While the headquarters of WBSI continue to be in La Jolla, California, it is now not only possible but desirable to build the Institute as a virtual organization, with staff members and constituencies located all over the globe, collaborating by means of advanced communication technology. WBSI can operate with a relatively small permanent staff, aided by consultants- e.g., professors, technical experts, public relations specialists, etc. The academic leaders and other specialists needed for the programs are drawn from major universities and research centers all over the world.

The executive leadership of WBSI is in the following hands:
• Richard Farson, President
• Carlos Campbell
• Andrew Feenberg
• Thomas Gillette
• Kathleen Greenwood
• Andrea Lawrence-Stuart
• W. H. McGaw, Jr.
• Lisa A. Pasak
• Patricia Petterson
• Lawrence N. Solomon
• Kip Winsett

Richard Farson, President, WBSI
Executive Director, International Leadership Forum
Dr. Farson is a psychologist, educator and author who directed several organizations noted for their innovative programs in human affairs. A co-founder of WBSI, he has served either as president or chairman from its beginning. He was also the founding dean of the school of environmental design at the California Institute of the Arts, president of Esalen Institute, a faculty member of the Saybrook Graduate School and Research Institute, and is the immediate past president of the International Design Conference in Aspen. A University of Chicago Ph.D. in psychology, he served as a Ford Foundation Fellow on the Human Relations Faculty of the Harvard Business School, and as a Research Officer in the U.S. Navy, studying leadership, motivation, morale and training. His books are Science and Human Affairs, The Future of the Family, Birthrights and the critically acclaimed bestseller, Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership, now published in 11 languages. His latest book, co-authored with Ralph Keyes, is Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation, was recently published by Free Press/Simon and Schuster.

Carlos C. Campbell, Director of Development
Carlos C. Campbell, is Chairman, Geolink Advisors, LLC, Strategic Advisory and Asset Management;  Member of the Board of Directors, Resource America, Inc., Pico Holdings, Inc., and Laidlaw Global Corp; he is a graduate  Michigan State Univ. (B.S.);  The US Naval Post Graduate School  (Diploma, Engineering Science); and Catholic University of America (MCRP). He completed nine years of active service as Naval Aviator and Air Intelligence Officer. He was a  Senior Systems Analyst, Control Data Corp; Special Assistant, at HUD; Deputy Assistant Administrator, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration; and  Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, with the U.S. Department of Commerce and a Special Envoy for President Reagan. He was a. Commissioner, with the Northern Virginia Regional Planning Commission; an Adjunct Professor,   Virginia Tech. a member of the Board of Directors for the American Society of Planning Officials; and  a Fellow, Ford Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. He is the author of New Towns: Another Way to Live and over 100 articles published in news papers and professional journals.

Andrew Feenberg, Director of ILF Program Design
Dr. Feenberg has been a professor of philosophy at San Diego State University for 30 years, and a long time research associate at WBSI. He was a member of the original team that designed and managed the online School of Management and Strategic Studies, and has become one of the critical observers of the field of online education as it has developed. A philosopher of technology, he has written or edited seven books on that subject, most recently Questioning Technology, enabling him to make valuable intellectual contributions to the content as well as the design of the International Leadership Forum program. In addition to his contributions to the ILF, he heads the development of the WBSI Center for Distance Education.

Thomas Gillette, Program Director
A prominent sociologist, Dr. Gillette is Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the department of sociology at San Diego State University. He also was founding director of the WBSI developed Center for the Studies of the Person. As a research associate at WBSI he directed the evaluation of poverty programs of the Johnson administration. A broad ranging social scientist, Dr. Gillette has studied, written and consulted extensively with government and the private sector on matters ranging from physician/patient relationships to organizational and community development. His work has always dealt with the most significant emerging social issues, and reflected his continuing interest and hands-on involvement in attempts to apply social science knowledge to the social problems of other countries. In addition to his work with WBSI, he teaches social psychology as Adjunct Professor at Point Loma Nazarene University.

Kathleen Greenwood, Program Director
Educated as an undergraduate at Southwest Texas State University and National University, with graduate studies in psychology at Pepperdine University, Ms. Greenwood has been involved in a variety of social services ranging from mentoring adolescent girls to advising widows on financial management to bereavement counseling for parents whose have lost their children. Among her research accomplishments, she has been instrumental in revising the venerable Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a test used to detect psychopathology, to make it more culturally appropriate. Trained in clinical psychology with an emphasis on family therapy, she now also applies her understanding of family dynamics to problems of organizational change.

Andrea Lawrence-Stuart, Web Site Content Administrator
Ms. Lawrence-Stuart, a native of New York, worked for WBSI throughout the 80's and has spent most of the time since working in a San Diego law office. Recently rejoining the staff she is now responsible for the management of its Web site content, responding to inquiries and updating the documents.

W. H. McGaw, Director of Communications
A long time staff member of WBSI, Mr. McGaw produced and directed the WBSI documentary film, Journey Into Self, which won the Motion Picture Academy Oscar for Best Feature Length Documentary. He has also received the Peabody Award for excellence in television production with his documentary on the troubled inter-group relations in Northern Ireland, The Steel Shutter. His continuing interests are in multi-media approaches to conflict resolution and community building, and his current focus is on the ethnic tensions in Fiji. A graduate of Rollins College, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, Mr. McGaw had a successful career as a television actor, producer and director, and as a corporate communications specialist before coming to WBSI to manage the Institute's communications, now chiefly on the Internet and broadcast media.

Lisa A. Bouvier, Assistant to President
Mrs. Pasak is a native of Westport, MA and was schooled in Dallas, TX.  She assists WBSI in a wide range of responsibilities including program development, financial management, public relations, website and editorial projects, publicity, Internet research, and communications with WBSI staff and program participants.

Patricia Petterson, Program Director
Dr. Petterson is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience supervising mental health clinics. Particularly relevant to WBSI's project on metaprofessional development, as director of PERT Inc. (Psychiatric Emergency Response Team) she has partnered with law enforcement and other community agencies, mobilizing and training these lay resources to deal with mental health crises more effectively. Dr. Petterson received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. For WBSI, she heads the program of metaprofessional development in the field of mental health.

Lawrence N. Solomon, Managing Director of ILF
Dr. Solomon, one of the first professionals chosen for the WBSI staff, is an industrial psychologist, author, educator and consultant, who built an international reputation as an expert in team building, conflict resolution, and the management of change. In addition to his long service to WBSI, where he headed several of the Institute's most innovative research programs, he has taught industrial and organizational psychology as a professor at the California School of Professional Psychology. His deep understanding of leadership and group dynamics serves him well as he coordinates both the face-to-face and the online activities of ILF Fellows and academic leaders.

Kip Winsett, ILF Digest Editor
Mr. Winsett, a native of Chloride, Arizona, worked for WBSI during the early 60's as a research assistant. The Institute provided his first exposure to computers and programming, helping to launch his career as a systems analyst. In that capacity, he has designed and implemented business software for companies such as Shell Oil, General Motors, Honolulu Federal Bank, and Mail Boxes Etc. With the advent of the Internet, Mr. Winsett was able to join his computer skills with his long time interest in graphic design and art, starting his own web design company, which focuses mainly on web sites for museums and fine art dealers. Mr. Winsett's primary role at WBSI is that of editor of the International Leadership Forum's e-zine, the ILF Digest. 

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