- Six Decades of Dedication
- Co-editor of the New Country Index Vol. I, where she contributed to the educational systems of France, Haiti, Israel, Thailand, and the United States
- Co-author and contributor to many publications by AACRAO, ECE, and others
- Various leadership positions in international admissions across the country from California to Maryland
- Consultant for ECE and policy advisor for IERF
- Presently, she is the Director of Evaluation Policy at Arizona International Credential Evaluators where she continues to support the international foreign credential evaluation community
EDUCATION:
- BA (HISTORY) University of California, Los Angeles June 13, 1972
- DOCTORAL STUDIES University of California, Los Angeles 1975 – 1977
EMPLOYMENT:
- DIRECTOR OF EVALUATION POLICY 2024 AZICE Glendale, AZ.
- Supervise, proofread and set the standards and formats for the reports of academic, vocational and professional education of applicants who have studied outside the United States for purposes of further education, professional licensure, employment, immigration, etc.
- SENIOR EVALUATOR 2005-2024 AZICE Glendale, AZ.
- Evaluate academic, vocational and professional education of applicants who have studied outside the United States for purposes of further education, professional licensure, employment, immigration, etc. Consultant to the NCAA Clearinghouse until 2011.
- SENIOR EVALUATOR 1997-2005 International Education Research Foundation Culver City, California
- Evaluate academic, vocational and professional education of applicants who have studied outside the United States for purposes of further education, professional licensure, employment, immigration, etc. Assist in training and review. Research information, design charts, and prepare materials for the creation of policy manual and Country Index. Advise on policy decisions in absence of Manager of Evaluations. Editor for The New Country Index, published by Ten Speed Press, August 2004.
- CONSULTANT IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 1996-2018 University of Maryland College Park, Maryland
- Evaluate international credentials of applicants for admission to the Graduate School at the University of Maryland; make admissions decisions and recommendations for admission of graduate applicants; prepare on-line, in-house international admissions policy manual.
- CONSULTANT IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 1995-1997 Educational Credentials Evaluators, Inc. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Conducted research and co-wrote The Educational System of Spain, published 1997 as one of the ECE Presents series.
- ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 1986-1995 Marsha D. Lewin Associates Los Angeles, California
- Designed educational, management information systems, and data processing programs. Hired staff and supervised instruction.
- EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT 1985-1994 Educational Credentials Evaluators, Inc. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management Glendale, Arizona
- United Education and Software Miami, Florida
- Loma Linda University Loma Linda, California
- Short term assignments in international education, credentials evaluation, academic placement, marketing, and fund-raising.
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- DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS & ASSISTANT PROVOST 1979-1984 West Coast University Los Angeles, California
- Admissions consultant, Director of Admissions, Dean for Student Affairs. Assistant to the Chief Academic Officer (Provost). Supervised offices of admissions, international admissions, registrar, and English as a Second Language.
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL ADMISSIONS 1977-1979
- University of Southern California (Assistant Director of International Admissions) International Education Research Foundation
- Evaluated international credentials; served on committees; represented USC at admissions sessions in international professional conferences.
- INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIALS EVALUATOR 1966-1977 University of California, Los Angeles
- Undergraduate Admissions; Graduate Admissions
- Evaluated international credentials.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Monitor: Cranmer, David J., and Woolston, Valerie A.; Southern Africa: A Study of the Educational Systems of Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Southwest
Africa/Namibia and Swaziland, etc., AACRAO, Washington, D.C., 1980 - Co-Author: The Educational System of Spain; ECE. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997
- Co-Editor and Contributor: The New Country Index Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, 2004.
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