I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and my Law Degree from Stanford University. I was a succesful litigator for over 20 years.  I have been in the education business since 1998.

I am now a full time writer. From 2013 to 2015 I was a Supervisor of Correctional Education Programs at the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the Office of Correctional Education. I have very successfully run schools from elementary to in prison adult schools. From July 5, 2016 to July 29, 2017 I was brought in to turn around a floundering adult school [Greystone Adult School] inside Folsom State Prison. Applying all of the techniques I have learned to the task, in the year I was Principal, certificates and diplomas earned by the students increased from 666 in the previous year [9/1/15 to 5/31/16] to 1163  the year he was Principal, [6/1/16 to 5/31/17] and the 1163 total of certificates and diplomas total earned by Greystone students was the highest of all of the 35 state prison schools. A letter of appreciation from the Warden of Folsom State Prison is attached to my latest book. "Academic Liftoff" on Amazon.com.

My initial assignment with the State of California in 2013, was to run all 35 Law and recreational Libraries in the state prison system. Over the course of two and a half years, I successfully implemented a Lexis Nexis Touch Screen System to digitize inmate legal research, saving the state 4 million dollars per year in book costs, implemented the Concourse book tracking system to eliminate duplicative purchases and lost books and achieved a 58% reduction in inmate complaints related to the law library.

I have also improved programs in the public schools. When I first entered education he turned around the English Test Scores at McClatchy High, with a program that he conceived that was so successful it was rolled out district wide and earned the English Department a cash bonus from the US Department of Education. [See Sacramento Bee Article attached to my latest book Academic Liftoff.

 I earned the Association of California School Administrators [ACSA] El Dorado Charter CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR for 2008-2009 ACSA and the El Dorado Charter DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD for 2008-2009, for my service at Herbert Green Middle School in Placerville, CA in devising and implementing a plan to reverse declining test scores, which was implemented district wide.

Buying this book will help you get what you want in life, by teaching you how to deliver an extremely effective  persuasive talk, getting your listener to take the action you want. One half of all the net proceeds are donated to veterans groups.