Carol J. Geffner, Ph.D. is Professor of the Practice of Governance, Management, and Policy at the Sol Price School of Public Policy and Director of the Executive Master of Leadership Program. Dr. Geffner is well known for her thought leadership and advisory work with multi-sectoral organizations on improving human and organizational performance and the capacity for sustainable success.

Rosana Padilla is the Program Administrator for the Executive Master of Leadership program at the University of Southern California. Rosana received her B.A. in Psychology & Spanish and an M.A. in Educational Counseling from Loyola Marymount University (LMU), where she also worked in the Office of the Registrar as an Academic Records Coordinator.

Rob Adler is an internationally recognized expert in improvisational acting. He specializes in teaching actors how to get out of their head and bring spontaneity, presence and play to theatre, film & television scripts so well-prepared performances look improvised.

Lorraine Aguilar is passionate about empowering leaders with the skills to thrive in an interconnected world. She has trained and coached leaders of Merck, Special Olympics, the United Nations and other organizations.

Paul Danczyk is the Director of Executive Education in Sacramento for the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy and past-president of the American Society for Public Administration.

Rick Culley has more than 30 years experience as a corporate executive, university professor, and management consultant. In 1990, he established the Institute for Executive Development in Las Vegas, Nevada.

LaVonna B. Lewis is a Teaching Professor and the Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. She joined the University of Southern California faculty in the Fall of 1996.

Dr. Prasad Kaipa works with Fortune 500 companies such as Disney, Sun, Raytheon, and also entrepreneurial companies including Aztec, Mastek, Olixir, and RowentaUSA as a CEO advisor and coach for senior executives.

Laree Kiely, President of The Kiely Group, also served for 15 years as professor on the faculty of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California where she taught in the graduate programs, Executive MBA.

Martin Shinn is an experienced designer and course author who as written and presented technical and management courses for many leading technology companies, including Intel, Tektronix, Learning Tree International and USC's School of Management.

Allen Weiss is a professor of marketing at the Marshall School of Business and co-chair of Mindful USC. He is also a senior teacher of mindfulness meditation at InsightLA.

Laura Whittcoff is the principal of the Intrinsic Group, serves as the Director of Capacity Development for the Research Data Alliance-US and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at USC. Dr. Wittcoff has over 20 years of experience leading consulting projects and coaching initiatives.