Building Bridges, One Contact At A Time
Bernice Bass de Martínez, Ph.D.
Coach | Mentor | Consultant
Supporting and Developing
women and persons of color
Promoting Educational
excellence and equity
Building Bridges
of cooperation and collaboration
Leadership Coaching and Mentoring
Leadership coaching focuses on the leadership aspects of a career, often but not always within a certain organizational context.
Leadership coaching is a profession that assists individuals with their capacity to achieve both short- and long-term goals. It's a personalized, typically one-on-one process that occurs over a defined time period, usually with specific, articulated goals in mind.
The coaching process can give a leader a new perspective and focus. Coaching helps leaders implement personal and organizational change by providing support and keeping them focused on attaining their personal and professional goals.
Principles of Coaching (Jack Canfield):
-
The Coaching Spirit.
-
Relationship and Trust.
-
Asking Questions and Curiosity.
-
Listening and Intuition.
-
Feedback and Awareness.
-
Suggestions and Simplification.
-
Goals and Action Plans.
-
Accountability and Accomplishments.
My Latest Creation Based Upon My Passions
Women In Higher Education
A Leadership Development Pipeline Initiative
Women In Higher Education (WIHE) offers programming that focuses on the identification, development, education, and advancement of women in preparation for leadership roles (including chairing committees, working with accreditation and program review, serving on the Faculty Senate as well as mid-level and senior level positions). Program completers become a member of a growing pool of women at staff, faculty, and administrative levels who are ready when called upon to assume campus leadership roles.
This inaugural project was implemented at CSU, Sacramento.
About Bernice Bass de Martínez, Ph.D.
Dr. Bernice Bass de Martínez has a distinguished career in higher education. Currently she is at California State University in Sacramento, working on special initiatives, community building, and external funding as well as holding an appointment to the University’s Foundation Board and chairing the Board's Governance Committee. Having worked in many capacities in the field of education, including her years at California State University in Sacramento, she has served more than 30 years in a various administrative roles in higher education institutions around the nation, including provost and vice president for academic affairs, multiple deanships, and special assistant to the president.
Additionally, she has more than 16 years of faculty experience teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Of particular note is her service as department chair specializing in turn around management - four years at Fresno State chairing the Department of Teacher Education and three years at Sacramento State as chair of the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology and Deaf Studies, and more recently six years as Chair of Foreign Languages. Read More...
NETWORKING CONNECTIONS
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 24th President, Nation of Liberia and Dr. Elizabeth Davis Russell, President Emeritus, Tubman University, Harper, Liberia.
Congressman Ami Bera (CA, 7th District) and Dr. Janine Bera
Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, former International President, and Nadine Bonds, Alpha kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Lestor Holt, NBC Anchor and CSU, Sacramento Alumni
Governor Ann Richards, Texas
Josefina Castillo Baltodano, JD, Founder & Executive Director, Executive Leadership Academy, UC Berkeley and President Robert S. Nelsen, CSU Sacramento
SELECTED BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
-
Commissioner, Sacramento County Blue Ribbon Commission on the Establishment of A Sacramento County Women's Commission, 2019 to 2022.
-
Vice President, California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians; appointed by California Governor Brown, 2015 to 2020.
-
Member, CSUS Foundation Board, 2014 to present.
-
Chair of the Governance Committee, 2020 to present.
-
-
Member, Greater Sacramento Martin Luther King Dinner Planning Committee, 2014 to present.
-
Committee Member, Elk Grove, CA Multicultural Committee, 2012 to 2019.
-
Member, CSU Foreign Language Council; 2009 to 2019
-
Vice President, 2012 to 2019.
-
Represented the CSU System in response to SB 1440 (disciple: Spanish), 2011 to 2012.
-
-
Member, William V.S. Tubman University (Harper, Liberia) Foundation Board, 2008 to present.
-
Founding Board Chair, 2008.
-
EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION
HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE
Honoris Causa, William VS Tubman University (Harper, Maryland County, Liberia), May, 2016
Awarded for exemplary services in social development and outstanding commitment to humanity across the globe.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING
-
Office of Women in Higher Education, Summit for Women of Color
-
The National Leadership Forum: Advancing Women’s
-
Leadership: Styles, Strategies, and Tools
-
Leadership Forum for the Advancement of Minorities in Higher Education
-
National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration
-
Millennium Leadership Initiative sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and University
-
Harvard Management Development Program
EDUCATION
Ph.D. | University of Florida, 1975
Curriculum and Instruction with emphases in bilingual multicultural education, reading and
language arts, and teacher preparation
M.A. | University of Northern Colorado, 1972
Elementary Education, emphases in reading and bilingual multicultural education
B.A. | University of Northern Colorado, 1970
Spanish and Chemistry
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bernice Bass de Martínez, Ph.D.
Building Bridges
2443 Fair Oaks Blvd., Suite 374
Sacramento, California 95825
U.S.A.
Phone
916-714-2998