Howard Gilbert Wood

Striving for excellence, prosperity, and peace of mind.


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GOALS . . .
1. Perfect my ongoing relations with my wife and children

2. Seek a meaningful, long term career

3. Sales -- sometype of family run retail store (books ?)

4. Perfect my culinary skills, open a restaurant in 2005

5. Start up a private school (K-8, at first) with a LDS philosophy

6.


Resume . . .

Education
North High (Torrance, CA) 1977

El Camino Community College
(Torrance, CA) 1985 AA Business Administration

University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, CA) 1987 BSPA Public Administration -- Intergovernmental Relations

University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, CA) 1987-1990 Masters program for Public Administration -- 24 units completed


Professional Experience

Carpet Cleaner
(Hemet, CA) Owner. year 2000

Web Page Designer
(Hemet, CA) Consulting with residential customers to design, build, and maintain web sites. 2000

Mattress Discounters (West Los Angeles) store manager,1999


Bayview Kirby
(Harbor City, CA) Area distributor -- recruited, trained, & ran all facets of a distributorship, 1995-1998

Electrolux
(Torrance, CA) Salesman, sold door to door, trade shows, 1990-1991


U.S. Department of Education
(Washington D.C.) Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Adult & vocational education, 1988 -- 1990

George Bush for President Campaign
(Washington D.C.) 1988

Republican National Committee
(Washington D.C.) Staff -- opposition research, 1988

Senate Republican Policy Committee
(Washington D.C.) Staff , prepared policy papers for Senators -- 1988 (simultaneously with above internship for ASCJ)

American Association of Community and Junior Colleges
(Washington D.C.) Paid Internship, Legislative affairs -- attended and reported on congressional hearings, 1988

Chancellor's Office, California Community College
s (Sacramento, CA) 1987 -- Paid Internship, Legislative analyst -- 1987

California Department of Educatio
n (Sacramento, CA) Internship, Office of Policy -- 1987


Computer/Internet Skills
Proficient in Word, Corel's -- Wordperfect, Photopaint 9.0, & Web Designer. Built and maintained my personal web site at: www.hgwood.com