Associate Professor,
Toyo University
Associate Professor,
The George Washington University
Professor,
Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Lisa Watanabe is a doctoral student in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University, and her research interests focus on organizational and leadership development, adult development, transformative learning, and mentoring.
As the Founder of Watanabe & Associates, she offers coaching and consultancy services to leaders and organizations across public and private sectors and earned her master’s degree in government administration from the University of Pennsylvania and her master’s degree in education from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.
Josef Javier Ayala is a doctoral student in the Graduate School of Education & Human Development (GSEHD) at George Washington University. His research interests focus on Self-Directed Learning and Innovation Diffusion Theory.
As an Instructional Designer for GWU, Javi helps develop coursework and curriculum for the College of Professional Studies. He holds a Master's degree from the School of Engineering at Stony Brook University, as well as a Masters' from Parsons The New School for Design.
Kaori Mizukoshi, Ed. D. is founder and CEO of Edvisage, LCC, a provider of global leadership programs for multinational corporations with business in Japan. Dr. Mizukoshi holds a master's degree in International and Transcultural Studies and a doctorate from the Department of Organization and Leadership of Teachers College, Columbia University.
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