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Establish and direct new program in Fukushima; Manage large scale disaster animal rescue and support relief efforts; Volunteer team building and management; Liaison with government agencies, regarding animal welfare support; Manage social media, fundraising, and other promotional campaigns; Apply for and receive grants related to animal rescue and sheltering; Interact regularly with news media; Manage animal shelter and other on site evacuee support efforts;Organized and managed 5 free spay/neuter clinics, recruiting volunteer veterinary services; 2000 -2011, Assistant to DirectorMaintain blog and website; Provide on site support and mediation for city, regarding animal welfare concerns; Organize fundraising campaigns; Answer emails and help line, providing animal welfare advice and support; Conference speaker and regular consultant, regarding community animal sterilization projects and animal rescue; Managed and promoted large community animal welfare campaigns, related to the sterilization, rescue, shelter, and/or rehoming of stray and abandoned animals

Workshop speaker for English Teaching seminars held for prefectural public school teachers; Instructor for Adult English language program; Program developer, coordinator, and instructor for new Children's English Language program.

English language conversation school manager and program developer; Instructor for children's and adult classes; Independent contractor and consultant for other language program start ups;

English language teacher for Children's and Adult classes; Special event planner and participant

Planned and taught English language lessons in Junior High School classrooms; Led English language conversation club; Assisted students in preparing for speech competitions; Liaison for sister city program between Omihachiman and Grand Rapids Public Schools

Granted tenure from Grand Rapids Public Schools in 1993; 1 year as full time crisis consultant for emotionally impaired students at public elementary school; 1 year as full time teacher in classroom for severely emotionally impaired junior high school students; 1 year as full time vocational consultant for mildly mentally impaired high school students; Substitute teacher in a variety of educational programs and classrooms

Teacher in a 3rd grade self contained classroom