EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Juris Doctor, Law
Levin College of Law
&
Bachelor of Science, Advertising,
College of Journalism & Communications,
University of Florida
Second Language=Spanish (Good Proficiency)
EXPERIENCE:
June, 1971-February, 1978: U.S. GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Recruited on campus by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, D.C.; performed multifarious mortgage insurance program advisory roles, as well as public housing; GNMA secondary market ; Federal Housing Administration (FHA) multifamily apartment closing school, Washington, D.C.
March 1978- December 1986 LOBBYIST
Private Agency Administrative lobbying practice in Washington, DC: d/b/a: Ombudsman, Inc.
1987: CHARITY WORK
Took year sabbatical to do charity work; Manager, Telemarketing Department, NewYork State Theatre, NYC Opera.
February, 1988-December, 1992:PUBLIC COMPANY CEO
Appointed by Board of Directors as President [1992] of Z-Coat Group, Inc., holding company of group of mid-tech polymer and electrostatic coatings public companies(SEC registered), Lakeland, Florida; company sold in 1993 to private investors; during my tenure sales went from $750,000 per annum to $3,000,000.
January, 1993-January 1995: VOLUNTEER WORK
Took two year + medical sabatical for recovery from cancer surgery; declared cancer-free in June, 1995; very active tri-athlete, resumed private consulting and nonprofit pro bono work.
June, 1995-2002: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR
At the request of Smyther Fallen, Former National Projects Director, NAACP HQ,
contributed substantially to Draft of Association Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI ) Proposal to (then) NationsBank as volunteer;
Board Member & Secretary, United Community Development, Inc., Orlando, Florida, a 501c3 Community Development Corporation.
Founder & Chairman, Advisory Board, NATIONAL Advocates for Beneficiaries of
Legal Entitlements, LLP, a D.C. based multidisciplinary partnership in the public interest (N.-A.B.L.E., LLP), working with NAACP and other such groups in outreach to legally and medically underserved African Americans and other minority groups in pursuit of cash, Medicaid and/or Medicare benefits for disabled adults & children; This business was sold to my partners in 2002.
Competitive Illustrator for various Charitable Causes/NGOs, e.g., UNESCO Dream Center Logo Competition (results pending 12/2009)
June, 2000-Present: PUBLISHED/PRODUCED AUTHOR & Freelance Illustrator
President, Blah x 3 Productions, llp: Multimedia Creative Services, Specializing in the Written Word in all genres, Illustrator of commercial and aesthetic poster art and paintings and video animation.
June, 2003: Registered Creative Team Leader, World Trade Center Site Memorial Proposal Submitted to Lower Manhattan Development Corporation: .Mobius Band. ContinUum 8® Triptych Design Originator / Twelve Copyrighted PowerPoint Slides [Received Participatory Commendation Certificate; One of only 5100 submitted worldwide; proposal is permanently exhibited on the website of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.] http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/submissions.html
June 2006: Selection by University of Central Florida's Office of Diversity Initiatives for exclusive publication of my diversity writing for adults and children;
July 2005:Orlando's Playwrights Roundtable selected my play ‘Antimatter’ for its Summer Shorts, a nationwide competition for 10 minute plays;
July 2006: Chosen competitively as (lifetime) Guest Artist in Playwriting, Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. (1 of 19 in my group nationwide); at this venue worked closely with such luminaries of the theatrical world as Gary Garrison, Steven Dietz, Marsha Norman of Julliard, and dozens of others (details on request).
Feb/March 2007: www.teatrodelpueblo.org selected my play ‘Road Scholar’ in a nationwide competition for production in its 6th Annual Political Theatre Festival, Minneapolis, Minn.;
August 2007: SavMo Productions & Orlando’s own nationally-known www.fullsail.com completed the filming in digital media of my short play ‘Self Portrait with Giant Squid’, a send-up of Warholian superficiality, selected competitively.
December 2008: My one act play 'Under the Pillow' selected for production by Martin David, San Francisco theatrical impresario.
Most Recent Engagements:
Selected for Democratic Campaigns Management Program: Iraq Summer, 2007,
---New Hampshire Issue Campaign Coordinator (details on request)
Marketing Consultant, R.A. Brilliant, Inc., LA, Calif. @ Universal Studios, Orlando: involved in the construction and execution of focus group/demographic sampling of public opinion as it relates to television and filmed entertainment products.
Featured Screenwriter: www.bluellamastudios.com
