Leadership

Elizabeth Larose Dunn, Campus Director

Dr. Elizabeth Larose Dunn received her degrees in Educational Administration and Social Work.  She brings more than 20 years of educational experience to her position.  With a strong commitment to diversity, her work has ranged from designing a program for homeless children to managing the staff, budgets, and strategic plans for schools in California, New York, India, Colombia, and Turkey.  Her research papers on student centered learning, teaching to multiple intelligences, and educational assessment have been published in academic journals in the U.S. and internationally.  She is a certified art therapist and exhibits her artwork locally and internationally.

Elizabeth has an established history with Headlands Institute.  During her recent nine-year tenure as the head of school at Marin Montessori, she attended Headlands Institute's Field Science Program with the kindergarten class.

“I had my first experience of Headlands Institute when I accompanied a group of five year olds as a chaperone nine years ago. Not only did I find the Headlands to be one of the most beautiful places in the world, I was very impressed by the staff and the program.  It was amazing to see how enchanted and engaged these very young children were with nature through the curriculum."

Wilford Welch, Board Chair

Wilford's professional career has been devoted to understanding and taking actions to address global challenges – as a U.S. diplomat in Asia, a professor of international business, the publisher of a world affairs publication, and an international business consultant. In 2004, he co-founded the Quest for Global Healing initiative that brings people together from around the world every other year to help transform their concerns over environmental and social challenges into concrete initiatives. The last gathering was at the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in June 2009. Wilford has degrees from Yale, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley and lives in Sausalito, California, with his wife Carole Angermeir-Welch. He recently authored a book entitled The Tactics of Hope – How Social Entrepreneurs are Changing our World.

 Headlands Institute Board of Directors