Currently serving as Senior Researcher and Executive Interviewer for the University and Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA).I am seeking consulting opportunities in the association and university professional and continuing education and training arenas. I am an expert at managing education and training program design and development teams; creating high-quality webinars, online courses, seminars and small conferences and meetings; and doing market and content research and writing. Please contact me at brewshi@gmail.com if you would like to discuss consulting opportunities.

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NAFSA is the world’s largest professional membership association dedicated to international education. The association promotes study abroad for U.S. students, increased access to the United States for international students and scholars, and the internationalization of college and university curricula. Key Duties:• Provide the strategic staff leadership for professional learning programs and services related to the international education field.• Provide vision and direction for the association by scanning trends in the field of professional learning.• Listen to and engage with volunteer leaders in various NAFSA committees.• Work within NAFSA’s strategic plan, as approved by the board of directors.• Bring an entrepreneurial and change-agent leadership to the department by looking for opportunities to create innovative professional learning opportunities for the field.NAFSA’s current portfolio of Professional Learning Services programs includes the Academy for International Education, the Management Development Program, Workshops held at the Annual and Regional conferences, On-demand Workshops, Trainer Corps, Webinars, E-learning courses, and online conferences. In addition, each year Professional Learning Services staff lead curriculum and e-learning course design projects. The professional learning program currently offers over 250 learning events every year with over 10,000 participants. The Senior Director works collaboratively with staff to ensure each program meets its revenue targets.Four Associate Directors report directly to the Senior Director. The PLS staff also includes a program associate, two coordinators and an intern. Each Associate director manages a portfolio of programs and projects.

• Modified APHL Training program and conference program to create self-supporting revenue stream and alleviate APHL’s dependence on federal grant support.• Developed business/strategic plans for APHL training designed to grow program revenue by 20% (10% growth already achieved).• Developed new revenue-generating programs (webinars, seminars and on-line courses) based on analysis of market research data, expert advisory committees, and scientific program staff input.• Conducted the most successful APHL Annual Meeting in APHL’s history, as measured in registration numbers, sponsorships and revenue.• Worked with the Senior Director of Professional Development, and COO to restructure the Department of Continuing Education and Training (DCET) following a 20% cut in APHL’s cooperative agreement funding.• Refocused National Laboratory Training Network (NLTN) training programs to prioritize the needs of public health laboratories.

• Provided leadership and strategic direction to the Department of Continuing Education and Training.• Directed, in collaboration with CDC staff, the development, marketing, delivery and evaluation of more than 250 APHL and NLTN courses per year that reached nearly 40,000 laboratory professionals (in the U.S. and abroad). The training programs utilized a variety of training modalities. including: seminars, teleconferences, webinars, on-line courses, and hands-on laboratory workshops.• Recruited and trained staff in the process of program assessment, development, delivery and evaluation.• Oversaw the development of on-demand and on-line training products.• Collaborated with universities, businesses, associations, and other educational centers to provide broader training opportunities to public health laboratorians.• Oversaw a budget of more than $5M, encompassing CDC Cooperative Agreement grant revenue, CDC Supplemental Funding, APHL Branded Training revenue and APHL Conference revenue. Managed five direct reports and was accountable for, and provided leadership to, a staff of fifteen.

• Identified strategically sound internal and external partnership opportunities for non-traditional students leading to revenue generating programs with a primary emphasis on science and technology.• Developed more than 40 new non-credit programs and eight new credit programs. Programs generated more than $2 million in revenue for OPS and $6 million for academic departments.• Designed and developed innovative Master of Professional Studies (MPS), Graduate Certificate of Professional Studies (GCPS), and Information Technology certification programs.• Provided operational direction, leadership, oversight, and monitoring of credit and non-credit programs and services, including advising departments on program objectives, instructional methodology and campus policies for internal and external partners.• Raised the University of Maryland College Park’s visibility both regionally and nationally through active leadership in the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA).• Received four consecutive years of NSF funding to develop and host a joint program with the Center of Marine Biotechnology (COMB) in Baltimore.

• Directed all aspects of the ASCLS Education Program, including the Annual Meeting and Exposition (10,000+ attendees in partnership with the American Association of Clinical Chemistry), the Annual Clinical Laboratory Educators’ Conference, and the Advanced Hematology/Hemostasis Symposium.• Coordinated National Medical Laboratory Week activities.• Supervised the Professional Accreditation for Continuing Education Program.• Responsible for all educational publications (CD-ROMs, manuals and video tapes).• Instituted ASCLS’s successful on-line education program, consisting of 16 individual Web courses.

• Managed all aspects of the ATCC scientific workshop program (17 workshops & conferences) including a $400,000 budget and staff of two.• Developed joint educational projects with George Mason University, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and the Institute for Educational Transformation.• Created nine new scientific hands-on laboratory workshops.• Developed ATCC’s summer seminar series.• Developed educational products for university and high school markets.• Secured National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to support workshop programs.

• Served as liaison between the department and the Maryland biotechnology community.• Developed an M.S. program in aquarium management with the National Aquarium in Baltimore.• Designed biotechnology workshops for Maryland high school teachers; and workshops inrecombinant DNA methodologies.• Developed the visiting professor of molecular biology program.• Created the joint applied molecular biology program (JAMB).• Held the 25th anniversary community colloquium, "Science, Society, & You."• Developed program recruitment videos.• Secured $700,000 in grant funding for programs, equipment, and research, facilities, including a new transgenic greenhouse.

• Coordinated all mailroom activities.• Drafted correspondence on behalf of Senator Specter.• Supervised interns.