2008 Leadership of the Leadership Education Member Interest Group

Chair - - David Soleil, (dsoleil@uci.edu) Associate Director, Center for Global Leadership and Team Development, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, USA.

Chair Elect - Sara Elizabeth Thompson, (sethomps@ad.uiuc.edu) Acting Director of the Illinois Leadership® Center, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.

David Soleil is Associate Director, Center for Global Leadership and Team Development, The Paul Merage School of Business, at the University of California, Irvine.  David oversees all co-curricular leadership development programming for the Merage School’s four MBA programs, two undergraduate minors and other campus-wide initiatives. David’s professional work has included leadership curriculum design and implementation for various educational nonprofit organizations, universities and corporations. As well, he has had the unique experience of consulting with nonprofits having motion pictures made about them, including Patch Adams’ Gesundheit Institute and the Erin Gruwell “Freedom Writer’s” Project. David has an MPA in Nonprofit Management from Indiana University and an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute Conservatory.

Sara Elizabeth Thompson currently serves as the Acting Director of the Illinois Leadership® Center where she oversees leadership development opportunities for Illinois students including leadership programs, collaborative partnerships for leadership course offerings, the Illinois LeaderShape® Institute and the Graf Internship program. Sara co-chairs the Academic Affairs/Student Affairs appointed Illinois Leadership Coordinating Committee, oversees the use of the Emotional Competency Inventory-University (ECI-U), and works with student groups through the Center’s leadership consulting initiative. Prior to joining the Leadership Center, Sara worked for Arthur Anderson L.L.P. as an internal change management consultant. A two-time graduate from the University of Illinois, Sara earned a B.S. from the College of Business in Organizational Behavior and a Master of Education in Organizational Development from the Department of Human Resource Education. In her free time, Sara enjoys competing in triathlons, teaching spinning, and yoga, hiking, and spending time outdoors.

Communities: Leadership Education MIG: Leadership