Education: 

Bachelor of Arts--University of Vermont, Burlington, VT  (summa cum laude), 1973;  Juris Doctor--Georgetown University Law Center, 1976;

Visiting Scholar--Harvard University, (Center for International Studies) 1988-1989

Work Experience:

1977-1992---General practice of law (with emphasis on ski area development, land use planning and environmental regulation, representing numerous Vermont ski resorts); 

1985-1989---Co-founder and co-director of Project Harmony, now PH International, (the first and the largest student and teacher exchange between the United States and the former Soviet Republics) http://www.ph-int.org/page_ml/584/

1987-1992---Co-founder and partner (with Sputnik, the Soviet Youth Travel Bureau), of one of the first five Soviet American joint ventures;

1993-2005---General Counsel, Vermont Ski Areas Association, responsible for representing Vermont’s sixteen largest alpine ski resorts before all State government agencies including the Agency of Natural Resources, the Public Service Board, Department of Labor and Industry and Water Resources Board.

2006-2014—Managed small, not for profit, horse ranch and fly fishing lodge in Ennis, Montana. Part time dishwasher, Ennis Café.

2014-pesent---Returned home to Greensboro, Vermont. Continued practice of law, primarily pro bono. Was part of team that challenged Act 46 (unsuccessfully with za 3-2 decision) before the Vermont Supreme Court,

Publications:

The Soviet Joint Venture Decree-Law and Structure, Harvard University, 1989

The Moscow Business Survival Guide (with Paul Richardson), 1990

Numerous magazine and newspaper articles

Miscellaneous:

Organized Burlington-Yaroslavl Sister City project (1990);  helped organize Vermont-Karelia Rule of Law Project (1990); assisted Latvian Parliament with drafting their first Land Use and Planning statutes (1991);  Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont (1994);  organized Vermont Bar Association lawyer and journalist exchanges with Nepal and Bangladesh (1998); Vice Chair Vermont Wildlife Coalition.

Coach, South Burlington High School Debate Team 2006-2008;  Coach of the Year (2008);  Coach, Ennis High School Debate Team, Ennis, Montana 2009-2013,  Coach, Hazen Union High School Debate Team, 2014-2020. 

Former Chair, Hazen Union High School School Board, Currently member of Hazen School Board and Greensboro, Vermont, Select Board.