Teacher Expert Witnesses in Oregon

This qualified expert earned his BA in German literature and language from the University of California, Santa Barbara, both his MFA in creative writing and fiction and MA in English literature from Chapman University, and lastly his PhD in rhetoric, composition and teaching of English at the University of Arizona. He went on to complete a fellowship in inclusive excellence at Santa Clara University. He is an active member of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE Latinx Caucus, and the Rhetoric Society of America. He is an author of one book, multiple book chapters and an active reviewer of multiple manuscripts. Formerly, he served as a graduate teaching assistant of the writing program at the University of Arizona. Currently, this expert serves as summer faculty in the English department at a university in New Mexico and as an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at a university in California.

This expert has frequently advised school district and other public clients concerning appropriate responses to allegations of teacher and other employee misconduct, as well as advising them after an investigation is complete concerning what actions they might wish to take depending on the findings in the investigation. She often interacts with attorneys on cases, and has extensive human resources experience, including having served as a college and school district director of human resources. Additionally, her investigation reports have been used as employer responses to rights agency investigations. She has over thirty years of leadership experience. She is able to use her technical expertise to advise her clients. She has been a senior human resources manager, an operations division leader, a consultant, and an investigator for a wide variety of businesses and organizations. In all of these settings she has applied her extensive analytical, interpersonal, and technical skills.

This highly qualified expert has 40+ years of experience in education. Currently, he is the owner and president of a superintendent search firm that has completed over 200 superintendent searches in the past 14 years. This expert has held the positions of teacher, principal, and superintendent over his career. He has received numerous leadership, distinguished service, and practitioner awards by several professional organizations in the field and is a frequently invited guest speaker at major, national education conferences. He expert earned his BA at Central Washington University, M.Ed in Educational Administration at Central Washington University, and Ed.D in Educational Leadership at Washington State University.

This highly qualified expert has over 38 years of experience in education, including current work as a Superintendent Search Consultant in the state of California. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Arizona State University, as well as a Doctorate of Education from the University of Arizona. The expert was a Teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal before holding one Assistant Superintendent role and then several Superintendent positions. Over a span of 26 years, he was the Superintendent at 5 different school districts. For 3+ years he was in charge of the 14th largest school district in the nation, Orange County Public Schools in Florida. The expert was the Superintendent of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District in California from 2000 until 2012 before taking on his current role.

This school administration expert was the Superintendent of Schools for the Mountain View Los Altos High School District in California from 2006 until 2015. He previously spent 14 years as the Superintendent of Schools for the Cambrian School District and also has prior background as a school principal and teacher. The expert graduated as a Doctor of Education from Stanford University and also has a B.A. and M.A. from University of California-Santa Barbara. He is currently serving as the Vice Chairperson of a school accreditation organization and has worked internationally as a consultant. He is active on the boards of many local organizations and has been widely published.

This expert is a world renowned business ethics teacher, scholar and consultant. He received his J.D. from New York University and his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University. Prior to entering academia, this expert was the General Counsel of BioTechnica International, one of the first publicly-held biotechnology companies, and of Interlaken Capital, a privately held venture firm. Currently, he is a Professor of Management at a Silicon Valley-located business school specializing in business ethics. In 2003, he raised $53,000 in external funding to organize a conference on Ethics in the Pharmaceutical Industry, and he is an Editor of a book on ethics in the pharmaceutical industry. He has published and lectured extensively on business ethics, and he is a member of the Editorial Board of both the "Journal of Human Rights" as well as "Business Ethics Quarterly" and a Co-Editor of Business and Human Rights Journal.

This highly qualified educational expert is fully credentialed and certified in all areas of special education. Having earned his MS in special education from Hofstra University and his EdD from Columbia University Teacher's College, this expert has served as a classroom teacher and principal in schools designed to serve special populations as well as general education/mainstream environments. He has taught university classes designed to prepare prospective special education teachers. He belongs to a number of prestigious societies in the special education field, including his membership in the special education division of the Association of California School Administrators.

This expert has 20+ years of progressive educational and non-profit sector leadership experience. She earned her BA in elementary education from the University of Missouri and her MEd in education leadership from Park University. She served as a classroom teacher and reaching coach for 8 years before switching into administrative roles at various charter schools. She served as a Principal of two charter schools in Kansas City, Missouri and went on to serve as Director of Educational Services for the Missouri Charter Public School Association and Vice President of School Services at the Florida Charter School Alliance. She most recently served as a Principal at Charter Schools USA. She currently serves as Director of National School Development at an educational management company. In this role, she is responsible for attaining multi-state charters and contracts to ensure the strategic growth of the company's managed high schools.

This expert earned his BS in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and went on to found a music education company called LessonUp. He then began his career in software as a teacher in residence at Hack Reactor and went on to work as a software engineer at Hint Health. He has demonstrated experience with back-end web technologies for technology startups and is skilled in numerous software languages, including Ruby, Python, and Javascript. Currently, this expert is a senior software engineer at the leading digital currency exchange in the United States.