Dr. Jan Byars ’09 (GSLC, PhD) President of LeadSync has published, A Call to Wholeness: Empowering Organizations Through Possibility (Balboa Press, 2021). Based on her dissertation, this new book shares a story about accepting power and recognizing possibility that is enhanced by tools and exercises that guide others into a new paradigm for life and business. Dr. Byars is a values-based leader and author specializing in transformational, sustainable, and adaptable change for individuals and organizations with the aim of developing capacity for conscious leadership.
LeVan D. Hawkins ’11
LeVan D. Hawkins ’11 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA) has been awarded a Pushcart Prize for his essay, “Both Sissies,” which was published in the Chicago Quarterly Review in 2021. “Both Sissies” is selected for reprint in Pushcart Prize XLV11: Best of Small Presses (2023 edition) November 2022.