JEFFREY LEAF

e-mail: leafj@asme.org

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

• Write Official Call Newspaper column since 1987.
• Ask the Ref syndicated through Associated Features Syndicate, 1990-1992.
• Contributor to Referee Magazine.

• Officiating and the Internet; How the Internet is used in officiating; due April, 2000.
• Getting on the Same Page; NFL and NCAA communicating; October, 1998.
• Meat in the Middle; The Umpire position, November, 1997.
• To Crew or Not to Crew?; Value of teams of officials; October, 1997.
• Turning Out Better Refs; Training of high school and college officials; June, 1996.
• Behind Closed Doors; NFL referees' preparation for a game; December, 1992.
• The Weakest Link; Care of the knee joint; April, 1991.
• Assorted Stock photography 1991-1999

• Contributor to Outdoor Photographer Magazine.

• Home Grown Chromes; Slide processing; December, 1990.
• Batteries Definitely Included; General battery advice; June, 1990.

• Travel Writer for The Olde Town Crier, Alexandria, Virginia monthly newspaper, 1990-1994.

• Destinations include Sarasota, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; Hilton Head, South Carolina; Phoenix, Arizona; Baltimore, Maryland; Margarita Island, Venezuela; British Columbia, Canada; Magog, Quebec, Canada; and Scotland;
• Specific topics include timeshare ownership, riding a roller coaster, enjoying a mystery weekend, and the People-to-People social program in Nassau, Bahamas.

• Scripted, directed and narrated football rules shorts for WFTY-TV Channel 50, 1991.
• Interviewed on WTEM Sports radio, 1992.
• Interviewed on WASH radio for Super Bowl Sunday, 1991.
• Teach class on How to Watch Football for the Novice since 1989.

EDUCATION

• MAIS, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Communication, 1998.
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1972.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Technology Teacher, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, Virginia. 1990-Present.
• Prior experience as Mechanical Engineer and Manager in Space, Nuclear, Construction fields.
• 33 years officiating football, 23 at NCAA Division I-AA level in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
• 28 years officiating basketball.
• 10 years officiating baseball and softball.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Vice-President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Phi Delta Kappa
• Professional Football Writers of America.
• National Association of Sports Officials.
• Formerly with the National Press Photographers Association.