Program Agenda

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Change as Opportunity in Higher Education Carrers: Notes from the Field
Sharon Tanabe

Sharon Tanabe is a Partner at Storbeck/Pimental & Associates, a minority and female owned executive search firm.  She has over 30 years of search experience including more than over fifteen years with a major international executive search firm where she led the Higher Education practice in their Los Angeles office before joining Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates.  Over the course of her search career, Ms. Tanabe has conducted over 350 searches and has managed search assignments in all academic and administrative areas at the levels of president/chancellor/CEO, provost, vice president and dean for a variety of private and public universities and colleges, non-profit organizations, and foundations.  Recent clients include the California State University Office of the Chancellor, many of the CSU campuses, and institutions in Oregon and Washington.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from CSU Fullerton and her California Single Subject Teaching Credential from Sacramento State.

Seizing Opportunity: Different Paths to Higher Education Administration
Emily Cutrer

Emily F. Cutrer became Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at CSU San Marcos in July 2006.   She has held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Texas at Austin and Arizona State University, where she oversaw the west campus’s first accreditation, led campus efforts at establishing first year programs, and served as Dean of Students and, subsequently, Dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.  She received her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in American Studies.