Leading Change, Achieving Success: Harnessing the Power of Strategic Leadership
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Education
Dr. Whitco (nee Bruzzese) holds an Ed.D. from Nova Southeastern University, with a concentration in Organizational Leadership (OL), and an M.Ed. from Florida Atlantic University, with a concentration in Educational Leadership (EL). Dr. Whitco also holds a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law and a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton (University) with a major in Philosophy, Politics and Law (PPL). Her extensive education and training ground her principled practice.
bio
Dr. Whitco was born at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, New York and raised on Great South Bay, Long Island, New York. The youngest of three siblings, Dr. Whitco's father was a dedicated New York City Firefighter and her mother was a devoted secretary to the principal at Nassau B.O.C.E.S in Carle Place, New York. Placed into gifted classes in third grade, Dr. Whitco was an avid swimmer, tennis player and softball player and graduated high school with honors before attending college.
Dr. Whitco graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Law from SUNY Binghamton, in 1996. As an academic merit student-abroad, she studied at Regent's University, London, UK, and was an appointed parliamentary intern for Kenneth Livingstone in 1994. Dr. Whitco was a summer intern for Justice Joan Marie Durante in the Supreme Court of New York, Queens County, and researched and drafted opinions in tort law before beginning graduate law studies at St. John's University in New York.
Co-Editor of the NYS Real Property Journal, VP Communications for the ABA student division, Phi Delta Phi international legal honor society member, applied legal intern in the litigation division for the Office of NYS Attorney General in downtown Manhattan where she researched and drafted opinions related to Kosher food laws and state ownership rights of the Statue of Liberty, Dr. Whitco was also an applied legal intern in the superfund division at the USEPA, also in downtown Manhattan, where she researched and drafted opinions on toxic torts before she completed her law studies at St. John's and earned her JD there in 1999.
Dr. Whitco practiced tort, contract, commercial and real property law in New York, where she was admitted to the U.S. District Courts in Eastern and Southern New York, and in Florida (Berns & Castro; Silverman, Perlstein & Acamporo, LLP; Grossman & Associates, PLLC; Bruno, Gerbino & Soriano, LLP; Katzman & Korr, LLP) and waived into the DC Bar before beginning a career expansion into education.
Graduating from FAU with an M.Ed. in 2009, Dr. Whitco worked as a full-time Florida educator during her studies and completed an applied principal internship at the high-school level. She also designed and implemented a secondary pre-law curriculum, including international law coursework.