EDUCATION:

Indiana University 1976-87 Ph.D. in Mongolian Studies
Bloomington, Indiana

US Dept of State Chinese 1983-84 Certificate in Chinese Language
Language School Proficiency
Taipei, Taiwan

Chinese Language School 1980-82 Chinese
of Nanyang University
Singapore

Chinese Language Program 1974-75 Chinese Certificate
Fu Jen University
Taipei, Taiwan

Harvard University 1971-73 MA in East Asian/ Mongolian
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Smith College 1967-71 Studies A.B. Far Eastern History
Northampton, Massachusetts

Princeton University 1969-70 Critical Language Program in Chinese
Princeton,NJ

Middlebury College 1969 Chinese Language School
Middlebury, Vermont Certificate

ASSOCIATIONS:

Board of Directors, The Mongolia Society
North American-Mongolia Business Council
Mongolian-American Cultural Association
Association of Asian Studies
International Association for Mongolian Studies
American Center for Mongolian Studies
Women Diplomats of Washington

AWARDS

"Friendship" Medal presented by President Bagabandi of Mongolia in July 2004.

First "Distinguished Graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School" Award in March 2003.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

President/Executive Director, U.S.-Mongolia Advisory Group December 1991- Burke, Virginia Specialty: all types of consulting work on Mongolia re telecommunications, environment, energy, education, development / privatization, and commercial issues for the Dept. of State, U.S.-Asian Environmental Partnership, Radio Free Asia, and private U.S. and western organizations.

Adjunct Professor The Washington Center, Washington, D.C. January 1996- Specialty: teach evening courses on the Pacific Rim since 1800 and modern Asia.

President, Central Asia-Mongolian Association May 2004- NYC, Indiana and Virginia Specialty: provide consultant services on regional issues affecting Mongolia and Central Asia.

Research Coordinator, Immigration Policy Center Washington D.C. April 2004- Specialty: research and writing on immigration/visa policy issues especially re Asians; find academic authors; arrange seminars and supervise publications for an immigration thinktank.

President Chinggis Khan Foundation Burke, Virginia July 2002- Specialty: charity non-profit devoted to supporting Mongolian programs in the areas of education, environment, arts/culture, and Mongol Studies.

Chief Executive Officer, Fusion Technology, Inc., Maryland October 1998
Specialty: consulting for company working with
Japanese clients in the waste management field
to market technologies in environmental remediation to US and foreign companies.

Library Resource Manager Consultant, National Vaccine Information Center, Vienna, Virginia April 1998-March 2003
Specialty: created, catalogued and computerized
a medical vaccine library for this independent
non-profit. Participated in fundraising
for the project and successfully raised $195,000.

Project Manager and Executive Director for Mongolian Operations, GMS Corporation, Fairfax, Virginia November 1995-July 1996
Specialty: handled all types of export marketing
and procurement of spare parts and equipment
for European and Asian clients.

Second Secretary for the US Dept. of State US Embassy, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia March-August 1990
Specialty: conducted special educational project; Acting Press and Cultural Affairs Officer; negotiated Peace Corps Program in Mongolia.

Advisor to the US Dept. of State in the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York, NY 1987-1989 Specialty: served on Special Political Committee,
Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and Information Committee, Chinese Specialist for the US Mission, conducted negotiations with Chinese Ministry of Aeronautics and Astronautics
on UN-related issues.

Second Secretary/Vice Consul for U.S. Dept. of State US Embassy, Tokyo, Japan 1984-1987
Specialty: In Visa Section handled all Chinese and
terrorism cases. Negotiated the establishment of
diplomatic relations with Mongolian Embassy counterpart.

Chinese Language Student, American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan 1983-1984
Specialty: full-time advanced Chinese language
student at State Dept.'s Chinese Language/Interpreter
School on Taiwan.

Taiwan Desk Officer, American Institute in Taiwan Office, Washington, DC 1983
Specialty: handled cable traffic for Taiwan
while doing Ph.D. dissertation research at
U.S. National Archives.

Third Secretary for U.S. Dept. of State, US Embassy, Singapore 1980-1982
Specialty: full time attendance in Nanyang University
Chinese School during the academic year, and summers acting as special assistant to the Ambassador for economic research.

Instructor, English Dept., Taipei, Taiwan 1975 Fu Jen University,
Taipei, Taiwan

Administrative Assistant, Dept. of History, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1973-1974

LANGUAGES:

English - native
Chinese - fluent in reading, writing, speaking
Mongol - fair in reading and speaking
Japanese - some reading and speaking knowledge
French - reading knowledge
Manchu - some reading knowledge
Latin - reading knowledge
German - poor reading knowledge

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Windows 2000, MS Office, Excel, Powerpoint,Netscape, Internet, QuickBooks

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES:

List of over 50 available upon request.