Faculty
Shamir Andrew Ally, Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.I.A. -
Chair, CFO, and Bursar
Dr. Ally received his F.A.I.A. in England (the
equivalent of CPA/CMA), www.aia.org.uk He earned his B.B.A.
and M.B.A. from Adelphi University in New York, www.adelphi.edu;
and his Ph.D. in Administration and Management from Walden University
in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Baltimore, Maryland. www.walden.edu
Dr. Ally has EXECUTIVE LEVEL MULTINATIONAL experiences
in Manufacturing, Accounting, Finance, Management, Administration,
Distribution, Sales, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Education,
and Government.
His EXECUTIVE LEVEL Multinational experiences are from the following
Businesses: Electronics, Apparel, Printing & Packaging,
Insurance, Financing, Lotteries, Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Sugar,
Rice, Rum, Fisheries, Spices, Gold, and Diamonds.
Dr. Ally was born in GUYANA, South America.
He was the Founding Deputy Chairman of the Kuru Kuru Co-Operative
College, in Guyana and a FINANCIAL CONSULTANT to the GUYANA
GOVERNMENT.
Currently he is PRESIDENT and CEO of INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING
& FINANCIAL SERVICES; Adjunct PROFESSOR of ACCOUNTING and
MANAGEMENT at East Stroudsburg University (PA); Warren College
(NJ); DeSALES University MBA Program (PA); Chairman & Faculty
Mentor at Greenleaf University for Masters & Ph.D. Degrees
(MO); & Aspen University for Bachelors and Masters Degrees
(CO).
He also served as an IRS Revenue Agent in New York.
Other activities Dr. Ally is involved in include Past District
Governor for Lions International, District 20-K2; a Past Club
Vice President for Jaycees International; and a Distinguished
Toastmaster (DTM) from Toastmasters International.
He has visited 69 countries to date.
Dr. Ally is an American Citizen for 25 years, with 17 years
as a NEW YORKER.
Among other awards, HE is the 1994 recipient of the USA’S
“MEDAL OF FREEDOM” from the Republican Senatorial
Inner Circle and DR. ALLY was a 1996 USA Presidential Elections
Campaign Advisor to Senator BOB DOLE for NEW YORK.
Melvin B. deGuzman, Ph.D.
Dr. deGuzman earned his Doctorate of Philosophy
in administration and management at Walden University in 1997.
He also earned masters degrees from Central Michigan University
in 1981 and the University of Baltimore in 1980. Dr. deGuzman
is the founder and President of Systems Management International
(SMI), a professional services company dedicated to the development
and growth of workers and organizations. Prior to forming SMI,
he held various senior management positions within the Department
of Defense. His professional and academic background is in organization
development, workforce diversity, project management, and systems
integration. He is a Certified Systems Professional and a Certified
Office Automation Professional. Dr. deGuzman also received Vice
President Gore's National Performance Review Hammer Award in
1996. Since 1982, Dr. deGuzmßn has designed and conducted
undergraduate and graduate courses, and professional seminars
in leadership development, strategic planning, process re-engineering,
project and team management, systems integration, and database
and networking technologies. He has received a Faculty Excellence
Award in 1994, and is also a featured speaker in leadership,
management and technical conferences. Dr. deGuzman is a faculty
associate with the Johns Hopkins University.
Thomas Driver, Ph.D.
Dr Driver earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in
administration and management at Walden University in 1998.
He holds two Master degrees, an MPA in Health Services Administration,
Golden Gate University and an MAR from Liberty University. He
is completing a DMIN degree from Trinity Theological Seminary.
Dr Driver is an active duty Naval Officer, with 15 years of
service assigned as Head, Patient Administration, Naval Hospital
Bremerton, WA.
As pastor of evangelism, Dr. Thomas conducts workshops
on conflict resolution, evangelism, racial reconciliation, time
management, and organizational behavior. Dr. Driver also teaches
at the undergraduate and graduate level for City University,
Northwest College and the University of Phoenix-Online,teaching
courses in Health Care Administration and public Administration.
Charles E. Heller, Ph.D., M.A.
Dr. Heller received his Ph.D. in United States
History from the University of Massachusetts in 1985, and his
Masters’ of Arts in 1972. In his more than 25 years in
teaching and research, he has served on the adjunct faculty
of the Ottawa University and Baker University Kansas City Extensions;
as a faculty member and analyst at the Strategic Studies Institute
of the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA; and as
an adjunct faculty member with the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Heller also has served as a faculty member at Dickinson
College and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
He also has held administrative positions with the U.S. Army
Training and Doctrine Command, the U.S. Army Reserve, the University
of Massachusetts; and has served as a production supervisor
for Corning Glass. Dr. Heller currently is an assistant professor
on the faculty of Washburn University. His publications include
seven books and monographs, and numerous articles and other
publications. His futures works include the best-selling Twenty
First Century Force: A Federal Army and a Militia
Dr. Dorothy Lupascu, M.Ed, Ed.D.
Dr. Dorothy Lupascu received an undergraduate
degree from Villa Maria College in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1964,
a Masters Degree in Education from Kent State University in
1974 and a doctorate in Educational Administration from International
Graduate School in 1984. Most of Dr. Lupascu's professional
life was spent in teaching nursing at various hospital schools
of nursing and as an Assistant Professor at Kent State University,
Ashtabula, Ohio, in the Associate Degree in Nursing School.
Dr. Lupascu also served as a Division Director in a large hospital
department of education. In 1989 Dr. Lupascu along with several
other alumni and faculty from the International Graduate School
founded the graduate school now known as Greenleaf University,
Institute for Professional Studies. She served Greenleaf University
as its first administrator from 1989 until 1994.
Dr. Douglas Jackson McCready
Dr. McCready graduated from the University of
Windsor, London School of Economics and Political Science, and
the University of Alberta. His degrees are in economics and
political science. Since 1969, he has served as Assistant, Associate,
and Full Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr. McCready’s
specialization is in intergovernmental fiscal relations and
he has done studies for the Canadian government and served on
the U.S. National Tax Foundation Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
Committee. He has served on the editorial boards of seven academic
journals and the management boards of the International Institute
of Public Finance and the Canadian Health Economics Research
Association. He is currently book review editor for the Canadian
Journal of Program Evaluation. Dr. McCready is listed in Who’s
Who in Canada. He is the author of The Canadian Public Sector
(Toronto: Butterworths, 1984) and several other monographs and
many journal articles.
As an academic, besides teaching economics (public
finance, health economics, the economics of education, evaluation
methods including cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness techniques,
not-for-profit enterprises, and demographics), Dr. McCready
has taught in the field of business administration (finance,
organizational behavior, evaluation, and costing) and social
work (financial administration). Dr. McCready has also taught
at the Ontario Police College in the level three administration
program.
Dr. McCready has written a weekly newspaper column
and a monthly magazine column on business and the economy. Since
1969 he has worked with adult learners in the classroom, through
TV courses, through distance education programs and has mentored
students or been on masters or doctoral committees for students
at several Universities including Walden, The Graduate School
of America, and Nova. ICQ : 12511873
Dr. Norman Pearson, Ph.D, D.B.A. Ph.D. (Mgt.)
- President
President of Greenleaf University, was professionally, originally
trained at the University of Durham, UK, as a Town and Country
Planner. After aircrew service with the Royal Air Force in
the Korean War, he has had two parallel careers: one in academic
life and one as a consultant. He has published 15 books and
about 200 papers in refereed journals and chapters in books.
In his planning career he was Director of Planning with the
then Hamilton-Wentworth Planning Board, and Commissioner of
Planning for the new City of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
In 1962, he became President of Norman Pearson & Associates
Limited, International Planning Management Consultants. As
such he has had experience in the coal industry, natural resources
development, redevelopment of industrial cities, including
work on the Toronto-Centred Regional Plan, new towns such
as Brampton-Bramalea (Ontario) and a wide range of issues.
He was founder of the School of Rural Planning at the University
of Guelph, Canada. In his academic career, after a series
of appointments at Waterloo Lutheran University, the University
of Waterloo, McMaster University, the University of Western
Ontario, and serving as Chairman and Director of the Centre
for Resources Development, University of Guelph; with extensive
experience in distance-learning, he served in the School of
Business at Capella University and was for seven years Director
of the Administratio/Management Division at Walden University.
He served as President of Colorado-Canada Pacific Western
University, President of the International Institute for Advanced
Studies, President of Greenwich University, President of the
International University for Advanced Studies, and in 2003
was appointed President for Life at Greenleaf University.
He has many professional and academic awards for distinguished
service. His biography can be found in such reference works
as WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, and CANADIAN
WHO'S WHO. He founded The Bruce Trail, Canada's Appalachian
Trail, along the Niagara Escarpment. He holds the Bronze medal
of the Royal Town Planning Institute, UK, for research. His
PhD is from the International Institute for Advanced Studies
for research on pipelines and agriculture. His DBA is from
Colorado-Canada Pacific Western University for research on
Federal-Provincial Resources Development Agreements in Canada.
His PhD in Management is from the California University for
Advanced Studies for research on the history of urban and
regional management and the challenge of modernizing the
19th Century industrial cities. His works are archived in
the Lambda Alpha collection at Cornell University (NY) and
also in the IBC collection at Manchester University (UK).
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the International
University Foundation for services in ecological and environmental
planning. Dr. Pearson holds the Ph.D. from the International
Institute for Advanced Studies; a D.B.A. from Canada-Colorado
Pacific Western University; and a Ph.D. in Management from
the California University for Advanced Studies.
Fred B. Wiegman, Ph.D.
Dr. Wiegman received his B.S. from Eastern Michigan
University, his M.A. from the University of Michigan, and his
Ph.D. from Michigan State University. His specialty is systems
research, and he has been working in both the professions and
in academia for several decades. He is the past Director and
Owner of REACH Institute, and has served as the Dean of Administration
for Keller Graduate School of Management, Chief Executive Officer
for the Chicago Specialty Hospital and Medical Center, Chairman
of the School of Education for Lewis University, and the Director
of Administrative and Management Development for Abbott Laboratories.
Dr. Wiegman also has served as a doctoral advisor for over twenty-five
school systems. He has extensive experience in adult non-traditional
education, and an in-depth background in administration and
management of schools, universities, and hospitals.
ADMINISTRATION
Shamir Andrew Ally, Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.I.A. -
Chair, CFO, and Bursar
Dr. Ally received his F.A.I.A. in England (the
equivalent of a CPA). He earned his B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Adelphi
University in New York and his Ph.D. in Administration and Management
from Walden University. Dr. Ally has multinational experiences
in manufacturing, accounting, finance, distribution, sales,
marketing, management, administration, education, government,
and entrepreneurship. He has experience in the following industries:
electronics, apparel, printing & packaging, insurance, financing,
lotteries, oil, pharmaceuticals, sugar, rice, and rum. He was
a Financial Consultant to the Government of Guyana, and led
their missions overseas. Dr. Ally was the Founding Deputy Chairman
of the Kuru Kuru Co-operative College in Guyana. Currently,
Dr. Ally is President of International Consulting and Financial
Services. He also served as an IRS Revenue Agent in New York.
Other activities Dr. Ally is involved in include Past District
Governor for Lions International, a Past Vice President for
Jaycees International, and a Distinguished Toastmaster from
Toastmasters International. Among other awards, Dr. Ally is
the recipient of the Medal of Freedom from the Republican Senatorial
Inner Circle.
Dr. Norman Pearson, Ph.D., D.B.A., Ph.D.(Mgt.)
- President
President - Tanfield Enterprises, Ltd. (Financial
Management Corporation)
Norman Pearson & Associates, Ltd. (International Planning
Management Consultants)
Member of numerous professional, civic and honorary organizations
involved with planning, resources development, environmental
analysis, intergovernmental affairs, corporate and strategic
planning, management and organizational development
Worked extensively in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. He served
for seven years as Chair of Administration/Management at Walden
University and an additional four years as faculty
Served five years as a member of the International Board of
Governors for the California University of Advanced Studies
Dr. Pearson holds the Ph.D. from the International
Institute for Advanced Studies; a D.B.A. from Canada-Colorado
Pacific Western University; and a Ph.D. in Management from
the California University for Advanced Studies. Dr Pearson
has served in various positions at the University of Western
Ontario, The University of Guelph, The University of Waterloo,
Waterloo Lutheran University and McMaster University.
Dr. Dorothy Lupascu, M.Ed, Ed.D., Resident Mentor,
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Dr. Dorothy Lupascu received an undergraduate
degree from Villa Maria College in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1964,
a Masters Degree in Education from Kent State University in
1974 and a doctorate in Educational Administration from International
Graduate School in 1984. Most of Dr. Lupascu's professional
life was spent in teaching nursing at various hospital schools
of nursing and as an Assistant Professor at Kent State University,
Ashtabula, Ohio, in the Associate Degree in Nursing School.
Dr. Lupascu also served as a Division Director in a large hospital
department of education. In 1989 Dr. Lupascu along with several
other alumni and faculty from the International Graduate School
founded the graduate school now known as Greenleaf University,
Institute for Professional Studies. She served Greenleaf University
as its first administrator from 1989 until 1994.
Paul S. Giza - Technology Adviser and WEBMaster
Mr. Giza recently joined Greenleaf as the Technology
Adviser to the President and was subsequently asked to take
over the administration of the WEB pages.
Mr. Giza has worked in the Public Sector for 20
years and has been involved in Information Technology since
1989. In 1998, he assumed the Position of Systems Manager for
the Public Library in St. Thomas, Ontario. Mr. Giza also operates
his own Consulting Practice which he has established in 1995.
