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I. PERSONAL Permanent address: 1017 La Fontaine Ocean Springs, MS 39564 228-872-8109 Business address: 998 Robinson Avenue Ocean Springs, MS 39564 228-872-2020 Fax: 228-872-6455 Toll-free: 1-888-875-4711 web site: http://www.imaginenation.net email: mwaworld@usa.net

II. EDUCATION
M.S. 1978 Human Development Counseling
(With Honors) George Peabody College of
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

1978-79 Postgraduate practicum, supervised by
Brenda Dew, Ph.D. & Hugh Gunnison, Ph.D.

B.S. 1966 Education/Recreation & Leisure Services
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

1968 Graduate hours in Psychology of Moral
Development, University of California

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002 to present Consultant/trainer to Mississippi Arts Commission for
Whole Schools Initiative, Project Directors

2001 to present Consultant/trainer to East Mississippi Center for
Educational Development

2001 to present Adjunct faculty, Central Texas College, psychology &
management courses

2000 to present Weekly Columnist, We Are Family, Gannett
Corporation, Hattiesburg, MS

1982 to present Consultant/Trainer/Owner
Marian Wingo & Associates, Ocean Springs

1987 to present Psychotherapist in Private Practice
Family Counselors Affiliated, Ocean Springs

1988 to 1990 Adjunct faculty, Psychology Department
Gulf Coast Community College, Mississippi

1983 to 1987 Family Counselor, United Way Agency
Gulf Coast Family Counseling, Pascagoula, MS

1980 to 1983 Director of Women's Training, ITEC
International Trainers, Educators & Consultants
San Antonio, TX

IV. PRESENTATIONS/FORMAL INSTRUCTION
East Jaspar County Schools, Learning Styles, Heidelberg High School,
Heidelberg, MS, August 2004.

Improving Mississippi Schools Mega Conference, Reignite the Underachiever,
Gulfport, MS, June 2004.

St. John's Elementary School, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The
Learning Channel for Students, Parent-Family Night Workshop, The Parent as
Ally to Academics, Gulfport, MS, April 2004.

Ripley Elementary School, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The Learning
Channel for Students, Parent-Family Night Workshop, The Parent as Ally to
Academics, Jackson, MS, April 2004.
Taconi Elementary School, Parent-Family Night Workshop: The Parent as Ally to
Academics, Ocean Springs, MS, March 2004.

Matty Akin Elementary School, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The
Learning Channel for Students, Parent-Family Night Workshop, The Parent as
Ally to Academics, Greenville, MS, March 2004.

YMCA & St. Johns Episcopal Church, Parenting Course for Parents of Pre-School
Children, Course taught over two weeks, Ocean Springs, MS, March 2004.

Leakesville Elementary, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The Learning
Channel for Children, Parent workshop, The Parent as Ally to Child's
Education, Rankin County Schools, March 2004.

McLaurin Elementary, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The Learning
Channel for Children, Rankin County Schools, February 2004.

Vine Street Elementary, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The Learning
Channel for Children, Parent workshop: The Parent as Ally to Child's
Education, Rankin County Schools, February 2004.

Northwest Elementary, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The Learning
Channel for Children, Rankin County Schools, February 2004.

Pineville Elementary, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The Learning
Channel for Children, Pass Christian, MS, February 2004.

North Bay Elementary, Parent workshop: The Parent as Ally to Child's
Education, faculty staff development, Listening: The Learning Channel for
Children, Biloxi, MS, February 2004.

Pecan Park Elementary, Faculty Staff Development, Listening: The Learning
Channel for Children, Ocean Springs, MS, February 2004.

Beach Elementary, Faculty Training: Listening: The Learning Channel for
Children, Parent Workshop: The Parent as Ally to Child's Education,
Pascagoula, MS, February 2004.

St. Paul's Methodist Church, The Grieving Process, Divorce Recovery Workshop,
Ocean Springs, MS, January 2004.

Pisgah Elementary School, Faculty training: Listening: The Learning Channel
for Children; Rankin County Schools, January 2004.

Lopez Elementary School, Parent Workshop: The Parent as Ally to Child's
Education, Staff Development: Listening: The Learning Channel for Children;
Biloxi, MS, January 2004.

St. Martin North Elementary School, Oral Strategies in the Classroom & Parent
presentation for PTO, Jackson County Schools, MS, January 2004.

Florence Elementary School, Oral Strategies in the Classroom, Florence, MS,
January 2004.

Simpson County Elementary School, Oral Strategies in the Classroom &
Re-igniting the Underachiever, Simpson, MS, November 2003.

Mendenhall Elementary School, Oral Language Strategies in the Classroom,
Mendenhall, MS, October 2003.

St. Paul's Methodist Church, The Grieving Process, Divorce Recovery Workshop,
Ocean Springs, MS, September 2003.

Nora Davis Magnet School, Team Building & Reignite the Underachiever, Teacher
workshops, Laurel, MS, September 2003.

Magee Elementary School, Oral Strategies in the Classroom & Secrets for Your
Child's 3. Academic Success, Mendenhall, MS, September 2003.

St. John's Episcopal PreSchool, Parenting Essentials for Responsible
Children, PTO workshops & presentation, Ocean Springs, MS, September 2003.

Trigg Accelerated School. Fostering Academic Success at Home, PTO
presentation, Greenville, MS, September 2003.

Cherokee Elementary School, Oral Language Strategies in the Classroom, Staff
Development, PTO presentation, Fostering Academic Success in the Home,
Pascagoula, MS, Sept. 2003.

Whole Schools Institute, Art & Healing the Heart & Project Directors‚
Meeting, Mississippi Arts Commission, Delta State University, July 2003.

Divorce Recovery Workshop, The Grieving Process, St. Paul's Methodist Church,
June 2003.

Keesler AFB, Youth Center, Team Building & Staff Development, May 2003.

Trigg Accelerated School, If The Teacher Ain‚t Happy, Ain‚t Nobody Happy,
Greenville, MS, April 2003.

Keesler AFB, Child Development Center, Staff Development & Team Building,
March-May 2003.

Taconi Elementary School, Parent Night Responsibility Program, March 2003.
YMCA, Staff Development, Customer Service, Ocean Springs, MS, March 2003.

Pass Christian Elementary School, Parent/Family night, Pass Christian, MS,
February 2003.

Whole Schools Initiative, Mississippi Arts Commission, two-day staff
development training for Whole Schools Project Directors, Camp Henry Jacobs,
February 2003.

Taconi Elementary, Title 1 parents, Reading is Essential, Ocean Springs, MS,
January 2003.

St. Paul's Methodist Church, The Grieving Process, January 2003.

V. AWARDS & HONORS
Letter of Commendation, USS O‚Brien DD975, United States Navy, May 2001.

Gulf Coast Woman of Achievement Award, AAUW
Professional Development Leadership Award, ASTD

Business and Professional Women, Outstanding Citizen Award

Who's Who of American Women

Who's Who in Medicine and Health

Who's Who in America

VI. PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Gannett Publishing, weekly columnist, „We are family,‰ 2000 to present
National Board for Certified Counselors, Nationally Certified Counselor, NCC
#03279
American Psychotherapy Association, Life-Certified Diplomate, #3835
Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy, Primary Level, Certificate #4212
American Society for Training and Development, Council of Networks, 1989-91,
Women's Network Director, 1990-92
Association for Women in Psychology, National Archivist, Spokesperson
5.
Publications:
Skills for Rich Living: A Handbook for Success 1983.

VII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH FOR MARIAN WINGO
For more than two decades Marian Wingo has effectively combined several
diverse talents to create a successful business dedicated to the development
and professional growth of our greatest natural resource, human beings.

As a teacher, professional educator, therapist, public speaker, columnist,
group facilitator, and professional trainer, Marian has taught school, worked
with individuals and groups, families and businesses, and has conducted
seminars and workshops across the United States as well as in Central America,
England, the Netherlands, Germany and Scotland.

Marian holds an Adjunct Faculty position for Central Texas College in
Killeen, Texas, and teaches general psychology, management and human resource
classes. Most recently she instructed classes for the US Navy in Yokosuka,
Japan. Marian is a consultant with both the Mississippi Arts Commission, MAC,
and EMCED, the East Mississippi Center for Educational Development, Inc.

Marian co-owns ImagineNation Enterprises, and offers diversified training
programs for women and men in the world of work. Areas of expertise include
diversity, communication skills, networking, risk taking, customer service,
dealing effectively with change, leadership skills, delegation and motivation,
conflict resolution, retirement, personal power, assertion training and
countering sexual harassment.

Marian maintains current licensing and certification through the American
Psychotherapy Association as a Life Certified Diplomate in Psychotherapy,
Nationally Certified Counselor through the National Board of Certified
Counselors, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy credential at the Primary
Level through the Institute For Rational-Emotive Therapy.

Marian earned her Master's Degree with honors from George Peabody College of
Vanderbilt University. Her Bachelor's Degree is in Education & Leisure
Services from Florida State University.

Marian testified in Washington before the House Armed Services Sub-Committee
on Military Compensation in May of 1980, on behalf of former spouses of
military personnel as part of a nationwide effort that obtained legislation
protecting the rights of former military spouses.

Marian Wingo received a Letter of Commendation from the US Navy for her work
on board the USS O‚Brien (DD 975) and is recipient of a Gulf Coast Woman of
Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women and the
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Displaced Homemaker Program. She is
a past recipient of the Professional Development Leadership Award from the
American Society for Training & Development. She is listed in Who's Who in
the South & Southwest, Who's Who of American Women, and the World Who's Who
of Women.

In Marian's words, "In this new millennium it is essential that the home,
school and workplace foster a climate to maximize the growth potential for
every family member and student and each employee. For the individual who
dares to achieve and succeed and who thrives on the the potential within, my
training offers the ideal formula to personal and professional growth and
positive change."