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Robin Goins-Cornell, PhD - Board
President / Executive Director
Robin holds a Bachelors in Business Administration from Golden Gate University and a Masters and PhD in Industrial
and Organizational Psychology from Capella University. She is an experienced college professor and serves as faculty for several
well respected colleges and universities, both online and on campus. She has over 8 years of experience in the online instruction
medium and work extensively in online curriculum development and working to bring quality online education to the world. She
serves as a staff counselor to students on campus. Robin is an experienced executive coach and trainer, working with
executives and managers in transition, and coaching them on life and career management strategies. She has over 30 years
of experience in business and management, having worked in corporate construction and home building industries for the majority
of that time. As Executive Director of Smooth Transition Inc., Robin oversees the educational development elements of
the program and works with students and universities on ground and online to provide the best educational and vocational training
and options available for those within the program and to ensure that the curriculum is of quality and is meeting the needs
of the participants. As a college professor specializing in psychology, sociology,
career development, life planning and motivational theory, Robin provides the youth within the program with the education
and tools needed to move to the next level. Being a pioneer in the field of online and hybrid learning, she is an active member
of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) as well
as other online professional groups such as The Sloan Consortium, E-Learning 2.0, Instructional Design Professional Group,
Online College Executives and Professionals, Innovative Learning Group, Moodlers, InfoPro Learning, Learning as a Service
(Laas), Online Training and e-Learning, Webheads in Action, LearnHub, Professionals with Online Degrees, EON Foundation –
Dedicated to Advanced Global Learning, EduDecisions Online Education & Distance Learning Community. In addition,
as a practicing Industrial and Organizational Psychologist, Robin works to bridge any gaps between program participants and
our team of organizations to ensure a fluid transition and employer / employee satisfaction. Robin is also the Vice-Chair
of the Riverside County Workforce Investment Board Council for Youth Development and a Grant Peer Reviewer for the US Department
of Education. For more information on Robin Goins, please visit www.robinrgoins.com. Contact rgoins@smoothtransitioninc.com
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Tami Hobbs- Board V.P & Secretary / Office Manager
Tami
Hobbs is one of the original founders of the organization and comes to Smooth Transition with a diverse background in business
management and organizational development. Tami has 30 years of business management and has a holistic view of organizational
management; she has been a business owner as well as a long history working in large fortune 500 companies. Her exceptional
accounting, contracting, project management, employee management and board development skills are a great asset to the Smooth
Transition team and overall programs. Contact Tami at thobbs@smoothtransitioninc.com
Jeff Siler, MA - Board Member/ Curriculum Development/ Instructor
Jeff earned an Associate’s
degree in English from Cerritos College, a Bachelors in Elementary Education from Concordia Teachers College (now called Concordia
University), and a Masters in Elementary Reading and Language Arts from Cal State, L.A. He brings with him 32 years of elementary
teaching experience from which he recently retired. During his career, he wrote and administered grants, guided and worked
with countless committees, taught in-services to both parents and fellow colleagues, and took ongoing coursework for single-subject
credentials in both English and Educational Technology. Beyond work, Jeff is very active in his church and serves on the Sound
and Video volunteer staff. He also works regularly with the H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People in Elsinore) food outreach program.
He currently runs his own tutoring and writing services business, helping students of all ages reach their academic goals.
He serves as not only a Board Member, but an instructor with Smooth Transition and oversees the general curriculum development
and quality control for the organization. Contact Jeff atSilerman1@yahoo.com.
Pius Anyakora, BA - Board Member/ Mentor/ Instructor
In
addition to his service on the Board, Pius serves as a mentor and instructor in computer literacy for the organization.
His background in computer science and education ensures that participants of our programs are receiving the most
comprehensive and quality driven technology curriculum possible. He holds a Bachelor of Science
in Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology from California State Polytechnic
University, an Associate of Science in Electronic Engineering from Fullerton College and a Higher
National Diploma (HND) in Automobile Technology City and Guilds of London Institute, London, UK. Pius is a native of
Nigeria and also speaks fluent Spanish, which makes him able to meet the many needs of the diverse community of Riverside.
He also worked as a Peer Counselor for Fullerton College, where he provided
student counseling, academic advisement, and co-planned and managed EOPS student registration, orientation and other on-campus
events. His dedication to education, community and commitment to family makes him a perfect fit to the organization. Contact
Pius at anyakorap@yahoo.com .
Omer Miller, BA - Board Member / Technical Advisor
Omer
Miller was born and raised in Israel and has resided in the United States for the last 35 years. He has
a Bachelor degree in Information Technology from University of Phoenix and has worked maintaining computers and network at
Pulte Homes for the past 17 years. Omer has extensive knowledge in PC, Server, Networking, Cloud, and Voice technologies.
Omer contributes to the organization and Board of Directors as an experienced advisor on program and organizational technology
needs as well as computer program development. 
Rosemary Gore, BA- Board Member/ Mentor
Rosemary serves as a board member and mentor, teaching financial literacy
and other financial related courses for the organization. Rosemary works for Wells Fargo Bank and received
an award for Banker of the Year in 2011. She has an extensive financial background and believes in the
commitment to improving the community through financial literacy education. She also certified in stocks,
bonds and investments through Chaffey College and has a BA in French Literature and Language, and a Minor, Italian Studies,
N.C. State University. Her commitment to financial literacy and education makes Rosemary a perfect addition to our organization
as a whole and we are grateful to have her on our Board of Directors. Contact Rosemary at info@smoothtransition.com.
Patricia Franks, MS- Board Member / Mentor
Patricia Franks is an experienced professional and works as a contracts analyst for the County or Riverside Department
of Social Services. She also serves on many distinguished Boards throughout Riverside and San Bernardino
Counties and she holds a Masters in Organizational Management as well as a Bachelors in Business Administration from the University
of Redlands. Patricia’s passion is reaching young at-risk youth through the performing arts, and serves as President
and Executive Director of Anointed Vessel Productions, who mission and vision is to unite creative performers to provide high
quality entertainment through stage plays that are thought provoking and speaks to the day to day life circumstances, to inspire
the audience to have hope while responding to those circumstances. Patricia is an energetic professional with experience
in high volume environments. Her strengths include policy development and implementation, strong analytical,
organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills with ability to set realistic priorities. She
is a dedicated, hard working, and creative individual, and Smooth Transition is proud to include Patricia as part of our Board
of Directors. Contact Patricia at info@smoothtransition.com and visit Anointed Vessel Productions at http://anointedvessel.org
Jennifer Royston- Board Treasurer
Jennifer serves as Treasurer for Smooth Transition and oversees of all of the financial
aspects of the organization. She is a seasoned Human Resource Specialist with over 40 years experience
in the consulting, banking and entertainment industries. A reliable and hard working individual, she is able to wear multiple
hats and see projects through to completion. In addition, she has experience in IT management and implementation
of HR and financial computer related software systems. She retired from ABC Television (Disney Corp.) and
Sanwa Bank as V.P. of Human Resources, overseeing over 1200 employees in one division and processed up to 12,000 W2’s
per year. Her banking and financial management expertise is a valuable asset to the organization, and ensures the proper financial
management and transparency of the organization’s financial holdings.
Frank "Skip" Day, MBA- Board Member/ Historian
Frank “Skip” Day is one of the original members of the Smooth Transition Board and
brings to the table a diverse skill set of training and development as well as 33 years of experience with Southern California Edison. Skip holds a Master’s and
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, and specializes in cross training, curriculum development, negotiation
and project development. His contribution of skills provides the valuable support and experience necessary
for proper program development and implementation as well as overall organizational management policy and procedures.
Claudine Johnson, MS- Board
Member/ Mentor/ Instructor
Claudine Johnson is an accomplished professional and
effective communicator, whose scope bridges multi-generational and multi-cultural clientele. Claudine has
a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, a Masters of Arts in Pastoral Counseling and a Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy
(MFT) from Trinity College of Graduate Studies (formerly California Christian Institute). Claudine
recently completed her education as a life coach from Advancing Ministries and is presently building a Life Coaching practice.
Claudine has experience in crisis intervention techniques, which includes student assessments effective in the healing
process whether she is working with children on a school campus or seniors who are facing major life transitions.
Claudine has over 40 years of life changing and empowering work in transforming the lives of those she encounters.
She began her career in Marriage and Family Therapy as a certified crisis intervention counselor at Hotline Help Center
in Anaheim, CA and from there to schools, private practices, counseling centers, and a psychiatric hospital. In the school
setting, her work ranged from counseling and student assessments to settings up conferences to communicate evaluations to
principals, teachers, and parents. She has counseled couples, individuals, and children as well as done
thousands of hours of groups and family therapy in each setting. Her work in private practices also involved
collaborating with county and legal officials concerning cases, and developing workshops series for therapists and psychologists
annually. As a Social Worker for Bethany Christian Services, an Adoption Agency, her experience included pregnancy counseling,
working with birthmothers, adoptive couples, hospital staff and attorneys throughout the entire process
of finalizing adoptions. Her work as a therapist has culminated into a career as a Life Coach with Vision Life Coaching (www.visionlifecoaching.com).
She loves helping individuals and groups identify what they desire most in life whether relational, career, business, health,
spiritual life, or to achieve life balance. She provides assistance in defining their vision and provides
insight and support to enable clients to reach their desired outcome.
Carolyn Ortman, MBA - Advisory Committe
Member
Carolyn is a marketing expert and
professional trainer and speaker with over eighteen years of experience in fast-paced environments for public, non-profit
and government sectors. She has managed marketing programs and departments, including hiring, training, and managing staff.
Carolyn has experience working in multi-agency and cross-functional settings, plus managing vendors, developed and implemented
new promotion, increasing new business by 15%., developed credit union’s first strategic marketing and business development
plan. She has hired and trained marketing staff in growth environment, using effective team-building skills, created and launched
first Mercury Mobility awards program, targeting largest Orange County employers. Achieved goals of program in attendance
and awareness raised. Carolyn is recognized as motivated and energetic presenter, trainer and facilitator for both international
and domestic organizations. Exceptional written, interpersonal, and liaison skills and has developed, delivered
and facilitated hundreds of corporate onsite and public training sessions, workshops and presentations. Carolyn
serves on our advisory board and specialized in fundraising development for Smooth Transition, Inc. ckayo@earthlink.net .
Lynn Joseph, PhD. - Advisory Committee
Member and Mentor
Lynn is a psychologist, a recognized career and life transition
specialist, and author of the highly acclaimed book, The Job-Loss Recovery Guide: A Proven Program for Getting Back to Work
– Fast! (New Harbinger Publications, June 2003), and its companion guided mental imagery recording, The Job-Loss
Recovery Program. Her mission is to produce products and information designed to help reduce stress, maintain inner calm,
and achieve one's goals despite obstacles. After having earned her doctoral degree in psychology, Dr. Joseph served as SVP,
Career & Life Transition Programs, Parachute, Inc. She was previously an executive search consultant and also worked with
Fortune 100 companies such as Johnson & Johnson in the arenas of sales management, training and human resources. She has
been featured on hundreds of radio and TV programs nationally and was profiled by Fortune Magazine. Dr. Joseph is best known for having developed and tested an effective strategy
using guided mental imagery technology to reduce the landing time of downsized employees. These are powerful tools related
to sports psychology visualization techniques. The resulting landmark study was published in the prestigious Consulting Psychology
Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Psychological Association, and received special recognition from the U.S.
Dept. of Health and Human Services for its remarkable results. Dr. Joseph has studied the development and application of guided mental imagery technology for over
twenty years, and personally employed many of the techniques to journey smoothly through family caregiver responsibilities
as well as career and life transitions. Dr. Joseph is a frequent contributing author to a number of publications and
service websites. Contact dr.lynn.joseph@gmail.com
Brian Grossman, PhD - Advisory Committee
Member
Dr. Brian is a trained clinical psychologist with a long history
of working with at-risk populations having worked as a prison psychologist. He specializes in effective
conflict resolution and communication skills and also is a professor of psychology. He is a published author
on the topics of motivating underachieving populations and serves clients as a consultant, professional speaker, trainer and
keynote speaker. Dr Brian’s expertise is from consulting and training over 4,000 leaders over a ten year period. Are
you seeking immediate and lasting results for yourself and your team? His specific focus and passion is working with executives,
managers and supervisors to support them in facilitating maximum performance in leadership. Dr. Brian has provided training
for numerous organizations including JPL, Burlington Northern-Sante Fe Railroad, Goodwill Industries, Hewlett Packard, IBM,
the IRS and the US Treasury. Dr. Brian, and his team of consultants and trainers are based in Los Angeles, California. He
serves in the capacity of advisory committee member for Smooth Transition, Inc. visit www.drbriangrossman.com or email drbrian@drbriangrossman.com .
WASC ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS: - Tom Arthur - Chairman
- Lacy Lennon - Riverside County
Office of Education
- Rusty Bailey - Riverside City Councilman and Mayor Candidate
- Nancy Chadwell - Instructor
- Sandra Oberlies - Instructor
- Matthew Cranmer - Instructor
- Ronald Gomez - Instructor and Program Statician
- Kenneth Sandefur - DPSS Gain Program Riverside County
- Robin Goins-Cornell - Board President
- Tony Ortiz - Board Member
- Jeff Siler - Board Member
- Rosemary Stevens - Board Member
- Patricia Franks - Board Member
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