From 1999 through 2006, I served as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, where I performed safety and security inspections for foreign freight vessels and designated waterfront facilities for commercial operations. I also served as a SME during and after 9/11 in New York City, after which I became an instructor at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, in Virginia. I later received an honorable discharge and designation as a disabled veteran. After the military, I started Monarch Presentations, LLC as a female, minority owned small business in Virginia; developing business and educational, multimedia, websites and courses for other small business owners. With recent experience as the contract Learning and Development Manager at the NASA Safety Center (NSC) under the direction of the Technical Excellence Office (TEO), I was responsible for managing the development and maintenance of instructor-led and web-based training courses; providing curriculum support and overseeing technical discipline support for NASA Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) activities. I also managed the contractor team efforts in support of the TEO for the NSC and interfaced directly with respective NSC customers. Today, I am very interested in establishing sub-contract opportunities to provide IT, educational and program management services to corporate and government entities. During my career, I have completed specialized training in safety, incident response and leadership. I hold a Master of Science degree in Education Media Design & Technology from Full Sail University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in DHS Emergency Management from Strayer University. I currently live in Thompson, Ohio with my husband, our four boys and their dog, Lady.