Introduction to Akamai Location of Akamai Headquarters Board of Directors Academic Council University Council Administration Faculty Our Education Programs Akamai School Charter Akamai University Bylaws International Recognition Educational Affiliations Statement of Accreditation Nondiscrimination Policy Directory Listings Online Contact Information BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Director, Chair of Academic Council Douglass Capogrossi, Ph.D. President Dr. Capogrossi earned his Bachelors in Business Administration, his Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and his Ph.D. in Educational Administration (Distance Education and Continuing Education) from Cornell University, where he completed an extensive dissertation investigating the effectiveness of the American education system. Dr. Capogrossi has administered a variety of formal and non-formal education programs including distance learning colleges, trade apprenticeships, work experience projects and on-the-job training within industry and the human services, and adult job training through center-based programs. He facilitated development of the New York State Rural Literacy Initiative, a state-wide community-based project initiating adult literacy and community development ventures in the poorest of counties, funded by the Community and Rural Development Institute at Cornell University. He holds permanent teaching credentials in commerce and social studies with special certification to teach the emotionally disturbed. Dr. Capogrossi coordinated innovative community-based education projects for troubled students through private and public institutions, including the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York State. He also served as an Instructor with the Office of Continuing Education at Cornell University, where he developed and instructed distance learning courses in basic and corporate accounting for career track employees. Dr. Capogrossi is an experienced human service administrator, having worked as Executive Director with private community service organizations including South Valley Collective and The League, Assistant Director of Tompkins County Economic Opportunity Corporation, and Director of Planning with the Community Service Organization in California. Dr. Capogrossi has held top management positions in industry, serving as General Manager of Micrographic Systems, a medical camera-manufacturing firm in Santa Clara, California for a brief period in the early 1980s. He operated America Builders for a number of years, a successful licensed general contracting firm in California. Dr. Capogrossi has extensive community volunteer experience emphasizing implementation and development of nonprofit organizations, preparing founding documents and serving as an officer of the Board of Directors. He was instrumental in developing an international professional membership organization dedicated to the amelioration of major world problems, a community legal center serving moderate-income communities, a human service coalition, an emergency service corporation, and an athletic league. He has been a PTA officer, and a founding member of SOS, a membership group finding local funding for the public school classrooms. He also serves as Chairman of a local Voting Precinct. Dr. Capogrossi's most recently scholarly paper is titled: The Assurance of Academic Excellence among Nontraditional Universities. Anthony Maranto, Ph.D. Vice President Dr. Maranto currently serves as an environmental consultant and program manager for the U.S. Army Environmental Center at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. He is also the Director of the Institute for Scientific Advisement, a scientific and educational consulting firm in Westminster, MD. Dr. Maranto received his BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; his MA in Environmental Science from Goddard College and his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the Union Institute. As a researcher and educator, Dr. Maranto has a wide range of experiences and interests. He was formerly the Director of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Radioecology Laboratory. Additionally, he has held posts in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and in the Department of Biology at Essex Community College in Baltimore. He has published and presented on numerous topics including carcinogenic risk assessment, environmental management, radioecology, health physics, data quality control and neurological receptor modeling. James Ferrell, MS Board Treasurer Director Representing Community in Environmental Concerns Mr. Ferrell earned his Master of Science in Agriculture and Natural Resource Education at Oregon State University (1978) and his Bachelor of Science in Plant Science and Horticulture from Utah State University (1975). He pursued post-Master's training and research in Tropical Agriculture from University of Hawaii, and Agricultural Studies from South China Agriculture University, Beijing Agriculture University, Peking University, Eurotechnical Research University, Mauna Loa Research Institute, and Australian Center for Minesite Research. Mr. Ferrell is currently a Teaching Professor with the University of Hawaii Forestry Department and Office of Continuing Education. He presently serves as a consultant in Tropical Forest Restoration and Resource Management, Sustainable Agriculture, Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Agronomy, Greenhouse and Nursery Management, Hydroponics, and Re-vegetation and Reclamation. His current areas of research include Chemical, Nutrient, Waste Cycling for Sustainable Reclamation Management, and Techniques for Adaptation of Site Specific Plant Materials. Mr. Ferrell holds National Teacher Certification through the Department of Education and Agricultural Extension Service, Certified Pesticide Application Trainer with USDA, and Certified Organic Farm Inspector with the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association. Mr. Ferrell's prior professional achievements include positions with US Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Department of Public Safety Office of Education, Hawaii Community College and Freeport Mining Company, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Dale James McSherry, DC. Board Secretary Dr. McSherry has been a practicing Chiropractic physician for over 15 years on the Island of Hawaii, maintaining a successful practice in the community of Hilo. Dr. McSherry’s private practice has specialized in automobile and work injury cases. He is among the first Chiropractic doctors in Hilo to integrate a staff of massage therapists, physical therapists, and medical doctors. Widely recognized as a patient advocate, Dr. McSherry is the first and only Chiropractic doctor in the State of Hawaii to have won the Ho’oulu Award (2000) for fastest growing business in the State. As patient advocate, he appears as expert witness (treating physician) at trials, depositions and hearings. Dr. McSherry earned the Certificate in Urban Studies in city planning and Bachelor of Science in psychology from Portland State University (1970); completed the massage therapy program at Southwestern Washington School of Massage, Vancouver, Washington (1989); and earned the Doctorate of Chiropractic Western States Chiropractic College, Portland, Oregon (1990). Dr. McSherry served with the Oregon National Guard (1964 to 1970), and trained as an Army Medic at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Dr. McSherry is an amateur film maker. He has held top administrative positions in the banking industry in the State of California and the Medicaid Department in the State of Oregon. He was born in Melbourne, Australia. 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