Conference Presentations

“Defendant/Offender Workforce Development: Embracing a Second Chance” – National Career Development Association’s Annual Conference – San Antonio, Texas (2011)

“Creative Strategies for Maximizing the Effectivenss of Career Resource Centers" – National Defendant Offender Workforce Development Conference – San Francisco, California (2011)

“Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic, and Reentry – How Educators can Improve the Employment Prospects of Offenders,” West Virginia Adult Education Association’s Annual Conference – Roanoke, West Virginia (2010)

“Career Planning for Persons with Criminal Histories," National Career Development Association's Annual Conference – San Francisco, California (2010)

“Workforce Development for Persons with Criminal Histories,” National Association of Workforce Development Professionals Annual Conference – Albuquerque, New Mexico (2010)

“Career Resource Centers: An Emerging Strategy for Improving Offender Employment Outcomes,” - National Defendant Offender Workforce Development Conference – Dallas, Texas (2010)

“Preparation, Job Development, Placement, and Retention of Ex-Offenders in a Challenging Economy,” Beneficiary Choice Reintegration Conference - Arlington, Virginia (2009)

“Overcoming the Odds: How to Help People with Criminal Histories Secure and Maintain Employment,” George Washington University 10th Annual Rehabilitation Symposium – Washington, DC (2009)

“Moving Offenders into the Workforce and Keeping them Employed: 7 Habits of Effective Parole and Probation Officers,” Ohio Chief Probation Officers Association Tenth Annual Line Staff Training Institute – Columbus, Ohio (2009)

“Helping Offenders Secure and Maintain Employment: Seven Habits of Effective Probation and Parole Officers”, American Probation and Parole Training Conference – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (2009)

“Offender Workforce Development,” North Carolina Offender Reentry Conference – New Bern, North Carolina (2008)

“Marketing Your Defendant/Offender Workforce Development Initiative” and “Creating Partnerships with Private Business, Industry and Unions,” National Offender Workforce Development Conference – Cleveland, Ohio (2008)

"Helping Offenders in the Community - The Emerging Role of Career Development Professionals," National Career Development Association's Annual Conference – Seattle, Washington (2007)

"Employer Recruitment and Job Development: Vital Components for Success," National Offender Workforce Development Conference – Charlotte, North Carolina (2007)

"Employment and Education,” Coming Home: Building Reentry Capacity through Community Collaboration – Portsmouth, Virginia (2007)

"Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training," 6th Annual National Transitional Jobs Conference – Atlanta, Georgia (2006)

"Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training - A Unique Collaboration that Promotes Public Safety," National Career Development Association's Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois (2006)

"Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training," National Offender Workforce Development Conference – St. Louis, Missouri (2006)

"Offender Employment - A Savvy Supervision Strategy," American Probation and Parole Training Conference - New York City (2005)

“Practical Strategies for Improving the Employment Rate of Offenders,” National Offender Workforce Development Conference – St. Louis, Missouri (2005)

“Supporting Low-Wage Workers,” Conference sponsored by The Center for an Urban Future and the Community Development Research Center at New School University – New York, NY (2001)

“Strategies for Helping Former Offenders Secure Employment,” Conference sponsored by Public/Private Ventures, Glen Cove, New York (2000)

“Treatment and Work: Exposed on the Job,” Annual New York State Criminal Justice and Substance Conference - Albany, New York (2000)

“Benefits and Barriers to Offender Employment: States’s Perspective,” Annual Conference of the International Community Corrections Association - Newport, Rhode Island (2000)

“Employment Preparation and Job Placement,” Annual New York State Criminal Justice and Substance Conference - Albany, New York (1999)

“Funding Sources and Solutions” and “Helping Employment Specialists Avoid Burn-Out,” National Forum for Administrators of Offender Job Training and Placement Programs - Chicago, Illinois (1999)

“Helping Offenders Prepare for the World of Work,” Incarcerated Education Regional Staff Development Day - New York, New York (1999)

“Making Urban Youth Competitive in Today’s Labor Market,” Public Policy Forum sponsored by Covenant House New York - New York, New York (1998)

“Using Technology to Enhance Job Development Efforts,” Invitational conference sponsored by the Private Industry Council of New York - New York, New York (1997)

"Mental Health and Employment Readiness," Invitational conference sponsored by the Private Industry Council of New York and the American Psychological Association - New York, New York. (1997)

"The Challenges of Organizing and Implementing a Program for Job Training and Employment," Keynote address for a conference sponsored by the BOCES Transition Coordinating Council - Yonkers, New York. (1995)

"Providing Community Services to the Mentally Ill Offender," Invitational conference sponsored by New York University and the New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services - New York City. (1993)

"Incarceration and Post-Release Planning," Governor's Law Enforcement Forum-Albany, New York (1991)

"Employment-Placement and Retention," Excellence in Pretrial Services and Community Corrections Conference-Lake Luzerne, New York. (1990)

"AIDS: Long-Term Implications for the Criminal Justice System," Middle Atlantic States Correctional Association's 51st Annual Conference and Training Institute-Kiamesha Lake, New York. (1989)

"A Special Problem for a Special Group Under Special Circumstances," Keynote address for a conference sponsored by the McLaughlin Youth Center and the Psychology Department of the University of Alaska, Anchorage. (1988)

"Suicide Prevention in Jails," American Jail Association's Annual Training Conference-Seattle, Washington. (1986)

"Suicide Prevention Programs in Jails," American Correctional Association's 1985 Winter Conference-Orlando, Florida.

"Mental Health Services in Jails and Police Detention Centers-Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention," Fifth Annual Conference of State Mental Health Forensic Directors-Boston, Massachusetts. (1984)

"Mental Health and the Urban Jail: The New York Experience," Eighth National Conference on Correctional Health Care-Chicago, Illinois. (1984)

"The Potential Suicide and Chronic Self Mutilator," National Conference on Standards, Ethics, and Practice-New York University Medical Center. (1983)