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Education | Research and Professional Interests | Experience | Professional Memberships | Recent Courses Taught | Seminars | Training Programs Developed | Publications
PhD, University of Wisconsin 1968, Inorganic Chemistry
BS, University of Cincinnati 1962, Chemistry (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude)
leadership in the 21st century; leadership for women; leadership and public policy; Myers-Briggs; strength-deployment inventory; change; ethics; and social capital for individuals, organizations, and the community
2007-present
Policy Advisor and Assistant Professor, Public Management Faculty, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
1987-2006
Policy Advisor, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
1980-2000
Senator, 5th District, Delaware (for 16 of those years served in a legislative leadership position)
1979-1980
Assistant Director for Public Information, Delaware Energy Office
1974-1980
Instructor, University of Delaware, Chemistry & Energy Education
1966-1970
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Beaver College (Glenside, Pa.)
founder and President of the Women’s Leadership Center
founder and past President of the Delaware Chapter of the International Women’s Forum
past service as Leadership Chair of the Women’s Section (SWPA) of the American Association for Public Administration
past service as Chair of the Public Service Global Learning Community of the International Leadership Association
Inducted into Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame, 2001
“Women Who Make a Difference” Award, International Women’s Forum, 2000
“Order of the First State” Award, from Governor Thomas R. Carper, 2000
“Introduction to Myers-Briggs,” 2002–present
“Leadership Tools for Public and Nonprofit Managers,” with Steve Eidelman and Ed Freel, 2007
“Collaborative Leadership,” with Kathy Wian, 2005-06
“Myers-Briggs in Organizations,” 2005
“Leadership, Myers-Briggs and Ethics,” for the Municipal Clerks Certificate Program
“Legislative Analysis and Ethics,” for the Legislative Fellows Program
“Myers-Briggs for State and Local Government Agencies and Nonprofits”
Leadership for the 21st Century:
Social Capital (for organizations, the community, and individuals)
New View of the Universe (based upon Margaret Wheatly’s “Leadership & The New Science”)
Myers-Briggs, including basic program in understanding the MBTI, Type Dynamics (new section on the Inferior Function), Leadership, Type and Communication, Type and Change, Type and Conflict Resolution
The Development of Leaders
Paradigms
Thinking Outside the Box
Change
Strength-Deployment Inventory – Advanced Version
FIRO – Element B
Russian Programs:
“Leadership is a Journey. Take it in progressive phases over a lifetime.” Leadership Excellence, February 2009, p. 16.