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If you have ever engaged in the process of trying to trace your family history, you have a sense for what it has been like to look
back and recover as much as we can about the 20-year history of Leadership. No retrospective would be complete without
acknowledging the key contributions of our editors–those key individuals who more than others bore the burden for getting
the Academy’s journal from concept to print. What follows is a brief summary acknowledging some very special people who
individually and collectively have contributed their time and talent to making Leadership what it was, is, and might be.

Dr. Patricia Medeiros - Editor from 1995 - 1997
Responded to Dr. Gary Filan’s call to help spearhead the publication of fve editions during the frst few
years of its existence. Dr. Medeiros taught for 25 years at Scottsdale Community College where she
served as English Department Chair and Division Chair of English, World Languages, and Journalism.

Dr. Anu Chitgopekar - Assistant Editor from 1996 - 1997, Chief Editor from 1997 - 2000
Oversaw the publication of six editions of Leadership. Dr. Chitgopekar-Khanna is currently a full-time
faculty member at DeAnza College in the Intercultural/International Studies Division. She currently serves
as Project Director for De Anza College’s IMPACT AAPI program, a U.S. Department of Education grant-
funded program which develops curricular pathways to enable student success for underrepresented
Asian-American Pacifc Islander students.

Caryn Shoemaker - Editor from 2000 - 2001
Oversaw the publication of two editions of Leadership. After eight years at the Arizona Department
of Education and two years at Maricopa County Community Colleges, Caryn retired in 2001. She then
founded One Small Step, Inc. to provide socks to clothing banks and agencies serving the poor and has
volunteered full-time since 2001 as administrator of that group.

Jennifer Ramirez - Editor from 2001 - 2003
NO Oversaw the publication of eight editions of Leadership. During this period, Jennifer shared the actual
PHOTO written editorial duties with others including her fellow staff member and Associate Editor, Missy Becker,
AVAILABLE as well as Mike Felker, then Chair of the English Department at South Plains College in Levelland,
Texas. We miss seeing much of her voice in print. She spearheaded the Academy’s 10th Anniversary
Commemorative edition in the winter of 2002, one of the highlights of her tenure.

Dr. Idahlynn Karre - Editor from 2003 - 2012
Oversaw the publication of no less than 24 editions during this period. As an original member of
Leadership’s frst Editorial Board, Dr. Karre was already a contributing author and very active in many
other aspects of Academy programs and operations. An Academy icon in her own right, she agreed
to step in as editor and assume responsibility for pulling each edition together; seeking to raise the
standards of Leadership as an academic journal and ensuring it became a relevant and credible voice of
and on behalf of the Academy’s global community.

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