about The author
Sandy Lerner
Upperville, Virginia, U.S.A
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Chairman, BGLI Enterprises
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Chairman and Trustee, Chawton House Library, and the Centre for the Study of Early English Women’s Writing, Chawton, Hampshire
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Founder and Director, XKL Systems Corporation
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President and Trustee, Bosack & Kruger Charitable Foundation
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Director, & Capital Investments, Inc.
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Publican, Hunter’s Head Tavern, Virginia
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Founder, Chief Engineer, Sono Luminus
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Co-Owner, Home Farm Store
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Founder, Virginia Organic Producers’ and Consumers’ Association, Ltd. (VOPCA)
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1995-2000
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Founder and Chairman, Urban Decay LLC
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1984-1990
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Founder, cisco Systems, Inc., variously Board Member, VP Manufacturing and Customer Advocacy Groups
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1986-1987
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Director of Network and Computer Services, Schlumberger Computer Aided Systems Laboratory
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1981-1985
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Director of Computing Services, Stanford Graduate School of Business
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1983-1985
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Associate Investigator, Stanford University with Digital Equipment Corp. Research on large, distributed computing environments
1979-1982
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Instructor, Stanford University, Computer Science Department
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Instructor, California State University, Public Administration
1975-1982
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Research Associate, Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Research Associate, Stanford University Medical School
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Associate Research Scientist, American Institute for Research
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Research Analyst, Hoover Institution
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Consultant, Claremont Graduate School, Computer Services
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Education
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Ph.D. (Hon.)
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Washington & Jefferson University
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University of Southhampton, England
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M.S.
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Stanford University (1981) Statistics & Computer Science
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M.A.
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Claremont Graduate School (1977) Government (Econometrics)
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Claremont Graduate School Fellow
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California State Fellow
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B.A.
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California State University, Chico (1975) Political Science Awards & Achievements
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2004
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Editor, Harnessing and Driving, First English Edition, The Book Arts Conservatory, 2004. by B.v. Achenbach (1922).
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The Crossing Borders Award, The Feminist Press
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2002
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U.S. Patent Holder, No. US D451,646S
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2000
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Gold Medal, United Animal Nations
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1997
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Inaugural Award, Jane Austen Society, North America
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Humane Achievement Award, Friends of Animals
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1996
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Distinguished Alumna Award, California State University, Chico
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Humanitarian of the Year, Progressive Animal Welfare Society
International Packaging Association Award (Urban Decay)
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1994
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Stanford University, Graduate School of Business. Entrepreneurial Company of the Year (Cisco Systems)
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1984
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Founding Member, Stanford Jane Austen Society
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1983-1985
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Research Fellow, Digital Equipment Corporation
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1975-1977
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California State Fellow
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1975
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Graduation with Distinction, California State University, Chico
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Professional Associations:
Audio Engineering Society, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, British Rare Breeds Society, Highland Cattle Society (US & UK), Shire Horse Society (US & UK), numerous animal welfare and environmental associations.