Sheila Bliss Duffy, Ph.D.
925.451.4948 | |
EDUCATOR, COACH & PROGRAM MANAGER
Raising awareness, building capacity and driving innovative action for social impact
Core Competencies
Program/Project Design & Management | Teaching/Training Design & Delivery | Career Business Coaching
Research Design & Implementation |EnterpriseCommunity Development |Agriculture & Food Systems
Natural Resource Conservation |Service Learning | Senior Care Management
Ph.D. in Education|M.S. inBusiness |Fluent in Spanish
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Service Learning Coordinator/Faculty, John F. Kennedy University/National University, Pleasant Hill, CA2015 –Present
Institution of higher education offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business, Psychology and Law
- Develop and manage JFKU Engaged, a program that ensures all studentsfulfill 30 hours of service learning in a
community project prior to graduation
- Create curriculum for and teach three on-line service learning course, develop placements for students in community
organizations, and coach students to develop projects that use their knowledge and skills to meet community needs
- Principal investigator, $25K National University System Innovation Grant to develop and pilot VOIC, a skilled volunteer
program
Trustee/Senior Care Manager, Gloria S. Duffy Trust, Lafayette, CA2009 – Present
Family trust comprised of residential real estate
- Manage operations, staff and contractors to goals and budget
- Developed strategic vision, operational and financialsystems; increased profits by 70% in five years
•Care manager for senior requiring 24/7 in-home care (2011-2015)
Mentor, MBA in Sustainable Enterprise Program, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA 2009 – 2015
“Green MBA” program focused on corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and social justice
- Mentor 34 students to clarify educational and vocational goals and brand themselves
- Created professional development program for Green MBA students including 93 page guide and four webinars
Coach/Consultant,Sustainable Impacts, Lafayette, CA2000 – Present
Coaching practice that equipsclients to develop careers and businesses that make social impacts
Provide consulting servicesto organizations making social impacts
•Guide 300+ individual clients to assess values, interests, and skills, define career vision and purpose, develop brand, create resumes, bios, andbusiness models and plans
• Provide coaching, cross cultural training, resume development, job search and interviewing tools to spouses of corporate employees relocating to United States for IMPACT Group
- Positioned 34 former auto industry workers for new jobs and careersfor New United Motors Manufacturing Inc.
- Offer gap year, study abroad, service learning, internship, volunteer, and academic research experiences in Costa Rica
- Designed andconducted field research in U.S., Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, and wrote61-page publication on ecoregion-based priority setting for biodiversity conservation documenting lessons learned from conservation planning approaches and geographic priority setting exercises of The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and World Wildlife Fund in Central America, West Africa, and Indochina forBiodiversity Support Program
•Edited (in Spanish) financial management training guide to support growth of midwives’ businesses for Banyan Global
- Surveyed retail chain supermarkets to identify U.S. demand for tropical fruit juices from El Salvador for USAID project funded project for Plans and Solutions, Inc.
- Translated (English to Spanish) three marketing videos and analyzed data on microcredit clients to assess impact of business advisors on loan process for Namaste Direct
- Coordinated Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust’s proposal to strengthen SF Bay Area food shed to Kellogg Foundation
- Assessed assets and challenges facing community of McCloud, CA, produced 23-page report
Food Systems Analyst, University of California-Davis/UC Cooperative Extension,Alameda, CA2000 – 2003
Network of researchers and educators working to provide science-based solutions to local economic, agricultural, natural resource, youth development and nutrition issues
- Established and managed pilot Food Security Community Development and Public Policy Program linking University and community to promote local food security
- Provided research, outreach, education and technical assistance to local public agency and community-led health,nutrition and food security initiatives
• Designed and implemented collaborative research projects to generate food security data in Alameda County
Consultant/Lead Trainer, Mississippi Consortium for International Development,Jackson, MS1995 –2000
Collaborative of historically Black institutions that implements international exchange and development training projects
•Developed proposals to USAID and USIA to fund university agriculture and economic developmenteducational
exchangesand institutional partnerships in Bosnia, South Africa, and Guyana
- Designed and delivered human resource management training course in Spanish for 12 Bolivians participating in USAID Women in Leadership scholarship program
- Designed and delivered micro-enterprise administration training course in Spanish to 26 Honduran NGO credit officers participating in USAID CAPS/HOPS scholarship program
Teaching/Research Assistant, Consultant, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX1995 – 1999
One of largest systems of higher education in U.S.
- Coordinated Department of Agricultural Education’s Kellogg Foundation Texas Mexico Initiatives Projectgrant program
- CoordinatedDepartmentof Wildlife and Fisheries’ interdisciplinaryManaging Agroecosystems Project that synthesized into system simulation model information on agricultural development and ecological restoration in La Amistad Biosphere Reserve buffer zone in Costa Rica and Panama
- Adapted Departmentof Agricultural Economics’ agribusiness training materials into formal curriculum for use by Russian instructors for USAID-funded Russian-American Agribusiness Training Partnership project
Training Director/Staging, Technical Training Coordinator, Volunteer, U. S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC 1991-2003
Agency of Federal Government providing technical assistance to foreign countries in form of volunteers
• Delivered 5 pre-departure orientations for 175 trainees bound for Nepal, Panama, Mongolia, Kiribati, and Philippines
•Coordinated 3 Small Business Pre-Service Trainings for 44 trainees in Mali, Lesotho, and Russia Far East
•Trained 14 rural groups in Costa Rica to start and manage income generation, agribusiness, and communityprojects
Adjunct Faculty, Universities, Colleges and Adult Schools, San Francisco Bay Area, CA 1989-1991
National University, SF Community College, Ohlone College, Mission College, West Valley College,Lincoln University
•Developed and taught academic and vocational courses in economics, finance, and business to over 400 adults
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
-Ph.D., Agricultural Education, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
-Certificate,International Agriculture and Resource Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
-M.S., International Business, Saint Mary’s College, CA
-B.A., Business Administration, Stephens College, MO
-Master Certified Coach (MCC), International Coach Federation (ant.)
-Certified Hudson Institute Coach (CHIC), The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara
-Certified Job and Career Transition Coach (JCTC), Career Planning & Adult Development Network
-CA Community College Instructor Credential (Life), Subject: Business and Industrial Management
-CA Adult School Teaching Credential, Subject: Business Education
-Adult and Non-Formal Education Instructor Credential, UC Berkeley
-Certificate, Advanced Resume Writing, Career Master Institute
- Certified Long Term Care Ombudsman, Ombudsman Services of Contra Costa County
-Certificate, Mental Health for Aging Adults, John F. Kennedy University (ant.)
-Mediator, Congress of Neutrals (ant.)
Sheila Bliss Duffy, Ph.D. 925.451.4948