Certified Trainers

The following individuals are Certified Trainers of the Career Choices curriculum. You may contract with them directly or through our Director of Curriculum & Technical Support.

Note: If you have been teaching the Career Choices program for three years or more and are interested in becoming a certified trainer, give us a call (800) 967-8016 or email us.

Lynn Anderson

Lynn Anderson

With nearly three decades in the education arena as a teacher, trainer, lecturer, and consultant, Lynn Anderson is a powerful motivational speaker who captivates her audiences with humor and compassion while facilitating attitude change. She has more than 600 workshops, in-services, and keynote addresses to her credit, and has conducted professional development seminars for educators across the country.

In addition to her work as a Certified Career Choices Trainer, Lynn consults with Departments of Education, school districts, business/industry, and local municipalities. She has prepared and presented educational information at conferences for numerous state, regional, and national associations, organizations, and universitites, including: ACTE, NTPN, NASSP, ASCD, NDPN, and SREB.

Her expertise in the design and development of customized training programs provides opportunities for students to experience an active relationship between classroom learning and the world of work.

Lynn brings enthusiasm and energy to her Career Choices trainings, earning her a well respected reputation. Her enthusiasm has been described as contagious. Lynn is a skillful leader and presenter in the areas of academic enrichment, education restructuring, curriculum development, and comprehensive career guidance.

View Lynn's complete resume.

View a clip from Lynn's breakout session, Prince Charming's Dead...and I Don't Feel so Well Myself, at the 2003 ACTE National Convention in Orlando, Florida.

Penny Paine

Penny Paine

Penny Paine, trainer, consultant, author, and former Gender Equity specialist for the State of California, is one of our most experienced and sought-after speakers. Armed with British charm and an all-American "can do" spirit, Penny has trained in nearly every state in the union. Her past contracts include: California Dept. of Education, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Girls Incorporated, TIAA CREF, and the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity.

Penny was instrumental in developing and facilitating the national "Women Helping Girls with Choices" program. Her expertise on gender related topics brings an added dimension to her Career Choices presentations.

She has worked with teachers of all disciplines as well as with schools in the process of integrating or restructuring curriculum. Penny is particularly adept at guiding schools in the change process.

View Penny's complete resume.

Wendy Bingham

Wendy Bingham

For Wendy Bingham, passion for the Career Choices curriculum is a family affair. As daughter of author Mindy Bingham, Wendy has been involved with Academic Innovations in one capacity or another for the last ten years. She’s played an integral role in all aspects of the company’s sales and marketing efforts since becoming the Vice President of Marketing and Technology in 2001.

Wendy brings an ingrained entrepreneurial spirit to Academic Innovations, one that served her well throughout her studies at the University of Southern California, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. As part of the Entrepreneur Program at USC, Wendy was recognized for developing one of the “Top 10- Business Plans” in 1996.  She went on to start her own successful business as a database management consultant, providing company-wide sales and marketing evaluations, software customization, and staff training. Wendy worked for McGraw-Hill, coordinating sales events and promotions and developing the division’s database. Wendy continues to pursue education and training, and has attended the Grantsmanship Training Program, holds several Goldmine certifications, and maintains a California Real Estate License– allowing her to continue to indulge her entrepreneurial “itch” in her spare time.

Phyllis Stewart

Phyllis Stewart

Phyllis Stewart's diversified background includes 39 years as a classroom teacher, Career and Technical Education Coordinator, and businessperson. Her ability to combine successful careers in business and education gives her additional insights into the importance of comprehensive career guidance.

The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and Glencoe recognized Phyllis as one of the Top Ten Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers of the Year. Honored as Indiana's Outstanding Vocational Teacher of the Year, she is a dynamic presenter that brings a solid understanding of how Career Choices positively impacts the classroom.

As a successful business owner, Phyllis also understands how the format provided by Career Choices allows for educational choreographs into the workplace. Her hope is to help young people gain an awareness of the need for educational preparation and how that translates to career preparation for the real world.

DeeDee Holmes

DeeDee Holmes

DeeDee Holmes, partner and owner of Holmes Educational Consultants, currently is involved in the marketing, and training/staff development of supplemental educational materials in the State of Louisiana. She has been associated with educational sales for the last nine years, and the last five of those years, she has partnered with her husband to establish Holmes Educational Consultants.

She is currently involved with several major publishers dealing with a vast array of specific programs to deal with the special needs and general population students. She actively calls on all levels of educational staff and supervisors and coordinates all staff development and educational trainings for her partner and certified trainer.

EDUCATION:   University of Southern Mississippi,
                           Bachelor of Business Administration
                           November 1975