JOC CLARK, Ph.D.
Credentials >
Education:
Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH 2008
Ph.D., Leadership and Change Management in the Professions
Antioch University of New England, Keene, NH 2002
M.Ed., Administration and Supervision
Bates College, Lewiston, ME 1987
B.A. Psychology, Minor in Spanish
Primary Professional Focus:
Customized Organization Development Leadership Development
Team Building and Team Improvement Facilitation Skills
Collaborative, Shared and Ally Based Leadership Executive Coaching
Multiculturalism Experiential Education
Planned Change Processes Communication Skills
Social Intelligence Sustainability
Leading a multi-generational work force Effectively working with difficult people
Professional Experience:
Consultant and facilitator
Collaboration Works Consulting 2002-present
Organization and leadership development, creating sustainable and collaborative work places
Website: www.allybasedleadership.com
Faculty and Curriculum Developer
California State University Chico, Northern California Local Government 2002-present
Leadership Development Institute, Chico, CA
Design and deliver courses for city, county, tribal and state government regional leaders.
http://rce.csuchico.edu/leader/
Butte College, The Training Place, Chico, CA 2006-present
Create and facilitate training series for professional and organizational development
Website: www.butte.edu/business/bus_services/trainingplace/
Outward Bound Professional, Golden, CO 1988-present
Lead Facilitator for adventure-based corporate programs for clients such as Boeing, Harvard
Business School, and Boston Consulting Group, Silicon Valley Bank.
University of Phoenix, Chico, CA 2004-2006
Taught in the Business Management Department.
Bates College, Lewiston/Auburn Civic Leadership Institute, Lewiston, ME 2001-2003
Developed curriculum and taught for community-based leadership development programs for
college students, public school teachers and community leaders.
Relevant Professional Skills
Experience working with a variety of businesses and educational programs. Selected client
list:
Lundberg Family Farms Wine and Roses Inn Invitrogen
Harvard Business School Boeing University of the Pacific
Yuba Comm. College Sak and Fox Nation Bates College
Silicon Valley Bank Dole Fresh Vegetable Project Adventure
University of Vermont Villanova University Plumas Unified School District
Extensive experience in the creation, development, administration and facilitation of
leadership development programs and organization development processes
Twenty-five years of teaching through experience-based learning methods as a facilitator,
consultant, and trainer
Chair of the Leadership Council for the Western Region of the Association of Experiential
Education
Completed training programs:
- Future Search, with M Weisbord and S. Janoff, San Francisco, CA 2005
- NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, Bethel ME 1996-2002
- Facilitating dialogue, Public Conversation Project, Boston, MA 2002
Published several articles locally and internationally about collaborative “ally-based”
leadership and experiential methods
Spanish fluency and translator – teaching and translating educational material for
experiential educators and consultants who are Spanish speakers
Conference presenter, convener and keynote speaker:
Selected list from recent conferences:
- Keynote speaker and presenter at the International conference for Physical Educators
sponsored by the United Nations and the University of Antioquia, in Medellin, Colombia,
South America (2005)
- Association of Experiential Education presenter at various conferences (2000-2009
- University of Antioquia Diploma program in experiential education presenter (2005)
- Northern California Assessors’ Association, Standards of Leadership Conference
presenter (2005)
- Butte College Student Leadership Conference presenter (2002-2008)
- National Conference of Experiential Educators –Keynote speaker, Colombia (2004)
- Learning Change Inc., “Inspiring Youth” Conference presenter (2004)
- California Community College Student Affairs (CCCSAA) Leadership Conference
presenter (2003)
Ally (def.): collaborator, teammate, colleague,
supporter, partner, associate