• Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, formerly at Hazelden in-patient and currently serving out-patient treatment centers in the Twin Cities area.
  
  
• Lecturer to a variety of audiences on addiction and recovery topics aimed to help people discover healthy ways to think, behave, and live. Click here to learn more about John's schedule for Secret Keeping and other topics.
  
  
• Instructor of seminars in conflict management, self-esteem, and individual and team development for Fortune 500 companies (Ford, Eli Lilly, etc.)
  
  
• Author of numerous published articles in the following publications:
  PHOENIX Recovery Newspaper, Christianity Today, Mpls./St. Paul Magazine, Lake Superior Magazine, Skyway News, Moody Monthly Magazine, Minnesota Christian Chronicle, People & Politics, Video Systems Magazine.
  

• As a filmmaker for ten years, John concentrated on writing dramatic movie scripts. Click here to glimpse his favorite movie scenarios and self-produced video dramas, as well as his TV series/novel Cora's Rhapsody.
  

• Former owner/producer of a for-profit video company. John's scripts and productions won 19 national and international awards. Topics ranged from domestic violence and teen parenting to caring for the disabled and the effects divorce on children. Clients included:
  
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Honeywell
  • Johnson Institute
  • Best Buy
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Personnel Decisions International
  • Control Data
  • State of Minnesota, Human Services

EDUCATION

• B.A., English and Theatre, University of Minnesota
• Graduate of 2-year Addiction Studies program, Minneapolis Community College.

John welcomes your ideas, comments, and critiques.