VOLUNTEER
1999 - present
Coach for the 6am Club – Girls Program , sponsored by the
Monmouth County Prosecutors Office, Task Force on Drinking, Driving
and Drugs
2004 - present
New Hope Foundation, Board of Trustees – A 501(c) 3 non-
profit organization that treats adults and adolescents with substance
abuse problems and whose mission it has been for 30 years to treat
those most in need.
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS
• International Weightlifting Federation
(IWF), World Champion
• US Weightlifting Federation (USA W) 9-Time National Champion
• Set 60 World and American Records
• Won 5 Gold Medals in 5 World Championships
• First Woman in History to Clean & Jerk over 300 pounds
• Cited in Guinness Book of World (Sports) Records 1986-1998
• Best Official Competitive Lifts: 112.5kg. Snatch, 137.5
Kg. Clean & Jerk,
247.5 kg. Total
• Masters (Age Group) IWF 2-Time World Champion
• Masters (Age Group) USA W 6-Time National Champion
PUBLIC SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENTS
• Articulate, motivational public speaker
with appearances on TV, radio and in educational institutions
discussing fitness, athletics, nutrition, drugs, exercise, scoliosis,
relaxation, stretching, healthy backs, childhood obesity, natural
health care and chiropractic.
• McDonald's "Sportswoman of the Year," Women's
sports Foundation, 1988 Finalist
• Downtown Athletic Club and Women's Sports Foundation's
Champion Award Recipient
• A Night for Heroes, Connecticut Special Olympics Benefit,
Sports Hero
• Sugar Free Jell-O "Aspire Higher" Search for
Young Athletes, Clinic Leader
• "Drugs and the Athlete" Monmouth County High
School Task Force on Drinking/Driving/Drugs, Monmouth County Prosecutor's
Office, Guest Speaker
• Conference on Women and Strength Sports, Women's Sports
Foundation, Guest Speaker
• Big Apple Sports Festival, Madison Square Garden, Demonstration
• Solgar Vitamins First Things First, Award Recipient
• Women's Leadership Conference on Fitness, Speaker
• Sports Illustrated Human Resources Center (Disabled,)
Celebrity Sports Night, Honored Guest Athlete
• Women's Sports Foundation Annual Conference, Panel Speaker,
Women and Steroids
• Women's Health and Fitness Weekend, Westchester County
Center, Workshop Speaker
• Fitness Awareness Day, Barnard College, Columbia University,
Demonstration Speaker
• Women in Sports Colloquium, City College of New York,
Speaker
• Annual Athletic Awards, John Jay College, Guest Speaker
• Manhattan College, Seminar Speaker
• Serving the Athlete, Hunter College Sports Symposium,
Demonstration and Speaker
• Queen's Festival, Demonstration
• American and International Weightlifting Cup, Olympic
Training Center, Colorado Springs, Demonstration
• General Foods Rye Brook Run, Demonstration and Speech
• Tappan Zee High School, Demonstration and Speech
• Eastern District High School, Speaker
• Empire State Games Press Conference, Demonstration
• New York State Teacher's Honor Society, Seneca Falls Chapter,
Speaker
• Sports Injury Club, new York Chiropractic College, Speaker
• Women's Hall of Fame Convention Days, Seneca Falls, Speaker/Grand
Marshal of Parade
• Overcoming Obstacles, Landmark College, Demonstration
and Speech
• Nassau Science Exploration Conference, Hofstra University,
Speaker
• Special Education Class, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elementary
School, Demonstration and Speech
• Women in Chiropractic: Today's Success Stories, New York
Chiropractic College, Organizer and Introductory Speech
• Career Day, Plainedge High School, Speaker
• Valedictorian, Class Address, Graduation Commencement,
New York Chiropractic College
CHIROPRACTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
• 1996 Atlanta Olympics - Chiropractor/Athlete Event Escort
for Corporate Groups (Time International, Sprint, Meredith, and
Pepsi)
• New Jersey Garden State Games - Chiropractor/Medical Team
• New Jersey Special Olympics - Chiropractor/Medical Team
• New Jersey Senate Resolution Honoring Involvement in 6
A.M. Club (Coached & Developed Girl's Strength and Conditioning
Program as Part of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Task Force)
• American Red Cross - Healthy Back Class Instructor
• Brookdale Community College - Healthy Back Class Instructor
• Brookdale Community College - Osteoporosis Workshop Instructor
• Brookdale Community College - Strength Training For Women
Instructor
• Police Athletic League - Cliffside Park and Team Maccabi
- Chiropractic Consultant
• World Trade Center - Chiropractic Volunteer for Rescue
Workers at Ground Zero
• Local Weightlifting, 5K and Soccer Events - Chiropractic/Medical
Team
CONTINUING EDUCATION
• Seminar on Radiology by Terry Yochum, D.C.
• Extremity Adjusting Seminar by John Mennell, M.D.
• Motion Palpation Institute Seminars - Cervical, Thoracic,
Lumbar, and Extremities
• Seminar on Child Abuse Detection and Reporting
• Seminar on Vertebro Basilar Artery Insufficiency Syndrome
• Chiropractic Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation, Flexion
Distraction Technique Seminar by F. Nicchi, DC
• Vertebral Subluxation Complex Seminar by Guy Riekeman,
DC
• Pediatric Adjusting Seminar
• Pediatric Adjusting Seminar
• Chiropractic, Pregnancy, and Pediatrics by John Fallon,
DC
• Chiropractic Biophysics Seminar by CJ Mertz, D.C.
