Maria Marinakis

Speaker, Consultant, Author @Verdict Insight Partners Llc

Las Vegas, NV, US

Develop and present online & in-person curriculum for corporate leadership, management, sales, and customer service training, as well as training on child development, child and adult mental health issues, social emotional learning, parenting, home/classroom behavior management, and related topics. • Founder of “Purpose Powered Living: Do More of What Matters Program,” helping clients to work smarter, stress less, and achieve more. Creator of Life By Design and author of Parenting Infants & Toddlers Without Going Nuts!• Provide group & individual personal & professional development coaching, combining traditional psychological and clinical practice principles with Neuro-Linguistic Programming and yoga to help clients achieve results quickly.• Facilitated Team-Building interactive workshops throughout Nevada for the Child Death Review Team, facilitating collaboration among judicial, legal, medical, and law enforcement professionals, social workers, mental health counselors, and child welfare workers. • Contracted with State of Nevada, DCFS, Early Childhood Services as Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant. Provided observations, assessments, recommendations, and on-going mental health services for children experiencing behavioral and emotional issues in pre-school and kindergarten. • Served as reviewer for September 2009 Child & Family Services Review in Southern Nevada to assure compliance with federal child welfare standards of service. • Contracted with Clark County Foster Parent Licensing and Adoption Exchange—provided ‘pre’ and ‘post’ licensing courses. Trained child welfare workers in Core 101/103 through University of Nevada, Reno. Provided training on Signs and Symptoms of Abuse/Neglect for Clark County Public School District, Southwest Area WIC Conference, and private organizations.• Participated in a comprehensive Clark County Child Welfare system assessment on permanency planning and placement and facilitated community needs focus groups.

Boston University

Ed.M., Counseling Psychology

University of Maryland

B.A., Russian Studies

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

High School, Science