Personnel Specialist I
Office Location:
Administration Building, Human Resources Office
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Tel:
(671) 735-2344
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Extension Agent II, 4-H Youth Development Program
Office Location:
ALS 113F
CREDENTIALS
- M.S., Biology, Emphasis: Genetics (91快播)
- B.S., Human Biology (University of California San Diego)
Associate Professor of Public Administration
Office Location:
SBPA 138
ABOUT
John J. Rivera is an executive coach, consultant, and professor with more than 15 years of diverse professional, executive, and academic experience. He is a tenured associate professor of public administration with the 91快播's School of Business & Public Administration, is the Master of Public Administration program director, and is co-founder and director for the Regional Center for Public Policy.
Rivera's expertise and forte is in human capital innovation through agile leadership transformation and organizational development -- specializing in emotional intelligence, personality type, and strategic talent capacity building. Throughout Guam and the region, Rivera has worked with a diverse array of companies from startups to global brands, federal, and public sector to nonprofits. His skill sets are complemented by some of the most prominent talent developmental assessments in the market today. He is Guam's first and only MBTI鈩� Master Practitioner and MBTI鈩� Certified Step III Practitioner, Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP) Founding Practitioner, the first Certified Manager (CM) Certified Instructor, and was among the first Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i) certified practitioners in Guam.
EDUCATION/credentials
- Ph.D., Organization and Management - Leadership Specialization, Capella University (Minn.)
- BBA, PMBA, MPA, 91快播
- Executive Certificate in Public Policy for completion of:
- Cyber Security: The Intersection of Policy and Technology Certificate, Harvard Kennedy School Exec. Ed.
- Leadership in the 21st Century Program Certificate, Harvard Kennedy School Exec. Ed.
- Emerging Leaders Program Certificate, Harvard Kennedy School Exec. Ed.
- Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF)
- Certified Faculty Developer (CFD)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Certified Manager (CM)
- Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (KHS)
- Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope & Martyr (KSS)
- L5 Behavioral Governance (L5)
- Professional of Human Resource Management (PHR)
- Senior Professional in Human Resources 鈥� International (SPHRi)
- Senior Professional in Human Resources (SHRM-SCP)
CERTIFICATIONS
- MBTI鈩� Certified Master Practitioner (Levels鈥擲teps I, II, and III)
- 颁笔滨鈩�
- EMP鈩� Founding Practitioner
- EQ-i 2.0庐
- 贵滨搁翱庐
- 碍骋滨庐
- 惭惭罢滨颁庐
- 笔惭础滨庐
- 厂迟谤辞苍驳庐
- 罢滨笔厂鈩�
- 罢碍滨庐
Extension Assistant II, Community Nutrition Education Program - EFNEP
Office Location:
ALS 112A
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Tel:
(671) 735-2020
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Protocol and Board Liaison Officer
Office Location:
School of Business & Public Administration Building, Room 246
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Tel:
(671) 735-2995/2991
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Interim Dean
Office Location:
SBPA Bldg.
CREDENTIALS
- B.S., Public Administration, 91快播
- MPA, Syracuse University (N.Y.)
- Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies 鈥� Public Policy and Social Change, Union Institute & University (Ohio)
Personnel Specialist I
Office Location:
Administration Building, Human Resources Office
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Tel:
(671) 735-2344
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Fax:
(671) 734-6005
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Assistant Professor of Marketing
Office Location:
SBPA 124
CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D., Business Administration - Marketing, Pusan National University (South Korea)
- M.A., Business Administration, Pusan National University (South Korea)
- B.S., Public Affairs - Environmental Management, Indiana University
Assistant Professor of Marine Microbiology
Office Location:
ML 103
CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D., Ecology and Molecular Biology, Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes (France) and University of French Polynesia (French Polynesia)
- M.S., Marine Ecology, University of Bordeaux (France)
- B.S., Biology of Organisms and Populations, University of Brest (France)
Professor of Economics
Office Location:
SBPA 118
CREDENTIALS
- B.S., Economics, San Jose State University (Calif.)
- M.A., Economics, San Jose State University (Calif.)
- Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Riverside
BIOgraphy
Dr. Maria Claret M. Ruane听is a tenured professor of economics at the 91快播 within the School of Business & Public Administration. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from San Jose State University (Calif.) and a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Riverside.听
She has previously served as the resident development economist for the 91快播 Pacific Center for Economic Initiatives and also as the resident development economist and research contributor/supervisor for the UOG听Regional Center for Public Policy.
She has 29 years of experience in international macroeconomic development and is trained in quantitative approach to analyze available data and, when necessary, design methodologies to address limitations in data.
Dr. Ruane has written several socio-economic studies at regional, national, and international levels, including:
RCPP鈥檚 "Guam Economic Report" for 2018 and 2019
鈥淔actors that Explain Corruption in the 50 States of the United States of America: A Regression Analysis,鈥� published in the double-blind, peer-reviewed, internationally circulated journal听Asia Pacific Business and Economics Research Perspectives
A 20-equation simulation model to analyze the effect of development aid on a recipient economy.听听
Her other work includes the generation and analysis of much-needed economic and business indicators and analysis in Guam, including:
consumer and business confidence survey
corruption perception
buying local behavior
local spending multiplier
effect of exchange rate changes on tourist arrivals to Guam
local farmer and village residents surveys in the context of the One Village-One Product approach to Guam鈥檚 economic development.
She believes that research is a search for the truth and aims at developing local capacity in Guam to produce ethical, relevant, and impactful economic research and analysis.
