Continued . . .

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., University of California, Davis (Department of Molecular Biosciences, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine) in Nutrition Science with an emphasis in Physiological Chemistry.

 

CABLE TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

 

Presented over 300 hundred hours of live televised instruction on current nutrition and health topics on public cable television. SECC Cable Television Educator Award for three consecutive years.

 

MEMBERSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS, AND LICENSES

 

• Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports/Greater Sacramento Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (Board of Directors)

• Faculty, California State University, Sacramento

• Faculty, Los Rios Community College District

• Continuing Education Provider, California Board of Registered Nursing

• Screen Actors Guild (Taft Hartley)

• American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (Taft Hartley)

• Licensed California Real Estate Broker ID # 1108644

• PADI Certified: Advanced Open Water Specialty Diver (Enriched Nitrox Diver)

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA Licensed UAS Pilot) ProAerialPhotos.com

 

PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

 

Radio and television guest commentator on current health-related topics.

 

SPOKESPERSON

 

Representative at Special Award Events for the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

 

UNIVERSITY COURSE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

 

Course development and instruction of Biological Science 170, "Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism" Course emphasis is on the biochemistry and metabolism of essential nutrients.

 

TEXTBOOK EDITOR

 

"Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism," First Edition, West Educational Publishing Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

 

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

 

Biological research related to alcohol and liver metabolism. Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis.

 

COURT APPOINTED EXPERT WITNESS

 

Served as expert witness in alcohol and drug related litigation.

 

SCHOLARSHIP JUDGE

 

Serve as a panelist judge awarding scholarships to pharmacy students.

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER

 

Licensed Continuing Education Provider: Formally Licensed with the Board of Registered Nursing, State of California. Seminars and workshops reflect the growing need to in-service health care professionals on health and wellness, life-style, and drug abuse issues. In-servicing provides up to 24 hours of continuing education credits for registered nurses on various health topics. Additional continuing education provided to alcohol counselors and attorneys licensed in California.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

Endorsement of book "Shattering Myths and Mysteries of Alcohol" by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

 

Endorsement of book "The Smallest Things Make the Biggest Difference" by three #1 National Bestselling Authors.

 

Endorsement of book "The Smallest Things Make the Biggest Difference - SMART WEIGHT LOSS" by the president of the American College of Sports Medicine. For more than fifty years the American College of Sports Medicine has been the largest and most respected sports medicine and exercise organization in the world.

 

To have had the opportunity, freedom, and privilege to pursue my academic interests (Ph.D. dissertation) in biological research involving alcohol metabolism within the laboratory of Dr. Richard A. Freedland, Department Chair, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis.

 

Recipient of the California State University "Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award" for superior teaching at the university.

 

Selected as one of five national faculty panelists at the University of California, Berkeley's Annual Faculty Teaching Symposium to share expertise on effective communication and teaching skills.

 

Selected as a faculty member to speak at the Young Presidents' Organization's "New York City University" 50th Anniversary.