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KAREN DILL BOWERMAN, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Business & Public Administration
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway, JB 278
San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397
E-Mail
Phone (909) 537-5700 ~ Fax (909) 537-7026

CURRICULUM VITAE SUMMARY

University:  Dean, College of Business & Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino 2004 - current
Interim Dean, Craig School of Business, California State University, Fresno 2003 - 2004
Associate Dean, Craig School of Business, California State University, Fresno 1998 - 2003
Professor of Management and Human Resources Management, Craig School of Business, California State University, Fresno 1979 - 2004

Education: Ph.D. from Texas A&M in Administration
Lifetime National Accreditation: SPHR [Senior Professional in Human Resources]

Professional activities:  Academic publications such as instructors' guidebooks and video cases for HRM and organizational theory, research on team behavior, leadership text under contract; presentations to academic and professional audiences; community service on boards for economic development;   forensics consultation and expert testimony given in the areas of human resources and general management for cases pertaining to compensation, wrongful discharge, corporate reorganization and downsizing, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace; Skelly Investigator and Hearing Officer.

Prior managerial experience in business and government organizations

 

 

 

EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION, CERTIFICATION

Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1979 - Educational Administration
Named by the Graduate College from approx. 2000 doctoral students as "The 1979 Distinguished Doctoral Student for Academics, Research & Service"
Dissertation: "Conflict-Handling by Department Heads in Higher Educational Administration"

M.A. Kansas University, 1970 - Interpersonal Relations
Thesis: "Four-Step Flow of Communication: The Role of Government and Mass Media in Influencing Public Opinion"

B.A. Wichita State University, 1969 - Political Science and Speech double major.
Magna Cum Laude, and recipient of the three honors given at graduation in the two majors: "Most Outstanding Senior in Political Science" and "Most Outstanding Senior in Speech" voted by students in both disciplines; "Most Outstanding Treatise" at graduation, selected by Political Science professors.

SPHR [Senior Professional in Human Resources] 1987-1993 and then in January 1994, accredited for life; initial designation requires meeting educational, knowledge and experience requirements of the Human Resource Certification Institute, affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management.

Examiner, Member of the California Awards for Performance Excellence™ Board of Examiners, 2002.  Certified July 12, 2002 to be a member of the Board of Examiners applying Baldrige National Quality Program criteria, scoring applications for quality awards, visiting on site, and participating in team feedback reports to applicants.  

UNIVERSITY

TITLE

Dean, College of Business & Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino  June 2004 - current  

Dean ad interim, Craig School of Business, California State University, Fresno  2003 - 2004

Associate Dean of the Sid Craig School of Business 1998 - 2003
Oversee State and Foundation budgets of over $8M, computer resources, data collection for assessment of graduate and student satisfaction, undergraduate advising, curriculum planning, outreach activities to high schools and community colleges, scholarships, student organizations, student awards at graduation, instructional resources, publications for outreach and recruiting, facility and facility planning. 

Professor of Management and Human Resources Management 1979 - 2004
California State University, Fresno [Tenured in 1983]

COURSES TAUGHT

Executive Leadership, Seminar in HRM, Seminar in Management Theory and Organizational Design, Staffing the Organization, Administration of Personnel, Administration and Organizational Behavior, Seminar in Organizational Behavior, Organization and Management Theory, Advanced Management Block Program, Principles of Marketing, Management Projects, Theses and Readings in Business

UNIVERSITY SERVICE [also see community service]

Board of Directors, Leonard University Transportation Center, CSUSB, December 2006 - current

Founding member and Director of Communication of new AACSB (business accreditation body) Affinity Group:  American Association of State Colleges and Universities Business Schools, approved by AACSB Board of Directors, November 2006 - current

Serve on the Administrative Council and various university committees as Dean of the College of Business and Public Administration at CSUSB.  Within the College, established programs such as Dean's Executive Advisory Board, Business Alliance, and Executive-in-Residence  2004 - current

Member, Phi Beta Delta, Gamma Lambda Chapter (Honor Society for International Scholars) 2005-06 inductee - current

Business Associates and Business Associates Board of Directors, ex officio, Craig School of Business  1998 - 2004; researched, reconciled, and maintained membership information 1998 - 2002; administrator of "Business Innovative Projects Program"  (BIPP)  1998 - 2002

Business Advisory Council, ex officio, Craig School of Business  2003 - 2004

Alumni and Friends of the Craig School of Business, Board of Directors, ex officio  2003 - 2004

California State University, Fresno Strategic Planning Committee 2003 - 2004

Founding Faculty Director, Central CA Institute for Family Business Study, University Business Center 1990-1993 and member of the Board of Directors of Institute for Family Business 2003 - 2004

AACSB Self-Study for Craig School of Business: Standards for Business Reaccreditation, Prepared initial draft in Fall 1997; incorporated feedback from stakeholder groups for Spring 1998 publication.  Also directed the AACSB Interim Report on Technology in March 2002 and wrote AACSB Interim Report on Key Factors in January 2004.

Interdisciplinary Technology Ad Hoc Committee, combining disciplines of Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering with Business  2002

Adviser / Developer of Craig Business Scholars organization for Craig Scholars and Fresno Merchant Scholars; developer of Craig Ambassadors program; and administrative sponsor/developer of Students in Free Enterprise 1999 - 2004

Visiting team for five-year review of Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Fall 2001

CSU-UC Collaboration Committee, 1998 - 1999

Supervised (three units of reassigned time) operations of Undergraduate Student Services, Instructional Resource Center, and serve as liaison to Career Development & Employment Services and Business Advisory Council while continuing AACSB Self-Study coordination, Spring 1998

Member of Search Committees such as Director of National Board of visitors, Career Services Director, Director of Advancement, Reighard Chair, Asst. Provost for Personnel, Asst. Director of HR,  Outreach Coordinator, and affirmative action designee on faculty searches  1993 - current

Administrative Operations Review Team Analysis, 1997

Interim Management Department Chair, Spring 1997

Chair, Faculty Executive Committee and Chair, Faculty Assembly, Craig School of Business 1993-1994

Craig School of Business Executive Committee 1991-1994

University Personnel Committee 1992-1994

Chair of several mentorship committees for tenure-track faculty 1985-1994

School of Business Graduate Committee 1991-1993

School of Business Personnel Committee 1989-91

Faculty Awards Subcommittee of University Personnel 1986-88

CSUF Foundation Board of Directors and Bookstore Advisory Committee 1984-87

Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Women's Studies program management and structure 1985

Chair, Management 110 Curriculum Committee 1980-87

Chair, Management Option Committee (to design a management major) 1984-85

Chair, CSUF Leon Peters Leadership Seminar 1987, 85, 84

Chair, Faculty participation in University's WASC Reaccreditation 1983

Chair, CSUF Academic Senate 1982-83

Chair, University Faculty Affirmative Action Committee 1981-82

Chair, University Continuing Education Subcommittee 1980-81

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS & PROCEEDINGS

O. Kwon, I. Kurniawan, and K. D. Bowerman.  "Intelligent Facilitation Agent:  Automating Group Meeting Facilitation."  Chapter 2 in book Intelligent Decision Support Systems in Agent-Mediated Environments Gloria Phillips-Wren and Lakhmi Jain, editors.  Amsterdam:  IOS Press, 2005.

Karen Dill Bowerman, Terence Curran, James Freiburger, Linda Hartenian, and Ray Maghroori.  "Does Participating in Team Sports Contribute to Effective Workplace Team Behavior?"  Review of Business Research, October 2004.

Ivan Kurniawan, Ojoung Kwon, and Karen Dill Bowerman.  "Intelligent Facilitation Agent:  Automating Group Meeting Facilitation."  Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technologies and the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis,    Orlando, Florida, July 31-August 2, 2003, pp. 193-198.  Indexed in:  Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP/ISI Proceeding); Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (CDROM version); Current Content Proceedings - Engineering & Physical Sciences.

Best Paper Award in the Human Interaction with Information Systems division of the International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technologies, Orlando, Florida, July 31 - August 2, 2003.

Lisa M. Houts, Karen Dill Bowerman, and Fred Evans.  Proceedings of the International Applied Business Research Conference, "Helping Students Gain Focus and Direction:  The Methodology of a Successful Class to Introduce Students to the Business School."  Acapulco, Mexico, March 17 - 21, 2003. 

Bowerman, Curran, Freiburger, Hartenian, Maghroori "A Successful Virtual Team Adventure"  Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, January 2002.

Maghroori, Bowerman, Curran, Freiburger, and Hartenian "Collaborative Research Via E-Mail:  One Team's Story" Abstract in Proceedings of the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management, for the IBAM8 conference held in San Diego, California, November 8-11, 2000.    

Bowerman, Karen Dill Instructor's Resource Guide with Test Bank to accompany Essentials of Organization Theory & Design, by Richard Daft  St. Paul, MN: South-Western College Publishing Co. 2000.  144 pages.  

Coe, Charlene and Karen Dill Bowerman PowerPoint To Accompany Organization Theory & Design, 6th edition by Richard Daft.  St. Paul, MN: South-Western College Publishing Co. 2000.  

Bowerman, Karen Dill Instructor's Manual with Integrative Case Notes, Handouts for Video Cases, and Test Bank to accompany Organization Theory & Design, 7th edition by Richard Daft.  St. Paul, MN:  South-Western College Publishing Co. 2000.  342 pages. 

Bowerman, Karen Dill and Victor Panico (deceased).   "NIBBS Health Equipment Company: A Case"  Proceedings of Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management National Conference held in Annapolis, Maryland, November 4-6, 1999.

Jones, Gerald, Karen Dill Bowerman, et al "Augmenting the Learning in Distance Learning: The Management Block" Proceedings of the 40th Annual Mountain Plains Management Conference for the conference held in Denver, Colorado, October 14-17, 1998.

Bowerman, Karen Dill  Instructor's Manual with Integrative Case Notes, Handouts for Video Cases, and Test Bank to accompany Organization Theory & Design, 6th edition by Richard Daft  Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing Co. 1998.

Coe, Charlene and Karen Dill Bowerman PowerPoint Presentation of the text Organization Theory & Design, 6th edition by Richard Daft Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing Co. 1998.

Coe, Charlene and Karen Dill Bowerman Transparency Masters to accompany Organization Theory & Design, 6th edition by Richard Daft [402 pages] Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing Co. 1998.

Bowerman, Karen Dill Instructor's Resource Guide with Test Bank to accompany Essentials of Organization Theory & Design, by Richard Daft [200 pages] Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing Co. 1998.

Gerald Jones, Karen Dill Bowerman, & Victor Panico "Degree of Optimism: Relationship Between GPA and Perceived Quality of a Successful HRM Program" Proceedings Management and Organizational Behavior track of the Western Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting April 7-11, 1998.

Bowerman, Karen Dill Price Costco Video Case to accompany human resources management, introductory management, and organization theory textbooks. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1996. (Served as the publisher's human resources and management advisor and editor in the production of this video case study.)

Bowerman, Karen Dill Instructor's Resource Guide with Test Bank to Accompany Organization Theory & Design 5th edition by Richard Daft [300 pages] St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co. 1995.

Bowerman, Karen Dill Transparency Acetates to Accompany Organization Theory & Design 5th edition by Richard Daft and also Transparency Masters to Accompany Organization Theory & Design 5th edition by Richard Daft St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1995.

Bowerman, Karen Dill IBAX Video Case St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1995. (Served as the publisher's management advisor and editor for production of this video case study.)

Bowerman, Karen Dill Minnesota Twins Video Case St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1995. (Served as the publisher's management advisor and editor for production of video case study.)

Bowerman, Karen Dill Instructor's Manual with Video Guide to Accompany Human Resource Management 6th edition by Gary Dessler Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1994.

Bowerman, Karen Dill "Book Review: Working with the Ones You Love by Dennis Jaffe" Family Business Review, V (Spring 1992), 103-106.

Little Hoover Commission, Report to the City of Fresno. Fresno, CA: March 1992. (Karen Dill Bowerman chaired the "Personnel Department" section of this report of the commission, pp. D-135 through D-174.)

Bowerman, Karen Dill and Charlene Brown “Quality:  Just the Latest Buzzword?  U.S. Managers’ Understanding of Quality Principles  Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences Las Vegas, NV  November 11-13, 1985,  757-59.

Bowerman, Karen Dill  A Primer on Collective Values” San Joaquin Valley Business Perspectives  Spring 1983 [8:2] 7-18.

Dill, Karen and M.J. Sexton.  “Conflict-Handling for School Principals” National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin, April 1979 [426:63] 1-10.

Dill, Karen and M.J. Sexton.  “The Time Management Ladder” The Education Digest, November 1978 [XLIV:3] 34-35.  [The digest summary is from the March 1978 article by the same title.]

Dill, Karen and M.J. Sexton.  “The Time Management Ladder  Educational Leadership, March 1978 [35:6] 482-86.  [This article was translated into multiple languages and reprinted.]

Dill, Karen and M.J. Sexton.  "Educational Leadership:  No Longer A Potpourri"  Educational Leadership, October 1977 [35:1], 19-24.

 

TEXTBOOK UNDER CONTRACT

Leadership:  Motivating Followers, Achieving Results, and Inspiring Change with Montgomery VanWart, New York:  M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

REVIEWS

Reviewer of papers for the joint conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS 2004 and the International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2004 (Orlando, Florida).

Review of Organization Theory 2/e by Gareth R. Jones for Pearson Education Division of Prentice Hall; May, 1999.

UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS

The Budget Book is prepared annually for the CSUSB College of Business and Public Administration in order to maintain transparency of budget processes; published for all faculty and staff at the first all-CBPA meeting of each academic year.

Student Demographics with CSB Assessment Data "3rd Annual Green Book"
for the Craig School of Business.  Summer 2001.
Student Demographics "2nd Annual Green Book"
for the Craig School of Business.  Summer 2000.
CSB Student Demographics
, with Graduate Survey Results and data summaries of enrollment and demographics. February 1999.  

Interim Report for Business Accreditation Committee
  January 15, 2004
Interim Report on Technology
  March 5, 2002. 
AACSB Self-Study Evaluation Report
, May 1998 (primary author).

OTHER BOOKS

Children Within the Cycle: A Resource Manual for Community Leaders on Family Violence Office of the Governor of the State of Texas, December 1978.  Written while project director of $111,029 Criminal Justice Division grant.


SELECTED SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS

July 13, 2007.  XVII Association of Chinese Management Educators International Conference on Pacific Rim Management "Pursuing High Quality Teaching and Research" panel chair with nine distinguished Chinese deans, Las Vegas.  [The conference is co-sponsored by CBPA of California State University, San Bernardino with others]

April 13, 2007.  Regional Conference on Excellence in Teaching & Learning "Commitment to Guest Speakers in Executive Leadership:  A Model for Inspiration, Engagement, and Applied Learning" with Greg Zerovnik, Fresno, CA

September 3, 2006.  Visiting lecturer in Executive MBA program, National Cheng Kung University 國立成功大學, Tainan City, Taiwan.

November 2-5, 2005.  Keynote Speaker "Higher Education Transformed:  Traditional to International to Global.”  2005 International Conference on Knowledge-Based Economy & Global Management, Southern Taiwan University of Technology.

September 9, 2005.  Keynote "Real Women Living Unconventional Lives," Congressman Joe Baca's Women's Conference 2005, San Bernardino.

October 17-20, 2004.  K. Bowerman, T. Curran, J. Freiburger, L. Hartenian, and R. Maghroori.  "Does Participating in Team Sports Contribute to Effective Workplace Team Behavior?"  International Academy of Business and Economics 2004 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

April 15-17, 2004.  O. Kwon, P. Haugan, K. Bowerman, and R. Suryana.  "CyberCollaboratory:  A Productivity Tool To Improve Labor-Management Relationship."  Trilateral Conference on Quality of Life:  Impact on Society, Environment and Education in Asia Pacific and the United States, Fresno, CA.

November 22, 2003.  Opening ceremony speech for the 15th Annual Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, co-sponsored by Chulalongkorn University and Craig School of Business (Drs. Peyvandi and Tai).  Bangkok, Thailand.

July 31-August 2, 2003.  Ivan Kurniawan, Ojoung Kwon, and Karen Dill Bowerman.  "Intelligent Facilitation Agent:  Automating Group Meeting Facilitation."  International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technologies and the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis,    Orlando, Florida,  Indexed in:  Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP/ISI Proceeding); Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (CDROM version); Current Content Proceedings - Engineering & Physical Sciences. [Paper presented at conference by O. Kwon].

March 17, 2003.  Karen Dill Bowerman and (undergraduate honors student) Ivan KurniawanCyberCollaboratory Day 2003, "Behavioral Considerations in Computer-Mediated Decision Making and Automated Group Facilitation."  Fresno, CA

March 7, 2003.  Karen Dill Bowerman and (undergraduate student chair of CSB Honor Code) Jennifer Marsh.  Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Conference on Excellence in Teaching and Learning   "Cheating and Plagiarism:  Response and Prevention."  Fresno, CA

September 20, 2002.  Faculty colloquium with Lynda Harding.  "Cheating and Plagiarism."  Fresno, CA

February 26, 2002.  Valley Employer’s Conference.  “Lawsuits: How to Avoid Helping the Plaintiff.”  Fresno, CA

February 25, 2002.  Johnsey Insurance Annual Meeting.  Keynote speaker on ethics for success in business.  Fresno, CA

February 14, 2002.  Buchanan High School Young Women’s Conference.  Keynote speaker “Reflect on the U2B.”  Clovis, CA

May 9, 2001.  WORKPLACE 2001, "Building Extraordinary Leadership."  Fresno, CA 

May 4, 2001.  Clovis Rotary.  "The Craig School:   Quality that is No Longer the Best Kept Secret."  Clovis, CA

November 8-11, 2000.  Karen Dill Bowerman, Ray Maghroori, James Freiburger, Linda Hartenian, and Terence Curran.   Panel Presentation for Division IV Track, Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, "Collaborative Research Via E-Mail: One Team's Story" on the strengths and weaknesses of e-mail as a means for collaborative research.  San Diego, CA

September 29, 2000.  Moderator of panel "Academic Perspectives on Experiential Learning" for Experiential Learning Conference, sponsored by The Solutions Center.  Fresno, CA

November 4-6, 1999.  Victor Panico and Karen Dill Bowerman.    "NIBBS Health Equipment Company: A Case" for IBAM National Conference. [Presented by Karen BowermanAnnapolis, Maryland.

October 19, 1999.  "Reasons A perfectly nice Expert Witness May Testify Against You" for HRACC, Affiliate of Society for Human Resource Management.  Fresno, CA

April 7-11, 1998. Paper presentation authored by Gerald Jones, Karen Dill Bowerman, & Victor Panico "Degree of Optimism: Relationship Between GPA and Perceived Quality of a Successful HRM Program" for Management and Organizational Behavior track of Western Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting [Presented by Gerald Jones]  Reno, NV

February 12-14, 1998. Paper presentation authored by Victor Panico, Gerald Jones & Karen Dill Bowerman, "Assuring 21st Century Quality in a Highly Successful Undergraduate Human Resource Management Program" Human Resource Management theme of Conference on Quality & Management: Quality Now and Directions for the 21st Century."  [Presented by Victor Panico]  ASU, Tempe, AZ

January 22, 1998. Paper presentation and on-line demonstration. "Web-Based Innovations for Undergraduate Seminars" Excellence in Teaching and Learning Conference by Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at California State University, Fresno

November 5, 1997 "Internships for Management Students" Presentation with Dr. Skip Sherwood at Department of Management Colloquium, California State University, Fresno

August 13, 1997 "A Higher Call: Management in Religious Institutions" Academy of Management annual meeting, Joint Symposium sponsored by three subdivisions of the Academy: Organization and Management Theory Division, Public Nonprofit Sector Division, Social Issues in Management Division:  “The Study of Religious Institutions for Management Scholarship” Boston, MA

April 30, 1997 Sponsor of Undergraduate Student Research Presentation "Sexual Harassment Cases: Level of Discipline Administered" Central California Research Symposium, Fresno, CA

July 25, 1996 "The Rhetoric of Values...or is it...The Value of Rhetoric?" Refereed paper presentation at the International Conference on Organisational Discourse: Talk, Text and Tropes, University of London, Management Centre of Kings College

March 25, 1996 "Governance Structure of the CSB and Critique of SAST Proposed Articles of Governance" to Articles of Governance Ad Hoc Committee, School of Agricultural Sciences &Technology, CSUF

July 27, 1995 "You the Manager as Trainer and Motivator" One day in-service training for regional managers of Adia Personnel Services, Chicago, Illinois

May 17, 1995 Planner and Panelist for the American Management Association's "Briefing on Human Resource Legal Issues" video teleconference, sponsored by the University Business Center

April 26, 1995 California Scholarship Federation Recognition Ceremony, Sanger High School, inspirational speaker

October 19, 1994 Panelist and Planning Committee member for the 1994 Working Women's Conference, an American Management Association video teleconference (AMA by Satellite) on “Leading Through Chaos.”

June 17, 1994 Channel 18 Law Quiz 8 - 9 p.m. on "Employment Law" as arranged by Wild, Carter, Tipton & Oliver.  Fresno, CA

April 22, 1993 14th Annual Central California Research Symposium "Adaptation of Peer Evaluation Process From Employment Setting to Classroom Setting" by Rosana Feinstein (student) and Karen Dill Bowerman, Ph.D.  Fresno, CA

October 19, 1990  “A Profile of Select Family Firms”  refereed presentation at the Family Firm Institute Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA

August 19 and 20, 1987 “Trust:  The Essential Team Ingredient” Professional enrichment workshop for the Internal Revenue Service Quality Assurance Branch, Fresno (CA) Service Center.

April 1, 1978  National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Pre-Conference Workshop and Monograph “Time Management.”  Kansas City, MO

April 4, 1978  National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, presentation and monograph “Don’t Put Off Your Off-Campus Students.”  Kansas City, MO

COMMUNITY SERVICE

California Inland Empire District Export Council (CIEDEC) member, appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to assist the regional business community in expanding international businesses; term through December 31, 2009.  Chair, CIEDEC Education Task Force, January 2007 - current, and Member, National District Export Council (DEC) Education Steering Committee, June 2007 - current. 

Inland Empire Economic Partnership (Riverside, CA), Executive Committee, Member of the Board of Directors, and Co-Chair of Education / Workforce Development Committee, 2006 - current (appointed November 2005, elected February 2006).

San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board, 2005 - current (installed February, 2005).

Inland Action alternate, 2006 - current.

BIA/Baldy View, Member of the Board of Directors, 2006 - 2007.

Tourism Committee, County of Fresno.  Appointed by Board of Supervisors and notified by Supervisor Phil Larson, District One, 2004.

Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, ex officio, September 2003 - 2004.

Fresno Compact Executive Board, ex officio,  September 2003 - 2004.

Fresno Renaissance Empowerment Zone, Board of Directors, and chair of Performance Evaluation Working Group to monitor committee reports, provide information for HUD performance reports (score cards) and assist in periodic Council report, September 2003 - 2004.

Chair, Light the Night Walk for the Fresno Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, October 11, 2003.  Results:  140 teams plus sponsors contributed $157,000 -- greater than 162% the revenue raised in 2002; additional  in-kind contributions of $30,150.  Committee member, 2001 and 2002.  

Examiner of applicant for Eureka Award for Performance Excellence and United States Senate Productivity Award, applying Baldrige National Quality Program criteria to application, scoring the application and participating in team consensus on all criteria, serving as lead examiner on human resource issues, and participating in team feedback reports to applicant, 2002.   Nominated for senior level status for 2003 California Awards for Performance Excellence "based on outstanding performance in the 2002 award process...."

Member, Rotary Club of Fresno, April 2003 - 2004.  Member, Membership Committee.

Cal Parents Board of Directors, Berkeley, April 2003 - 2006.

Facilitator for Community Hospitals Foundation Board of Directors planning retreat, March 22, 2003.

Board of Advisors for Patient Services, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Fresno Chapter, 2000 - 2002, Chair 2002

Clovis Unified School District volunteer in many capacities, including secretary of the Board of Directors of Buchanan History Day Association, History Day parent coach repeatedly at county, state and national levels, Science Fair parent coach at county and state levels, preparation of 1998-99 elementary school Student Directory with student artwork, Advisor for elementary school's Home Page presence on the Internet, Crafts Fair coordinator, CUSD Measure A Bond Volunteer, 1991 - current.

Produceone, Inc. Board of Directors and Secretary, Highland, 2000 - current.

Organized recognition of Craig Business Scholars for community service awards; as advisor, participate in most of the group's community service activities such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters and walk for the Juvenile Diabetes Association, 1999 - 2004.

Business Administration Program Advisory Committee, Fresno City College; 2000, 2001, 2002

Registration for "2000 & Beyond" International Plant Propagators' Society 41st annual meeting, Modesto, October 11, 2000 

Ordained Elder, Trinity Presbyterian Church 1993-1996; Director of Children's Ministries 1993 - 1994; Clerk of Session and Finance Director 1994 - 1996

Chair, Little Hoover Commission Personnel Task Force for review of personnel operations of the City of Fresno to enhance the City's operation and efficiency, 1991 - 1992

Planning Committee Member and Speaker, Central CA Women's Conference 1988 - 1999

Chair of 1987 Business Leadership Conference sponsored by U.S. Small Business Administration

Commissioner, Fresno City-County Commission on the Status of Women

American Red Cross Board of Directors and Chair of Health Marketing Committee 1984 - 86

Rotary Exchange Program to Uji, Japan sponsored by Metropolitan Rotary, 1982

Director, Japan Business Study Program, Summer 1983

Board of Directors & Personnel Chair of Meux Home Museum Corporation 1981 - 83

Fresno Chamber of Commerce Small Business Affairs Committee 1979 - 82

Speeches, workshops and seminars for various community organizations 1979 - current

Member, Texas Task Force on the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 1978 - 79

State Secretary, Texas Association of Women Deans and Administrators 1974 - 78

Mortar Board Alumnae Club, founder and president of Bryan/College Station Club 1974 – 77
 

WITNESS EXPERIENCE

(Trial or deposition testimony, or formal affidavits prepared ~1986-2004)

Haney vs. Aramark - Superior Court, Fresno
Lanouette v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. - Superior Court, Fresno
Alfano v. J.C. Penney - Superior Court, Fresno
Bohn v. Sun-Diamond Growers of CA - Superior Court, Fresno
Copeland v. Alfred Matthews, Inc. - Superior Court, Visalia
Hernandez v. J.G. Boswell Co. - Superior Court, Fresno
Sagaser v. Fresno Unified School District - Superior Court, Fresno
Gonzales v. Up-Right, Inc. - Superior Court, Fresno
Mallory v. Aratex Services - Superior Court, Fresno
Benavides v. Civic Center Professional Services, Inc. et. al. - Superior Court, Fresno
Daniels, Lehfeldt, & Lynch v. Campbell Soup - Superior Court, Fresno
Huckobey v. CCFMG - Superior Court, Fresno
Lee, Chavez, Rascon v. County of Fresno - Superior Court, Fresno
Googooian v. Up-Right, Inc. - Superior Court, Fresno
Hoskins v. Coca-Cola - Superior Court, Fresno
Oyeka v. County of Madera - Federal Court, Fresno
Eliason v. Home Federal Savings & Loan - Superior Court, Fresno
Alkazin v. WestAir Commuter Airlines, et. al. - Superior Court, Fresno
Faller v. Platte River Power Authority - Federal Court, Denver
Wages v. Coldwell Banker - Superior Court, Burbank
Housing Authorities of the City and County of Fresno Appeal of HUD Prevailing Wage
Determination - U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Chavira v. Payless Shoe Source - Superior Court, Fresno
Guzman v. Visalia Community Bank - Superior Court, County of Tulare
Skelly Investigator and Hearing Officer in public agencies and the university setting, 1996 - current
David Silva v. Upright, Inc. - Superior Court, Fresno
Glines v. MK Medical - Superior Court, Fresno
Merino v. Courtesy Oldsmobile - Superior Court, Merced
Rivera, et al., v. NIBCO, Inc., et al. - U.S. District Court
Herrera v Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno - Superior Court, Fresno

AWARDS

“2007 Woman of Distinction” named by Assemblymember Bill Emmerson 63rd District California Legislature, March 29, 2007.

Recognition for service as Interim Management Department Chair, 1997

"Faculty Award for Educational Innovation," Craig School of Business 1994

"Faculty Award for Classroom Excellence," Craig School of Business 1993

"Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise" $2500, School of Business 1986

Price-Babson Fellow in Entrepreneurship June 1986

"Women in Business Advocate of 1984" from District Small Business Administration

"Faculty Award for Classroom Excellence," School of Business 1982

"Duncan Enterprise Award for Community Service and Research," Recipient of the 1st annual award, School of Business 1981

Actress of the Year, U.S. Army Theaters, 1973.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AACSB International "New Deans Seminar" October 26-29, 2003; Memphis, Tennessee.

Examiner certification training by California Awards for Performance Excellence™, affiliated with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, July 10-12, 2002; San Jose, California.

Series of executive level discussions centered on recruitment of minority military officers, attendance at the annual Association of the U.S. Army ROTC Luncheon, and a meeting with the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Eric Shinseki.  October 16, 2000; Pentagon, Washington, D.C.  .

Investigator Training focused on issues pertaining to sexual harassment, August 15-16, 2000; Fresno, California, with General Counsel, Office of the Chancellor.

Guest of college recruiters of the People Division to Wal-Mart's Stockholders Meeting 2000, May 31-June 3, 2000; Bentonville, Arkansas.

Annual Meetings of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) on a variety of themes, beginning April 9-11, 2000 to current.

"Institutional Racism" workshop conducted by Glenn Singleton, April 7, 1999; CSUF.

National Association for Ethnic Studies, 26th Annual Conference, "Multi-Ethnic Communities: Planning for the 21st Century" March 26-29, 1998; Fresno, California.

AACSB Continuous Improvement Symposium, September 28-30, 1997; San Diego, California.

Odyssey Ropes Course, February 22, 1991; Cedar Vista Hospital, Fresno, California.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Executive Director of Texas Commission on the Status of Women, reporting directly to Governor D. Briscoe 1978-79 [Served as the first director of this state agency which was established by Executive Order; directed all administrative activities and served on statewide policy-making bodies]

Director (of grant), Texas Family Violence Project with the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration 1978-79; wrote and published A Resource Manual For Texas Community Leaders on Family Violence: Children Within the Cycle Austin, TX: Office of the Governor, 1978.

Consultant, Houston Independent School District  Management Development for Educational Leaders,” October – November 1977 and February 1978.

Asst. Director of Student Affairs following position as Student Development Coordinator, Texas A&M University, 1973-78

Co-Director of grant (with biochemistry Professor Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui), "Women in Science Program," National Science Foundation, 1977-78

Manager, Southern Investment Company in Fayetteville, N.C., 1970-73

Instructor, Interpersonal Relations, Dept. of Speech Communications & Human Relations, Kansas University 1969-70

 

PRE-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Research Assistant to Special Advisor for Education, Office of the Governor, Topeka, Kansas Summer 1968

Speech-Writing Dept., Air Pollution Control in DHEW, Washington, D.C. Summer 1967

National Regional Director and local President, Spurs (sophomore honor society) 1968-69

Winner of State Class AAAA and many state and national debate tournaments 1963-69. Also public speaking awards such as National Future Business Leaders of America winner, State American Legion Oratory and Extemporaneous Speaking winner, State Elks Youth Leadership.

Lecturer, speech and debate to advanced high school students at Kansas University Summer Program, Lawrence, Kansas  Summer 1969

Undergraduate counselor in girls dormitory, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 1967-69

U.S. Civil Service, speech-writer in the Department of Health, Education & Welfare, Washington D.C.  Summer 1967

Office assistant, Kansas Farmer Magazine editorial office, Topeka, Kansas (part-time during the school year and full-time most summers, preparing magazine copy for typeset) 1962-70

American Field Service International Scholarship, Americans Abroad Program to Bursa,Turkey Summer 1964

 

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