Our People

The Board and Officers of the non-profit corporation have extensive experience in online education, and believe that online education addresses four key obstacles to acquiring (in the case of students) and furthering (in the case of educational professionals and institutions) education:

Jane Ayers, Ph.D.	Dr. Ayers offers an incredibly divergent set of competencies to the life-span management of eGG. Jane has an evolved entrepreneurial drive that has manifested in the started-up or several businesses along with the tenacity to manage the operations of several others over many years. Dr. Ayers offers expertise in all aspects of Facilities and Property Management to eGG. She is well-versed in contract negotiations and ongoing maintenance of facilities to support the planned evolution of eGG. Academically, Dr. Ayers provides an extensive background in the design and delivery of courses in Psychology and Spirituality. Jane creates courses that focus on human systems and how they learn and are transformed. The worldview that supports these abilities to “teach and create” is an integral worldview that respects individuals, groups, communities, and cultures and utilizes collaborative approaches to diversity, human dignity, and the ability to be simply complex. Dr. Ayers has combined these interests in significant course development for hospitals, educational institutions, and community centers. She is a humanist and demonstrates her commitment to healthful living in each environment she is involved in.
Licia Duryea, Ph.D.	Dr. Duryea brings a wealth of strategic skills in organizational development to eGG. Licia’s vision as an Organizational Design and Developer combines academic expertise in theories and initiatives in organizational change for academia, government and private corporations with consultative experience in change management and managerial expertise in human resource training. She is competent in process (re)design and improvement; program design and management. Dr. Duryea offers diversified instructional design and delivery techniques through many years as an educational developer in a variety of adult education environments both on the ground and online. Licia offers a grounding in the corporate milieu to assure course design that meets industry needs and mature student learning styles. Dr. Duryea’s has evolved her knowledge and understanding of planned change through her personal and professional endeavors. Licia utilizes a holistic approach to change that utilizes all aspects of self in the change process. Licia’s change management facilitation expertise ensures organizational flexibility in the structure and processes of eGG communications and work flows. Licia’s experience in managing human resources spans from her relations with her children and grand-children, community, academic institutions, associations, government and corporate bodies. With personal savvy, Dr. Duryea contributes multi-layered techniques of human resource management and sustainability to eGG.
Pat Fox, Ph.D.	As President of the Board of Management, Dr. Fox provides the vision of eGG. Pat used her expertise in Adult Learning, many years experience in teaching adult learners from diverse populations, and, in particular, specialization in teaching critical thinking skills in an online environment to form the basis of eGG. Dr. Fox provided a needs analysis of young adults entering colleges without an active understanding or experience in the workforce who are unable to successfully navigate through the college system. This needs analysis identified the mismatch between high school competencies and capacities and those required to complete college programs successfully, from which eGG was born. Pat brings a wealth of experience in both instruction at the college level and mentoring college instructors to eGG. She has specialized in teaching both Art and Critical Thinking in face-to-face and online environments. We are especially thankful for the online mentoring and benchmarking programs she has previously established for online instructors. Dr. Fox believes deeply in individual creativity and the human potential. Pat has participated in a variety of living and academic projects that inspire others to become their very best. Pat lives in the country and hobbies in gardening and maintaining balance with the local environment.
Lisa Herman, Ph.D.	Dr. Herman provides a model of academic excellence for eGG through her online and face-to-face teaching and directing expertise across an international array of academic institutions. She has designed and implemented curricula for both undergraduate and graduate students in both cyberspace and on-the-ground. In community agencies, Dr. Herman has developed a deep understanding of the needs of diverse populations. She has worked with children, adolescents and adults. Her experience and training permit her to ensure eGG curricula are of the highest standards and connected to the lived experience of our students. Dr. Herman’s background includes: the direction of learning institutes and curricula development at all levels of education, serving as a teaching faculty member in a wide variety of settings, having direct client contact and offering clinical supervision to interns in schools and community agencies, and creating and delivering workshops and retreats for specialized groups. She has a special interest in researching the trans-generational effects of images of disturbing events on non-participants in those events. Through her experiential and student-centered approach, Dr. Herman provides eGG with guidance in professional development programming for a wide spectrum of learners. Dr. Herman has lived in Canada and Israel, and now resides with her husband in Carmel Valley, California.
Margot Hovey, Ph.D.	Margot Hovey grew up in Montreal, Canada. Margot has worked extensively in the design and implementation of knowledge-delivery products based on the principles of adult learning for fifteen years. During this time, she developed methods, tools, and techniques for facilitating collaboration between software development organizations and their customers in the design and delivery of their products. The end result was the re-design of information and training products that mirror the environment of their audiences. But this was not enough... Margot noticed that underlying the technical nature of these facilitations were perceptions and attitudes of and about people that were rarely addressed. Margot has conducted research within organizations and with leaders to uncover the deep implications of the connections between people. Over the past 15 years, Margot has explored a broad range of methods to facilitate a human-centric approach to relations between advancing technologies and the ever-increasing need for deeper understanding between people. Margot has presented her work in conferences ranging from Performance Enhancements, Curriculum Design, and Transformational Learning. Margot’s Ph.D. specializes in changing human systems. Her dissertation is in the area Facilitation Techniques in Cultural Diversity. This workshop came out of extensive research that she performed on current diversity initiatives and directives. She found that many initiatives within this field help to maintain isolation and separateness. In response, Margot conducts research, facilitation, and training to bring people together by leveraging their differences. Margot is truly grateful to share this learning experience with you.
Michael Hunley, Ph.D.	Dr. Hunley contributes a sincere and compassionate teaching method for adult learners coming from extraordinarily divergent backgrounds. Michael has earnestly assessed, evaluated, and encouraged mature students and those who do not fit well into mainstream institutions for many years. Dr. Hunley offers superb grant-writing skills to eGG. In alignment with his open-hearted approach to non-traditional students, Michael has supported a variety of women’s groups through grant writing to become self-sufficient. Michael is well adept at dealing with funding bodies to ensure organizational vigilance. Dr. Hunley’s expertise in program design for at-risk, low-income dropout youth and adults includes: GED and HSR (high school re-entry-credit waiver) instruction of remedial secondary-level Mathematics, English, Basic Social Studies, Science, and Reading; Standardized test assessments (Official GED Practice Tests, Steck-Vaughn and Contemporary GED Practice Tests, Peabody Individual Achievement Test, Metropolitan Achievement Test, Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System Qualitative Reading Inventory, WASL, and ASVAB; and program management of state funded (OSPI) high school reentry program to include monthly billing, expenditure tracking, and record keeping. In addition, Dr. Hunley has been responsible for negotiating and managing workforce re-entry programs for adults. Dr. Hunley offers an experienced and empathetic vision for EGG program development.