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Mark Kabban, Ed.L.D.

Mark Kabban, Ed.L.D.

Executive Director

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    CEO & Founder of the Examined Leadership Collective. When Leadership Development Meets Science & Indigenous Knowledge

  • Education

    • Harvard University

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      Doctor of Education - Ed.L.D Education Leadership Doctorate

      Graduates of the multidisciplinary Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program — taught by faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government — are uniquely prepared for system-level leadership positions in school systems, nonprofits and philanthropies, mission-driven for-profits, and state and federal departments

    • Baker University

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      Bachelor's degree Double Major in International Studies & Political Science

    • Harvard University

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      Education Master's in Technology and Innovation

      The Technology, Innovation, and Education (TIE) Program nurtures creative leaders in education toward researching and designing new technologies and media that promote powerful teaching and engaged learning.

    • American University of Beirut

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      Activities and Societies: Studied International Politics, Lebanese History and Arabic

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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      Media Arts & Sciences, MIT Media Lab

      How to Make (Almost) Anything: Hands-on learning with the resources for designing and fabricating smart systems, including CAD/CAM/CAE; NC machining, 3-D printing, injection molding, laser cutting; PCB layout and fabrication; sensors and actuators; analog instrumentation; embedded digital processing; wired and wireless communications. This course also puts emphasis on learning how to use the tools as well as understand how they work.

  • Experience

    • Yalla San Diego

      Dec 2009 - Aug 2017
      Executive Director

      Set a mission to provide transformative education for refugee youth in the US. To date, Yalla graduates have earned just over $5 million in college scholarships and served approximately 2500 students-88% of whom have been accepted into four-year universities.

    • Harvard University

      Aug 2017 - Jan 2020

      Awarded Harvard GSE entrepreneurial grant for focus on redesigning early childhood education• Implemented the science-based IDEAS Impact Framework by Dr. Jack Shonkoff and the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard to design early childhood programs• Partnered with California's second-largest school system, San Diego Unified School District, to conduct research, design, and oversee a $130M prenatal-to-3 early childhood pilot that launched in Fall 2019• Worked on a Harvard team to co-design the $200M Sesame Workshop aka Sesame Street & IRC ECE refugee program Show less Immunity to Change (ITC)—a learning process developed by Harvard University faculty Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, informed by 30 years of research on adult development and used in organizations throughout the world—offers an actionable model for transforming our lives and our organizations. ITC can be applied to a wide variety of personal and professional change goals, such as:Improving your ability to receive critical feedbackDelegating in order to move an initiative forwardCreating a healthier work-life balanceHaving more courageous conversationsWorking more collaboratively within a groupDeveloping healthier eating or exercise habits. Show less

      • Pedagogy Lead & Teaching Fellow

        Oct 2018 - Jan 2020

      • Certified Data Wise Coach & Teaching Fellow

        Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

      • HGSE Education Entrepreneurship Fellow

        Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

      • Immunity to Change Trained Coach

        Aug 2017 - May 2019

      • Meade Fellow

        May 2018 - Dec 2018

      • Communication Fellow

        Aug 2017 - May 2018

    • High Tech High Graduate School of Education

      Jun 2020 - Jul 2023

      The global education community is in need of transformative leaders who have the courage, self-awareness and mastery of deeper learning pedagogy to lead schools and education organizations that can respond to the urgent needs of our lifetime. Public education is our greatest hope for the collective advancement of all people. For that reason, we prepare our candidates to create a space where every child in every neighborhood is part of a democratic process, partnering in educational practices to help change the world. Course List: Examined Leadership (Education Leadership Master's) Leadership Foundations (Education Leadership Master's)Critical Pedagogy (San Diego Teacher Residency Master's) Show less

      • Faculty Director, Master's in Education Leadership

        May 2021 - Jul 2023

      • Lead Designer, Center for Love & Justice

        Jun 2020 - May 2021

    • Examined Leadership Collective

      Jul 2023 - now

      Decolonized Leadership Development for Schools & Organizations.ELC helps individuals, teams, and organizations deepen the leadership tools inherent to them while developing compassion, complex thinking, and collaboration."Leadership begins when you accept the responsibility to live an examined life and cultivate a deep well of emotional resiliency for the collective advancement of your organization's mission."

      • Founder

        Jul 2023 - now

      • Chief Executive Officer

        Jul 2023 - now

    • The American College of the Mediterranean

      Sept 2024 - now
      Visiting Professor

      Teach Adult Development, Indigenous knowledge, and decolonized leadership to MBA Candidates

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Data Wise Coach

      Harvard University Graduate School of Education
      Mar 2019
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