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Project areas: strategic planning, program development and feasibility analysis, accreditation, marketing, enrollment management, Trustee relations, Shared governance,student assessment, community development and partnerships, faculty and staff development, achieving diversity on campus, mentoring and succession planning, executive recruitment, strategic partnerships and alliances, extramural funding and venture capital ,other key areas related to institutional stability, growth and development, violence on campus: defining the problem and strategies for action

Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus, Ohio is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and other specialty nursing accreditors, private not for profit college of nursing. With a strong and vibrant history of over 115 years of educating nurses offering degrees from the undergraduate baccalaureate, Masters’ and Doctor of Nursing Practice level. A student body of approximately 850 students, U.S. News & World Report Names Mount Carmel College of Nursing RN-to-BSN Degree Program Among Its 2023 Best Online Programs. The online program is ranked 65th best in the country for any degree and second in the state of Ohio.

Registry for College and University Presidents interim assignment., mid-sized comprehensive masters/baccalaureate granting university, Minority Serving Institution (MSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) serving a diverse student body of approximately 8200 students. The College of Health and Human Services is comprised of five academic departments: Health, Human Services, Public Policy, Kinesiology, Nursing, Social Work, and Physician Assistant. Key areas/accomplishments• Function as the College’s chief academic /fiscal officer, providing leadership and advocacy for: strategic and budgetary planning• Created effective communication demonstrating inclusive transparency in leadership and management in decision making • Shared Governance model • Established Executive Leadership Council to increase inclusiveness in decision making and communication processes• enrollment planning; curricular and fiscal management; • student recruitment and retention • program review and accreditation• faculty and staff recruitment, supporting professional development, evaluation, and retention • developed diversity and social equity initiative supporting excellence in teaching, scholarship, creative activity, research, and professional application • university and community relations• fundraising, grant development • supported the mental well-being of the College community because of the environment of COVID remote learning, developed Re-population plan• communicate with community partners to strengthen established relationships and to look for opportunities to extend both friend and fund raising• strengthen diversity and inclusion in hiring and programming as core values • identify external funding and budget management strategies in the self-sustaining programs to move them to financial viability• assist in the hiring of the permanent dean• assist in the on-boarding of the permanent dean

Provide leadership for the establishment of a new College of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences. Key responsibility for developing the feasibility analysis, working with state and national accreditation organization, local and statewide regulatory agencies, national, state and local professional organizations regarding establishment of a new academic institution. Developed staffing models and hiring plans and model for academic and support staff, real estate and site development, oversight for the mission, direction, policies, programs, and overall operations working to assure that all programs, policies, and operations are functioning to achieve the mission of the school, and that all programs and educational services are designed to maximize the student learning experience.

Graduate Professional school of psychology and health sciences.Santa Barbara, an affiliate of TCS Education System, one of the largest nonprofit education systems in the US. I was recruited by TCS-ES to develop SBGI from a niche, psychology school into a multidisciplinary health sciences and psychology institution. (SBGI was merged into a higher education affiliate of the TCSES-system and ceased operation 03/2012)Provided leadership as the Chief Executive Officer for all academic, administrative and fiscal affairs for SBGI. Lead campus planning, human resource development, provision of resources, alliance-building, accreditation and compliance, institutional planning and research, and productivity measurement and improvement. Facilitated MERGER of SBGI into an affiliate of TCSES System

Ottawa University, established in 1865 is a not-for-profit, multi-state, multi-campus institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, serving approximately 7,500 students. Ottawa offered both on ground and online instruction.Provided direction for campuses in Arizona. Oversaw of all fiscal, administrative and academic operations, budget development, fund development and monitoring, creating new revenue and entrepreneurial models, new program development, accreditation, setting strategic and priorities for program sustainability and strategic growth, admissions, and retention. Managed all professional staff and acted as liaison with federal, state and regional agencies. Community involvement including Board and Committee memberships. Selected key accomplishments:• Participated in re-designed organizational structure including entire admissions/enrollment/retention process resulting in an increase in enrollments and turnaround from long term declining enrollments. Ottawa University saw its revenues improve 57 percent helping turn a $5.5 million deficit to a $3.7 million surplus. • facilitated the creation of the School of Arts and Science; School of Education; School of Business and other specialized divisions• Created models and systems to enhance the student engagement and experience resulting in increased retention and persistence • Negotiated facilities/real-estate leases.• Opened and gained full accreditation for new campus in an innovative benchmark public/private partnership to offer seamless pathways for transfer to baccalaureate and masters level programs resulting in increase of transfer students and revenue streams.• Conducted feasibility analysis and designed new academic health sciences initiative programs and degrees. • Developed models, programs and funding to increase net revenues.• Established cross disciplinary teams.• Established Advisory Board of key community and business leaders.

Hartnell College accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, (WASC) and other specialty agencies is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution serving over 14,000 students.Vice President for Instruction/Assistant Superintendent leadership to academic, instructional, student support, accreditation, fiscal affairs, budgeting, recruiting/hiring/evaluating faculty,staff, student recruitment, enrollment, retention. Managed strategic planning, course scheduling, accreditation for all academic programs, support programs (campus, non-campus, on-line and distance education). Selected key accomplishments:•Supported and monitored curriculum, program review process, accreditation and institutional governance committees and structure •Served as liaison will all accreditation, state and federal agencies including Community College Chancellors Office, WASC among others•Developed student centric scheduling process that maximized efficiency in enrollments resulting in increasing persistence and time to degree completion•Developed student recruitment mechanisms and support services that resulted in increased student enrollments in low enrolled programs and increased program completion•Created systems for student support •Created budget monitoring and transparency process for budget exceeding $40 million and procedures to measure academic program productivity and enhanced accountability.•Created key advisory committees with industry, labor ,college administrative , faculty, staff membership that secured extramural funding, student scholarships, internships and job opportunities for graduates•Redesigned Basic Education and “Gateway” programs•Developed systems to increase enrollment and degree completion of underrepresented students in key programs such as STEM, Health Sciences, etc•Secured extramural funding to develop a regional model and offer educational programming to a seven county region of California that was underserved for selected programs

This was an elected position (voluntary) representing Chief Academic Officers in colleges' in the Central Region of California. Issues common to leading academic affairs such as accreditation, persistence rates, access, equity, increasing graduation rates budget, finance, faculty, staff and student issues were among items this organization worked on and sought solutions. A key function of this organization was to serve as a liaison with the State Chancellors' Office and other governmental and regulatory entities. Key projects: consulting on the development of the California State Chancellors' Office long range strategic planning, serving as a liaison with legislative areas on budgeting and financing academic programs. Other key projects focused on Mentoring , in particular underrepresented indivduals, to enter Executive leadership roles in colleges'. Annual and regional conferences were held as a strategy to facilitate communication and dissemination of "Best Practices" in leading and managing higher education organizations.

Dean, College of Health Sciences and Professor of Public Health and Health Care AdministrationDes Moines University Founder and Director of the Center for the Prevention of Community ViolenceDes Moines University, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, and other specialty agencies, serves approximately 2,900 students for graduate and post-graduate work in the health sciences and related helping disciplines. Dean College of Health ProfessionsProfessor Public Health and Health AdministrationFounder and Director, Center for the Prevention of Community ViolenceFunction as chief academic/fiscal officer for academic unit. Served as a liaison between the college and the local, state, national, and international community. Supported 900 students, 14 fulltime faculty, and approximately 290 clinical faculties.Selected key accomplishments: • In an organization that had issues with accreditation, created organizational structure and governance model, including systems and processes to measure student learning outcomes.• Created organizational structure and re-deployed personnel for more effective utilization. • Supported and mentored faculty efforts to redesign academic programs.• Gained accreditation and implemented new degree distinctive programs offered in multiple delivery formats and offered at distant sites.• Created advisory councils of highly visible, high net worth individuals.• Worked on team that secured federal line item ($1 million) appropriation to create Geriatric Education and Research Center.• Created/participated in Governmental Relations program. • Created an Alumni Association and donor base to secure strategic support.• Worked on creating institutional “branding” including organizational name change and development of a “tag line.”

The Center for the Prevention of Community Violence - a research and programmatic institute focused on community engagement in understanding and preventing violence in the community, nation and globally. The Center sponsored collaborative research, community wide task forces and policy development. The Center brought together violence prevention specialist, researcher, practitioners, students from numerous disciplines and programs to seek methods and system to prevent violence in the community, nation and globally. In addition to research, numerous forums and symposium fostering open communication and dialogue focused on collaborative program development. Key areas of focus, preventing violence against women and children, domestic violence , school violence, violence in the work place,ending bias, bigotry and racism, domestic violence from a global prescriptive, teen violence among community and global issues.

California State University, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and other specialty agencies, is a comprehensive urban university serving a diverse student population of approximately 14,000 students.Dean, School of HealthAssociate Dean, School of Health Associate Professor, Health Sciences (tenured)Provided leadership and coordination for the academic, fiscal, and administrative support of the school; managed one of the largest distance education programs in the US. Selected key accomplishments:• Expanded California statewide based degree completion program in multiple delivery formats and won designation by Forbes Magazine as top cyber program in the USA.• Increased funding base and secured numerous grants totaling over $5 million.• Deployed funding mechanisms and entrepreneurial programs.• Expanded recruitment of diverse student and faculty pools.• Managed budget of over $20 million dollars, 28 fulltime faculty, 293 Adjunct faculty, and 2,200 students.• Created strategic alliances and partnerships.