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PERSONAL VISION
STATEMENT
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Leading a life worthy of my calling as a child
of God. Balancing my career with proper time for my husband, my family &
friends, and service to my God and my community. Continuous development and use
of my talents and gifts through a blending of career fields in management,
marketing, media and ministry.
MANAGEMENT / MARKETING / MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Dreamer Creative Services - owner - 1987 to present - offer a variety of services, including: sewing, painting, teach beginning stained glass /glass mozaic classes, home & office cleaning/organizational needs for home businesses, personal assistant/caregiver needs for elderly
South Bend Tribune,
South Bend, Indiana 2003 to 2006 - Newsroom Librarian
St. John Lutheran Church, LaPorte, IN - 1999 to
2002 - Congregation Coordinator (additional responsibilities as transitional Church Office Manager during Jan-Dec 2002)
Mermaids Quest Scuba Center, Mishawaka & LaPorte, IN -Manager and Marketing Director - 1990 to 1999
Maple Lane Mall Shopping Center, LaPorte, IN - General
Manager and Marketing Director - 1980 to 1999
WIMS-AM Radio, Michigan City, IN -
News/Announcer / Deejay/ Production - 1980 to 1992
WEFM-FM Radio, Michigan City, IN - Announcer / News /
Programming - 1979 to
1980
WVUR-FM Radio, Valparaiso University, IN - General Manager
- 1978 to1979 ; Features Director 1977-78
WATER RELATED
EXPERIENCE
LaPorte Family YMCA, LaPorte, IN -
Lifeguard and Swimming/Snorkeling Instructor - 1989 to 2000
American Red Cross St. Joseph County, IN
program at New Prairie High School Water Safety Instructor - 1997 & 1999
Mermaids Quest Scuba Center,
Mishawaka / LaPorte, IN - Scuba Diving Instructor (NASDS #3306) - 1996 to
1999,
Assistant Scuba Instructor (PADI #67855) 1995 to 1999
and Divemaster (PADI) - 1992 to 1999, with
certificates in Rescue, Wreck, Equipment, Night, Deep and Ice Diving (Originally
certified Open Water diver in 1988)
IN Dept. of Natural Resources, LaPorte, IN - Boater Education
Instructor - certification 1989
LaPorte County Lake Safety & Patrol Volunteer Sheriffs Officer, La Porte, IN 1985 to1992
(also boat handler for Scuba team practice dives)
Michigan City Power Squadron Boating Safety Course - certification 1981
SECOND-LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE
Taught English / Spanish
Bible Study - St. John Lutheran Church, La Porte, IN - 2002
Taught English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) class to Hispanics - St.
John Lutheran Church, LaPorte, IN - 2001 to 2002
American Sign Language training - La Porte, IN 1999 to 2001
French training - College 1975- 1976; High School 1973-1975
Spanish training -
High School / Middle School 1967-1973
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Lutheran Blind Mission (LCMS) - volunteer reader for audio materials for the blind and visually impaired - 2011
Village Lutheran Church, Ladue, MO - Sunday School teacher for grades 2-6 - 2008 to present
St. Louis Zoo - volunteer docent and tour guide with over 750 volunteer hours to date - St. Louis, MO - 2007 to present
United Way - volunteer for South Bend Tribune, South Bend, IN 2004 to
2005
Indiana Reading and Information Services Statewide Dial-Up Service
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reader - South Bend, IN (newspaper reading service for visually impaired) - 2003
to 2004
Lutheran
Layman League - representative for St. John Lutheran Church, LaPorte, IN -
1998 to 2005
American Cancer Society - Relay for Life
LaPorte County, IN committee member - 1996
Junior Achievement - Project Business Instructor of 8th grade classes at St. John Lutheran School, La
Porte, IN - 1993 to 1998
LaPorte Family YMCA -
Triathlon Rescue Divers Coordinator, LaPorte, IN - 1992 to 1999
LaPorte Family YMCA - Board of Directors, LaPorte, IN - 1988 to 1989
LaPorte City/County Winterfest - Co-Chairman & Marketing Coordinator, LaPorte, IN
1987 to 1999
LaPorte Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors, LaPorte, IN - 1985 to 1987;
Chamber Retail Committee - active 1982 to1993; semi-active
1993 to1999
Muscular Dystrophy Association - Bed Race Coordinator at Maple Lane Mall, LaPorte, IN - 1985
1993
LaPorte County Lake Safety Patrol - Volunteer Sheriffs Officer, LaPorte, IN
1985 to1992
St. John Lutheran Church, LaPorte, IN - Member, archivist,
choir, youth leader and member of various boards and committees - 1984 to
2006
LaPorte Santa Parade - coordinator (organizer
of parade/ route from
downtown to mall to kick off retail shopping season), LaPorte, IN - 1984 to1998
LaPorte County political action organization for young adults,
Michigan City, IN co-organizer (with five others) - 1983 to 1984
Support Our Youth (SOY)
- Mall Teen
Dance Coordinator - 1982 to 1992; SOY President - 1988/89 (organization against
illegal drugs)
Michigan City Business & Professional
Women, Michigan City, Indiana - Member -1979 to1981
American Heart
Association - CPR Instructor - LP CO Chapter, Michigan City, IN - 1979 to 1981
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Michigan City,
IN - Member, choir, youth leader - 1979 to 1984
St. Michael Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville,
NY - Pre-school Sunday school teacher - 1973 to 1975 (and church
member since birth)
EDUCATION
Web Design certificate - Indiana University - South Bend,
Indiana - 2004
Water Safety Instructor certification - American Red Cross, LaPorte/St.
Joseph County, Indiana - 1997 (update 1999)
Scuba Instructor (NASDS #3306) certification - NASDS of Memphis, Tennessee - 1996
Assistant Scuba Instructor (PADI #67855) certification - Mermaids Quest
Scuba Center, Mishawaka, IN 1995
Boater Education Instructor certification - IN Dept. of Natural
Resources, LaPorte, IN - 1989
Lifeguard certification with Waterfront endorsement - American Red Cross,
LaPorte County, Indiana - 1987 (updates 5/1990, 4/1993, 6/1996)
Michigan City Power Squadron Boating Safety
- certification - 1981
Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Broadcast Journalism - Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
- 1979
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Chosen as one of five women featured for La Porte Herald Argus Womans History
Week series - 1985
Chosen as a Town Crier Woman of the Week, LaPorte, IN 1985
Received Outstanding
Woman of Year award from
the Michigan City Business & Professional Women - 1980
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