national fellows for the Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) of the American Society of Association Executives. The program is designed to help participants from underrepresented groups enhance their careers in association management through a program of professional development that includes networking opportunities and mentoring. Professor Small has been with Touro since 2002, where she teaches a general survey of psychology course as well as industrial psychology. She is also approved to teach management of human services agencies through the Business and Accounting Department. Professor Small is also president and CEO of Small Industries’ Organizational Success Strategies, a firm that provides organizational development services to small and medium-sized businesses, nonprofits and government agencies, and serves in leadership roles on various community and corporate boards of directors.

On October 27, 2006, NYSCAS Education Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Catherine T. Barksdale was awarded “Woman of the Year” at the 31st Annual Freedom Fund Dinner Dance for the Parkchester Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The mission of the 100-year-old NAACP is to ensure political, educational, social, and economic equality for all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

- Compiled with Assistance from Kara Solomon, Director of Editorial Services, NYSCAS.

Touro University California College of Pharmacy Faculty Among Chosen Few
Dr. Debra Sasaki-Hill, associate dean for clinical affairs, has been chosen for the highly competitive 2006-2007 Academic Fellows Leadership Program (ALFP) by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The AFLP is a year-long program to develop leadership skills in approximately 30 fellows. This is the second year that the Touro College of Pharmacy has been honored to have a faculty member in the ALFP program. Dr. David Evans completed his fellowship in July 2006.

Professor Keith Yoshizuka was selected by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) to attend the Pharmacy Leadership Institute (PLI) at the Executive Leadership Center of the Boston University School of Management in May 2006. ASHP selects from a pool of applicants the top pharmacy leaders in the country to attend their Pharmacy Leadership Institute. The PLI is an intensive program with several goals, including: development of visionary leaders who can inspire people to make significant contributions and move their organizations forward; promotion of innovative, out-of-the-box thinking; energizing of accomplished managers with new insights, information, and strategies to tackle the challenges of an increasingly complex environment; and equipping participants for their roles as coaches, teachers, motivators, and strategists.

Professor Yoshizuka has also been invited to participate in a panel of pharmacy executives at the ASHP midyear clinical meeting in Anaheim in December 2006 to provide “management pearls” for aspiring new managers, insight to incumbent managers, and new perspectives and ideas on how to manage for managers or those who might be considering transitioning into management.