Madelfia A. Abb Email and Phone Number

Support Group Facilitator serving those who are in the process of grief, loss, and bereavement.

• Provided individual, group, and family therapy to patients with cancer and their family members/caregivers • Completed and exceeded CACREP practicum and internship requirements• Provided counseling and emotional support based on family systems, relational-cultural, cognitive behavioral therapy, existential, solution-focused, and ACT approaches• Provided telemental health/distance counseling

• Developed and administered secondary education curriculum for a special needs student with Asperger’s Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

US Army Reserves (Enlisted) 1983-1986 and US Army Active Duty (Officer) 1986-2008 • 25 years of service commanding at the company and battalion/ROTC levels• Responsible for the professional and personal development and empowerment of military and civilian members• Served as a strategic intelligence planner, operations officer, executive officer, and project manager related to training, fielding of new systems, and international deployments• Proven record of providing purpose and direction to recruit, build, train and lead successful organizations to accomplish assigned missions• Servant leadership philosophy that excites internal motivation and determination to accomplish personal and professional goals through counseling and mentorship while achieving organizational success• Managed multi-million-dollar budgets and equipment maintenance and fielding• Served in OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1998) and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq (2003)• Co-authored chapters in published books related to the topic of human insecurities** Detailed CV and military experience available upon request **

• Served as the Chair of the Military Science Department and Professor of Military Science for Seton Hall University and 17 affiliated schools in Northern New Jersey• Transformed curriculum and training to meet real world requirements and to posture students and faculty for academic success and physical and mental wellness• Conducted a comprehensive market analysis and developed an effective recruitment and retention initiatives of highly qualified future junior military officers