Sacramento's Mayor Kevin Johnson discusses his life and accomplishments. He recalls his formative years growing up in Sacramento's poorest neighborhood, his journey to UC Berkeley, and his stellar professional basketball career with the Phoenix Suns. He reviews his return to Sacramento after retiring from professional sports, his creation and of St. HOPE as a "transformative" community based development corporation, his attitudes about education reform, and his leadership style as mayor.
eCHEM 1A: Online General Chemistry
College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/echem1a
Curriculum and ChemQuizzes developed by Dr. Mark Kubinec and Professor Alexander Pines
Chemical Demonstrations by Lonnie Martin
Video Production by Jon Schainker and Scott Vento
Developed with the support of The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Kevin M. Guthrie is an executive and entrepreneur with expertise in high technology and not-for-profit management. As founding president of Ithaka, Kevin has overseen the development of an organization that incubates three major initiatives, provides research and strategic services to the higher education community, and provides administrative services to four organizations. Ithaka was launched in January 2004 and has offices in New York, NY, Princeton, NJ, and Ann Arbor, MI.
Kevin holds a BSE in Civil Engineering from Princeton University and a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University.
For further information:
http://www.ithaka.org/about-ithaka/our-staff-1/kevin-guthrie-president