Linda Oubré is an American academic administrator who served as president of Whittier College from 2018 to 2023.
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| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | Seeing What Sticks! Revenue Diversification and New Venturing in the Business Schools of the California State University (2017) |
Early life and education
editOubré grew up in Los Angeles and was a first-generation college student whose grandparents did not finish elementary school, but were labor and civil rights activists.[1] She graduated from Hollywood High School,[2] and earned a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1980.[3] After college she worked for a commercial bank[4] before earning an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1984, and an Ed.D. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.[5][6]
Career
editAfter Oubré graduated from Harvard Business School she worked in the admissions department.[3] She was a founder of BriteSmile,[7] and worked with the company from 1998 until 2002,[6] including serving as president of the company when it went public on NASDAQ.[8][9]
She has worked in multiple companies including Tri Com Ventures, Times Mirror Company, Syncom Capital, and the Walt Disney Company.[6] In 2003, Oubré was an executive in residence at the University of California, Davis,[6] and she returned in 2011 to work in corporate relations, business development, and was the chief diversity officer for the Graduate School of Management.[10]
In 2012, Oubré moved to San Francisco State University where she was the Dean of the College of Business.[10][11] In 2018, Oubré was named president of Whittier College.[12] She is the first African-American[13] and the third woman to serve as president of the college.[14]
In 2019 she was named to the board of directors for the College Futures Foundation.[8]
On May 12, 2023, Oubré announced her resignation as president of Whittier College, effective June 30, 2023.[15][16][17][18]
Honors and awards
editOubré was named a "Forever influential woman in business" by the San Francisco Business Times[19] in 2014, and received the Trailblazer Award from the San Francisco chapter of the Council of 100 Black Women in 2015.[20]
References
edit- ^ Pennamon, Tiffany (March 28, 2018). "Stellar Academic and Business Leader Tapped to Lead Whittier College". Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ Takami, Lisa Mednick (2021). "WIHE Interview: Dr. Linda Oubré". Women in Higher Education. 30 (9): 1–3. doi:10.1002/whe.21031. ISSN 1060-8303.
- ^ a b "HBSAAA - Linda Oubre". hbsaaa.net. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "WIHE Interview: Dr. Linda Oubré". WIHE. September 2, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "President's Office". Whittier College.
- ^ a b c d "Linda Oubre | UC Davis Graduate School of Management". gsm.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ WebDev, I. E. T. (April 22, 2003). "Former BriteSmile executive to discuss new ventures". UC Davis. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Linda Oubré Joins College Futures Board of Directors". College Futures Foundation. October 3, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2000". August 14, 2000.
- ^ a b "Linda Oubre, incoming dean of San Francisco State University College of Business". www.bizjournals.com. July 1, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "HONORING AND COMMENDING LINDA OUBRE | Academic Senate". senate.sfsu.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ Fine, Howard (March 26, 2018). "Linda Oubré Named President of Whittier College | Los Angeles Business Journal". labusinessjournal.com. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ Resmovits, Joy (March 26, 2018). "San Francisco State business school dean named Whittier College's first nonwhite president". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Past Presidents". Whittier College. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ Watanabe, Teresa (May 13, 2023). "Whittier College president resigns amid financial troubles, plunging enrollment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ^ "Whittier College President Linda Oubré resigns as alumni pressure builds for leadership change". Whittier Daily News. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Moody, Josh. "Embattled Whittier College President Resigns". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Moody, Josh. "When Critics Come for the President". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ "Influential Women 2014". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ "100 Black Women SF Chapter Awards Community Leaders | Post News Group". www.postnewsgroup.com. April 1, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2021.