Keila M. Gilbert, Esquire

President and CEO Alpha Resource Center, LLC

BIOGRAPHY:

Keila Gilbert is a woman driven 'driven to succeed, to teach, to help, to enjoy.' An entrepreneur, lawyer, teacher and mother, she is a woman who has spent her entire life breaking barriers. Her motto "Dream it and make it happen."

Keila Gilbert is the President and Founder of The Alpha Resource Center, LLC, an innovative professional organization dedicated to achieving two important goals. The first is to educate people about how and why they should strengthen their marriages. The second is to help those who decide to divorce, to do so in a manner that doesn't destroy them and their family.

"ARC" is staffed with attorney mediators, therapists and accountants and in a short decade has grown to 14 offices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and soon New York City. In the past year alone, ARC has doubled the number of offices and tripled its number of clients. This growth is not surprising as marriages struggle and more couples are seeking valuable guidance.

Ms. Gilbert began her career as a teacher though she always wanted to be a lawyer-- as was the case with so many women of her generation, she was not encouraged to build a legal career. Today she uses her teaching experience, business acumen and legal skills garnered during 15 years of private practice to teach couples how to make better decisions.

Good decision making is critical in making any of life's major choices and Ms. Gilbert is writing a book focusing on just that called, "Your Marriage: Make It or Break It". This book, written with noted psychologist Dr. Barry Ginsberg, pinpoints the critical decisions and thinking that must go into deciding to stay in or leave a marriage.

A native of Montana, Ms. Gilbert has three children and lives in Bucks County, PA. She has a 21 year old son who attends UC Berkeley and two daughters ages 10 and 12 whom she recently adopted from Colombia. In her leisure time she enjoys reading, cross country skiing, theater, music and travel. With Ms. Gilbert's motto "dream it and make it happen" her goal is to take Alpha Resource Center national, bringing education and mediation services to couples and families all across the country.

EDUCATION:

1974 University of Montana -Degree: Business, History/Political Science
1992 Widener School of Law -Degree: Juris Doctorate
1994 Coast to Coast Mediation Center - Certification: Divorce Mediation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1994-present Alpha Resource Center, President
• Developed and implemented unique divorce process
• Provider of attorney mediation services and initial consultation

1980 -1996 General Practice Attorney
• Worked in Montgomery and Bucks Counties as a paralegal and attorney concentrating in the areas of litigation, business law and office management

1974-1979 High School Teacher
• Taught business and social studies in Queensland, Australia and Missoula, Montana

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Academy of Family Mediators
Bucks County Bar Association Board of Directors
Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee -Chairperson
Pennsylvania Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
Family Relations Success Council