RESUME
SUSAN G. WEINBERGER, Ed.D.
Office:3 Inwood Road Norwalk, CT 06850-1017
Telephone:(203) 846-9608 FAX: (203) 846-9608
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EDUCATION
B.S.Modern Languages Carnegie-MellonUniversity
M.A.T.Elementary &Bilingual Education ManhattanvilleCollege
Ed.D.Ed. Administration, College of Business & Public Management
University of Bridgeport
EXPERIENCE
1998-PresentPresident, Mentor Consulting Group, Norwalk, CT
1998-PresentConsultant to The Connecticut Mentoring Partnership, a program of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership
1983-1998 Director, Public Affairs and Mentoring Programs, Norwalk, CT Public
Schools
1995-1997Consultant: School-to-Career, Cooperative Educational Services
Trumbull, CT
1980-1983Coordinator, Special Programs Norwalk, CT Public Schools
1978-1980 Coordinator, Bilingual/ESOL Programs Norwalk, CT Schools
1975-1978 Teacher, Spanish and ESOL Norwalk, CT Public Schools
1962-1965Teacher, Spanish Penn HillsHigh School, Pittsburgh, PA
PUBLICATIONS
Weinberger, Susan G., Preparing my Mentor for Me Publisher: Governor’s Prevention Partnership, 2007
Weinberger, Susan G., Mentoring a Movement: My Personal Journey. Norwalk, CT: 2005
Weinberger, Susan G. (2005). Developing a Mentoring Program. In D.L. DuBois & M. J. Karcher. (Eds.), Handbook of youth mentoring (pp. 220-234). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
National Mentoring Center. (2005). Sustainability Planning and Resource Development for Youth Mentoring Programs, Direct Corporate Support (pp.41-49). Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Portland, Oregon
National Native American Mentoring Program Guide to Mentoring; Manual for Mentors; Train the Trainer Manual published by FirstPic, Inc. for Department of Health & Human Services, December 2004
My Mentor and Me The Middle Years publisher: CT Mentoring Partnership, 2003
My Mentor and Me The High School Years publisher: CT Mentoring Partnership, 2001
My Mentor and Me The Elementary School Years publisher: CT Mentoring Partnership, 2000
Business Involvement in Youth Mentoring publisher: CT Mentoring Partnership
Strengthening Native Community Commitment through Mentoring Guidebook Housing and Urban Development, Native American Programs Silver Springs, MD 1999
Guide to Site-based Mentoring publisher: CT Mentoring Partnership 1998
Q/A: Mentoring Susan G. Weinberger, Ed.D. and Phyllis S. McGrath, 1993
How to Start a Student Mentor Program FASTBACK #333, Phi Delta Kappa, Bloomington, Indiana 1992
The Mentor Handbook Educational Resources Network, Inc. Editions 1990 & 1992
ARTICLES
Feature Youth Mentoring: An Idea whose Time has Come, SGI Quarterly, January 2010
Finding Mentors for Youth in RAPP Programs, Brookdale Relatives as Parents Program, RAPP Reporter, Fall 2009, pgs. 6-7.
An Interview with “Dr. Mentor”, K-12 Partnership Report, Charlotte, N.C., February 2009, v 1n2
Mentors Boost Student Reading Levels, District Administration, The Magazine for K-12 Education Leaders, pgs. 54-58, February 2007
Dr. Mentor, by Robin Samelson, Promise Magazine, pgs. 26-27, January-February 2006.
Mentor Magic, Working Mother Magazine, Pgs 123-124 June 2005
Meet Dr. Mentor The Key, Volume 121, No. 3, Fall 2004, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, Pg. 22-23
Mentoring as a Family Strengthening Strategy Family Strengthening PolicyCenter (FSPC), National Assembly, Brief No. 4, December 2004
Mentoring, Marketing, and the Media Working effectively with local news outlets can pay big dividends, Dr. Susan G. Weinberger, National Mentoring Center, Vol. 2, No. 1, February 2004.
Volunteerism Works Kiwanis Magazine, March 2003, pages 26-29
Interview: The Guidance Channel, Sunday, January 13, 2002 Guidance Channel.com
Mentoring Taps Talents Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Volume 43, Number 6, September 2001
Mentoring Makes the Grade Techniques Connecting Education and Careers, Association for Career and Technical Education, November/December 2001
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Mentor? July 17, 2000 ReadersDigest.com
Secrets of School Mentoring Summer 2000 Issue 5 Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Enrichment for the Soul Summer 2000 Association of Texas Professional Educators
Bottom Line Personal Volume 21, Number 7 April 1, 2000 Boulder, Colorado80322
BEST PRACTICES in HR 1999 Business & Legal Reports, Inc. Issue 653 9/30/99
Mentors for Middle Level Students The Journal of the New England League of Middle Schools Spring 1999
The NorwalkMentor Program The Journal of Educational Relations Vol. 19, No. 3, 3rd Quarter 1998 Camp Hill, PA
The Importance of Mentoring Chapter 6 WORKFORCE 2000 The Challenge for Business & Education – Creating Effective Partnerships by Jo-Ann Vega and Bobbi Madry 1997 Rockland Business Association, Inc.
School-Based Mentoring: A Powerful Dropout Prevention StrategyNational Dropout Prevention Newsletter Summer 1997
Mentoring A Wave of the FutureChapter 24 What’s Right About American Business by Lloyd Merritt Smigel 1992
UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
1996 – 2000 Adjunct Professor Public Relations Southern CT StateUniversity
1978 – 1982; 1998-1999 Adjunct Professor Public Relations Sacred HeartUniversity
1977 – 1980 Visiting Professor Manhattanville College
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2007 – Life time: Member Trustees Honor Roll, Scholarship America
2006 – present Board of Directors, New England Dollars for Scholars
2005 – present Mentors Inc. National Advisory Board
1999 – 2006; Chair, Public Policy Council, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Alexandria, VA
1999 – 2006; Board Member, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Alexandria, VA
1993 – 2004; Board of Trustees/Executive Committee, Scholarship America, St. Peter, MN
2001 – 2009 Board of Directors National Assembly Washington, D.C.
1996-present; Founding Member, National Mentoring Technical Assistance Corps. VA
2000-present; National Advisory Board, Business & Legal Reports, Inc. Old Saybrook, CT
ConnecticutSchool Public Relations Association (ConnSPRA) President 1985-1992
Phi Delta Kappa, National Education Honorary, Southwestern CT Chapter
Symposium Advisory Council member, former National Association Partners in Education, VA
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTS AND POSITIONS HELD
Present-2006 Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk, Inc. Community Advisory Board
1999-2004 Board of Trustees, ChildGuidanceCenter of Mid-Fairfield, Inc.
1991-2007 Norwalk Mentor Scholarship Fund President 1991-2000; Treasurer 2000-present
Mentor 1993-1998; 2002-present
United Way of NorwalkWilton 1993-2000 Positions held: Chairman of the Board of Directors; Campaign Cabinet; Campaign Chairman; Mid-size Division Chair; Public Service Division Chair
Carnegie-MellonUniversity Admissions Council Chairperson, State of Connecticut 1987-1998
1997-present Advisory Council Member, RSVP – Retired Senior Volunteer Program
1997-present Honorary Life Member Norwalk Symphony Society Board of Governors
1985-1989 President, Board of Governors Norwalk Symphony Society
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delti Xi, Carnegie Mellon U. and FairfieldCounty Alumnae Association
Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce Graduate, First Leadership Institute 1980
Workplace, Inc. (Private Industry Council of Southern CT, Inc.) Executive Board 1994-1997
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
2003Featured in Retire & Thrive, Remarkable People, Age 50-Plus, Share their creative, productive & profitable retirement strategies, by Robert K. Otterbourg, Kipling Books, Washington, D.C. pgs 217-218.
2002Dr. Susan G. Weinberger Day in the City of Norwalk June 24, 2002
2001 Hour newspaper, Special Feature September 30, 2001 350th Anniversary of Norwalk “People who shaped the City”
2001 30thAnniversaryMentorAwardSchool Volunteers for New Haven, Inc. June 12, 2002
1999 Norwalk Mentor Program Founder’s Award June 17, 1999Norwalk, CT
1999 Exemplary Leadership in Mentoring Award DRUGS DON’T WORK! Hartford, CT
1999 Invited to the White House by Hilary Rodham Clinton for her celebration on mentoring (February 3, 1999)
1998 Featured in Women of Norwalk, Woman Magazine (September 1998)
1997 Sara A. Davis Memorial Staff Development Award Winner for Mentor Trainer, National Association of PARTNERS IN EDUCATION, Alexandria, VA (November 20, 1997)
1997 Lifetime Achievement Award for Citizenship and Community Service Miss CT Pageant (June 14, 1997)
1997 Featured in “A Tour of Diversity” August 1997 Woman Magazine
1997 Nominee Lewis Hine Award for Service to Children and Youth National Child Labor Committee
1996 Community Hero Torchbearer 1996 Olympic Torch Relay (June 17, 1996)
1995 LibertyBell Award The Stamford/Norwalk Regional Bar Association, Inc. (May 8, 1995)
1995 Recipient, NorwalkVolunteerAwardVoluntaryActionCenter of Mid-Fairfield (April 26, 1995)
1995 Public Relations Professional of the Year Award CT School Public Relations Association (Jan 6, 1995)
1994 25th Anniversary Partnership Award Winner The Urban League of Southwestern CT, Inc.
1994 Community Woman of the Year Norwalk/Westport Branch American Association of University Women
1993 President Clinton’s Volunteer Action Award presented at the White House for the Norwalk Mentor Program (April 22, 1993)
1993 McKee Foods Corporation Award Winner National Association of PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
1993Dr. Susan G. Weinberger Commitment to Mentoring Award named by the Y.E.S Mentoring Program, Reading, PA (an annual award given to a deserving mentor)
1991 Featured in FairfieldCounty Woman March 1991 Make A Difference: Women of Norwalk
1990 Woman of the Year Norwalk Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc.
1990 & 1995 Award of Recognition Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce Athena Program
1989 Connecticut Magazine (April 1989) Notable Norwalkers To Know