Rick Rantz serves as Dean, Academic Affairs at Allan Hancock College where he manages the Business, Fine Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences departments. His educational background includes a teaching English as a second language certificate, a master’s degree in linguistics & bilingual education, and doctoral studies in higher education at Baylor University and the University of Houston. As a former K-12 teacher, he worked in California, Ecuador, and Argentina. At the higher education level, he has held administrative positions at Feather River College, Sierra College, and Allan Hancock College. LeeAnne McNulty has 28 years of experience bringing vision, reform, training, grant-writing, and culturally responsive leadership to educational institutions throughout the State of California. As the co-author of the Culturally Responsive Higher Education Curriculum Assessment Tool and author of the Culturally Responsive & Humanizing Organizational Assessment, Dr. McNulty provides the instruments and guidance necessary to transform higher education institutions into organizations that affirm cultural strengths, respond to cultural needs, and connect to populations served by affirming the value of diverse perspectives, experiences, and historical contributions. Currently, she is the Director of Institutional Grants at Allan Hancock College, facilitating service to students, colleges, and universities. LeeAnne McNulty holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, multiple-subject teaching credential, CLAD credential, master’s in education, and doctoral degree in organizational leadership: education. She is actively researching and publishing strategies to reimagine higher education and assists institutions in pursuing equity within their systems through consulting services.