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Derek Gordon
Derek Gordon Chief Operating Officer For the past 20 years, Derek Gordon has worked with venture-backed start-ups in progressively responsible roles, and most recently served as a COO and General Manager in education and health technolog...
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Ari Bader-Natal
Ari Bader-Natal Chief Technology Officer Ari Bader-Natal is the Chief Technology Officer for Calbright College. Prior to joining Calbright, Ari served as the Chief Learning Scientist at Minerva Project, where he was responsible for anticipat...
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Tamika Connor
Tamika Connor Senior Vice President of Learner Services Tamika’s background includes working at both public and private colleges, including East Carolina University, Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and at a number of California community col...
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Audrey Heinesen
Audrey Heinesen Chief Learning Officer Audrey Heinesen, Ed.D., resides at the intersection of product, content, education, technology and business strategy. As an e-learning specialist, Dr. Heinesen brings over 20 years of experience in hi...
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Samantha Fisher
Samantha Fisher Senior Vice President of Partnerships As SVP of Partnerships for Calbright College, Samantha is responsible for identifying, verifying and securing life-long careers for California’s low-income, overworked, “stranded” residents. In ...
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Cheryl Van
Cheryl Van Chief People and Culture Officer Cheryl Van is a Human Resources professional with over 20 years of experience. During her career, Cheryl has worked as an HR Business Partner, an Organization Development Consultant, has headed up Tal...
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Taylor Huckaby
Taylor Huckaby Director of Communications Taylor Huckaby is a communications professional with over eleven years of experience, throughout which he has developed expertise in crafting clear, concise, and compelling strategy and content for di...
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Christie Akins
Christie Akins Director of Program Pathways, Information Technology Christie Akins is the Director of Program Pathways, Information Technology at Calbright College. Her experience is in IT, EdTech, curriculum design and virtualization, academics and education manageme...
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Araceli Cruz
Araceli Cruz Senior Marketing Manager Araceli Cruz is the Senior Marketing Manager for Calbright College. She started with the Online College Advance Team in September 2018 as executive assistant and Board of Trustees liaison. Araceli has...
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Michael Peterson
Michael Peterson Special Assistant to the COO Michael began his career as an executive assistant working in the Office of the President at Georgetown University, followed by a role as assistant to the Dept Chair/Dean in the Office of the Dean in ...
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