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Damian Dunbar

Biography

Dr. Dunbar thoroughly enjoys bringing his leadership expertise into the educational environment to share his experiences and bring coursework alive. He is highly experienced in employee development and training, human resources, financial analysis, budget operations, personnel development, and leadership management. He served in the United States Army as an analyst for the United States Government. While on active duty, he served as an instructor, writer, developer, and program evaluator at the United States Army Finance School located at Fort Jackson, SC. His primary motivation for working in education is his experience, interest, and passion for developing others’ talents and defining their goals.

Throughout his career, he has been highly dedicated to the learning, training, and advancement of others. He incorporated professional and adult learning and education into each position. He has 30 + years of experience developing programs to assess workforce capabilities and deficiencies, allowing individualized programs to enhance employee skills and he enjoys doing this for his students. His goal in the online classroom is to create a comfortable and interactive learning environment based on respect rather than fear of the subject matter. To achieve that, he builds a strong rapport with his students to be presented in an environment conducive to learning. Likewise, communication is essential to an effective teaching and learning process in the academic setting.

Distinctions & Awards

Certified Defense Financial Manager (American Society of Military Comptrollers)

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

• The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People
• A People’s History of the United States
• Reckless Endangerment

Favorite Quote

“Education and work are the levers to uplift people.”

—W.E.B DuBois

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Patrick Eller

Biography

Patrick is currently the CEO of Metadata Forensics, LLC. He is also a Disabled Veteran who spent 20 years in the United States Army where he served as a Special Agent for the US Army Criminal Investigation Command. During his time at CID Patrick served as the Command Digital Forensic Examiner in charge of a global digital forensic program focused on felony level investigation which involved digital evidence. Patrick has been an adjunct for CCO since 2015.

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Lisa Elliott

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Ellen Emery

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Ellen graduated from UVM with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Math and Spanish. She attended the University of Seville, Spain for one year. She earned her teaching licenses in Secondary Math and Spanish from Saint Michael’s College where she went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Education. She taught Spanish for 22 years. In 2010, she began work at the Teacher Apprenticeship Program (TAP) where she now serves as the Director at Champlain College.

What are your hobbies?

Zumba, gardening, reading, scrap booking, furniture refinishing, games, and walking the dog

Favorite local eateries and things to do in Vermont:

Love to walk local bike paths and Fellowship of the Wheel trails, eat sandwiches from Martone’s Market and spend time on Seymour Lake.

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Laura Ennis

Biography

Laura Ennis joined the Financial Aid team at Champlain College in 2021. Laura is the Financial Aid Counselor for the online and graduate students.

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Christopher Ewing

Biography

Professor in business and psychology, consultant and Six Sigma Black Belt. Leader of healthcare teams and call centers. Author and researcher on Cultivated Leadership?.

Publications & Abstracts

Living Your Leadership: Grow Intentionally, Thrive with Integrity, and Serve Humbly

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

• Horizon Research Publishing Corporation, Peer Editor
• Mensa, Member

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

• Bass, B.M. (1985). Leadership and Performance beyond Expectations. New York: Free Press.
• Greenleaf, R.K. (1977). Servant Leadership. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press.
• George, B. (2003). Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Favorite Quote

Humility and tenderness are not virtues of the weak, but of the strong.

—Pope Francis

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Kimberly Ford

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Darren Franklin

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David Freyman

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Sheila Fry

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Christopher Gastardi

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Junior Gentles

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Stephan Giles

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Steve Giles is an Adjunct Professor at Champlain College where he has been a faculty member since 2015.

Steve completed his Master’s in computer science from Colorado Technical University and has Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Colorado.

His expertise lies in applying emerging technologies and computer science to extend and improve the quality of life for individuals. Steve spent twenty-five years developing software to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, with a specialization in breast cancer. He is a lifelong athlete having completed ten Ironman Triathlons and numerous ultra marathons.
He believes through hard work and dedication we can accomplish anything.

Distinctions & Awards

– Ironman Triathlon, All World Athlete. Ranked in the top 10 percent of finishers. This triathlon distance requires a 2.4 mile swim (3.9K), 112 mile bike (180.2K), and 26.2 mile run (42.2K).

Publications & Abstracts

Patent, Methods and system to identify exams with significant findings (Issued Feb. 4, 2014)

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

Association for Computing Machinery

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Daniel Gomez-Edwards

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Neil Groberg

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Neil Groberg has transformed his legal career and now dedicates himself exclusively to teaching, mediation, arbitration, training, and facilitation throughout the Northeast.

Neil has been teaching at Champlain since 2016. He has taught “Innovation, Ideation and Strategy” to CCO M.B.A. students; Health Care Law and the Senior Capstone to students seeking the B.S. in Health Care Administration with Champlain College 365体育官网; the Health Care law course to Master’s CCO students and Employment Law for Champlain’s traditional residential students. He has created a “Navigating Public Bureaucracy” for the new CCO Master’s in Public Administration degree program. He has also successfully mentored students to finish in first or second place in Champlain’s renowned Elevator Speech contest.

His law firm, Neil Groberg Attorney at Law LLC, was established in 1998. He has over thirty years’ experience as an employment and benefits attorney in for-profit, government, and non-profit institutional settings. He moved to 365体育官网 Vermont from Connecticut in 2008 and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.

Invaluable to his teaching, Attorney Groberg’s experience also includes a broad range of legal issues including employment, health care, business practices, general corporate, commercial real estate, computer, contracts, employee benefits, insurance, real estate and tax law. This array of experience allows a special sensitivity to the impact of the law on overall business decisions and results and has directly involved him with strategic business decisions.

Neil received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law. In addition, Attorney Groberg also has taken three separate leadership skills programs and intensive mediation and arbitration courses. He has completed all six separate Improvisation intensive 6-week courses available, a MOTH Story telling program, intensive Stand-Up comedian courses and has been a member of independent improv groups. All of this “comedic” training and performing has improved his creativity, listening, and communication skills, as well as sharpening his wit.

Professor Groberg has also taught online master’s level courses at Quinnipiac University and online undergraduate courses at Goodwin College.

Distinctions & Awards

Neil received merit recognition awards in several semesters for “exemplary teaching and real dedication to providing a high-quality education experience.”

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations
? Vermont Bar Association, Co-Chair, Dispute Resolution Section
? American Bar Association, Member

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

• Vermont Bar Association, Co-Chair, Dispute Resolution Section
• American Bar Association, Member

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