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Faculty and Staff
President & CEO Office Staff
(Main)
Insurance Lic. & Cont. Ed.
(Instructors)
GED Staff
(Instructors)
Real Estate
(Authors/Instructors)
Professional Education
(Authors/Instructors)
OLT Research Institute


President and CEO of OnLine Training

Dr. Terrence R. Redding, PhD.
Dr. Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D.

Dr. Redding has been designing and teaching adult education courses since 1968. Terry is a past W. K. Kellogg Fellow and has a doctoral degree in Adult and Higher Education. He has a Masters in the Psychology of Education and is an honors graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. His research has dealt with adult motivation theory and the origins of self-directed learning readiness. He has specialized in cognitive learning models and is the co-developer of the Honeycutt Redding Cognitive Task Analysis Model.

For the past ten years he has been involved in an on going series of research projects associated with the development of high self-directed learning readiness. Of great significance is the finding that children between ages 8 and 15, who become high self- directed learners, typically share a common childhood experience. Redding has labeled this experience "the first moment of lasting excitement." High self-directed learners who share this common experience can remember some event that has captured their imagination for life. Typically these individuals find their life long learning endeavors in some way tied to this "first moment of lasting excitement".

He held his first insurance license in 1974 and was again licensed 1989 through 1992 as part of his responsibilities at the Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and Higher Education. More recently Terry has been the Director of Corporate Training and Corporate Computer Training at Palm Beach Atlantic College. He is the author of numerous referred chapters dealing with adult learning theory. He is the founder of OnLine Training Institute.





Office Staff

Brad Weishaupt

Compliance/Course Development



Brad Weishaupt, MCM

Brad received his BA in Music from Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL, and a Masters of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He is a published instrumental music arranger with over 25 arrangements having been printed by several publishers.

Brad served for 25 years as a full-time Church Music Director in churches in South Carolina and Florida, and had many local and state teaching opportunities during that time. He also worked in training, technical support, and software development for a national computer software company. Brad served as an Adjunct Professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach Florida, and at Francis Marion College in Florence, South Carolina. He has also taught part-time at various private schools and homeschool groups.

Brad previously worked for OnLine Training in Compliance, and returned in 2014 as Director of Corporate Training, specializing in course development. Moving to General Manager in 2015, Brad is now over all Course Development and Compliance issues. Brad has served on the Board of Directors for OnLine Training since January of 2007.

Maria Arbona

Chief Registrar



Maria Torres-Arbona- Maria's pleasant personality makes her a joy to work with. She is the reason that OLT runs so smoothly. She is the contact person for all corporate partners, and handles all major student problems. Her bilingual skills are often a blessing for a large number of our students. Maria also manages Dr. Redding's schedule and can coordinate his schedule with those needing to meet with him. Her background includes work as a legal secretary and college registrar. Maria has worked with Dr. Redding since before the founding of OLT. First, as the Assistant to the Director of Corporate Training when they were both at Palm Beach Atlantic College, and then as the first employee of OLT after its founding in 1997.

Francisca De La Cerda

Assistant Registrar

Francisca De La Cerda - Fran Is our assistant registrar. She answers the phone at OLT and responds to the register email account. Fran registers all students and sends confirmation of usernames, passwords and details on the course the student is taking. She is an assistant to our chief registrar, handling all duties to the best of her knowledge. She has a background in customer service and retail. She is a social and energetic person who loves to be outside and find new things to do . Francisca was born and raised in West Palm Beach. She plans to get an insurance license which would be beneficial to our students. One thing Francisca enjoys doing is cooking different meals from different cultures. Francisca has been with OLT since March of 2017.

Kim Wenke

LAN Technology

Kim Wenke - Kim is rejoining the workforce after spending some time at home raising her three children.  She has a BS in Sports Management from Rutgers College and previously worked in the IT field for over 10 years.  Prior to that, Kim worked in the insurance industry for almost 6 years at a property/casualty insurance agency and American Insurance Services Group. She is looking forward to assisting the customers and staff here at OLT.  Kim joined OLT in March of 2017.

Sandra A. King

Web Mistress



Sandra King - Sandra has been working with OLT on internet based technology and website design since 1998. She is the person at OLT who sets up web accounts, puts new courses online, and keeps the website looking clean. Her bright response to new situations is uniformly insightful and refreshing. Sandra has held many titles at OLT since she started working with us in 1998. Over the years she has helped worked in course editing, marketing, website design and systems administration. She manages our Moodle installation for the online courses. She maintains our online database driven helpdesk, (which allows the tracking and management of service help requests whether by phone, email or through the online app.) She also maintains our Enrollment Center which takes student registrations and manages authentication and enrollments of students whether they register directly with OLT (OnLine Training) or one of our many online partners (Colleges which offer OLT courses) or resellers (companies who sell OLT courses) and affiliates (websites which link to OLT products and receive a commission from referred sales).

Barbara A. Redding - Corporate Secretary and Financial Coordinator

Corporate Secretary and Financial Coordinator



Barbara A. Redding - Barbara graduated with honors from Florida Atlantic University with a double degree in Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Social Science. Barbara spent eight years as a 'hotline' phone counselor for the Von Hipple-Lindau Family Alliance dealing with issues associated with familial cancer based on several years of formal nursing education and thousands of hours as a hospital volunteer. She has more than a decade of experience in accounting, having studied accounting at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. Barbara brings to OLT a warm and caring personality and a sharp mind that is well equipped for finance related problems. She has volunteered at OLT and various civic organizations throughout the years, but has been with OLT as an employee since March of 2005.
Sarah Lynn Redding

Educational Technologist



Sarah Lynn Redding- Sarah Lynn is responsible for maintaining the OnLine Training's servers and updating our website. She also tests how new products will perform on various devices and the best ways to reach our students through technology and insure a problem free experience while on our site.

She is currently working on completing her Master's degree at Florida Atlantic University where she has spent the last six years working as a Supplemental Instructor and Tutor for various math and science courses. She also has a certificate in GIS and spent the first two years of her Graduate program working as a Teaching Assistant for the Department of Anthropology. It is our hope that her recent inclusion to our team will bring us closer to meeting the needs of our students and help us to reach a larger audience.
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Insurance Licensing and Continuing Education

Jan Bradburn - Jan has developed curriculum and taught classes in private schools in Florida since 1983. She has taught at every grade level including preschool, elementary, middle and high school, and corporate college, which has helped her gain a better understand of the developmental learning process.

She holds a 2-20 General Lines Agent insurance license. After obtaining her license, she began designing and delivering insurance, pre-licensing and continuing education training. After 20 years with a major P&C carrier, Jan is retired but continues to work as a performance consultant and curriculum designer. She has worked for OnLine Training as a curriculum developer and instructor since 2005.

Jeffrey King
Jeffrey King - Jeff has been a licensed life, health, and general lines agent since 1989.  His professional insurance career began with Prudential Insurance and included several years as an agent for an independent multi-lines agency before opening his own insurance agency.  He is currently President of King Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Mr. King's instructional career began in 1996 as an Adjunct Instructor for Brevard Community College.  He has taught several college level business classes, including "Intro to Business" and "Business Management."  Currently, he teaches insurance pre-licensing classes, as well as continuing education classes at Brevard Community College, Polk Community College, and Valencia Community College.

Jeff received a BS in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 1981 and an MBA from University of Central Florida in 1987.  He is currently a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters.  He lives with his wife and son in Cocoa Beach, Florida and in his leisure time enjoys traveling and playing on the beach.
James E Drake
James E. Drake, CPCU, CLU, ARM. - Jim Drake is a licensed insurance agent as well as Vice President of Cynanotary Insurance Agency in Lauderhill, FL. His experience in the insurance industry has included risk management positions with Metropolitan Life, PepsiCo Inc., and Price Communications Corporation. He was an executive with E. G. Bowman Co. Inc., a national insurance brokerage, and most recently spent 27 years as Executive Vice President at McKinley Financial Services Inc., managing all property and casualty functions.

Jim received a degree in economics from City College, City University of New York and earned a Master in Business Administration degree from Baruch College.  He holds the designations of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and has been engaged over the years as a certified insurance instructor in various Continuing Education Programs.  Jim has been, in addition, a contributor to industry-related publications, including Rough Notes. A resident of Sunrise in Broward County, he is active in business organizations.
Larry Hartmann

Larry Hartmann, CLU. - With a graduate degree in Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Chartered Life Underwriter designation from the American College, Larry has been active in life and health insurance sales, management and training for over 40 years

After a successful time in sales, he spent 15 years as director of agent training for a major insurance agency based in New York City. He has also served as Vice President of Sales for a major insurance company where he developed and administered a national marketing organization. While working with a major benefit consulting firm, he developed and presented interactive financial and retirement planning workshops to Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

For the last 15 years he has been involved with instructing and authoring life & health pre-licensing and continuing education courses for several business schools in New Jersey.

James Van Putten Vink

James Van Putten Vink - James is co-founder and president of Vandelay Financial Group, an investment advisory firm located in Wellington, Florida. Prior to joining the financial services industry, James owned and operated a successful landscaping business, giving him unique insights into the challenges faced by many small business owners. He attended Bergen Community College and Ramapo State College in New Jersey. James is active in coaching and supporting local youth sports, and lives in Wellington, Florida with his wife Sandy, and their three children.

James holds the Series 7, 63, 65, 2-14 and 2-40 licenses, and has over 15 years of experience using these financial and insurance licenses to help his clients. James began work with OLT as an instructor in September 2018.

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GED Staff & Instructors

Ophelia Holmes

GED Coordinator and Instructor



Ophelia Holmes - Ophelia has over 15 years of teaching experience. She has taught mathematics for 13 years. She was a GED instructor and worked with Adult and Community Education for several years. She graduated with honors from Tallahassee Community College and received an Associate in Arts degree. Ophelia attended Florida A&M University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences and a Master's degree in Mathematics Education. While attending Florida A&M University, she received a United States National Achievement Award in mathematics and received an honor's certificate in mathematics.

Ophelia joined OLT in 2015.
Sandra A. King

GED Instructor

Sandra King - Sandra has been working with OLT on internet based technology and website design since 1998. She is the person at OLT who sets up web accounts, puts new courses online, and keeps the website looking clean. Her bright response to new situations is uniformly insightful and refreshing. Sandra has held many titles at OLT since she started working with us in 1998. Over the years she has helped worked in course editing, marketing, website design and systems administration. She manages our Moodle installation for the online courses. She maintains our online database driven helpdesk, (which allows the tracking and management of service help requests whether by phone, email or through the online app.) She also maintains our Enrollment Center which takes student registrations and manages authentication and enrollments of students whether they register directly with OLT (OnLine Training) or one of our many online partners (Colleges which offer OLT courses) or resellers (companies who sell OLT courses) and affiliates (websites which link to OLT products and receive a commission from referred sales).

Nanci Lemaster

Instructor for Canada



Nanci LeMaster- Nanci has 18 years experience in adult education as a teacher and program administrator. Her undergraduate degree in Learning Disabilities and Masters degree in Alternative Education with administrative endorsement provides her with knowledge and skills that supports teaching and learning.

Recently, Nanci has been involved in curriculum development for online learning.

Nanci joined OLT in 2001.
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Real Estate

Don Widmayer

Director of OLT Real Estate School

Don Widmayer - Course Writer, Instructor, Broker

Don has been in the real estate business for over 35 years beginning his career in Virginia inside the Beltway near Washington, DC. He began teaching prelicensing real estate courses in the late 90's in Virginia Beach and continued instructing students after moving to Florida in the early 2000s.

Don has taught thousands of students over the years and currently owns a real estate school and brokerage. In addition to classroom training for several schools, he has also taught for two local associations of REALTORS® teaching continuing education courses and the National Association of REALTORS® Code of Ethics course.

Don currently holds the following licenses: Florida broker, real estate instructor, appraiser instructor, and Virginia broker and instructor licenses. He is also a member of the Real Estate Educators Association which provides networking opportunities and instructor and school owner education allowing him to provide the best experience possible for each and every student he instructs whether personally or through his online courses. He has been writing online courses for several companies since 2005.

"Your education is important to me. Whether I teach you in person or you take the course online, I want to make sure that you have a great experience, and that you would come back to us in the future and refer someone you know to our school."

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Professional and Personal Development

Lillian D. Bjorseth

Lillian D. Bjorseth - Her audiences and clients call Lillian D. Bjorseth: Articulate, Awesome, Content-Driven, Insightful, Persuasive, Powerful, Practical. Now, you can spend time with this dynamic woman and share her vast knowledge of people skills and relationship building.

Lillian combines her Fortune 100 and entrepreneurial career to help you build a new kind of wealth - social capital. In her inimitable way, she helps you develop your networking and communication skills to take you to a new level of business and career success and, very likely, more financial capital.

Lillian's a top graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism She spent her corporate career in public relations and communications before starting Duoforce Enterprises in 1990. She is author of Breakthrough Networking: Building Relationships That Last, 52 Ways To Break The Ice & Target Your Market, and the Nothing Happens Until We Communicate CD and workbook series. She's a contributing author to Masters of Networking and a co-presenter of the Marketing Boot Camp DVD.

The Chicago Tribune calls her a networking expert and the Association Forum of Chicagoland calls her the business networking authority. She was among the first in the world to earn a certified DiSC trainer designation from Inscape Publishing.

A founding member of the Relationship Networking Industry Association, Lillian is also a member of the National Speakers Association and the Naperville, IL Area Chamber of Commerce. She's co-founder of the highly successful Great Chicago Networking Extravaganza and is interviewed frequently in the media.

Lillian's listed in more than a dozen Who's Who and was recently named one of the Great Women of the 21st Century.

Lillian D. Bjorseth

Judith Patino-Rodrigue - Advertising sales and marketing executive, Judith Patino-Rodrigue, is an author, certified professional and life coach, instructor, and training and development specialist who helps individuals reach their goals through proven processes and practices. Her career includes providing solutions to clients and helping individuals identify and eliminate beliefs that stop them from finding their inner happiness and achieving success.

While employed at DHL Worldwide Express and Nortel Networks, Judith developed and delivered soft skills training programs throughout the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, both in English and Spanish.  She recently resigned from her Local Sales Manager position at Spanish Broadcasting System to pursue her coaching, revive her training and development career, and launch The Skills Masters, a web-based career and personal development company.

Having coached everyone from those at the top of their game to those suffering in their darkest days, Judith is acutely aware that one's attitude truly does define them. It may sound like a simple admission but, as seen time and time again, it's all too easy to let negativity creep into the psyche and start throttling back on life's dreams.  She expands on this knowledge in her powerful and truly life-changing new book, Pick Me. Patino-Rodrigue equips readers from all walks of life with all they need to discover and embrace their own "winning attitude;" a bold new way of thinking that brings a life more prosperous and joyful than anyone could imagine.

Patino-Rodrigue augments her coaching, training and workshops by building confidence among audiences of all ages so they can better perceive who people truly are, focus on themselves, and strengthen their personal growth whether financial, spiritual, or professional.

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Last Updated: 4/18/22 by K. Wenke