Frank Levy's Resume
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EDUCATION
LOYOLA
UNIVERSITY, New Orleans,
LA. Bachelor of Science in Education, 1971.
Achievements
*Dean's
Scholarship for Academic Excellence
*Speech
Team, Captain
*Debate
Society, President.
*Teaching
certificates in English and Social Studies.
PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS
PLAYMAKERS,
Board of Directors, Parliamentarian, 1989-1992 & 2003-Present; Member, 1998-Present.
ST.
TAMMANY ART
ASSOCIATION,
Board of Directors, Parliamentarian, 2003-Present; Member, 2003-Present.
LOUISIANA
REGISTRY OF PERFORMING
ARTISTS,
1998-Present.
LOUISIANA
TALENTED THEATER
EVALUATOR,
2000-Present.
NORTHLAKE
PERFORMING ARTS
SOCIETY,
Board of Directors, Member, 1996-2000.
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNET
CAFES, Board of Directors,
Member, 1996-1997.
NORTHLAKE
PERFORMING ARTS
SOCIETY, Advisory
Board, Member, 1995 & 1996.
THE
DISCOVERY CENTER,
ST.
TAMMANY ART
ASSOCIATION, Steering
Committee, Member, 1994.
ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
LIBRARY, American
Authors Essay Contest, Judge, 1990-1993.
ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
SCHOOL BOARD,
LIFT Committee, Member, 1987.
EXPERIENCE
Free lance writer/Consultant.
May, 1969 - Present.
Consultant, SOAR
TECHNOLOGY,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2001-Present.
Consultant, KINETIC
MANAGEMENT,
Brisbane, Australia, 2003-Present.
Consultant, PRODUCTION
MODELING CORPORATION,
Dearborn, Michigan, 2000-2001. Founding partner
and head writer for website design company, DIAMOND
BULLET DESIGN,
1995-December, 1999.
Consultant, SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY,
Model Distance Education Initiative grant, 1997. Media Consultant, CRESCENT
CITY CLASSIC
ROAD RACE,
1996. Publicity, ST.
TAMMANY ART
ASSOCIATION,
1994-1996. Press secretary, political campaigns, 1994 & 1995.
Creative consultant, RAWSON
& BRIGHT, LTD.,
Brisbane, Australia, 1994-1996. Infomercial writer, QVC
NETWORK
and JOAN
RIVERS SHOW
for STERLING
SPRING WATER
FILTERS, 1994.
Contributing editor (articles, essays, short stories):
Northshore
magazine and Emerald Coast magazine, 1984-1985.
Contributor: Times Picayune newspaper, News
Banner
newspaper, St. Tammany Farmer newspaper, Gris Gris
magazine, Table Tennis Topics magazine, 1976-1996.
Public relations director, CHEFS'
CHARITY FOR
CHILDREN and
GREEK
NIGHT IN NEW
ORLEANS, 1985.
Works in progress: an adult novel, Big Blue Diamond;
a play, Chasing After Comus; a children's novel,
Petra;
a poetry collection, Carnival.
Achievements
*Published
work: a chapter, "What is the Internet?" in a college text,
Introductory
Research Skills, 1998.
*Published
work: a book, The Autobiography of The Chief, 1995.
Public speaker. 1984 - Present.
Speaking Engagements in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia; also Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Nashville, Orlando and New Orleans, 1999-2004. Speech consultant, political campaigns,
1994-Present.
Featured speaker, Making the Connection for the
Next Century, LOUISIANA
SURPLUS LINE
ASSOCIATION
convention,
Lafayette, 1998. Featured speaker, AT&T
conferences on Web site design, New Orleans, Mobile, Atlanta,
1997 & 1998. Featured speaker, NEW
ORLEANS POLICE
DEPARTMENT, 1997.
Portrayed Karl Faberge, SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY
LAB SCHOOL
and MANDEVILLE
MIDDLE SCHOOL,
1997. Featured speaker, GOLDRUSH
E
LECTRONIC BANKING CONFERENCE, San Antonio, 1997. Featured speaker, PHOTOMARKETING
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
convention,
New Orleans, 1997.
Featured speaker, Internet seminar, PARK
ROYAL HOTEL,
Brisbane, Australia, December, 1996. Featured speaker, SOUTHFIELD
INTERNET MARKETING
conference, Detroit, 1996. Featured speaker, COLLEGE
ENGLISH ASSOCIATION
convention, New Orleans, 1996. Lecture
series, Existential Philosophy, 1994-1997, SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY.
Portrayed Franz Schubert, NORTHLAKE
PERFORMING ARTS
SOCIETY, 1996.
Portrayed Claude Monet, MANDEVILLE
MIDDLE SCHOOL,
FIFTH
WARD JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL,
ST.
SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY,
CHRIST
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL,
ST.
PETER SCHOOL,
THE
DISCOVERY CENTER,
PUBLIC
ACCESS
CABLE
TELEVISION.
1995-1996.
Narrator, NORTHLAKE
PERFORMING
ARTS SOCIETY,
1995-1996. Film lecture series: Through the Lens,
1995; Film: The Art Behind the Art, 1994; Great
Moments in Film, 1993; and Cinema As Art In The Twentieth
Century, ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
LIBRARY, Covington
& Slidell, 1992. Lecture series: Theater and Public
Speaking and Creative Writing, SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY,
1992 & 1993. Lecture series: Walker Percy
Symposium,
ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
LIBRARY, Covington,
1992. Lecture series: Peer Pressure, DEPAUL
NORTHSHORE HOSPITAL,
Covington, 1986-89. Television lecture: Seminar on
Education,
COX
CABLE,
New Orleans, 1986.
Achievements
*Listed,
Who's Who In Media and Communications, 1997-Present.
Director. December, 1974 - Present.
Managing Director and Author for
adaptations of Robin Hood, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid and The
Jungle Book, PLAYMAKERS
SUMMER CHILDREN'S
THEATER,
1996-Present.
Director, special theater projects, CAMP.
OJIBWA,
Eagle River, Wisconsin, 1999-2002.
Director, special theater projects, ST.
TAMMANY
PARISH SCHOOLS,
1995-Present. Writer and Director of independent video
productions 1991-Present, including: Rhino System, Brisbane,
Australia; Asbestos at the Mill: 40 Years of Damage;
television ad campaign for FIG
INDEPENDENT COMPUTER
SUPPORT, INC. Managing Director and Author, Ali Baba
and the Forty Thieves and Mother Goose Is Loose;
Director, Pocahontas and Cinderella, THE
DISCOVERY CENTER
THEATER, 1995 &
1996. Director of 13 plays, PLAYMAKERS,
1976-Present. Author and Director, T. Petit and the Loup Garou:
An Original Louisiana Creole Folk Tale, performed as play, GOLDEN
MEADOW LOWER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
1994. Author and Director of eight children's plays in collaboration
with Bonnie
Bess Wood: The Gargle Needs an Agent,
1994; Flutterby the Blue Butterfly, 1993; The Fat Rat
Who Sat, 1992; The Sad Fairy, 1991; The Cat
Who Dreamed She Was A Dog Who Dreamed He Was A Cat, 1990, ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
LIBRARY,
Summer Reading Program.
Achievements
*Received
Best Director award, PLAYMAKERS,
1978 & 1991.
Storyteller. August,
1993 - Present.
Stories In Motion& Instant Play productions, YOUNG AUDIENCES, New
Orleans, 1999-Present (300+ performances across Louisiana). Instant Play
Productions, CHILDREN'S CASTLE, Rivertown, Kenner, 1998, 1999, 2000.
Cultural Heritage Festival, ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
SCHOOLS,
Slidell, 1998.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
with
SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY
LAB SCHOOL,
grades 3 & 5, SIMS
LIBRARY, SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY,
Hammond, 1998. Bluesberry Festival, Covington, 1994-98. The
Lessons of Buddha, Cultural Arts Festival, ST.
TAMMANY ART
ASSOCIATION, Covington,
1998. Stories In Motion, Art At The Park, Covington,
1995-2000. The Cat Who Dreamed She Was A Dog Who Dreamed He Was
A Cat, CLARK
GALLERY, SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY,
for the CRAYOLA
DREAMWORKS
exhibit, 1998. ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
SCHOOLS,
1995-Present. Three Rivers Festival, Covington, 1997. Stories
In Motion, ST.
TAMMANY PARISH
LIBRARY, Covington,
Bush, Folsom, Mandeville, Lacombe, Slidell, 1994-96. CHRIST
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL,
Covington, grades K-7, 1993-1997. Storyteller-in-Residence, THE
DISCOVERY CENTER,
Covington, 1995. Northshore Jazz Festival, Covington, 1994-1996.
Cultural Arts Festival, Covington, ST.
TAMMANY ART
ASSOCIATION, 1994
& 1995. Mandeville Seafood Festival, Mandeville,
1994. Summer Program for At Risk Students, LYON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
Covington, 1994. Summer Recreation Program, CITY
OF LACOMBE,
1994.
Achievements
*Featured
in the St. Tammany News Banner newspaper (Sep 25) for
Stories
In Motion, 1994.
Teacher. August,
1968 - Present.
-
SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY,
1994-Present: Contracted Educational Consultant.
-
TULANE
UNIVERSITY,
1996: Media Arts.
-
ST.
SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY,
1994-1997: Speech I & II. Private Tutor,
1993-1996.
-
ST.
TAMMANY
PARISH SCHOOLS,
1972-1992: English I, II, III, IV; World Literature; Free
Enterprise;
American History; Civics; Speech I, II; World Geography.
Achievements
*Created
and taught state-accredited elective course: Film as
Literature.
*Coached
speech and debate team to thirteen national speech and debate finals.
*Received
Distinguished Educator of the Year award from JESUIT
HIGH
SCHOOL, New Orleans,
1990.
*Received
My Favorite Teacher award, FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH,
Mandeville, LA, 1991.
*Listed
in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1992
& 1993.
*Received
Distinguished Teacher award, LOUISIANA
SCHOLARS' COLLEGE.
*Received
Distinguished Teacher recognition, MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
1992.
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