Jeri Echeverria
Instructor / Author
Former Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer of the California State University System, Professor and Provost Emerita, Fresno State
Professor Echeverria served the twenty-three campus California State University (CSU) system as its chief academic officer until 2010 when she retired. As Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, she participated in the national movement to increase graduation rates in higher education, championed a statewide initiative to improve the experience of students transferring from community colleges to four-year universities and colleges, as well as advocating for the quality of academic programs offered to the largest cumulative student body in the nation, the CSU. Full Bio
Khushnuma Cooper
Instructor
Professor Cooper teaches ‘Being a Leader: An Ontological Phenomenological Approach’ and ‘Public Policy for Children and Youth’ at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. She received her MSW and PhD in Social Work from Luskin. As a social entrepreneur and specialist in the study and implementation of what’s next for human services, Dr. Cooper uses long-standing relationships with policy-makers, leading practitioners, and consumers to shield and guide California’s organizations, both public and private, through reform initiatives. Full Bio