Annual Report 2009-2010 - Graduate School of Education and ...

Ms. Chin KimKim is a doctoral student at GSEP. She is executive director ofEnglish Education Curriculum International where she teachesEnglish as a second language.Dr. Lydia Ledesma-ReeseLedesma-Reese is an alumna of the doctor of educationin institutional management program at GSEP and aneducational consultant. She has worked both privatelyand with firms such as Education Leadership, Inc., whichspecialize in various realms of educational development. Shehas experience in staff development; management training;organizational development; educational, vocational, andstudent service programs; institutional and strategic planning;multicultural education and communication; and foundationand executive searches.Dr. Leo MalletteMallette is an alumnus of the doctor of education inorganizational leadership program at GSEP and a seniorproject engineer at the Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo,California. He provides technical and programmatic supportfor spacecraft programs, following 30 years in projectmanagement of satellite systems at Boeing. Mallette is anadjunct faculty member at the Pepperdine University GraziadioSchool of Business Management, and participates on severalGSEP doctoral committees.Dr. Melvin MusickMusick graduated from the doctor of education in organizationchange program at GSEP in 2008. For the past 18 years,Musick has acted as an external consultant at Los Angelesbasedcompany Organizational Concepts. In this role, heassesses and creates the issues, policies, and programsaffecting residents of California and other states.Mrs. Jennifer RickerRicker received her bachelor’s degree from Seaver Collegein 1976 and is a licensed marriage and family therapist inprivate practice. Ricker serves alongside her husband on theBoone Center for the Family Advisory Board.Dr. Earnestine Thomas-RobertsonThomas-Robertson is an alumna of George PepperdineCollege and GSEP’s doctor of education in institutionalmanagement program, for which she wrote her dissertationon Globalizing in Community College Curricula. She is thepresident of the Los Angeles-Lusaka Sister City Committee,vice president of business relations for Born Ready Industries,Inc., and Dean Emeritus of Los Angeles Southwest College.Dr. Marilyn WrightWright received both her master’s from GSEP in 1989 and herdoctor of psychology from GSEP in 1995. She is a licensedclinical psychologist in private practice. An adjunct professorat GSEP for 10 years, Wright was honored as a DistinguishedAlumnus in 2005.Mrs. Wendie YoungYoung is a 1985 graduate of Seaver College with a bachelor ofscience degree in mathematics and computer science. She isthe vice president of Orioxi International Corporation, a globalexporting and importing company.Dr. Ziegfred YoungYoung received his master of science in school managementand administration in 1983 and doctor of education ininstitutional management in 1988. He was awarded anhonorary Doctor of Laws by GSEP in 2008. Young is presidentof Orioxi International Corporation.Dr. Michael O’SullivanO’Sullivan graduated from the master of arts in administrationprogram at GSEP in 1974, and the doctor of education ininstitutional management program at GSEP in 1987. Herecently retired from the Los Angeles Unified School Districtafter 44 years of service. In addition, he spent the last sixyears as president of the Associated Administrators of LosAngeles, serving nearly 3,000 administrators in contractnegotiation and related matters, and still acts as a part-timefield representative for the union.Dr. Susan RiceRice received her doctor of education in community collegeadministration in 1986. Rice is an advanced certifiedfundraising executive and the founder and principal ofSFR Consulting. She also serves Pepperdine Universityas a distinguished member of the Board of Regents. Ricegenerously sponsored the Dean’s Distinguished LectureSeries, launching in the fall of 2010.p [ 43 ]