- 1966 – Earn Power Business Institution Certification of Completion in Data Processing
- 1971 – Management Development Institute – Transactional Analysis
- 1972 – Employee Business Institute – Train the Trainer
- 1975 – University of Baltimore – B.S. Degree in Business Administration
- 1976 – Coppin State College – M.Ed. Degree in Criminal Justice Administration
- 1980 – Johns Hopkins University – C.A.S.E. Degree in Education
- 1981 – Junction Bridge Inc. Certificate of Completion in Counseling–
- 1982 – Johns Hopkins University – Advanced study toward a doctorate in business
- 2008 – FBI Citizens Academy Completion 2009 – University of Maryland Conflict Resolution Fellow Completion
- 2011 – University of Maryland’s Conflict Resolution Fellow Advanced Negotiations Training Program.
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