Welcome to NorthWest Arkansas Community College! I am an Instructor in the Business and Computer Information Department and have been teaching at NWACC since August 2001. In the fall and spring, I normally teach two sections of Principles of Microeconomics, two sections of Principles of Macroeconomics, and two sections of Production and Delivery of Goods and Services. In the summer, I usually teach two sections of Data Analysis. While at NWACC, I've also taught Basic Accounting, Principles of Accounting I, Principles of Accounting II, and Operating Systems - UNIX. For three years, I served as the faculty advisor for the Students in Free Enterprise team.

I am originally from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. I completed an Associate of Science Degree in Accounting from Johnson and Wales in Providence Rhode Island. I joined the US Air Force in 1981 and was stationed in Maine, where I completed a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, concentrating in Accounting, from Husson College in Bangor Maine I was reassigned to Las Vegas, Nevada, where I earned an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Logistics Management from the Community College of the Air Force.

In 1993, I was stationed in Rapid City, South Dakota. I attended graduate school at South Dakota State University and completed a Master of Education Degree concentrating in Curriculum and Instruction. I was later reassigned to Hampton, Virginia and completed a Master of Business Administration Degree from Troy State University.

I've graduated from 5 different schools and have only been on one of the campuses!

While in the Air Force, I was station outside the United States several times. I lived in Germany for 5 years, Turkey for 1 year, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a total of 18 months. In the US, I was stationed in Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Virginia. I really enjoyed moving around but decided, in 2001, it was time to call it quits.

NWACC is my first full time teaching position. I started my teaching career in 1995 when I began teaching part-time at Oglala Lakota College, where I taught Business Law, Business Finance, Organization Behavior and Theory, Principles of Management, and Payroll Accounting. In 1998, I began teaching at Tidewater Tech Career College, where I taught Computerized Accounting, Microsoft Office Suite, Office Management, Payroll Accounting, Principles of Accounting, Business Communications, and Business Law. In 2000, I taught Introduction to Business and Principles of Supervision for University of Maryland University.

I decided, after I took my first college class in 1979, that I wanted to be involved in education, one way or another, for the rest of my life!!