CLIENT PROJECTS
• Coat of Arms Petitions, 100% court approval
• Lineage Society Applications, 100% approval
• Legal Research, 100% court approval, estate/probate filings
• Book Publishing, 100% satisfaction
• Average Client Satisfaction Rating, 10 out of 10 

LANGUAGES STUDIED
• Latin, French, Italian, German

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & RESEARCH
• Austria, Belgium, Channel Islands, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Korea, Principality of Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, The
Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Taiwan, The Vatican, Wales

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Magna Carta: Lecturer, Yale Club of New York
• Scottish Tour, Program Design and Featured Speaker, New England Historic
Genealogical Society
• Genealogical Series, Adjunct Faculty, Montgomery County Community College, Troy,
North Carolina
• Scottish Diaspora, Lecturer, Scottish Highland Games
• Heraldry and Coats of Arms, Lecturer, various
• Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors, County Historian, Orange County, New York
• Records of Genealogical Value, County Historian, Orange County, New York
• Southold Migration, County Historian, Orange County, New York
• Early Orange History and the 300 years of embedded meaning in our County Seal,
Orange County, New York
• Scottish Heraldry, Brevard County, Florida Genealogical Society 

PUBLISHING
​• Author, Publisher, Smiths Clove, The Early History of the Village of Monroe
​• Editor, Publisher, Armorial of the Society of Scottish Armigers
​• Author, Compiler, Editor, Publisher, The Ancestry of Alexandrina Mackenzie of Ballone
​• Author, Compiler, Editor, Publisher, MacRaes to America!!, Diaspora Study of the
Clan MacRae [original history & finding aid, 18,000 entries]
• Editor, Publisher, James Clark McReynolds, Defender of the Constitution
• Editor-In-Chief, Das Tor, campus newspaper, graduate school
• Author, Editor, Publisher, Let the Games Begin!, photoessay on Highland Games in
America
• Web design, National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
• Senior Editor, History of the Village of Monroe, New York 

FILMOGRAPHY
• Subject Matter Expert, The Tartan Apple, award-winning film about Scottish-
Americans in New York by Harlan Whatley

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
• Bachelor of Science, University of Virginia
• Master of International Management, Thunderbird Global School of Management
• Soviet Military Policy, Tulane University
• Book Publishing, New York University
• Nonprofit Management, Duke University
• National Institute on Genealogical Research, National Archives
• Verifying Genealogist, National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (10 years)
• Certified Lineage Specialist #119, Board for Certification of Genealogists (2003)
• Certified Genealogist #940, Board for Certification of Genealogists (2003)
• Disaster Mitigation & Response, American Red Cross, FEMA, Emergency Management
Institute (2005-2006)

SOCIETIES
OFFICES
Society of Scottish Armigers
• Genealogist
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
• Fellow
Colonial Dames of America
• Claims Committee
Clan MacRae Society of North America
• Historian
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
• Chapter Historian
National Society, Magna Charta Dames and Barons
• New York State Regent, 5 years
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
• Verifying Genealogist, applications for membership, 10 years
• National Chairman, Public Relations, [designed website], 4 years
• National Co-Chairman, Marking & Preservation of Historic Sites, 2 years
• Chapter President, 2 years
• Organizing Chapter President, 2 years
• Genealogical Database Verifier, Publishing Committee, Ancestor Roster, 2 years [I
verified 74 volumes containing 200 applications per volume, or 15,000
applications]

MEMBERSHIPS, BY DESCENT [CURRENT & FORMER]
• Colonial Dames of America
• Huguenot Society of America [2015]
• Magna Charta Dames and Barons
• National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
• National Society United States Daughters of [the War of] 1812 
• National Society Women Descendants Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company
• New England Society in the City of New York
• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America
• Order of the Merovingian Society
• Plantagenet Society
• Royal Society of Saint George
• Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York
• Saint David’s Society of New York
• Saint George’s Society [Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter, Windsor Castle]
• Saint George’s Society of New York
• Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent
• Society of Daughters of Holland Dames

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS [CURRENT & FORMER]
• Board for Certification of Genealogists
• Association of Professional Genealogists
• Society of American Archivists
• American Association of Museums
• New York State Archives Partnership
• Society of Genealogists [England]
• Scottish Genealogical Society [Scotland]
• Heraldry Society of Scotland
• White Lion Society [England]

HONORS
• DeWitt Clinton Masonic Award for Leadership in Community Service, Grand Lodge,
NY State Free and Accepted Masons
• Congressional Certificate of Recognition, Leadership in Community Service,
Congressman Benjamin Gilman
• Letters of Appreciation, Orange County Bar Association
• Outstanding Junior Member, New York State, National Society Colonial Dames XVII
Century
• Elected to Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Sigma Iota