WHO WE ARE
WOSL is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization (Tax # 82-2927437) committed to the goals set forth by the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Charter.
WOSL's mission is to educate the next generation of youth leaders and inspire change through a unique pedagogy that includes self directed inquiry and first hand experience performing international engagement in the rural and developing world.
WHAT WE DO
The World Organization for Sustainability Leadership's (WOSL) program connects classrooms with international communities through capacity-building and technology transfer partnerships. These connections enhance student learning, address critical SDG objectives and encourage students to be active citizens in their local, national and global communities.
Simultaneously, challenged local communities (clients) in host countries become benefactors of implementations planned, designed, executed, and monitored by WOSL's "candidates".
With critical focus on the intersection of environmental protection, societal progress, and economic growth, our dual mission strives to engender a profound and lasting experience for future sustainability leaders while positively impacting the diverse international communities we serve.
MISSION
To educate the next generation of youth leaders and inspire change through a unique pedagogy that includes self-directed inquiry and firsthand experience performing international service learning in the rural and developing world.
VISION
To create a transnational all inclusive alumni-base, who embrace the challenge of transforming collective consciousness into a more kinder, gentler and harmonious relationship with our world
Lynne Chang
MBA, PhD
Chairman, Board of Directors
Ms. Lynne Chang is the founder of Oak League Education Institute and has over 20 year experience in education and assists hundreds of students in achieving their educational goals.
Her job includes developing curriculum, establishing and managing accredited off campus degree programs, consulting placement of high schools and colleges for domestic and international students, and developing collaborating educational and business partnerships in between USA and East Asia.
Paul Bogaardt
MBA, PhD Candidate Political Science
Executive Director
Mr. Bogarrdt has been working in Education since 2014. His joining has made significant changes such as increasing enrollment size and developing a stronger curriculum. He excels in academic situations serving students as an instructor and mentor and always performing in the right time by using right skill.
Beside academics, Paul has excellent built client base and cooperating business partners. These business development activities have grown a significant number of new relationships spanning public, private and government sectors. The growth continues to be rapid and steady.
Through Paul's guidance to the art of marketing networks, WOSL was able to create incredibly effective print, electronic, and video media which ensured success of the campaigns objective.
Manish Shrivastav
Director of Management
MA, MBA, PhD Candidate International Politics and Political Science
Mr. Manish Shrivastav is a researcher and data scientist. He has experience working as United Nations Economic Affairs Officer (Intern) of Office of High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States and Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific.
He conducted applied research on SDG implementation and their alignment with the national policies of member countries, Supported in organizing and making arrangement of Fifth Inter-Agency Consultative Group meeting on the follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Program of Action for LLDCs, and pursued applied research project to support analytical work in preparation of the second SDGs in South and South-West Asia (SSWA).
Adal Isaw
MA, PhD Candidate Political Science
Chief Communications Officer
Mr. Adal Isaw works as community organizer to facilitate the economic and democratic development of Ethiopia. His duties and responsibilities of almost 24 years range from distributing and writing important information about current political, economic, and social conditions of Ethiopia, to organizing and chairing discussion session between Ethiopian officials from Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Diaspora in Los Angeles.
Gene Edelbach
Director of Academic Affairs
Mr. Gene Edelbach is the founder and current president of California Preparatory College.
He has been an educator for more than 30 years, teaching history, science, and government. His administrative experience includes: Vice President for enrollment Service for Atlantic Union College and La Sierra University. During his time as Vice President for enrollment Service, AUC and LSU nearly doubled their enrollment.
Dr. Jacek Kugler
Professor Kugler is the Elisabeth Helm Rosecrans Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and Policy, part of CGU’s Division of Politics and Economics. Through extensive publications on the causes and consequences of war, he has forged a reputation for innovative formal modeling and empirical analysis. His path-breaking work on political performance provides for the first time a comprehensive political measure to compare and assess the capacity of governments to implement goals regardless of regime type or economic development.
Dr. Yi Feng
Professor Feng is the Luther Lee Jr. Memorial Chair in Government at Claremont Graduate University. At CGU he has also served as provost and vice president for academic affairs (2006–2011) and as dean of the Division of Politics & Economics (2003–2006)
Following his undergraduate and graduate work in China with an MA degree in English, Feng obtained several graduate degrees from the University of Rochester, New York, including an MA and PhD in Political Science, followed by an MS in Public Policy Analysis. Since then, he has served in many professional appointments, including as the general program chair for the International Studies Association Annual Conference (Hawaii, 2004–2005) and as editor of International Interactions, a premier journal in international studies (2001–2005).
Dr. Elissa Kido
Dr. Elissa Kido is Professor of Education at La Sierra University, Project Director of CognitiveGenesis and Director of the Center for Research on Adventist Education K-12 (CRAE). She has been an educator for over 40 years, teaching Language Arts, English, and English Education from the 5th grade through graduate school. Her administrative experience includes: department chair, program director, assistant graduate dean, associate vice president for academics, and Dean of the School of Education at La Sierra University. While dean, the CognitiveGenesis Project was launched—a groundbreaking research study to assess the academic achievement of students in Adventist schools in the North American Division. At the last NAD Teachers Convention in August 2012, Dr. Kido was awarded the Journey to Excellence award for this research and her contributions to Adventist Education.
Dr. Preston Russell Carr
Dr. Preston Carr has worked in the educational field for the past 34 years. His current position is Director, Alternative Education and Co-Principal at Ruben S. Ayala High School with the Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD). He has developed/implemented an array of highly successful district programs for students who has an interest in an innovative of approach to education. With that said, he has successfully launched an online tuition based program with the local colleges with over 1700 students taking online courses.
In the field of education he has worked as a director for CVUSD for the last 6 years. A teacher for 16 years and counselor at the secondary level. Afterwards he became an assistant principal for 6 years, principal for 8 years, and director for 6 years in the public school system. Additionally, Dr. Carr has worked as a college professor for the past 5 years.