Shara Tscheulin

Experience

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  Countertop Creations of the Gulf Coast, LLC

  May 2006 - Sept 2011

  • Consultant/Owner

    Aug 2007 - Sept 2011

  • Production Manager/Owner

    May 2006 - Aug 2007
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  Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

  Nov 2009 - Dec 2010

  Continuing Education Specialist
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  Bellevue College

  Jan 2011 - Mar 2017

  • Product Manager, Business Training Institute

    Mar 2014 - Mar 2017

  • Program Manager, Continuing Education (CE) Professional Programs

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2015
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  Noesis, LLC

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2017

  Owner

  Founded a general contracting business to deliver innovative and expert solutions to serve the Greater Seattle area. Specializing in remodeling facilities and developing new building solutions for national commercial chain restaurants. Also skilled in residential and home remodeling ventures with a strong focus on providing a premier customer experience.

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  Lane Community College

  Mar 2017 - Jun 2019

  Dean, Extended Learning Division

  Led a regional self-support and grant funded business to serve a non-traditional learner audience with over 10,000 enrolled students by providing professional and community continuing education, small business development services, summer programming, corporate training for employers and other educational programs and services. Oversaw campus operations for two LCC satellite centers: the Mary Spilde Center located in downtown Eugene and the LCC Cottage Grove Center. Also supported Lane County entrepreneurial/small business activities by successfully leading the second largest Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Oregon as acting SBDC Director in addition to Dean responsibilities. Show less

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  San Diego State University

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2021

  Associate Dean, Professional and International Programs - SDSU Global Campus

  Successfully provided visionary leadership in academic programming and the strategic development of SDSU’s Global Campus, offering innovative programs to an expanded learner audience with the goal of increasing access and creating pathways to assist diverse learners in the path to achieving their unique successes. Effectively established cooperative partnerships across SDSU with the university’s colleges and their respective faculty with a goal of delivering innovative credit and non-credit programs and certificates for both domestic and international students. Show less

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  Valencia College

  Aug 2021 - Feb 2023

  Dean of Business, IT & Public Services

  Provided strategic and collaborative leadership in the support of a multi-disciplinary academic division with a focus on providing associate and bachelor degree/certificate programs in service of a highly diverse community and student population. Exemplified and promoted learning-centeredness, equity-minded practice and collaborative shared governance while contributing to the advancement of equitable student access, completion, transfer and career credential attainment.

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  University of Montana

  Feb 2023 - now

  Vice Provost for Educational Initiatives and Innovation

  Serving as an academic officer and executive member of the President’s Cabinet, responsible for supporting university efforts in the growth and development of innovative educational opportunities for an expanded learner audience. Accountable for the oversight and direction of strategic growth initiatives for the university’s portfolio of high-quality online courses and programs, while building on UM’s long history of international engagement and strong partnerships abroad. Specifically, the Office of Educational Initiatives and Innovation supports university wide efforts through the work of UM Summer, UM Online, the Global Engagement Office and the Mansfield Center. Show less