Resumé of Glenn Goldberg
Education & Certifications
Juris Doctor, Columbia University School of Law, New York City (1972)
admitted to practice law in Connecticut (1972) and Washington D.C. (1973)
Bachelor of Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (1969)
Phi Beta Kappa; Honors Scholar; Junior Semester at Wroxton College, England
Professional Certifications:
Mediator (trained at UW Law School and certified by PDRC 1998)
Washington State Registered Counselor (#RC27359)
Certified Domestic Violence Perpetrators Treatment Counselor/Supervisor
Certified Family Group Conference Facilitator (DCFS/DSHS)
Professional Experience
Writer & Narrator, Embracing The Dance of Independence™ (© 2003)
Created 4-CD set of closed eye processes, instructional conversations and guided visualizations designed to help parents of adolescents improve their comfort, confidence, skills and effectiveness.
Founder & Director, GUTS/GUTS Institute (2/97 - present)
Lead Facilitator of nonprofit youth service agency providing intensive 4-day seminars that help teens improve their self-esteem, self-efficacy, attitudes, behaviors and choices. Master Teacher/Coach for the GUTS Institute, a training center that prepares youth workers to replicate GUTS seminars and to present and debrief portable ropes Òadventured-based counselingÓ challenges and initiatives. Parent educator, through workshops, seminars and presentations to parents of adolescents. Documented teen seminar outcomes include: accelerated personal growth, increased accountability, more resistance to negative peer pressures, healthier choices, and improved results and relationships at home and school. Seminars are customized for juvenile offenders, teens in foster care, students entering high school, youths with anger issues, and other adolescents. (Website: www.gutsforteens.org)
Principal, Goldberg Mediations/Goldberg & Associates (1/98 - present)
Coach for parents of adolescents. Mediating family, victim-offender, parent-teen and other disputes; coordinating Family Group Conferences for the Division of Children and Family Services; and other group facilitation services. These have included facilitating the work of the Washington State Sexual Assault Services Advisory Committee for the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (1999-2000); periodic facilitation of OCVA's Youth Violence Prevention and Violence Against Women Act Advisory Committees; and co-facilitating teen seminars for WINGS in Eugene, Oregon (1998-2000). Federal grant peer reviewer (2002).
Executive Director, Healthy Families of Clallam County, Port Angeles, WA (2/94 - 12/97)
CEO of nonprofit family support, family violence, sexual assault and chemical dependency recovery center providing a continuum of services to children, youth, adults and families to help them live free of abuse, violence and addictions. The agency received the prestigious1996 Medina Foundation first prize for excellence in nonprofit management.
Exec. Director, CA Consortium To Prevent Child Abuse, Sacramento, CA (1/90 - 12/93)
CEO of statewide nonprofit serving hundreds of local agencies and 30,000 individuals working to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect. CCPCA is the state's training center, information clearinghouse, public awareness catalyst, and legislative advocate for abused children and prevention of child maltreatment. During this tenure, the agency pioneered private sector prevention partnerships; developed multi-cultural competency resources for service providers; and replicated in-home family support and prevention service models statewide.
Executive Director, NorCal Center on Deafness, Sacramento, CA (6/86 - 6/89)
CEO of nonprofit child and family services agency for deaf/hearing-impaired residents (24-county area). Managed 40 staff & 5 centers. NorCal provides interpreter, advocacy, rehabilitation/employment & social services. During tenure, doubled budget, staff and services; increased earned income 550% and grants & fundraising 1000%. Established: law center; income-generating business; services for hard-of-hearing people; and state's first day-training center for deaf/developmentally disabled clients.
Principal Consultant, Goldberg & Associates, Pacific Grove, CA (1/80 - 1/90)
Consultation & training to nonprofit and public organizations re: program planning & development; organizational development; fundraising & grants; and marketing. Generated $15 million for clients.
Dir., Community Legal Education Prog., Monterey College of Law, Monterey, CA (12/81 - 8/83)
Created ABA model public service educational programs demystifying the law for laypersons.
Executive Director, Deaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency, Oakland, CA (2/78 - 6/80)
CEO of nonprofit child and family-services agency for hearing-impaired Bay Area clients. DCARA earned a national reputation as a model for Òdisability self-helpÓ services. Built staff from 9 to 60; increased budget 750%. Created state line-item funding; law center; and inter-disability coalitions.
Exec. Dir., National Center for Law & the Deaf, Gallaudet University, Wash. D.C. (7/75 - 1/78)
Founded and directed the first legal advocacy agency for hearing-impaired Americans at Gallaudet University. Generated $1+ million for NCLD and an affiliated law reform & litigation unit.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C. (1/77 - 12/77)
Instructor in Law, George Washington Univ. Law School, Washington, D.C. (9/74 - 6/76)
Taught public interest law; students petitioned the federal government or filed lawsuits. One initiative recovered bribes paid to Spiro Agnew; another obtained captioning of TV emergency bulletins.
General Counsel, Action on Smoking & Health, Washington, D.C. (9/74 - 6/77)
Consumer Protection Trial Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. (8/72 - 8/74)
Volunteer & Community Service
Clallam County Community Mobilization Against Substance Abuse Advisory Board (1995 - present)
Chair, Iodine Deficiency Disorders World Service Project, Port Angeles Kiwanis Club (1996 - 2001)
Regional Juvenile Justice Program Development Advisory Committee (1995 - 2001)
Consultant and Trainer, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Program Olympia, WA (1995 - 1998)
Member, Region VI Advisory Board, Dept. of Social and Health Services (1995 - 1998)
Of Note: Biggest one-night winner in the history of "Wheel of Fortune" TV game show (April, 1987)
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