Professional Presentations
2022 IACAC Conference: The 21st Century Independent Counselor: What We Share
2022 IACAC Conference: Eyes Wide Shut: The College Process through the Eyes of the Student
2022 Career Exploration - Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
2018 Lake Forest College - The Inside Scoop on College Admissions
2018 DePaul University - Visual and Performing Arts College Admission
2018 Dominican University - IACAC Seminar, Ethics in College Admission
2017 Dominican University - IACAC Seminar, Crossing the Divide between High School Counselors and Independent Consultants
2016 Hinsdale Library – The Insider’s View of College Admissions
2014, 2015 Passion for Dance – River North Dance Company
2014,2015 Highland Park Library, Teens in Transition
2014 Glencoe College – College on the Horizon: What 8th-11th Graders Should Know
2014 Deerfield Library – Inside the College Admission Office
2014 Northbrook Library – Countdown to College
2013 Glencoe Library – Countdown to College
2013 Deerfield Library – College Knowledge 101
2013 Lake Park High School College Night – Majoring in the Visual and Performing Arts
2012 IACAC Conference Panel – The Yellow Chip Athlete: We Try Harder
2010 NACAC Conference Panel – Legislative Update and Advocacy Tools
2009, 2010 Interviewed by New York Times and Education Weekly
2009 NACAC Webinar Panel – Advocacy for Education
2009 NACAC Conference Panel – Education and the first 250 Days of the Obama Administration
2009 ILASFAA Conference Panel – Uniting Our Professions – A Discussion with High School Guidance and College Counselors
2009 Highland Park High School Institute panel – How the Economic Crisis is Affecting Students
2007, 2008 National Louis University, Counseling Graduate Program presenter - Visual and Performing Arts College Counseling and Counseling at the
High School
2008 NACAC Legislative Conference moderator - Establishing Graduate Courses in Admission Counseling and Federal Support for Early
Awareness and College Counseling
2008 IACAC Conference panels - Directing Serving Your Visual and Performing Arts College-Bound Students and Sending Our Own Children to
College
2008 NACAC Conference panel - How the Candidates Stack Up on College Admission Counseling Issues
2008 The College Board – Meeting the Needs of the Majority-Minority
2007 NACAC Conference presenter - NACAC Acts to Support School Counselors
2006 Interviewed by USA Today
2006 Stevenson HS Odyssey presenter - Passion for the Arts
2005, 2006 Northwestern University Center for Talent development presenter - Transition to High School
2005 Interviewed on WTTW Channel 11, Chicago Tonight
2005 ACT Enrollment Planner’s Conference panel - High School Counselors Speak Out
2005 Highland Park HS Focus on the Arts presenter - Passion for the Arts: Beyond High School
2005 NACAC Leadership Development Institute - Consulting on Conferences
2004 IACAC Conference presenter - Finding Your Voice, The Recommendation Letter
2003 Director of Counseling and Student Services of Chicago – Support for Post-Hospitalization
2001 College Board Midwest Regional Forum panel - Cultural Conflicts Affecting the College Search
1999 NACAC Conference panel - Square Pegs in Round Holes
1999 Township HS District 113 Institute presenter - The Explosive Child
1997, 1998 Hillel College Fair presenter - Strategies for College Planning
1997 NACAC Conference panel - The Balancing Act, Personal Issues and the College Search Process