Interview aired on 12/04/2019
Interview with Victoria Gerard, Vice President of Programming and Collections at the Bowers Museum. Mrs. Gerard speaks about her work at the Bowers Museum , as well as various past and future exhibits that include Tamayo and Mixografia and the partnership with The Walt Disney Archives.
Brent Bishop is Program Director of Highland Academy, a charter school that focuses on Project Based Learning. PBL is a method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.
Mr. Bishops speaks about his leadership journey and the educational model used to teach student to “Find their Genius”.
Karl Tokita is the CEO at Chiron Total a medical marketing and research organization that provides convenient, one-step health checkup programs for early detection and referrals to comprehensive treatments. Mr Tokita was a Board Member of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation and is a current Board Member of the Medici Foundation.
During the interview, Mr. Tokita speaks about his personal journey and the challenges that he has faced in his leadership journey.
Dr. Zinger began his career in education as a high school science teacher in Santa Ana, California, where he had a direct impact on students opportunities to engage in meaningful science learning. It was during these years that he learned that every student can learn, given the right opportunities. As a teacher, Dr. Zinger helped develop a summer program to engage students in deeper learning and established the school’s science fair. He eventually transitioned to school administration and oversaw two schools with 60 teachers and staff, serving more than 600 students.
In his current role as director of the CalTeach program, Dr. Zinger focuses on recruiting and preparing diverse science and math teacher candidates and preparing them to teach in schools serving large proportions of historically underserved students. Through this 4-year program, pre-service teachers can earn a Bachelor of Science in either science or math as well as their teaching credential.
Minnie Minyoung and Zubair Nawaz from Seed Consulting Group talk about the partnerships that they are developing with various non-profit organizations and prior sustainability projects.
Xavier Reyes speaks about his personal leadership journey and founding Alta Public School.
Alta Public Schools (APS) has implemented model schools of life-long learning through the International Baccalaureate education program in the United States. APS has 3 schools in Los Angeles and is in the process of opening a school in Orange County.
Interview with Dieter Trippel US Army veteran Lieutenant Colonel, Erik Delgadillo US Marine veteran Gunnery Sergeant, Greg MacCord US Air Force veteran Staff Sergeant, and Kashif Zubair Board Member of Synergy4Vets.
Synergy4Vets has a comprehensive approach attending to and supporting service members, veterans and their families
Alfredo Rubalcava is the Chief Executive Officer of Magnolia Public Schools (MPS), a non-profit charter school organization that has 10 public charter schools located in Southern California. MPS focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM), and offers various study electives in mathematics, robotics, chess tournaments, among others.
Mrs Rubalcava speaks about his personal journey in leadership and the impact of STEAM education in under-served communities.
Shazeen Mufti is a non-profit and leadership consultant that specializes in process improvement, process design, and implementation of growth strategy. Shazeen’s prior experience includes Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of various non-profit organizations.
During this interview, Mrs. Mufti speaks about leadership gender gap, women in leadership, and challenges that women are facing in leadership roles.