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Resume <br /> Deborah Grossman April, 2009 <br /> Poet's Showcase at Towne Center Books: Featured poet, Oct. 2006 <br /> Poetry workshops: Held three "Make a Poem" workshops for Brownie troops and Girl <br /> Scouts at Valley View Elementary, fall and winter 2006 -2007. <br /> Support for Tri- Valley Poets Laureate: Poetry Judge for Livermore Top Teen Poet, <br /> Apr. 2009; Selected poet for Ekphrasis (writing poem from art work) at Danville Cultural <br /> Arts Alliance, Danville, March, 2008; Participation at several Century House programs <br /> including "Poems for the Iraqi People" and tribute to Charlene Villella, 2004 -2007; <br /> support for Wine Roses and Ravenswood programs in Livermore, 2005 -2007. <br /> Selected to participate Livermore Ekphrastic poetry project, Sept. 2006; reader at assisted <br /> living home with Livermore Poet Laureate, 2005. <br /> DACA Poets Society, Danville: Participant in monthly critique sessions since 2001. <br /> Independent writer and editor <br /> Food, wine and travel writer. Contributor to Wine Enthusiast, San Francisco Chronicle, <br /> Napa Sonoma magazine, Flavor the Menu, the National Culinary Review, Sante, Wine <br /> Business Monthly Columnist for Diablo magazine, from 2003 -2008 <br /> Interviewed on TV20 "In a Word" segment in April, 2007 about experience as a <br /> freelance writer <br /> Editor of Break Through the Noise (2004), an Amazon No. 1 bestselling marketing <br /> book by Elisa Southard, www.breakthroughthenoise.com <br /> Management positions <br /> U.S. HR Manager, DuPont Photomasks, Inc. Santa Clara 1995 -1999 <br /> Managed U.S. HR strategic planning and operations for $270MM <br /> company with 1,000 employees at six sites in three businesses <br /> Led HR activities for the initial public offering during period of 40% growth: <br /> Employee relations, employment, organizational development <br /> Site HR Manager, Site Administrative Manager, and other professional roles for DuPont <br /> at various sites: Santa Clara, Calif., Antioch, Calif, Delisle, Miss., and Wilmington, Del. <br /> University of London, London England <br /> Coordinator of automation project for Institute of U.S. Studies <br /> Education <br /> University of London, England Postgraduate diploma (equivalent to MLS), <br /> Information Library Science <br /> University of Delaware BA. History with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa <br /> 1 <br />