| Pacific Oaks College offers both bachelor’s and master’s degree programs with a culture-centered education approach. This approach defines who we are as a community of learners and emphasizes the value we place on both human difference and commonality. Throughout every aspect of the Pacific Oaks experience, students are encouraged to recognize and nurture the uniqueness and inherent potential that each brings to the table, and to use the diversity of experience, heredity, abilities, and perspective to create a community of mutual understanding and respect. Governance, Leadership and AdministrationPacific Oaks College is governed by a Board of Trustees, which meets three times a year and oversees policy decisions for areas that include academic affairs, institutional advancement, student services, and business and financial affairs. Board of TrusteesValerie Coachman-Moore, M.P.H. (Chair) Fred Marcus, Esq., J.D. (Vice Chair) Ryan Eisenberg, Ed.D Michael Horowitz, Ph.D. Dawn A. Kurtz, Ph.D. Terrence “Joe” Layng, Ph.D. Stacey Lydon, M.A. Teresa Nuno, M.Ed Jack Paduntin, D.B.M., President Sharon Shelton, M.A. Patricia A. Breen Ph.D., President Emeritus Priscilla Burgess Gamb, Life Trustee Dorothy Farris, Trustee Emeritus Office of the PresidentDr. Jack Paduntin is the President of Pacific Oaks College & Children’s School. President’s CabinetReporting directly to the president and overseeing the day-to-day operations of Pacific Oaks College & Children’s School are members of the Cabinet.
 Carrie B. Zalkind, Chief of Staff, Secretary to Cabinet* Jane Sawyer, Vice President of Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness* Michael Patton, Dean of Students* Nubian London, Associate Vice President, Admissions* Alexandra Pototskaya, Director of Finance* Jerell Hill, Ed.D., Dean, School of Human Development and Education Terry Webster, Ph.D., Dean, School of Cultural and Family Psychology Bree E. Cook, Psy.D, Vice President of Academic Affairs/Chief Academic Officer & Accreditation Liaison Office (ALO)* Judy Castro, Ed.D, Vice President, Advancement & Partnership Development* Victor Soto, Executive Director, Pacific Oaks Children’s School* *Members of Executive Cabinet |