The Founders: Al Foderaro and Denise Schmidt have offered counsel and advice to thousands of community college students for more than thirty-five years. They have been outspoken advocates for taking contrrol of life by making better choices and, presenting nationally, have encouraged and enabled hundreds more to make life's "big-ticket" decisions in a way that produces favorable outcomes and positive impacts on their overall lives.
Al Foderaro:
- County College of Morris, 32 years in Career Services
- Former Director of Career Services and Cooperative Education, 20 years
- Taught "Career Development: Theory and Practice", Psychology Course, 22 years
- Past President, national Cooperative Education and Internship Association, CEIA, and recipient, Dean Herman Schneider Award for outstanding leadership and service
- Past President, Mid Atlantic Career Counselors Association, MACCA, and recipient, Lifetime Membership Award for contributions to career development field
- Project Director, nationally-recognized tri-County School-to-Work Consortium ) 36 secondary and vocational schools and college members)
- Featured Presenter at more than 100 regional and national educational conferences
- Co-founder, Life Decisions Group, LLC
- Co-founder of Partners for Cultures of Student Success, Inc. a non-profit, 501(c)3 corporation
- Creator of Be Life Ready program and web page
- Creator and Coordinator of student success and dropout prevention program, Stay in to Win, in partnership with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
- Columnist for monthly Parent News Magazine
- Certified Life Coach
Denise Schmidt:
Co-author, It's Your Decision, A Commonsense Guide to Making Better Choices and It's Your Decision for Teens, A Commonsense Guide to Making Better Choices, (available in Spanish)
County College of Morris, 39 years in Career Services
Director of Career Services and Cooperative Education, 11 years
Past President, New Jersey Cooperative Education and Internship Association
Featured Presenter at more than 40 regional and national educational conferences
Co-founder, Life Decisions Group, LLC and Partners for Cultures of Student Success, Inc.
Co-coordinator of Stay in to Win student success and dropout prevention initiative in partnership with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
