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Education   Long Island University,
                   C.W. Post, Brookville, NY
            
      BFA Degree in Photography
                   Magna Cum Laude

Experience    

2009         
    - KFB Enterprises – President and CEO     

1995 - Present    
    - Author and photographer of five non-fiction      
       hardcover books
    - Key note speaker- lectures on local history and
      regional ghost stories

1995 - 1999
    - Public Relations- freelance writer and photographer   

1993 - 1995 
    - North Suffolk Montessori School,  Commack, NY
      Public Relations Manager, writer,  photographer 

1992 - 2007
    - Portraits By Kerriann- black and white hand- colored
      photographs of animals, houses  and families
    - Freelance photographer

1990 - 1992
    - The Long-Islander Newspaper
       head photographer,  photo editor, columnist, historian
    - Economic Times for Long Island
       photographer 

1989 - 1990
    - Newsday – photographer

 Publications
Ghosts of Long Island II;  More Stories of the Paranormal,

     Maple Hill Press 2008

Delectable Italian Dishes for family and friends,  co- authored
     with Sal Baldanza,
     Maple Hill Press 2007

Ghosts of Long Island; Stories of the Paranormal,
     Maple Hill Press 2006

Huntington’s Past Revisited,
     Maple Hill Press 1997

Huntington’s Hidden Past,
     Maple Hill Press 1995

Published Magazine Articles
VOX Hampton, October Issue 2008,
     “Then/ Haunted Hamptons”  pages 88-97

The Improper North Shoreian, October Issue 2008,
     “Long Island’s North Shore,  Rich in Ghostly History” 
      pages 20-22

HAMPTONS, Issue June 1-July 7, 2007 “Magical Mystery
      Tour” pages 32-35

 Film
Ghosts of Long Island
, 30 minute documentary pilot on
     the Country House Restaurant  Stony Brook, 2009

Lost Suburbia, 60 minutes,  documentary section,
     Spring 2007

Exhibits 
The Smithtown Library Commack Branch,
     December 1, 2006 - January 31, 2007, Commack, NY,
     an exhibit of black and white  hand-colored photographs

The Centerport Garden Club's Around the World,
     A Passport to Flowers
     May 17 & 18, 2006,
     Harborfields Public Library, Greenlawn, NY, an exhibit of
     black and white hand-colored photographs

Tea & Tiques, March through April 2006,
     Huntington, NY, an exhibit of black and
     white hand-colored photographs

Arthur Leipzig: A Tribute to Influence,
     Leipzig and his Students, February 2001,
     Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, NY,
     black and white photography

Awards
Ghosts of Long Island documentary pilot
     accepted into the Long Island International Film Festival,
     Bellmore, NY, July 2009

Huntington Heritage Education Award,
     Town of Huntington, NY, 1999

 Photography Award for Artistic Excellence,
     Long Island University, C.W. Post 1990

Phi Eta Kappa, National Honor Society,
     Long Island University, C.W. Post 1990

Diet of the Arts Scholarship Award,
     Long Island University, C.W. Post 1990

United States National Collegiate Awards 1990

Deans List Four Years, 1986-1990

Memberships

Huntington Historical Society
     -current membership

Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association
     -current membership

Friends of Oheka Castle, Inc.
     - current membership

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
     - current membership

Boards                               
Long Island Authors Group,
     First Vice President, 2007 to present

Huntington Historical Society, 1996-2002
     Corresponding Secretary 1997,
     Second Vice President 1998-2002,
     Chairperson Victorian Tea Fundraiser at Oheka Castle
     1996-1997

Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association,  1997-1999 

Media Appearances and Press
NYGHT Blogtalkradio.com, May 13, 2009

WLIU 88.3 Radio with Bonnie Grice,  March 16, 2009

Newsday,
     January 1, 2009, November 23, 2008,  October 29, 2006

News 12 Long Island, October 2008,  October 2006

Various Long Island newspapers 2006-2009

Distinction magazine, October Issue 2008,
     October Issue 2006

Sunday Edition The New York Times,
     October 21, 2007

"Meet the Author” with Stan Rubenstein,  Channel 21 North
     Fork and East End,  April 24, 2007, May 1, 2007,
     May 8, 2007,  May 15, 2007

WLIW Channel 21 “Ticket” with Laura Savini, October 25 &
     October 26, 2006

CBS News Sunday Morning, October 29, 2006

Channel 55, October 2006

Other Interests
Yoga, cooking, quilting, equestrian, animals,
studying the Italian language, art

Third Party Fundraising,
     LI Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
     created ladies “tea” fundraiser event and founded the
     Michael Flanagan Memorial  Fund for Pediatrics,
     2003 to present

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