Was a featured speaker in the Woman s Health Series at the Osher Jewish

							                                  KATHIE KERTESZ
                                       Email: kkertesz@earthlink.net
                                Website: http://home.earthlink.net/kkertesz
                                         Telephone: 415-383-8406


Over twenty-five years training, interviewing, and conducting research in the fields of education, law,
technology, media, architecture, and business. Expert in working with multicultural populations. Following are
examples of my work:
     Created original courses and teach and coach on-line and by telephone internationally, and in person.
      On-line and telephone course titles are: Telephone Etiquette: Communicating in the 21st Century, Test-
      Taking Without Anxiety, Train Your Brain, and Giving Presentations Without Fear. Some on-site courses
      include: Training For Academic Success, Developing The (Speaking) Voice You Always Wanted, High
      Performance, Train Your Brain, Tune Up Your Memory, Turn Back The Clock On Aging, and How To
      Be Happy.
     Developed original programs for multicultural populations: Adaptability, and Excel With Ease. Topics
      included leadership training, accelerated learning, and communication skills. Some industrial clients
      include: Hewlett Packard, Hart Howerton, Delta Airlines, DuPont du Nemours, and Santiago Rodriguez
      Publishing.
     Coach and consult privately in High Performance, US and Europe. Some clients include: students and
      faculty from major universities, individuals in media and the arts, the past Fire Chief of San Francisco, a
      World Heavyweight wrestling champion, and the Prince of Liechtenstein. Was a featured speaker in the
      Woman’s Health Series at the Osher Jewish Community Center program, Marin County, CA.
     Conduct on-line and phone research and informational interviews - project employee for: Strategic
      Decisions Group (SDG), Menlo Park, CA, Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA, and HOK (architecture.)
     Located, assisted in casting, and conducted interviews for Real People Commercials, Eye View Films.
      Solo actor in nationwide commercial.
Lecturer: State University of New York, Stony Brook: taught courses in high level academic skills, to students
from Harlem and Spanish Harlem. Taught a course in study skills,(coping successfully with home, work,
and studies,) at Antioch West University – also a Substitute Teacher at the College of Marin, Communications
and ESL Departments, and the San Rafael School System . Was a teacher of Speed Reading at the College for
Kids, College of Marin.
Learning/Communications Specialist: Shoreham-Wading River School District, Shoreham, New York.
Created and ran a program for teenagers with learning disabilities and drug problems. Developed curriculum that
utilized video to help kids improve their self-esteem and communication skills.
Learning/Communication Consultant: Tenured position. Created and was Head of Communications Center
at Princeton High School. Developed a peer-counseling program for students with academic and drug problems.
Also created and administered a volunteer program for retired adults to work with teenagers. Chosen as
one of ten Mentor Teachers in the Princeton School System.
Education: Swarthmore College, B.A.; English, Temple University, M.Ed., Learning Specialist.
Permanent Teaching Certificates: Communications, Language Arts, Special Education, K - 12, New York,
New Jersey; General Education, Community College, California.