PENFIELD, NEW YORK, August 16, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Patricia H. Marino, President and Founding Director of PathMark Innovations, has been recognized by Worldwide Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in educational leadership.

"Recently earning my PhD. Degree in Educational Leadership/Systems has been the most outstanding achievement of my career thus far," states Dr. Marino. Her dissertation, Lessons Learned from Experienced Specialist Teachers: Using the Coaching Model to Improve Pedagogic Practice, was motivated by her experience with coaching to deliver hands-on professional development. Interestingly, what motivated her to become involved in education in the first place were the positive influence and hands-on support of several high school and college instructors.

Dr. Marino brings an array of expertise to today's learning organizations. Her skill set includes consultancy, coaching, curriculum, training, storytelling, and motivational speaking. She passionately facilitates strengths-based reflection, utilizing curriculum that promotes individual and organizational goals. She demonstrates adult learning savvy and employs cognitive coaching to help clients think about and resolve issues still important to them.

New affiliations for Dr. Marino include the following:
• Institute of Coaching Professional Association at Harvard (founding fellow)
• Historic Black Colleges & Universities
• National Association of Professional Women
• Women TIES
• Rochester Consulting Network
• The Frederick Douglass Foundation

As the president of PathMark Innovations, an educational consulting and coaching company, Patricia possesses strong communications, motivational speaking, professional development, and storytelling skills. Developing these capacities comes in part from her more than 20 years of experience as an urban educational leader in upstate New York. Her commitment to a strengths-based coaching approach evolved from fifteen years of coaching in education. She has a heart always to work with both compassionate and challenged educators, and, of course, her desire to help all children learn.

Dr. Marino has maintained her National Board Certified Educator in Early Adolescent English Language Arts since 2000, (renewal in 2009). In 2010 she achieved a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Systems from the Union Institute and University. Looking ahead, Dr. Marino sees PathMark Innovations enlarging its footprint to incorporate cultural organizational challenges with international scope and context. For more information about PathMark Innovations, visit http://www.pathmarkinnovations.com.

As an inspirational author and teacher, Dr. Patricia is the author of the book of prose and verse, Touch Me, and the Founding Director of Patricia Marino Ministries at patriciamarinominisries.com.

About Worldwide Who's Who
With over 500,000 members representing every major industry, Worldwide Who's Who is a powerful networking resource that enables professionals to outshine their competition, in part through effective branding and marketing. Worldwide Who's Who employs similar public relations techniques to those utilized by Fortune 500 companies, making them cost-effective for members who seek to take advantage of its career enhancement and business advancement services.

Worldwide Who's Who membership provides individuals with a valuable third-party endorsement of their accomplishments, and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively. In addition to publishing biographies in print and electronic form, it offers an online networking platform where members can establish new professional relationships.

For more information, please visit http://www.worldwidewhoswho.com.

Contact:
Ellen Campbell
Director, Media Relations
[email protected]

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