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Frank Burtnett
Dr. Frank Burtnett is a veteran counselor, author, teacher, education association officer, and consultant who currently serves as President and Principal Consultant of Education Now, a consulting, research, and resource development firm with headquarters in Rockport, Maine and Springfield, Virginia. He is the author of the Bound-for-College Guidebook, the Bound-for-Career Guidebook , and Career Errors: Straight Talk about the Steps and Missteps of Career Development (In press). These publications are available in print and electronic formats from Roman & Littlefield Education and focus on the career and college readiness issues experienced by people across the lifespan.

He is the former Executive Director of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and Associate Executive Director of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and has worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools. His writing is directed at the issues of interest to those navigating the school to college, education to career and job to job transitions associated with the career development process, as well as training materials for professional counselors and educators assisting individuals passing through those transitions. His current work addresses the career challenges of those passing from youth through adulthood and on into the senior years.

Early in his career, he wrote the NACAC publications, Parent's Guide to the College Admission Process and the Parents & Counselors Together (PACT) Guide, and developed the Beta College and Career Guidance Centers; two innovative Internet based information banks used by the more than 400,000 members of the National Beta Club. He co-authored Selecting the Right College for AT&T, a guide which has been distributed to more than one million students nationally. In addition he frequently presents classes, seminars, and webinars on educational and career development topics for both public and professional audiences.

Dr. Burtnett has served on the counselor education faculty of a number of graduate schools, including Marymount University (currently), Virginia Polytechnic & State University, George Mason University, and the University of Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Shippensburg University (PA) and Master of Arts and Doctor of Education degrees from George Washington University (DC). He has held the National Certified Counselor (NCC) and National Certified Career Counselor (NCC) credentials of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) and is a registered counselor in the state of Maine.