Mary E. Sokolowski, Ph.D.

1. Mary E. Sokolowski, Ph.D. Resumé: Part 2

2. Mary E. Sokolowski, Ph.D. • 5 Almy Street • Providence, RI 02909 • 401-855-0946 (mobile) • 401-383-6275 (home/office)mary.sokolowski@milacollaborative.com • http://www.milacollaborative.com • EDUCATION • Ph.D., English, Binghamton University, State University of New York, May 1999M. A., English, San Francisco State University, 1999B. A., English, Rutgers College, 1986 • Westfield College (University of London), London, England, 1984-1985 •  EMPLOYMENT • President and Founder • Mila Collaborative • September 2007-present • Founded company to teach communications, team building and leadership, focusing on organizations and businesses in the health care, education and non-profit sectors; • Develop business and marketing plan; • Currently writing book/manual to provide basis for proprietary programs; • Undertake all aspects of starting company, including legal aspects of incorporation, accounting, branding, marketing and development of programs and curricula. • Director of Community and Government Relations • Salve Regina University • October 2003-September 2007 • Serve as liaison with elected officials, business leaders and community members at the city, state and federal levels; • Develop funding proposals and secure over $1 million for various projects in collaboration with faculty and grant-writing staff; • Organize and implement university events in the areas of academic programming, fundraising and community outreach; • Lead a public relations campaign to enhance recognition of the university by peer institutions; • Research the university’s educational, economic and cultural impacts and write reports about that impact to target audiences; • Write speeches and develop presentations and deliver them to a diverse range of constituents. Sokolowski

3. EMPLOYMENT (CONT.) • Liaison for Public Affairs and Director of Federal Relations • Binghamton University (State University of New York) • October 2000-October 2003 • Establish office of federal relations at one of the SUNY system’s four flagship campuses and develop policy for university advocacy; • Lead university efforts to secure over $2 million in science and engineering funding through the federal appropriations process and serve on grant-writing team that secured over $15 million in State funding; • Assist in developing and implementing the Regional Research Innovation Infrastructure Initiative (RRI3) to enhance regional technology transfer and economic development. • Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Research • Binghamton University (State University of New York) • January 2000-September 2000 • Play an integral role during university reorganization by helping to define and establish the role of the Division of Research; • Research and write reports on the economic impact of university research and academic programs. • Academic Dean • Center for Talented Youth Program (CTY), Johns Hopkins Campus • Summer 1999 • Supervise faculty • Oversee assessment of student work, pedagogical techniques and course content • Consult with students experiencing disciplinary or academic difficulties • Doctoral Student • Binghamton University (State University of New York) • September 1992-June 1999 • Design and implement extensive research project on relationship between Judaism and Christianity in sixteenth-century British culture, history and literature; present research findings at regional, national and international conferences. Sokolowski

4. TEACHING Rhode Island School of Design Lecturer Freshman English and Composition, Fall 2008 Salve Regina University Adjunct Faculty, Continuing Education Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Studies Seeking Wisdom: From Wonder to Justice, Spring 2007 Humanities Theory, Method and the Disciplines, Fall 2008 Bridgewater State College Visiting Lecturer Major British Writers to 1800, Spring 2008 Assumption College Adjunct Faculty English Composition, Fall 2007-Spring 2008 Curry College Associate Lecturer Structure of English, Fall 2007 Writing Workshop I, Spring 2008 Ghosts in Film and Literature, Spring 2008 Binghamton University (State University of New York) Instructor of Record She Wrote Murder: Women Writers of Crime Fiction, Fall 2000 Oral Communications, Spring 2000 Getting Medieval: The Middle Ages in Film, TV and Literature, Summer 1998 Medieval Drama for a Postmodern Audience, Spring 1995 The Medieval Outsider, Fall 1993 and Fall 1994 Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in Medieval Literature, Spring 1993 Austin Community College, Austin, TX Instructor of Record Composition I, Fall 1996 and Summer 1996 Sokolowski

5. SELECTED PRO-BONO WORK WBNA Community Garden Project, Founding Member Engage in the planning and development of this West Broadway Neighborhood Association community beautification and land re-use project. Blackstone Community Development Center Founding Board Member Recruit founding board, draft corporate documents and achieve tax-exempt status for a start-up non-profit seeking to use mindfulness practice as an anti-violence strategy for at-risk youth in northern Rhode Island. Brown Student and Community Radio Development Director Develop and implement new fundraising strategy to support this community- and student- based media collaboration. Campaign Manager, Donna Lupardo for New York State Assembly 2002 126th Assembly District, Binghamton/Broome County, New York Manage all aspects of state assembly campaign, including volunteer recruitment and supervision, fundraising, outreach and building support networks among a socially and economically diverse constituency. YWCA of Broome County, Board Member/Consultant, 2002-2004 Initiate and develop strategy to secure $880,000 in federal funding for affordable housing initiative. Sokolowski

6. SELECTED ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AWARDS Brown Student and Community Radio, Volunteer, Current West Broadway Neighborhood Association, Member, Current Six Seconds Consulting, EQ Leader Certification, 2007 Shambhala International Mindfulness Training Levels I-V, 2005-2006 WHRW 90.5 FM, Binghamton, NY, Licensed FCC Engineer/DJ, 2003 Central New York State Business Journal, “Twenty-Under-Forty” Award, 2002 Broome Leadership Institute, Broome Chamber of Commerce, 2001-2002 Introduction to Economic Development, Council for Urban Economic Development, 2001 Institute for Public Leadership, YWCA Campaign Skills Workshop, 2001 Distinguished Dissertation Award, Binghamton University, 1999 Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, Binghamton University, 1994 REFERENCES Available upon request. Sokolowski