This program brings nationally recognized Leadership educators to campus and gives students the opportunity to work with them and learn from them over a period of several days.
Dr. Shann Ferch
Spring 2011 Scholar in Residence
Dr. Shann Ferch, an interdisciplinary scholar and leadership educator, is a professor of Leadership Studies with the internationally recognized Ph.D. Program in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University. Ferch has published numerous scholarly articles and book chapters on servant leadership, forgiveness, reconciliation, and gratitude. In addition, he has published and received multiple awards for his short stories and poetry, which explore the nature of humanity with regard to violence and forgiveness. He also serves as a member of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership’s Speakers Bureau on the board of the Greenleaf Scholars Program and is the editor of the International Journal of Servant Leadership. Ferch has also served as a research psychologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. He is currently a systems psychologist in private practice and a lead consultant for Leadership Spirit International.
Liza Featherstone
Spring 2010 Scholar in Residence
Liza Featherstone, a journalist based in New York City, has written about social justice activism, gender and the workplace, as well as politics and consumerism, the theme of a forthcoming book. A contributor to The Nation magazine, Featherstone also writes for Slate, The New York Times, and Columbia Journalism Review among other publications. She is the author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart (Basic Books, 2004) and co-author of Students Against Sweatshops (Verso, 2002). She has been a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economics Journalism at Columbia University and teaches at the City University of New York and New York University.
Juana Bordas
Fall 2008 Scholar in Residence
Juana Bordas is president of Mestiza Leadership International, a company that focuses on leadership, diversity, and organizational change. She is a former faculty member for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), the most highly utilized executive program in the world, and is the current vice president of the board of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Bordas holds an MSW from the University of Wisconsin and is author of Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age (2007).
Bordas was the Fall 2008 Scholar in Residence. Click here for more information about Juana Bordas.
Dr. Susan Komives
Fall 2004 Scholar in Residence
Dr. Susan Komives is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland. She is a Senior Scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership. She is also a co-author of Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference.
Dr. Jim Cain
Fall 2003 Scholar in Residence
Dr. Jim Cain is the Executive Director of the Association for Challenge Course Technology. He is a manager of the Cornell University Corporate Teambuilding Program. He is the Director of Teamplay. He is the author of the book entitled Teamwork and Teamplay.
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Dr. Lea E. Williams
Spring 2003 Scholar in Residence
Dr. Lea E. Williams is an educator and author of Servants of the People: The 1960's Legacy of African American Leadership.
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