Marilyn spent her professional career working with labor and employment issues in a number of federal agencies.   After practicing law in Chicago for several years, she joined the U.S. Customs Service, just being unionized by a very litigious union — hence her assignment to represent Customs management in employment matters.  After the excitement of picketing…

A retired Foreign Service Officer, Mildred served in Denmark, Belgium and Turkey (twice). She has been a Managing Editor of the Encore Learning course catalog and served as co-chair of the Publications Committee from 2010 – 2014. In 2011 she was a member of the Ad Hoc Committee that proposed the name change from the…

Barry H. Ginsberg has an MD and PhD in molecular biology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital with a fellowship in endocrinology and diabetes at the Diabetes Branch of the National Institutes of Health. He was a professor of internal medicine and biochemistry at…

Steve is a retiree from Fairfax County Public Schools, where he taught math and served as the department co-chair at Falls Church High School. He also served in a variety of education leadership roles. Prior to his teaching career, he spent 25 years in management positions with several leading technology companies, including SAIC, Bell Atlantic…

Joan retired from the Department of Justice in 2003 to move to Germany with her husband. While there, she worked as a tour guide with the USO out of Kaiserslautern, leading tours throughout Europe for military families. Returning to the U.S. in 2011, she quickly became a member of Encore Learning, serving as Co-Chair for…

Tom spent over 40 years in the U.S. Government, with most of it at the State Department managing foreign assistance.  He currently consults on foreign affairs and is engaged in teaching and training.  He has taught courses at Encore Learning, as well as training at both the Foreign Service Institute and the USAID Training Center. …

Jeanne retired in 2014 as a senior vice president of the American Public Power Association, where she spent 36 years as a reporter, editor and manager of the organization’s journalism and other publishing activities. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism from Syracuse University and American University and as a journalist covered national energy…

Deborah retired in 2007 as the Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, having started as an intern two weeks after finishing her degree at the University of Maryland, and much to her surprise, staying for another 37 years in the agency! After retiring, Deb decided to skip the consulting phase of many retired…

Carol jokes that she is now in her third career, as a community activist and volunteer.  With a PhD in French, she enjoyed a first career teaching French at the Catholic University of America, the University of Louisville, and at Westminster College in Pennsylvania.  In her second career, she served 27 years as a career…

John is a native of Washington, D.C.  After graduating from Gonzaga College High School, he attended the College of the Holy Cross, graduated with an A.B. Physics in 1969, and then went on to get a graduate degree at MIT in rocket science.  After receiving his 1-Y, he decided to leave the academic world to…