Dr.
Wall is President and CEO of Sage Solutions.
From
1998 through 2001, she held the position of Assistant Vice President
and Executive Director of ACT, Inc., directing the activities of the
Educational Technology Center in Hunt Valley, MD. Products produced
by this 45 member office include various versions of DISCOVER, a multi-media
career guidance program, and software which translates company products
into computer assisted and computer adaptive tests.
Preceding
that assignment she acted as Deputy Director of the Center for Executive
Education in Monterey, CA. In doing so, she was instrumental in establishing
the curriculum and the facility that provides training for senior
executives in the areas of information technology and business practices.
For
almost nine years she was the creator and manager of the ASVAB Career
Exploration Program for the Department of Defense. In that capacity
she created and managed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery's
(ASVAB) Career Exploration Program. She was responsible for the research,
development, evaluation, and dissemination of all components of that
program, including materials for students, counselors, technical reviewers,
and school administrators. In addition to developing program materials,
she led the four-year development effort of an interest inventory
for inclusion in the ASVAB Program. The program has won many awards.
She
has written numerous journal articles, monographs, and technical and
research reports, and has presented hundreds of papers, workshops,
speeches, and training sessions. She represents the American Counseling
Association on the Joint Committee on Testing Practices and has been
elected co-chair. She co-chaired a working group that produced a video
and instructional guide on the use of testing in education (award
winning product) and the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education.
She helped to produce various portions of the Test Taker Rights and
Responsibilities document (award winning product) and wrote a chapter
for a sourcebook on testing persons with disabilities. She is past
President of the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education.
Her
books include Measuring Up: Assessment Issues for Teacher, Counselor,
and Administrators, What Do I Like to Do?: 101 Activities to Identify
Interests and Plan Careers, three test preparation books, and Job
Seekers Goldmine: A Step-by-Step Guidebook for Government and No Cost
Webtools.
She
is a member of the board of Americorps*NCCC and the Syracuse University,
Maxwell Shool's National Security Studies Program.
Her
past positions include: Deputy Division Manager for Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC); Visiting Professor of Mathematics
and Statistics and Career Development Officer for the Johns Hopkins
University School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna (Italy)
Center; Director of Research Administration, Naval Postgraduate School;
Coordinator of Testing and Evaluation, Department of Defense Dependents
Schools; and State Specialist for Evaluation and Assessment, Delaware
State Department of Public Instruction; 3.5 years of high school teaching.