Faculty Senate Secretary/Treasurer

Dr. Jo-Ann Rowland spent 25 years actively working as a Business Analyst and Designer, and Technical Consultant involved mainly in the Financial, Manufacturing, and Retail sectors in England. Additionally, she trained all levels of computer users during that period. She has been an entrepreneur from 1984 with businesses and NGOs in computer software design, counseling, and education, including business and people development. She is also an Accounting Practitioner. As a qualified Life coach and an accredited, registered counselor and counseling supervisor, she has provided psychotherapy and supervision support for over 30 years. As the Director and Founder of the Homeless Resource Centre (London) for 20 years, she helped to restore the confidence of homeless persons through counseling, training, and practical support. She has traveled extensively as an international missionary to places including Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe since 1989.

Dr. Rowland is the author of The Pain of Suicide.

Education:

• Doctor of Transformational Leadership: Bakke Graduate University

  • Major: Transformational Leadership

  • Minor: Entrepreneurship

• Executive Master of Business Administration: Middlesex University, London

  • Major: Business Administration

  • Minor: Computer Audit

• Bachelor of Science (Hons): Thames University, London

  • Major: Computer Science

  • Minor: Operations Management

• DTLLS: Southgate College and Canterbury University, London

• Adult Educator