Dr. Tonia Durden Board Member Tonia Durden, Ph.D. is a Clinical Professor and Birth through 5 Program Coordinator within the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Georgia State University. Dr. Durden’s primary scholarship and research trajectory...
Ayman Bekdash Board Member Ayman Bekdash serves as a board member of DGCI Corporation, a Virginia-based business that supports the U.S. Government. He was a significant contributor to the set-up and expansion of DGCI operations in South America, Africa, the Middle...
Joseph Shepard, Ph.D. Board Member Dr. Joseph Shepard is the President of Western New Mexico University (WNMU), a Hispanic-serving university where one out of two students is first generational, and one out of two students is nontraditional. He has served in this...
Luis A. Perez-Batres, Ph.D. Board Member Dr. Luis A. Perez-Batres is the Dean’s Professor of Business Sustainability and Department of Management Head at Missouri State University. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University (PhD in Strategic Management), the...
Jack Hobaugh Board Member After pursuing two successful careers in the fields of nuclear physics and information technology, Jack Hobaugh took on a new challenge — attending law school and beginning his practice as a patent prosecution and litigation attorney. Mr....