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In 25 Words or Less
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Posted: March 23, 2016
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THE BASICS
| Name: Regina Stroud |
| Age: 50s • Status: Married • Kids: Yes |
| Place of Birth: Camp Lejune, NC • Raised: Jacksonville, NC |
| Professional Background: Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud, has been an educator in the California Community Colleges for more than thirty years. She served as a Professor of Nursing, Dean of Workforce and Economic Development, the Vice President of Instruction before being appointed to be the President of Skyline College. |
| Position most known for? Serves as a Presidential appointee on President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Fiscal Capabilities of Young Americans |
| Contact/Follow: Email • LinkedIn • Twitter |
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25 WORDS OR LESS: WORK
| Job(s) held that is most unlike what I currently do now: Bus driver and bank teller |
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| Field: Education |
| Yrs of Experience: 5 |
| Title: President |
| Organization: Skyline College • San Bruno, CA |
| What it does and what I do: I lead an Institution of Higher Education that grants Associate Degrees and commencing in the fall, a baccalaureate degree. |
| Current Big Project: The Skyline Promise |
| Staffing/Resource Needs: Currently hiring faculty and classified staff positions. |
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25 WORDS OR LESS: PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE
| Significant Challenge: I believe in the essence of education as a practice of freedom. I lead to transgress major systems of oppression and marginalization. |
| Significant Mistake/Regret: None. |
Significant Accomplishment: Registered Nurse, Bachelor’s – Nursing Sciences – Howard, Masters Human Relations – Golden Gate, Masters Educational Leadership – Mills, Doctorate Degree – Educational Leadership Mills.
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| Biggest Strength(s): Visionary Leadership |
| Biggest Weakness(es): Over commits. |
| Career Advice: Find what you love-do it well. – with a sense of urgency as if lives depend on it because more than likely, they do. |
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25 WORDS OR LESS: PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
| Significant Challenge: Being raised in the segregated south by my widowed mother who struggled to make ends meet. |
Significant Accomplishment: Awards named after me – The Regina Stanback Stroud Diversity Award (Academic Senate for California Community Colleges) and the Regina Stroud Leadership Award (WRCBAA).
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| Life Advice: Be aware of your own privilege, use your position of consequence and influence to do something for something or someone bigger than your own self. |
| Trait(s) most admired in others: Integrity, dignity, loyalty, curiosity, humor, kindness, happiness. |
| Among several global issues of deep concern, one(s) that stands out to me: Poverty – there is enough food on this planet for everyone to have enough to eat. There is not enough political will to make it so. |
| Some causes/organizations I support: Antipoverty, United Way of the Bay Area, San Bruno Rotary, Delta Sigma Theta, Scholarship. |
| Some of my most-admired people (excluding parents): Mary McLeod Bethune, Toni Morrison, Barack Obama |
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25 WORDS OR LESS: LIFESTYLE
| Hours of “personal” downtime/week: 12 |
Favorite activity(s) in my personal downtime: Enjoying my family and home, movies, theater.
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| Some of my favorite local hangouts: Grand Lake Theater, Peets Coffee, Market Hall |
| Some of my favorite TV shows: How to get away with Murder, Scandal, Madam Secretary |
| News outlets or media sources I most rely on: MSNBC, The Nation |
| Favorite Vacation Spot(s): Paris, France |
| Place(s) I would like to visit: South Africa |
| Favorite Pastime/Hobby(s): Travel abroad |
| Favorite Book(s): Sister Citizen and Shifting |
| Something about me that may surprise you: Love to cook but don’t have much time. |
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25 WORDS OR LESS: AND LASTLY . . .
| I have been with my wife of 8 years for 20 years. Thanks to the Supreme Court – Love Wins! |
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