Billy Vaughn's Biographical Information DTUI Managing Partner/Chief Learning Officer Birthplace: Houston, Texas 1951 Education: Studied psychology at Long Beach State University & The University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He earned the following degrees: - Bachelors of Science (1978) - Masters of Science (1984) - Ph.D. (1986) in cultural-cognitive psychology - Certified Diversity Professional (CDP) 2001

Expertise: Billy Vaughn is a cultural competence expert, diversity consultant, accomplished trainer, award winning teacher, and writer:

- Organizational change and effectiveness
- Training & learning systems design & development
- Organizational culture
- Cultural competence
- Managing emotions in intercultural interactions
- Perceptions of fairness and equity
- Instructional design
- Organizational behavior, and organizational assessment

Publications: Billy has published several books on managing diversity and diversity training, professional papers on multiculturalism in organizations, the role of emotion in intercultural conflict, and intercultural communication in organizations.

Teaching & Training: His teaching career began in 1987 as a core faculty member at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) in San Diego, which is one of four campuses of an elite private graduate school for training applied psychologists. It is presently a school within Alliant University. He designed and developed the Culture & Human Behavior program, which trains doctoral level applied cultural psychologists.

He has taught at the University of California, San Diego, California State University, Fullerton, Argosy University, and University of Lund in Sweden.

His interest in applying his work in non-academic settings led to the development of Diversity Training University International (DTUI.com; www.dtui.com) in 1998. The free-standing corporate university furthers his goals of applying his knowledge and skills in training cultural competence among those in the community and workplace.

He has served as a consultant/trainer for city administrations, universities, community organizations, and Fortune 1000 companies. He is also asked to serve as keynote speakers by a range of organizations and businesses. Billy has been invited to offer workshops at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education for 9 years in a row due to his outstanding performance evaluations.

Consultation & Training Areas: Billy Vaughn has a reputation as a consultant and trainer.
He is contracted to provide the following services:

- organizational development
- instructional design and distance learning
- organizational effectiveness
- organizational assessment
- training, team building & performance improvement
- management consultations
- management coaching

Product Development: Billy has designed and developed several instruments, including the following:

- Sexual harassment DVD/CD/WEB
- Healthcare Cultural Competence DVD/CD/WEB
- Collision Course II: A Diversity Simulation Game
- Organizational Inclusion Assessment instrument
- On-line diversity competency courses
- Several e-learning programs
- A host of diversity training workshops

Publications: Billy Vaughn is internationally recognized as a scholar for his research and writing in the area of diversity and inclusion: A partial list includes:

He is contributor and editor of Diversity Training University International's (DTUI) Cultural Competence Development e-Newsletter. It is a monthly e-mail subscription that provides employees with tips on how to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace and organizations. Laudable comments about the utility of the lessons have come from staff at a number of businesses, including Bausch& Lomb, Lucent Technologies, Girl Scouts of America, and Hubbard & Associates. The utility of the lessons inspired the Strategic Staffing and Diversity Director at Bausch& Lomb to give DTUI a three hundred dollar check to support the Daily Diversity Lessons. He is also editor of Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management magazine and the DTUI Diversity Blogs.

He has publications in scholarly journals and books, including Practicing Multiculturalism, The Handbook of Multicultural, Education, Research, Intervention, & Training, and the Proceedings of the National Association for Multicultural Education 7th Annual Conference.

MajorPresentations: Billy Vaughn has been an invited speaker for numerous organizations, including:

• European Union Economic Growth & Innovation in Multicultural Environments conference (Leuven, Belgium)
• Arizona Minority Family Association, National Conference on Race and Ethnicity
  in Higher Education
• Conference on Migration and Workplace Integration (U. of Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Wright State University Diversity Day
• National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education

Awards: Billy has been recognized with numerous awards, including:

- National Association for Multicultural Education National Achievement Award
- Multicultural Teaching awards
- Multicultural Pioneer awards

Leadership Positions:

- Managing Partner
- Administrator at the California School of Professional Psychology
- Past President, California Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education

Short List Clients:

- PF Changs Restaurants
- QualComm Inc.
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Blue Bear Software
- ITT Technology
- San Diego State University
- Peju Wineries
- City of Oceanside (California)
- State Farm Insurance
- Wright State University
- Chem-tronics Aerospace
- City of Longmont (Colorado)
- European Central Bank
- Sun Micro Systems"
- Cook Medical
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Costco
- 84 Lumber

NOTE:
These Clients Are But A Few Of The Satisfied Customers
That Have Found Extraordinary Value In The DTUI Process.

Billy also serves as a diversity coach for managers and business leaders who need support in building workplace diversity management skills.

What Clients Say About Billy Vaughn:

- Jane Baker, Senior Human Resource Manager for Qualcomm, Inc., calls his work "awesome."

- A senior human officer of Chem-Tronics aerospace company indicated that Billy is professional, non-threatening, yet effective in creating the changes needed to increase workplace awareness, knowledge, and skills.

- Kim Goldenberg, MD, President of Wright State University, indicated that he knew that Billy was the right person for the job.

Membership Organizations:
- American Psychological Association
- Project Management Institute
- Diversity Leadership Forum

Media Appearances:

- Front cover story in Diversity Employment Magazine (April/May 2002)
- The Gothenburg Post newspaper in Gothenburg, Sweden recognized Billy as an expert in understanding similarities and differences between Europe and U.S. workplace diversity issues (1999)
- His work was also recognized in the January 1999 issue of Employment Review, a national publication
- Wells Fargo Bank's small business magazine (2002).
- Washington Post article on diversity training (January, 2008)

Civic Activities:

Billy is also civic minded. He served as member of the board of directors for the Elementary Institute of Science, which is an after school and weekend hands-on science program for school-aged children in a predominantly African American community in San Diego. He is on the advisory board of the San Diego Urban League's Diversity Committee.

Hobbies:

Billy enjoys fly fishing, kayaking, boating, and traveling.