Rich Little
Biography
Rich has taught in the SEC program for 12 years and currently works at Thomas Safran & Associates, one of Los Angeles’ largest affordable housing developers providing housing to low-income families, seniors, veterans, and LGBTQ+ youth and seniors. He concurrently works for Housing Corporation of America, a 501C3 non-profit that provides social services and events for residents living in over 100 properties owned by HCA. He most recently served as the Director for Vision Implementation for the Kensington Campus, a 14-acre campus designed to address the homeless crisis in the Antelope Valley in joint partnership with The People Concern, a non-profit social service provider, managing the placement and housing of over 150 people who were previously homeless.
Rich previously worked in the academic sector for six years at Pepperdine University
in Malibu, California where he lived on campus and taught in the Religion Division
and Graduate School of
Education and Psychology and worked to create volunteer opportunities for students
and faculty to engage the greater LA Area in addressing homelessness.
Rich earned his PhD in Education from Trinity International University in Chicago where he also taught at Wheaton College from 2003-2010.
Rich, born in Australia to British immigrant parents, is also a prolific reader, writer,
and public speaker having traveled to over 50 countries speaking on a range of social
issues and topics and
motivating audiences to engage their local communities to make a positive social impact
for good.
Education
- PhD, Trinity International University
- MSE, Harding University
- BS, Harding University