Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Notre Dame; Juris Doctorate, Villanova University Law School; Member of the Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations
Served as Erie County Public Defender—Chief of the Children and Youth Division
Admitted to practice law before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Federal District Court of Western Pennsylvania
Member of the Erie County MH/MR Agency Directors Committee and lectures on various topics related to the legal rights of persons with mental retardation and their families
Member of the Advisory Board of PNC Bank, former member of the Advisory Boards of Marine Bank and First National Bank of Pennsylvania
Former member of the Erie Historical Museum Board, Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Review Board, and Officer of Kingtown Action Team Effort (K.A.T.E.), a neighborhood revitalization group
Appointed by Pope John Paul II as Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem
Member of the Board of Directors of St. Mary's Home of Erie
Member of the Advisory Council of Gannon University's Morosky College of Health Professions & Sciences
Member of the Steering Committee of Allied Pediatric Health