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Salem Evening News Published: December 17, 2009 05:45 am    ShareThisPrintThis  

Both impressive talk and impressive talkers By Alan Burke
Staff writer

MARBLEHEAD — The Rotary rounds up top speakers.The caliber of those noontime talkers keeps rising. After a visit from candidate for governor Charlie Baker earlier this year and lectures from FBI counterterrorism experts, the group listened to F. Lee Bailey last week.The one-time top defense attorney made his name in the early 1960s fighting to free convicted murderer Sam Shephard — the model for the hero of "The Fugitive." Bailey later provided counsel to accused Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo and was part of O.J. Simpson's legal Dream Team."He was pretty amazing," Rotary member Gene Arnould said. "He was superb. He spoke for close to half an hour with no notes. He pulled up text, dates and names. ... I was impressed."Arnould had gone expecting to hear someone a trifle self-important. Instead, he was enthralled with the 76-year-old's cool self-assurance. He spoke with authority of the anticipated trial of terrorism suspects in New York City as a showcase for the American legal system.Bailey, who was disbarred some years ago, has lived in Lynn. He told Rotary member Tanya DeGenova, the program chairwoman who arranged his visit, that he intends to sell his house and move to Maine.

 

DeGenova earns ‘Competent Communicator’ award  Wed Dec 16, 2009, 04:06 AM EST 

Marblehead -

The Northshore Toastmasters Club is pleased to announce that Tanya S. DeGenova of Marblehead is its most recent “Competent Communicator” award recipient from Toastmasters International.

This award is given at the completion of the first 10 speeches in the organization’s first manual, the “Competent Communicator.” Each speech stresses a different element of effective communication, such as vocal variety, organization and gestures. DeGenova will now proceed to working on a choice of two additional manuals provided by Toastmasters International for the next phase of her development, which will help her become an accomplished public speaker and a better leader.

DeGenova has been a member of the Northshore Toastmasters Club since November 2008 and currently serves as the vice president for public relations.

DeGenova grew up in a multicultural family in Casablanca, Morocco before immigrating to the U.S. in 1965, earning a B.A. from Syracuse University and a M.A. from Georgetown University in international relations and joining the FBI as one of its first female agents in the 1970s.

Upon her retirement from the FBI in 1999 as a supervisory special agent, DeGenova founded TSD Security Consulting Group in Boston (tsdconsulting.com) and began to consult to U.S. federal agencies in the U.S. and abroad and is a licensed private detective in Massachusetts.

 Some of her most noteworthy accomplishments since retiring from the FBI include her support to the U.S. military in Germany during Operation Iraqi Freedom and her work with our wounded soldiers as an American Red Cross volunteer at the Landstuhl U.S. Army Hospital in Germany from 2003-2005. Upon returning to the Boston area in 2007, DeGenova conducted a top-to-bottom review of the Massachusetts Crime Lab and of the Medical Examiner’s Office for the Executive Office of Public Safety and in 2008 made a run for state representative during a special election in the 8th Essex District.

In addition to Toastmasters, DeGenova is active in a number of professional associations and in the Rotary Club of Marblehead, where she currently serves as program chairman and as co-chairwoman on the PR Committee. DeGenova lectures regularly about her experiences in the FBI as one of the first responders to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981. This case and other prominent ones she investigated during her 25-year FBI career are described in her upcoming book, “A Quest for Equality and Justice”.

The Northshore Toastmasters club meets the second and fourth Monday of each month from 7-9 p.m. in McCarthy Auditorium at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant, 201 Warren Street Extension, Peabody. Visitors are welcome. For meeting details, directions and the club’s upcoming schedule, visit northshoretmc.freetoasthost.ws

 

Tanya S. DeGenova (speaker) with Marblehead Rotary Club President, Jeffrey Wargo October 22, 2009

Marblehead Reporter- Tue Nov 03, 2009, 09:21 PM EST

Rotary Club’s October speakers feature retired FBI agent, Museum director

The Marblehead Rotary Club is pleased to have hosted the following thought-provoking speakers during the month of October:

  • Kathy Leonardson, long-term Marblehead resident and community leader, currently serving as president of the Northshore Toastmasters Club, spoke at the Marblehead Rotary Club on Thursday, Oct. 1 about the “fear that blinds,” public speaking.
  • Tanya S. DeGenova, a Marblehead Rotary club member and a retired career FBI agent, spoke to the club on Thursday, Oct. 22 about the “Felix Block Affair,” an investigation she worked on during the Cold War, which was recently authorized by the FBI for disclosure, which will be included in her biography.
  • Pam Peterson, a member of the Marblehead Harbor Club who is currently serving as the executive director of the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, spoke to the Marblehead Rotary Club on Thursday, Oct. 29 about the “Civil War Museum in the Old Town House.”

The Marblehead Rotary Club meets each Thursday at 12:15 p.m. at the Boston Yacht Club. For membership information, visit www.marbleheadrotary.com.


Dr. Jeffrey Dornbush, Tanya DeGenova and Kathy Leonardson

Marblehead resident wins Humorous Speech Contest
Sat Sep 19, 2009, 04:08 PM EDT
MARBLEHEAD -

Tanya S. DeGenova of Marblehead won the North Shore Toastmasters Club Humorous Speech Contest on Sept. 14 in Peabody. She competed against club members Tony Toledo of Beverly, Jim Rose of Salem and Dr. Jeffrey Dornbush, DDS of Marblehead.
DeGenova is a licensed private investigator and security consultant who founded TSD Security Consulting Group Inc. in Boston upon her retirement from the FBI in 1999. DeGenova’s speech was entitled “The Summer Intern.”

She will represent the North Shore Toastmasters Club in the area A-2 contest on Oct. 5, 7 p.m. in McCarthy Auditorium at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant, 201 Warren St. Extension, Peabody. A number of local clubs will compete against each other to advance to the next level. The event is free and open to the public.

DeGenova has been a member of Toastmasters since 2008. She has held the office of vice president for public relations since this past spring.

DeGenova, a retired career FBI agent who ran for state representative in the 8th Essex District and who currently serves as program chairman at the Marblehead Rotary Club, said, “My fellow Toastmasters know I want to improve my speaking without notes. There is always room for improvement. Receiving honest feedback and evaluations have been wonderful (and painful sometimes) in my speaking growth.”

The mission of Toastmasters is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop and practice communication and leadership skills, which in turn fosters self-confidence and personal growth.

The North Shore Toastmasters Club was founded in 1966 and is one of more than 10,000 Toastmasters Clubs worldwide operating in over 80 countries. Toastmasters helps men and women learn the skills of speaking, listening and thinking — vital skills, which promote self-actualization, enhance leadership and foster human understanding, according to the club. Members proceed through speech manuals at their own pace, receiving constructive evaluation from fellow members.

The North Shore Toastmasters Club meets the second and fourth Monday of the month from 7-9 p.m. in the McCarthy Auditorium at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant, 201 Warren St. Extension, Peabody. Members come from throughout the North Shore. For more information, call 978-621-2820 (daytime), e-mail info@northshoretmc.freetoasthost.ws or visit northshoretmc.freetoasthost.ws.

August, 2009

This article was copied from
"Bien Public", newspaper
COUCHEY, France

Tanya, ex-agent du FBI

Tanya De Genova, ex-agent du FBI pendant vingt-cinq ans et actuellement détective est venue passer trois jours à Couchey. Il ne faut pas fier aux apparences, Tanya est internationale. Si elle vit et travaille à Boston, cette américaine est née en Allemagne d'un père "Russe blanc" et d'une mère française née en Turquie. De sa naissance jusqu'à ses douze ans, Tanya vit au Maroc avec son père, son frère et ses deux soeurs. En 1965, la famille part pour les Etats-Unis et s'installe à Syracuse dans l'état de New-York. Elle passe une licence en littérature française à l'Université de Syracuse. Ensuite, "j'ai travaillé en Floride pour un détective pendant trois mois" ; essentiellement des enquêtes aux assurances. Ayant eu écho que l'Institut de Défense Militaire basé à Monterey en Californie proposait des postes pour enseigner le russe, Tanya postule puis enseigne "aux militaires mais aussi à des membres du FBI". "Ce sont eux qui m'ont recrutée pour entrer dans le FBI". Ils étaient intéressés car "jusqu'en 1972 il n'y avait pas de femme au FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, (directeur du FBI depuis 1924) ne voulait pas de femme agent". Il aura fallu attendre son décès en 1972 pour que les premières d'entre elles accèdent au bureau fédéral. Russophone, francophone et germanophone, Tanya entre au FBI en pleine guerre froide. A Washington elle passe une maîtrise en relations internationales à l'Université de Georgetown tout en devenant officiellement la première traductrice interprète au FBI. "Je suis devenue agent pendant treizeans". Tanya a enquêté sur John Hincley, l'homme qui a tenté d'assassiner Ronald Reagan le 30 mars 1981. "J'ai tenu la chemise maculée de sang du Président entre mes mains". Elle a travaillé sous couverture pour déceler les agents du KGB infiltrés sur le sol américain. Elle a fait partie de l'équipe qui a arrêté Jonathan Pollard, condamné en 1987 pour espionnage au profit d'Israël, etc.... "En 1996 j'ai reçu une promotion en passant chef de section à Boston". En 1999 c'est la retraite et Tanya décide d'ouvrir sa propre agence de recherches privées. Si Tanya est en Europe, c'est pour y passer quelques vacances. Après la Bretagne, elle s'est arrêtée à Couchey pour y découvrir un coin de Bourgogne et trouver l'inspiration pour son autobiographie. Amoureuse du bon vin, elle a acheté quelques bouteilles pour elle et ses proches avant de s'attabler à un restaurant pour y déguster oeufs meurettes et boeuf bourguignon autour d'un verre de vin. Le lendemain, elle a profité d'une petite marche à travers les vignes jusqu'à l'église de Fixey pour prendre des photographies. Après une dernière nuit de repos à la campagne, Tanya est repartie en direction de l'Allemagne, Wiesbaden, là où d'autres amis l'attendent.

Mon June 29,2009
The Lynn Item,
Lynn, Massachusetts

Marblehead woman is new Toastmaster president

MARBLEHEAD-Marblehead resident Kathleen E. Leonardson has been elected president of the North Shore Toastmasters Club for 2009-10.

Leonardson is in her third year as a member of the North Shore Toastmasters Club, which was established in 1966. She previously served as vice president in charge of public relations. Tanya DeGenova of Marblehead was elected to that position and Jim Rose of Salem was elected vice president in charge of membership.

Leonardson is working on her Advanced Communicator Silver Award, which requires her to deliver 10 specialized speeches. The club meets twice a month - the first and third Monday of the month at the Peabody Municipal Light Department auditorium, and members come from a variety of North Shore communities.

Leonardson said, “Toastmasters is an organization with a very focused purpose, helping members become better speakers and leaders. I recently attended an outside event where one of our newer members gave an excellent presentation to his peers. It is rewarding to see a person who worked very hard be successful. Our club is growing and my goal as president is to find new ways to help members gain confidence and experience.” Leonardson is also a spokeswoman for the Marblehead League of Women Voters and vice chairwoman of the Marblehead Finance Committee.

Toastmasters is a nonprofit organization with the goal of providing every member with the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

May, 2009

Tanya DeGenova with the LPDAM in the News May 2009

 

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