Faculty Member
Doug Paxton is a learner, educator, writer, and artist who is passionate about what humanity has to learn from reconnecting to our values and the natural world. Doug is Co-Director of the Leadership Center at Saint Mary’s College and faculty in the MA in Leadership program, currently focusing his teaching in the area of Values in Action, Leadership and Sustainable Organizational Change. He brings to his teaching and facilitation over thirty years of leadership experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, including roles he served as the Director of People and Organizational Development at Business for Social Responsibility, Executive Director of Indochinese Housing Development Corporation and as the founding Program Director of the Presidio World College MBA in Sustainable Management. He is an accredited Hall-Tonna Values executive coach and former Rites of Passage vision quest guide. His doctoral work explored how white people can come together to work for social and racial justice.
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About Doug Paxton
Doug Paxton is a learner, educator, writer, and artist who is passionate about what humanity has to learn from reconnecting to our values and the natural world. Doug is Co-Director of the Leadership Center at Saint Mary’s College and faculty in the MA in Leadership program, currently focusing his teaching in the area of Values in Action, Leadership and Sustainable Organizational Change. He brings to his teaching and facilitation over thirty years of leadership experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, including roles he served as the Director of People and Organizational Development at Business for Social Responsibility, Executive Director of Indochinese Housing Development Corporation and as the founding Program Director of the Presidio World College MBA in Sustainable Management. He is an accredited Hall-Tonna Values executive coach and former Rites of Passage vision quest guide. His doctoral work explored how white people can come together to work for social and racial justice.
| Present | Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kalmanovitz School of Education | |
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| Present | Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Master of Arts in Leadership | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2003 - 2011 | Board Member and Board Chair, GroundSpark | 2005 - 2006 | Part-Time Contractor - Cooperative Inquiry Facilitator, Research Center for Leadership in Action - New York University Wagner School of Public Policy | 1999 - 2004 | Founding Program Director, Presidio Graduate School | 1995 - 1999 | Director of People and Organizational Development, Business for Social Responsibility | 1992 - 1994 | Executive Director, Indochinese Housing Development Corporation |
Courses
- Values, Ethics and Decision-Making
- Sustainable Organizational Change
| 2003 | Ph.D. Transformative Learning and Change, California Institute of Integral Studies | |
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| May 1988 | MBA School of Management, Yale University ‐ School of Management | |
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| May 1982 | B.A. Economics and Government, Magna Cum Laude, Georgetown University | |
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