Biographical Sketch
Rita Marie Bral
Member, Board of Directors
VP, Corporate Communications
Software Research, Inc.
EDUCATION
Agrege in Pedagogy, University of Ghent, Belgium, 1968
MA, Roman Philology, University of Ghent, Belgium, 1965
Foreign Languages: Dutch, French, English, German, Italian
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1996 - Present: Board of Directors, Software Research, Inc.
1992 - Present: VP Corporate Communication, Software Research, Inc.
1994 - 2002: Executive Director, Software Research Institute
1988 - 1992: Director of Promotion & Marketing, Software Research, Inc.
1979 - 1985: Instructor Teachers Training, Art History, KUL, Belgium.
1975 - 1985: Instructor Teachers Training, French Language, KUL, Belgium.
1975 - 1985: Department Head, Art History and French at Heilig Hart Instituut, Louvain, Belgium.
1965 - 1985: French Instructor, Heilig Hart Instituut, Louvain, Belgium. (Junior College)
GOVERNMENT OFFICE
Consul of Belgium for Northern California and Nevada, 1992 - 2013.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Board member of different Bay Area organizations:
St. Teresa Parish, Potrero Hill, San Francisco.
Netherlands America University League of California (NAULCAL) 1992-1999.
Belgian Club of Northern California, (vice-president, president) 1990-1992.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Conceived, organized and actively participated in private
schools, including operational scheduling,
recruiting and parents association:
Founder and Executive Committee Member, Freinet Primary School and Kindergarten,
De Appeltuin, Louvain, Belgium, 1975-1981.
Founder and Chairman, Parents Association, International Kindergarten,
La Maison, Louvain, Belgium, 1972-1975.
Founding and Executive Member of the Infant Day Care Center,
De Kindercommune, Louvain, Belgium, 1970-1972.
Member of Educational Research groups:
Planning Committee, Esthetic Education,
Ministry of National Education, Brussels, 1984-85.
Redefine content of the program.
Planning Committee, Menswetenschappen,
Pedagogic Department, University of Louvain, 1968-72.
Restructuring of high school curriculum content and teaching methods.