11/8/2010
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced that he has appointed Dr. William M. “Bill” White of Bluefield to the West Virginia State Board of Education. The appointment will be for nine years and is effective today. White replaces Delores Cook, whose nine-year term ended on Thursday, Nov. 4. The governor acknowledged Cook for her commitment stating, “Delores has done a wonderful job throughout her nine-year term and I applaud the time she has spent toward improving education in West Virginia.”
“The success of our education system relies on the quality of people who are at the forefront and I am confident that Bill White will be a great addition as a member of the State Board of Education,” said Gov. Manchin. “Bill has spent many years in both the business and education arena and I believe that his skill-set and expertise will help move 21st century education forward.”
White is the founder and CEO of The Management Development Group, Inc. (MDG), a California corporation that specialized in organization development consulting. He is currently the dean of the Mountain State University School of Leadership and Professional Development (SLPD). In February, Dr. White was name interim dean for the graduate program at Mountain State University in Beckley.
White is a graduate from Bluefield State College in Bluefield, W.Va., where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and mathematics. He earned a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Change from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, Calif., and a graduate certificate in Management and Leadership Education from Harvard, designed for academic deans and provosts.
“I want to express my thanks to Governor Manchin for his demonstration of faith in me by appointing me to the State Board of Education,” said White. “I consider this selection a true honor. I look forward to working with my distinguished Board colleagues and I am eager to give my best effort to make K-12 Education in West Virginia second to none in the world.”
Dr. White’s professional career has included work as a research chemist and executive in the pharmaceutical industry as well as several leadership positions in higher education. He served for six years as president of the University of Southern California’s corporate advisory board for the Industrial Social Work Concentration for the Graduate School of Social Work and has worked as an adjunct professor and course designer for the University of California at Davis for more than15 years.
Dr. White currently resides in Bluefield. He has a son who attends West Virginia State University in Institute.
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