Board of Visitors
Statement of Purpose
The Board of Visitors supports and advances the mission of the Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) and Pepperdine University. As ambassadors for GSEP, board members serve as advisors to the dean and faculty, introduce leaders in the educational, mental health and business community to Pepperdine, and assist with public relations on a national and global level. Members of the board contribute considerable personal and professional talents, contacts, and resources that are invaluable to the advancement of GSEP.
Board Initiatives
There are four initiatives in which interested board members can become involved. These include:
Expanding Board membership
This initiative requires all Board members to identify and encourage membership on the BOV to enhance opportunities for academic excellence and resource generation for GSEP.
Visiting Board
This committee addresses ways to facilitate interaction between faculty and students so as to utilize board members as resources in the classroom experience. Members will serve as guest lecturers, project judges, and faculty and professional advisors. These alliances between board members, faculty, and students will provide a valuable perspective that will enhance the overall educational process at GSEP.
Community Clinic Initiative
This committee addresses issues relating to the Community Clinics at the West Los Angeles Campus, the Irvine Campus, and the Encino Campus, as well as the Clinic at the Union Rescue Mission. Board members would provide support and offer ways to enhance resources to expand opportunities to serve our student practitioners and enhance service to underserved clientele.
Urban Initiative
Members of this committee will assist in the exploration possibilities for establishing an Urban Initiative through GSEP and Pepperdine University. This will include support for generating funding entities, policy knowledge and support for the under resourced in the inner city, curriculum enhancement, charter schools and mental health issues. The committee is critical in public relations and marketing for the Urban Initiative.
Board Directory
Fereshteh Amin
Leadership Coach, Amin Consulting Group
Robert Canady
Consultant
Randy E. Clark
CEO, Fruit Patch, Inc.
Susan Fitzgerald Rice, Chair
Principal SFR Consulting
Jennifer A. Ricker
Marriage and Family Therapist
Marilyn Jean Simpson
Psychologist
Sherry L. Skidmore
Forensic Psychologist
Gary A. Stern
Principal Laurence School
Geannie Holden-Sheller
The Holden Company
Susan Swann
Program Manager, NCS Pearson
Wendie Z. Young
Vice President Orioxi International Corporation
Ziegfred Young
President Orioxi International Corporation
