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

7/20/08 to present: Vocational consultant "On Your Feet Foundation" - San Francisco
The On Your Feet Foundation is a nonprofit organization that helps birth mothers who have placed a
child for adoption achieve personal and financial independence

PUBLICATIONS

July 2003
Co-authored "Valuation of Pediatric Wage Loss: A Vocational Note" Journal of Legal Economics

April 2002
"Cross-Examination of Vocational Experts" Verdicts & Settlements Supplement to The Los Angeles and
San
Francisco Daily Journal

February 1998
Co-authored "Establishing an Earnings Base as a Need Offset in Divorce Cases" Family Law News Vol.
21 #1

PRESENTATIONS

Presented "Vocational Analysis in Collaborative Law" Collaborative Family Law Professionals of Marin
April 2009
Presented " Vocational Analysis in Collaborative Law" Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire
March 2009
Presented "Vocational Evaluations in Family Law Cases" Family Law Section of the Solano County Bar
April 2007
Presented "Vocational Analysis - Bits and Pieces" to Family Law Section of the Napa County Bar
March 2007
Member of a panel discussion on "How to use a Vocational Expert" Family Law Section of the Sonoma
County Bar continuing education luncheon September 2006.
Developed and Coordinated a panel discussion about "Collaborative Divorce and the Role of the
Vocational Expert" California Association of Rehabilitation and Re-employment Professionals annual
convention October 2005
Member of a panel discussion on "Standards of Practice in California Family Law" American Board of
Vocational Experts (ABVE) Fall Conference October 2004
Member of a panel discussion on "Practice Management Techniques in a Marital Dissolution" American
Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE) Spring Conference March 2003
Employment Law seminar at The California Attorney Generals Office Oakland, November 8, 2002
Employment Law seminar at The California Attorney General's Office Sacramento, May 28, 2002

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member, ABVE Credentials Committee & Peer Reviewer
American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE)
International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP)
Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire (CCRE)
Collaborative Practice Law Professionals of Marin (CPLPM)

CONTINUING FORENSIC EDUCATION

3/26/10-3/28/10 - ABVE (American Board of Vocational Experts) Spring Conference
3/27/09-4/29/09 - ABVE Spring Conference
4/4/08-4/6/08 - ABVE Spring Conference
10/18-10/21/07 - ABVE Fall Conference
3/30-4/1/07 - ABVE Spring Conference
9/23-9/25/05 - ABVE Fall Conference
11/12/13/14/04 - Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire Mediation Skills for Collaborative
Practitioners
10/1/04-10/3/04 - ABVE Fall Conference
10/8/03-10/12/03 - ABVE Fall Conference
3/20/03-3/23/03 - ABVE Spring Conference
9/13/02-9/15/02 - Collaborative Divorce Training sponsored by San Francisco Collaborative Law
Group
3/15/02-3/17/02 - ABVE Spring Conference
10/15/01-10/16/01 - Council on Education in Management Untangling the FMLA, ADA and Workers
Compensation overlap.
3/23/01-3/25/01 - ABVE Spring Conference
10/6-10/7/00 - ABVE Fall Conference
5/3-5/5/99 - ABVE Spring Conference
10/23-10/24/98 - ABVE Fall Conference
5/15-5/19/98 - AREA (American Rehabilitation Economics Association) 1998 Symposium
5/16-5/19/98 - AREA 1999 Symposium