Formerly contracted with the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) Oct 2012 - Sep 2023 · 11 yrs Oct 2012 - Sep 2023 · 11 yrsHartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States · Remote work. Independent Contractor--Develop and manage 30+ HOSA chapters in CT. Communicate with the Chapter Advisors and oversee the State Officers. Plan and implement two State Leadership Conferences per year. One in the Fall and one in the Spring. Plus other duties. HOSA has 5 Divisions Middle School, High School, Post-Secondary, Professional, and Alumni. Communicate with both State and International HOSA Leadership Team. Attend 2 International Conferences per year. HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC) in June held in rotating cities, and the State Advisor Management (SAM) Conference held in September every year in Wasington DC

Independent Contractor--Develop and manage 30+ HOSA chapters in CT. Communicate with the Chapter Advisors and oversee the State Officers. Plan and implement two State Leadership Conferences per year. One in the Fall and one in the Spring. Plus other duties. HOSA has 5 Divisions Middle School, High School, Post-Secondary, Professional, and Alumni. Communicate with both State and International HOSA Leadership Team. Attend 2 International Conferences per year. HOSA International Leadership Conference (.ILC) in June held in rotating cities and the State Advisor Management (SAM) Conference held in September every year in Wasington DC

Teach an eight week on-line credit course (College Success Seminar) to students from all over the USA and abroad.

• Types of services provided: job shadows, internships, industry and college tours, classroom speakers, one –to-one counseling, group counseling and teacher externships. Also consult internally for Special Education Department as well as helping other departments make relevant linkages between students’ personal goals and their academic goals.- 2009-Present Co-Founder/Advisor for Brookfield HS Chapter--Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)- 2009-2010 Advisor for Preserving Our History of World War II--students interviewed and made videos of WWII vets and civilians.-- 2009-2010 Advisor for Cyber Safety--worked with FBI, State and local police and US Attorney's Offfice and high school students to create a presentation about cyber safety. Students gave presentations to middle and high school students.• 2007-2009--Co-Founded Medina Project at BHS. • 2002-Present Co-Founder/Co-Advisor, FIRST Robotics Team 1099• 2000-Present--BHS recruiter/co-facilitator for CT Innovation Academy later called, Information Technology Research and Development (ITR&D)• 1999-Present--Founded “A Taste of College” Program • 1994-Present Coordinator for School-To-Career, Tech Prep and Perkins• 1991- Present Special Education Transition Coordinator/Vocational Trainer for Special Education and At Risk Students and Alternative Education Students

Have worked as a consultant for Education Connection. Worked on curriculum and as a co-advisor for Information Technology Leadership Academy (ITLA) which is now called Connecticut Innovation Academy (CTIA). IBM is one of our business partners in this project which serves students grades 9-12. We use Moodle for blended classes. CTIA is partially funded by CT Interdistrict Grant and National Science Foundation. Also worked as a co-advisor for other interdistrict grants such as: Town Hall and teacher/recruiter for Art of Leadership (AOL). website: http://www.educationconnection.org/

Founded a support group that met once a week. Meeting format: 1 hour for introductions and networking and one hour for a guest speaker on various career related topics. Was interviewed by local, state and national press--print, radio and TV. Was on Phil Donahue's Show 2X also interviewed by NY Times, Baltimore Sun, Prevention Magazine to name a few. Wrote a book, "Troupe's Re-employment Resource Guide"