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Credentials
WINE & SPIRITS CREDENTIALS
Wine & Spirit Education Trust
*Diploma of Wine & Spirits (with Merit), July 2008
*Certificate of Spirits (with Merit), May 2010
*Advanced Certificate of Wine (with Distinction), September 2005
*Intermediate Certificate of Wine (with Distinction), May 2005
Society of Wine Educators
*Certified Wine Educator, October 2008
*Certified Specialist of Wine, June 2005
American Wine Society
Certified Wine Judge, November 2011
Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) and the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (IVDP)
Wine Location Specialist, October 2011
L’Ecole du Vin de Bordeaux
International Bordeaux Educator, August 2007
Napa Valley Vintners
Wine Educators’ Academy, August 2008; scholarship recipient
Wine Australia USA
AusWISE Program, April 2008
Wines of Greece
Greek Wine Ambassador certificate, Fall 2008
EDUCATION CREDENTIALS
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), in Higher Education Administration; May 2004
*Master of Science (M.S.Ed.), in Higher Education Administration; May 2001
Wine & Spirit Education Trust
Certified WSET Educator (Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced Levels)
Academy for Academic Leadership/ADEA
Institute for Teaching and Learning certificate, September 2007
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), in Facilities Planning & Management; December 1992
