Luca E. Lewis, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Washington State University

  Aug 1996 - May 1999

  Physical Education Instructor

  Courses Taught:Beginning KarateIntermediate KarateSelf-DefenseWeightliftingAdvanced Racquetball

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  North Idaho Athletic Club

  Jan 1999 - Jul 2001

  Owner | Manager

  Owned and operated a 2,000 member health club from inception to completion.• Created and assisted in all aspects of project management, including budgets and financial planning and investment finding, building structure revisions, health club design and equipment layout, development and implementation of operations and programs, and development of pricing structure.• Developed and implemented all programs and services including personal training, assessment, nutrition, corporate fitness programs, aerobics programs, tanning, massage, and day care.• Established corporate fitness programs with local businesses and organizations to help increase overall health and wellness of employees. Show less

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  University of Idaho

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  Program Manager | Education Specialist

  RESPONSIBILITIES • Trained campus administrators, disciplinary board members, counselors, and a community response team in addressing campus and community violence.• Created and implemented evaluation measures for campus education, training, and accountability practices.• Developed and maintained student-level data and confidential reports, completed semi-annual federal reports, supervised staff, conducted staff evaluations, and assisted the Director for Violence Prevention Programs in managing office budgets.• Served as a member of the Idaho State Department of Health and Welfare Violence Prevention Task Force. Served as a member of the University of Idaho Violence Against Women on College Campus Response Team. • Assisted in the implementation of a four-hour training block of best practice responses to violence against women on campus crimes for the University of Idaho judicial and disciplinary boards.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Co-wrote and implemented three grants for the United States Department of Justice and the Idaho State Department of Health and Welfare, totaling $40,000 for over three years. Co-wrote and implemented two grants for the United States Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women for the University of Idaho, totaling over $473,000 for over four years. • Created and implemented a cutting-edge violence prevention and intervention program for all first-year students through New Student Orientation.• Generated and submitted a state-wide report to the Idaho State Department of Health and Welfare on prevalence, incidence, and intervention of same-sex domestic violence in the state of Idaho. • Developed and implemented fact sheet, brochures, and guidance for students, faculty, and staff on stalking, intimate partner violence, dating violence, and non-stranger sexual assault. • Assisted in the development and implemented of a 40-hour training block for all Moscow Police Department and local law enforcement agencies. Show less

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  University of Washington

  Sept 2006 - Jul 2007

  Student Affairs Administrator

  RESPONSIBILITIES• Collaboratively developed and deployed student retention strategies by integrating key student support services to academic programs.• Oversaw and administered operation budgets and projected start-up costs for the Campus Fitness Center and the Longshoremen’s Hall Recreation and Collaborative Learning Center. Recruited, hired, trained, and evaluated over 16 staff for both facilities.• Composed professional job descriptions for a Resource Specialist position and chaired search committee for new position to oversee off-campus housing programs and services, new student orientation, the peer adviser program, childcare, and health and wellness promotion. • Assisted in organizational development and strategic planning of Student Affairs departments.• Increased and promoted visibility of off-campus housing by partnering with community property managers and owners to benefit students.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Led and directed the opening of two critical student resources, The Longshoremen’s Hall Recreation and Collaborative Learning Center and the Campus Fitness Center. Chaired the Campus Fitness Center and Longshoremen’s Hall Recreation and Collaborative Learning Center operations committee and led negotiation efforts for appropriation of start-up funds with staff and the Association of UW Students.• Effectively implemented the peer advising program for first-year students. Oversaw the recruitment, training, and supervision of over 15 Orientation Leaders and Peer Advisers. • Developed and implemented metrics for service and facility usage. Tracked and captured data used to inform and substantiate additional funding from the Student Activities and Fees Committee.• Chaired and led New Student Orientation. Directed and supervised growth and progress toward best practices for retaining over 60 students per quarter. Show less

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  Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

  Apr 2008 - Sept 2008

  Program Supervisor

  RESPONSIBILITIES:• Provided fiscal oversight with $100,000 annual operation budget and ensured fiscal solvency. Provided fiscal oversight and deployment of a $500,000 collaborative grant project for OSPI and the Department of Education. • Managed the state-wide uniform information and reporting system, including the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Data System, Weapons in Schools, Student Behavior, and Attendance Reporting. • Led training and technical assistance for 295 school districts to help define parameters for data collection. • Coordinated communication with educational service districts, and the State School Safety Advisory Committee to ensure feedback and timely closure on all data management projects.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Developed and implemented guidance for 295 school districts to support safety planning which included prevention, intervention, preparedness, mitigation, emergency response, and post-incident recovery.• Implemented a cross-tabulation system that allowed users to run queries using Healthy Youth Survey data. Managed tasks with seven different state agency stakeholders and external contractors and deployed a new query system from test to production. • Managed partnerships with Washington State Human Rights Commission and OSPI Equity Office. Designed and deployed bullying and harassment guidance and fact sheets.• Collaboratively designed and implemented the Washington State School Safety Center web site which included enhanced user tools and access to the Healthy Youth data query system. • Constructed and deployed the School Safety Center survey to all school districts. Analyzed demographic, attitudinal, and school safety data to substantiate needs for additional resources.• Developed and implemented state-wide Education Data System end user guidance, coordinated and presented training and technical assistance, and provided innovative guidance to all schools, school districts, and Educational Service Districts. Show less

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  Bellevue College

  Sept 2010 - Oct 2012

  Director for High School Programs

  RESPONSIBILITIES• Directed High School Programs toward values, vision, goals, and integrated business practices. Supervise and mentor 7 High School Programs staff members. Managed a $229,000 operating budget and oversee $4.4 million annual revenue budget process for Running Start. • Directed an admissions, registration, and billing process to implement state-wide legislative changes to the Running Start program. Administered guidance for 34 school districts addressing the changing state laws which govern Running Start.• Served as member of the Campus Assessment Response Evaluation (CARE) Team, Child Sexual Abuse and Neglect Team, K-12 Center Initiative Committee, New Student Orientation Committee, Transitions Team, Student Services Strategic Planning Task Force.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Deployed a new High School Programs web site• Increased annual departmental budget by $86,000 in two years to support additional student programs and services.• Increased Running Start head count by 31% from fall 2010 (1,285) to fall 2012 (1,694) by building strong partnerships and outreach strategies with regional schools and school districts. • Designed and implemented a campus-wide K-12 Center Initiative. Composed a $54,000 and secured funding toward strategic planning implementation.• Led a campus-wide effort to implement the Campus Assessment Response Evaluation (CARE) Team. Secured $22,000 for Threat Assessment training. Co-designed and implemented an institutional Child Sexual Abuse and Neglect policy. Developed campus-wide training and reporting procedures for all faculty and staff.• Led a strategic planning process for Student Services. Implemented quantitative and qualitative assessment measures for Student Services departments.• Increased student retention through restructuring of New Student Orientation by partnering with Career Services and Academic Advising to ensure a student development approach toward educational and career planning. Show less

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  Edmonds College

  Oct 2012 - May 2015

  Dean for Student Success and Retention

  RESPONSIBILITIES• Implemented and evaluated campus-wide retention and persistence strategies and practices; led campus-wide student success and retention initiatives. • Supervised and evaluated staff in Career and Academic Advising, New Student Orientation, Counseling and Resource Center, TRiO, Services for Students with Disabilities, and Early Alert.• Administered an over 1 million dollar operating budget process for student success and retention. Collaboratively developed and implemented annual budget development proposals. • Administered and oversaw the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy an Early Alert process to support our marginalized and vulnerable student population. • Administered the student conduct process and disciplinary procedures; chaired the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT). ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Created and deployed a campus-wide strategy team to develop Triton Jumpstart New Student Orientation—a nationally recognized, strengths-based program focus on persistence and completion. • Developed faculty professional development seminar on strengths-based integrated course learning outcomes; increased faculty participation in New Student Orientation from 15 faculty in fall 2012 to fall 34 faculty in fall 2013. • Implemented and chaired the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT). Led campus stakeholders through a year-long development and implementation process for the college’s Student Code of Conduct and Procedures. Led the deployment of the college’s If You See Something, Say Something campaign with Marketing and College Relations Division. • In collaboration with key students, faculty, and staff, developed and implemented a new incident reporting form and integrated a paperless student conduct process. Increased campus-wide reporting by 154% from 54 cases in 2012-2013 to 137 cases in 2013-2014 academic year. Continued increase of campus reporting to 175 cases in fall 2014, yielding a 224% increase from 2012-2013 academic year. Show less

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  Whatcom Community College

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2022

  Vice President for Student Services

  • Led the College and the student services division through systemic development and evaluation of culturally responsive strategies—vision, mission, and goals articulation and implementation designed to serve students and the community. • Oversaw a $14 million Student Services Division operating budget and supported the development of a $31.9 million institutional operating budget.• In collaboration with the President’s Cabinet, led and administered COVID-19 response, business continuity, and re-entry planning for the College.• Developed strategic partnerships with local and regional school districts, tribes, business and industry, legislators, organizations, and funding agencies.• Restructured and reorganized the Student Services Division; created and revised over sixty-five position descriptions and integrated equity, inclusion, and guided pathways duties, responsibilities, and competencies.• Created and established a new college endowment entitled, WCC Dismantling Racism and Advocating for Justice Endowed Lecture Series.• Led and coordinated College’s development and deployment of Orca Central; a student one-stop and student success center designed to advance the entry, onboarding, and success experience for diverse learners and earners.• Led and administered the deployment of over $6.5 million in the College’s stimulus and emergency fund process. • Spearheaded and led institutional efforts to open the College’s first student housing solution (Cedar Hall) in summer 2020. • Led the College’s coordination in US Mobile Mexican and Guatemalan Consulate site visits in collaboration with six external agencies to assist 2,000 adults and children with birth certificates, passports, consular identification and voter identification documentation.• Facilitated WCC’s first P-14 Visioning Summit with Ferndale School District. Created a new Student Services Department entitled K-12 Partnerships to strategically align the College’s outreach and dual credit programs. Show less

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  West Hills Community College District

  Jul 2022 - now

  Associate Vice Chancellor of Education and Student Services

  • Serve as the chief instructional officer for the district; Ensure compliance and coordinate all aspects of districtwide grants, contracts, categorical programs, Title V education code, and development with faculty, staff, and administrators, and the grants division.• Lead and administer over $30 million annually in grants and provide recommendations as it relates to grants development and purchasing.• Led the district’s not-for-credit, noncredit, and credit pathways project; sourced and coordinated materials, developed a strategy, planned, and conducted four strategic mapping sessions, and documented progress. • Co-led and coordinated district-wide strategies, facilitated planning summits with key stakeholders, including faculty, student services, leaders, and students to re-imagine an innovative alternative course schedule for diverse learners and earners. • Co-led and coordinated the re-launch of a district-wide holistic case management software tool; worked closely with key district/college stakeholders to develop and implement training and communicate high impact practices for staff and students. • Led the district through the Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative focused on increasing organizational effectiveness through position controls and accounts receivable. • Served as executive sponsor and led the development and implementation of California Virtual Campus Online Education Initiative. • Coordinated and supported the Intercultural Development Inventory and Intercultural Development Plans and to also supported the Board of Trustees and the Equity and Diversity Committee through competency training. • Administered and led the re-positioning of the Child Development Centers (CDC) to focus on the district’s core mission—college students/student parents. • Developed and led district-wide efforts to advance intercultural competence and DEI high impact practices through development and implementation of the IDI and ICS for all employees. Show less