Professional Bio

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • Master of Arts, Organization Development, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • M.A.T. (Teaching), Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Regis University, Associate Professor, M.S. Organization Leadership, Faculty Adviser
  • Chief Empowerment Officer, Learning4Change, an educational and change management consulting firm
  • City Colleges of Chicago, Acting Associate Vice Chancellor and Executive Director, Curriculum and Instruction, Adult Education
  • DePaul University, Consultant, School for New Learning, Chicago, Ill.
  • Executive Director, Operations Manager and Policy Analyst, Center for Community College Policy
  • University of Denver, Adjunct Professor, The Women’s College
  • Community College of Aurora, Dean (functional Vice President), Educational Development and Faculty Services, Aurora, Colo.
  • Community College of Aurora, Director, Faculty/Staff/Organization Development; Tenured Faculty Member, Aurora, Colo.
  • Community College of Aurora, Director, Integrated Thinking Skills Project, Aurora, Colo.
  • Chicago Public Schools, High School English/Special Education Teacher

Research & Scholarship

Publications and Presentations

Edited - Critical Thinking:  Educational Imperative, a  New Directions for Community Colleges Sourcebook.  San Francisco, Calif.:  Jossey-Bass.

Authored - Model Memos for Every Business Occasion and other business writing books. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:  Prentice-Hall

Faculty Development Program (Community College of Aurora, CO) featured in Strangers in Their Own Land:  Part-time Faculty in American Community Colleges (1995), John and Suanne Roueche, Mark Milliron.  Washington, D.C.:  American Association of Community Colleges.

Awards & Recognition

  • Directed a nationally acclaimed, comprehensive faculty development program named a Colorado Program of Excellence.  Wrote grant proposal on which selection was based.  Grant writing/development netted college more than $1.5 million over 5 years
  • Wrote grant proposal, funded by the U.S. Department of Education for $330,000, to design a professional development program for college faculty of color
  • Outstanding Educational Development and Faculty Services (EDFS) Dean, Community College of Aurora, CO
  • Teacher for a Change Award, Faculty/Staff/Organizational Development Division, Community College of Aurora, CO
  • John Fry Individual Merit Award, Single-Campus Award for Outstanding Professional Development, National Council for Staff, Program, and Organization Development
  • Graduate, Leadership Aurora
  • National Teaching Excellence Award, National Institute for Staff and Organization Development, University of Texas at Austin
  • Outstanding Community College Educator Award, Aurora, Colorado, Rotary Club
  • Distinguished Faculty of the Year, Community College of Aurora, CO
  • Outstanding Educator Award, Colorado State Department of Education

Community Involvement & Service

  • Founded the international Teaching for a Change Conference for school, college and business change agents
  • Served as Writing Coordinator/Advisor for the Precision Writing Program at Regis University, designed to help students improve their writing and critical thinking skills
  • Facilitated teaching/learning transformation and change management in organizations throughout the United States and in Canada, South Africa, Germany, and Micronesia
  • Developed and facilitated the Workforce Preparation Academy for City Colleges of Chicago, to bridge adult education students into occupational/technical career ladders and certificate/degree programs, in order to empower learners to attain family-sustaining wages and break cycles of poverty
  • Directed the operations of a national policy center that conducts research to inform higher education policymakers and leaders