Résumé
EDUCATION
1976-1978 Stanford
Graduate School of Business,
Stanford,
California
. MBA
June 1978. Concentration:
accounting and statistics. Top
ten percent of class.
GSB
Fellowship recipient. Research/teaching
assistant.
1971-1975 Harvard
University,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts
. AB
magna cum laude in social
studies, concentrating in economics and social policy, June 1975. Phi Beta Kappa. National
Merit Scholar. Senior honors
thesis: an oral history of
Martha’s Vineyard
.
BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE
1985-present
Self-employed accountant/tax
preparer. Licensed to practice
before the Internal Revenue Service since 1987.
Currently specializing in payroll services, QuickBooks setup and
training, and complete accounting services for small businesses.
1993-2004
CFO and co-owner,
Computer Place
of
Friday
Harbor, Inc.
Responsible for all accounting functions, including receivables,
payables, invoicing, inventory management, & payroll.
Also taught classes in QuickBooks and Quicken.
Sold business
June 1, 2004
.
1986-2005
Owner/operator,
Animal Inn Boarding Kennel. Originally
performed all tasks. Later
responsibilities were overall management and accounting only.
Sold business October 27, 2005.
1983-1988 Self-employed writer. Specialized
in non-fiction magazine articles. Publications
include Ladies Home
Journal, Working Woman, Working Mother, The Los Angeles Times, The San
Jose Mercury News and
National Gardening Magazine.
1978-1983 IBM
Corporation, General Products Division,
San Jose
,
California
.
1982-1983
Manager, Personnel Programs, Santa Teresa Laboratory.
Managed compensation, benefits, personnel systems and personnel
records for site of 2000.
1981-1982
Maternity leave.
1980-1981
Assistant to the Vice President of Manufacturing.
Responsibilities included plan monitoring, correspondence
preparation and followup, speech writing, interfacing with administrative
support, and interfacing with outside contacts.
1979-1980
Department Manager, Card Manufacturing Project.
Managed department which loaded printed circuit boards for IBM
products. Responsibilities
included production, quality, budget, safety, security, and administration
of personnel policies.
1978-1979
EOP Specialist. Administered
corporate and government equal opportunity programs for site of 8000
employees. Included management
and employee training, program writing and administration, grievance
investigation, interface with management, and recruiting.
Summer 1977
Stanford University, Academic Planning Office,
Stanford,
California
. Summer
intern. Researched and wrote
reports for long-range planning forecast.
1976
Urban Systems Research & Engineering, Inc.,
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
. Research
Assistant with primary
responsibility for field research for economic research projects.
1975
Charles River Associates, Inc.,
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
.
Research Assistant with primary responsibility for writing final
reports for economic research projects.
COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
2005-present AFS
Volunteer. Host parent to Saudi Arabian student
2005-2006; liaison to Chinese student, 2006-2007.
2004-present
Member &
Treasurer, Board of Directors, Dollars for
Scholars
San Juan
Island
199?-present Volunteer, San Juan Community Theatre
1991-2004
Sheep
leader,
San Juan
Island
4-H Livestock Club
1992-1994
Member,
San Juan
County
Fair Board
1989-1991
Leader, Logos youth,
Presbyterian Church
1987-1990 Member, Board of Directors,
Animal Protection Society of the San Juans
1987-1989 Member, Wee Care Day Care
Board of Directors. Business manager 1988-1989.
