BIOGRAPHY:

• Present            Diplomatic Associate, Value-Added Agriculture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, as well as for the Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and President and CEO, CONSULTIMATE, LLC, and CONSULTIMATE international, Inc.
• 2004                 Senior Management Analyst, Development Associates, INC., to evaluate Junior Achievement Russia, for USAID in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Angarak and Vladivostok.
• 2003-04            U.S. Department of State Representative at the U.K Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at Mazar-e-Sharif, for the five northern provinces of Afghanistan.
• 2003                 Acting Consul, U.S. Embassy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2001-02            Consular Officer at U.S Embassies, Dhaka and Kinshasa and Consulates General, Milan, Lagos and Guangzhou.
• 2000                 Short Term Observer, OSCE/ODIHR Mission to Local Elections in the  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Established CONSULTIMATE, LLC, Worldwide Consulting for Peace, Prosperity and Justice. Polling Supervisor, Local Elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1999                 Short-Term Observer, OSCE/ODIHR Mission to State Duma Elections in Russia. Retired from the Foreign Service.
• 1998-99            Head of office, Office of the High Representative, Tuzla, Northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1998                Head of U.S. Embassy Office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska.
• 1997-98            Deputy to Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Economic Reconstruction, U.S. Embassy Sarajevo.        
• 1997                Supervisor of Elections, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Western Slavonija and Eastern Slavonija, Republic of Croatia.
• 1996-97            Deputy Director, Regional Center of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1995                Deputy Head of Border Monitoring Mission, International Conference on the Former  Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
• 1994-95            Charge d'affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy, Grenada.
• 1993-94            Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados.
• 1993-95            Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados.
• 1992-93            Deputy Principal Officer, ITS. Embassy, Bishkek, Kyrgyrzstan.
• 1990-92            Science Attache, U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
• 1987-90            Chief of Travel Services (Consul General), American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei.
• 1985-87            Chinese Mandarin Language Studies at Foreign Service Institute,Washington, D.C and Chinese Language and Area Studies School, American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei.
• 1983-85            Regional Consular Officer for West Africa (Sierra Leone, Niger, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroun, Benin, and Nigeria), U.S.Embassy, Lagos, Nigeria.
• 1980-83            President, CONSULTLMATE, Inc., Washington, D.C.
• 1982-83            Executive Director, The American Council of Young Political Leaders,                        Washington, D.C.
• 1981-82           Vice President, INTERMAT International Materials Management                         Engineering, Houston, Texas.
• 1978-80            Consul General and First Secretary, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
• 1976-78            Consul General, U.S. Consulate General, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
• 1975-76            Program Officer for Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslalvia, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State, Washington, D.C.
• 1975                Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs,                        Washington, D.C.
• 1972-75            Consul and First Secretary, U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
• 1971-72            Serbo-Croatian Language Training, Foreign Service Institute, D.C
• 1970-71             Special Assistant to Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II, U.S Embassy
• 1968-70            Vice Consul, U.S. Embassy, Tehran, Iran.
• 1967-68            Entry to Foreign Service and Training at Foreign Service Institute,                         Washington, D.C.
• 1966-67            Chief, Office of Logistics, U.S. Army Intelligence School, Ft. Holabird,                         MD.
• 1964-66            Intelligence Officer, 467th Intelligence Detachment and G2, U.S. Army                         Alaska, Ft. Richardson, Alaska.
• 1963-64            Russian Language Training, Defense Language Instituste, Presidio of                         Monterey, CA.
• 1962-63            Infantry Officer and Combat Intelligence Officer Training, Ft. Benning,                         GA and Ft. Holabird, MD.

• 1957-62           B.A., International Affairs, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

• 1957               Red Cloud (NE) High School.

• Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi (Persian), French

• Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Diplomatic and Consular Officers retired Club, International Ethical Alliance, Monarchist League, The American Council of Young Political Leaders, Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation, American Foreign Service Association.