Bonnie Ann Dowd, Ed. D.

Work: (760) 744-1150, extension 2495

Email: bdowd@palomar.edu _________________________________________________________________

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Academic Experience:

1990-Present:        Palomar Community College, San Marcos, California

Academic Technology Resources Coordinator (June 2004 - present)

Professor, Business Education

Teaching experience: Fourteen years’ full-time and one year part-time teaching experience including traditional, on-line, and television formats. Classes taught:

                Advertising                           Marketing Internship (General Motors and U.S. Army Arabic Linguist)

                Bookkeeping                         Microcomputer Accounting Systems

                Financial Accounting          Salesmanship

                Managerial Accounting      Small Business Management

 

Department chair experience: Three years experience as chair of Business Education Department, which consists of 9 full-time faculty, 6 support staff and approximately, 40 part-time faculty. Responsibilities include but not limited to: providing leadership for faculty and staff in this diverse department consisting of several academic and vocational programs; advising and assisting students with academic questions and concerns; planning, organizing and administering programs, projects and activities for the department; scheduling classes; managing enrollment; coordinating and overseeing curriculum development and review; preparing and administering the department’s budget; supervising and evaluating assigned personnel; and, maintaining campus and community liaisons.

 

Faculty leadership experience:  Currently serving second (2) consecutive year on Faculty Senate as Senate Secretary, which includes service on the Faculty Council and assigned representation on various campus-wide governance committees.  Previously served seven (7) consecutive years on Faculty Council as Senate President (2), Immediate Past Senate President (2), Faculty President (2.5), and Faculty Vice-President (.5). 

 

Program experience:  Professional Development Coordinator. Responsibilities included overseeing faculty contract filing process, annual program workshop offerings, program budgets, and supervision of staff.  Served as chair of the Professional Development Review Board and co-chair of the district-wide Staff Development Review Board and North County Hiring Education Alliance (NCHEA) district representative. Initiated and facilitated creation of an on-line automated contract filing and workshop registration process for faculty’s Professional Development contracts, which integrates with PeopleSoft payroll information.

 

Selected campus governance service:

Faculty Senate Secretary - January 2003 - present

Strategic Planning Council - February 2003 - present

Resource Allocation Committee - January 1994 - May 1997, and January 2003 – present

Fiscal Stability Co-Chair – May 2004 - present

Faculty Senator - October 2002 - present

Compliance Officer - March 2003 - present

Professional Procedures Committee - August 2003 - present

                Faculty Senate President - May 1995 - May 1997

                Faculty President - June 1994 - December 31, 1995

                Faculty Vice President - January 1994 - May 1994

                Faculty Senate - January 1994 - December 31, 1999, and January 2003 - present

                Faculty Council - January 1994 - December 31, 1999, and January 2003 - present

Partnership for Excellence Committee - 1998- 1999

Professional Development Coordinator - July 1997 - December 31, 1999

                Professional Development Review Board  - June 1991 - June 1993, and May 1997 - December 31, 1999

Staff Development Review Board  - June 1991 - June 1993, and

                May 1997 - December 31, 1999 (Committee Co-Chair)

Meet and Confer, Faculty Salary and Matrix Task Forces -

                January 1994 - December 31, 1999 (Committee Chair)

                Salary and Benefits Committee - 1990 - December 31, 1999 (Committee Chair)

Academic Standards and Practices Committee - 1995 - 1997 (Committee Chair)

 

Selected student and community service:

Faculty Advisor, Phi Beta Lambda Student Business Club - 1992-1997

                Student Advisor, Business Department - 1992 - present

U.S. Small Business Administration Resource Center  - 1995 - 1999

                U.S. Small Business Resource Coordinator - 1993 - present

Palomar College Speaker’s Bureau - August 2003 - present

Rancho Bernardo Chamber of Commerce Representative for Palomar College - August 2000 - present

               

Business Career Experience:

1984-1991:              Executive Air Service, Inc./Critical Air Medicine, Inc.

                Sr. Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer

1991-1999:              TheaterGoers of San Diego, Inc., Owner and President.

1967-1984:              Ernest W. Hahn, Inc., Property Accountant

Etui, Inc., Business Manager/Accountant

E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc., Manager, Cash Control and Banking

De Santis & Prinzi, CPAs, Accountant

Columbia Broadcasting Systems, Inc., Assistant to Director, Wage & Salary Administration

New York Life Insurance Co., Insurance Encoder

 

AWARDS AND HONORS:

                2003 Faculty Research Award - Palomar College Faculty

                2002 Palomar College President’s Recognition Award - commitment to mission: “Learning for Success”

                2002 Second Place - General Motors Marketing Internship Collegial Award

                2001 Excellence in Education Hayward Award - Statewide Academic Senate

                2001 NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) Excellence Award

                2000 Gift of Time Award - Palomar College Faculty Senate

                2000 Faculty Service Award - Palomar College Faculty

                1999 John Fry Individual Merit Award for Outstanding Contributions to Staff Development - NCSPOD

                                (National Council Staff, Professional, and Organizational Development)

                1999 Institutional Award - NCSPOD

                1998 First Place 1997-98 General Motors Marketing Internship Collegial Award

                1996 Association of Community Colleges Trustees (ACCT) Pacific Region Faculty Award

                1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004 Who's Who Among America's Teachers

                1995, 1996, 1997, and 2001 Palomar College nominee - CASE Professors of the Year Program

(Council for Advancement and Support of Education)

                1995 Palomar College Distinguished Faculty Award Finalist

                1994 First Place 1993-94 General Motors Marketing Internship Collegial Award

                1993 First Place Community College General Motors Marketing Internship

                1993 Education Award Recipient - Greater San Diego Industry Education Council

                1989 U.S. Small Business Administration's San Diego/Riverside District Accountant of the Year

           

PUBLICATIONS AND SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:

·         Community College League of California 2003 Annual Convention Presenter, November 2003. The ABC’s of Learning: Decision-Making and Accountability.

May 2003

                                5th Edition - 1994; and 4th Edition - 1992

and How to Avoid Them.

1. Business Department promotional video, 12 minute infomercial

                2. Education Centers promotional video, 11-minute infomercial

                    nominated for local Emmy Award & awarded Del Mar Fair First place winner for category

                3. Poway/Polmerado Hospital fundraising video, 8 minute infomercial

Presenter, 1998, and 1999

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

                Active Core of Executives (ACE/SCORE) Counselor/Volunteer -

U.S. Small Business Administration - 1993-1998

                Executive Advisor - Van Ness Entrepreneurial Institute - 1994 -1996

                Southern California Women for Business Ownership (SCWBO) President; Chief Financial Officer and

                                Board Member - 1986-1990

                TheaterGoers of San Diego, Inc. - 1988-1991 Advisory board member

 

EDUCATION:

                Ed. D., Leadership Studies, University of San Diego, CA. (2003)

                M. B. A., emphasis in Financial Management, National University, San Diego, CA.  (1986)

                B. B. A., Accounting, University of Houston, Houston, TX (1982)

                A.A.S., Business, Staten Island Community College, NY  (1977)

 

CERTIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS:

CMA, Certified Management Accountant, 1994 - present

Lifetime Community College Instructor Credential: Accounting; Banking & Finance;

Business; and Industrial Management (1989)

Instructional Skills Workshop Facilitator (ISW) Trainer, 1995 - present

                Franklin/Covey “7 Habits” Leadership Facilitator, 1995 - present

                Franklin/Covey “Principle Centered Leadership” Facilitator, 1996 - present

 

OTHER TRAINING:

                SDICCCA (San Diego, Imperial County Community College Association)

                                Leadership Internship Program (1998-1999)

E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc., Advanced Management Training Program (1977-78)

                Clairemont/Berkeley Business School Graduate, NY (1969)

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) - 1990 - present

                American Educational Research Association (AERA) - 1998 - present

                California Business Education Association (CBEA) - 2000 - present

National Business Education Association (NBEA) - 1995 - 2000