Core Faculty

Dr. Pat Lattore
Dr. Patrick Lattore has studied the dynamics and principles of leadership in many professional and educational capacities. He is currently a private consultant. In his previous positions, he was a professor in the Division of Medical Education for the School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, and he was the Director of Development and the Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations for the Research Institute of L.A. Children's Hospital Foundation. He has the unique ability to teach issues of leadership in ways that allow students to learn the concepts through personal discovery rather than through absorbing lecture material. Pat has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology form the University of Northern Colorado, and a M.S. Ed. in Higher Education from Indiana University.

Dr. Bill Reckmeyer
Dr. Bill Reckmeyer is professor of Leadership and Systems at San Jose State University and a senior fellow in the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. Bill was a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow (1988-1992) and has also been a three-time Salzburg Fellow (1995-1999). Based in Silicon Valley, Bill is a systems scientist and practitioner whose consulting, research, teaching, and service over the past thirty years has focused on helping organizations and communities address complex concerns more effectively and responsibly. The core of Bill's work centers on collaborative strategies to effect lasting systemic changes in problematic organizational, social, and public policy settings. His main emphasis is on integrating the full range of planning, development, and implementation activities required for success under turbulent conditions.