Board of Directors
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Board Members
Tom Harkenrider is Soka University of America’s Chief of Operations. He previously served in a consulting capacity as Soka’s Campus Design and Operations Advisor for its $300 million construction project. Joan Sabree Faqir has been a fifth grade teacher at Shirley Avenue Elementary School in LAUSD for sixteen years. She specializes in literacy, English Language Development, Multicultural Education and the Social Sciences. Ms. Faqir also instructs in the LAUSD Intern Program and BTSA. Previously, Ms. Faqir served as Principal of MuMin Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for six years and served as the Center for Advanced Learning’s Executive Director during its inaugural year. Annie Winston is the author of the national award winning Admiral Wright’s Heroical Storicals series of books: Daniel Boone and The Battle of Boonesborough; Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad (publish date, Spring 2010 ); She has directed the sales and marketing of the Heroical Storicals series, selling over 25,000 books (book one) via elementary school author talks, bookstore signings, and special events. She is a featured speaker with the Wonder of Reading program. Ms. Winston was an ESL teacher at Tewinkle Elementary School in the Newport Mesa School District.Kyle Kopcic is Senior Analyst, Corporate Strategy and Business Development at the Walt Disney Company. He previously served as an analyst at Lehman Brothers and Asset Chile. He holds an A.B. Cum Laude with High Honors in Economics and a Spanish Language Citation from Harvard University, where his Senior Honors Thesis, “Does Paying Teachers More Increase School Quality? The Effects of Slowing Salary Growth on Student Achievement in Wisconsin,” earned a Magna Cum Laude in the field of Economics of Education. Dr. Michael Noble’s experience ranges from taking a startup public to Fortune 500 with various management roles in education, healthcare, real estate development, and environmental health and safety in companies such as Liberty Mutual and McGraw-Hill. He has a proven record of cost containment while increasing customer satisfaction and company profitability. He has implemented process improvement and change management as well as developed policies to promote business development and customer satisfaction. Michael holds an Ed.D in Organizational Development from the University of La Verne and an MBA in Health Service Management from Golden Gate University. |
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