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8 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine F rancine Marie Barr has had a diverse career as a business executive, psychologist and educator. She received a BA from Notre Dame College in 1969 and completed postgraduate coursework at Royal Holloway College outside of London in 1969. She achieved an MA from Wayne State University in 1974 and a second master’s degree from the Michigan School of Psychology in 1995. Ms. Barr began her career as awriter in the 1970s, working forWayne State’s Moving Out Magazine as an associate editor and joining Bell & Howell’s Wilding Division as an editorial assistant, subsequently being promoted to writer and editorial director. Wilding merged withMaritz, Inc., in 1982. During her time with Maritz, Ms. Barr was an account executive, senior account executive, account supervisor, creative director and director of creative services and operations at Maritz Communications Company in Detroit. Her final project was an $8.5million training program for the Saturn Car Company. To fulfill her desire to understand and help individuals and their families cope with mental illness, Ms. Barr entered the psychology realm in 1995. She began as a psychotherapist at Spectrum Health Systems’ Youth Residential Services. Moving to Boone, North Carolina, she spent one year as a supervisor of developmental disability services at CNC/Access. In 2001, Ms. Barr began her nearly decade-long career with New River Behavioral Health Care. Until 2009, she was a case manager, director of psychosocial rehab services, clinical counselor and recovery education specialist. After teaching as an adjunct professor of English for three years, Ms. Barr retired from Appalachian State University in 2012. Additionally, she has taught English in Nicaragua, Poland and China, and she is the author of “The Experience of Ceremony as Self-Transformation.” For excellence in her artistic endeavors, Ms. Barr was a grantee of the Western North Carolina Regional Artist Project and was twice awarded a Gold Medal from the Western North Carolina Silver Heritage Arts for her jewelry. She was juried into the prestigious Blue Ridge Artisan Center in 2019. In her spare time, she is a globe trekker, having traveled to five continents, 35 countries, and 42 of the 50 U.S. states. FRANCINE MARIE BARR CLINICAL AND HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGIST, EDUCATOR (RETIRED) Appalachian State University Sugar Grove, NC ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS