Revised 10/13/06
Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia
5012 High Valley Dr
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615) 373-9569 Office
(615) 830-6694 Cell
(615) 371-0020 Fax
www.psycologytoday.com
Objective: National and Regional Presentations, Consultations, Seminars and Corporate Programs.
Summary of Professional Experience
Top-rated business and management consultant to government, military, industry, health care and non-profit organizations; media and broadcast personality; nationally acclaimed keynote speaker and workshop leader; author; educator; clinical psychologist, philanthropist and military trainer. She has also been the Executive Vice President of Oxnard College Foundation in charge of raising millions for their capital campaign, as well as chair of the 25th Anniversary, Director of the Re-entry Center for people coming back to college, and oversaw the Ventura County CalWork's Mentor Grant as well as The National Humanics Grant to establish a prototype program at the community college level.
She worked with twenty other women to fund and bring “Women Beyond Borders” (www.womenbeyondboarders.org) to the FRIST Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee from March to July 2003. This was the first state to have this international traveling exhibit.
She has her own weekly TV show, "The Visionaries" on channel 10, the education channel for public access and has interviewed over 60 personalities in the last year.
Over thirty years of private practice in counseling and training interns, professionals and business people; she is currently President of AIM: Partridge Garcia Group, Inc. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with practices both in California and Tennessee as well as a licensed MFCC in California. She has founded and been CEO of three corporations that employed over thirty five therapists, Clinical Psychologists, M.F.C.T. interns and trainees, focused on coaching individuals to manage life transitions, stress management, post traumatic stress disorder, aging and addictions. She now works with a smaller group and uses additional consultants like herself.
Dr. Partridge de Garcia’s extraordinary strategies and training programs will improve the bottom line in any business or organization through in-house coaching seminars, keynote speeches, workshops, and corporate programs. Her leading-edge topics of interpersonal communications, time management, goal setting, stress management, team building, leadership, addiction aversion, parenting and the diversified workplace will create a successful corporate, culture, team or family for the new millennium. She also has been trained as a facilitator, as well as a Baldrige examiner for Education and Health.
Highlights of Qualifications
¨ Highly acclaimed, dynamic business and management consultant to Fortune 500 companies, government, military (both Army and Navy), educational groups, health care and non-profit organizations.
¨ Successful executive one on one coaching and training, as well as assisting executives in motivating and managing their professional staff and their support staff.
¨ Nationally renowned speaker, workshop leader and trainer offering insights, advice, and strategies for success.
¨ Expert in building interracial and diverse business and community boards to promote, economic and ethnic understanding.
¨ Media and broadcast personality for popular radio and TV programs; and newspaper columnist; author of Guilt-Free Parenting and well known as guest professional for nationally syndicated talk shows and productions. Currently has her own TV show on cable Channel 10, the IQ Channel, Nashville, TN.
¨ Nationally licensed Clinical Psychologist in both Tennessee and California, as well as a Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist, with excellent professional skills in group and individual therapy.
Professional Experience
1981 to present President of AIM: Partridge Garcia Group Inc.
Clinical Psychologist, and M.F.C.T.
Therapist and consultant specializing in life transitions, marriage, divorce, teenage challenges, parent child relationships, aging, posttraumatic stress disorder, bereavement, and addictions. National and regional speaker as well as a workshop leader for business, industry, and non-profit organizations.
Chaired the Convention for Business Women’s Programs
at Belmont University 2002
Keynote Speaker K – 12 counselors Middle Tennessee
State University Association 9/23/02
Keynote speaker for Leadership Franklin graduates 4/11/02
Keynote speaker for the Governor’s Conference of Self Esteem Statewide, Coolsprings, Tennessee Feb, 2002
Keynote speaker for CASA, court appointed advocates for foster children 4/11/02
Workshops for Belmont, Women In Business, “Mentoring and How to Set Up a Program.” 2/1/02
Workshop for Renewal house on Stress, all day for staff of four non-profit agencies 3/27/03
Workshop: “On What It Means to Be Human”, Unitarian Speakers Series 5/22/02
Workshop: Tennessee Woman’s Association for Mrs. Allan, March, 2003
Consulting: Diversity training and consulting with Middle Tennessee Tech 9/2/02
Mistress of Ceremonies, Renewal House Fund Raiser,
Fall of 2002
Workshop: Students Taking A Right Stand (STARS), Feb, 2005 and Spring 2006
Speeches for Rotary Clubs, OWE Retired Executives, and numerous other civic groups 2004-2006
1996 to 2000 Sexual Harassment Coordinator & Trainer,
Oxnard Community College.
1998 to 2000 Executive Vice President, Oxnard College Foundation
1994 to 2000 Lead Counselor, Oxnard Community College
Matriculation Coordinator, Oxnard Community
College.
1985 to 2000 Professor, Oxnard Community College
Re-Entry Director/Counselor, Oxnard Community
College.
1985 to 2000 Adjunct Professor, University of California,
Santa Barbara in Counseling Skills.
1983 to 1985 Adjunct Professor, California State University
Northridge, Developmental Psychology, as well as classes in this discipline, M.F.C.T. and counseling psychology.
1977 to 1987 Adjunct Professor, La Verne College,
Master’s Program. Stress Recognition: Learning to Avoid It; Time Management.
1977 to 1985 Adjunct Professor, Pacific Christian College, Business
Administration for non-degree health care professionals. (Group Counseling; Statistics; Leadership Training for Nurses, BS Program).
1965 to 1985 Instructor, California Lutheran University, Master’s
Level.
Founder of Master’s Program in M.F.C.T., creating curriculum and teaching all graduate level psychology subjects. Member of Master’s orals and thesis
committees. Member of CLU educational professional group organized for the Conejo Valley (ACT). Member of California Credentialing team working with teaching group therapy practicum to graduate students. Member of the Board of Regents (1992 – 2000).
1975 to 1981 The Alive Place, Co-Founder. (Incorporated, 1975) Thousand Oaks, California. Associates in Growth and
Counseling.
1975 to 1976 Professional Practice, California Family Study Center.
1975 to 2002 President of the Senate and Student Personnel Committee for Assistant to the Superintendent of Student Services; Ad HOC Bond Committee; and Ad HOC Committee for Sexual Discrimination in the College District, Curriculum Committee, Budget and Finance, Facilities and Planning, Strategic Planning Board, Accreditation Chair of Standards 2 and 3, and advisor to the Student Body Officers. Instructor for in-services in assertiveness training for secretaries and classified personnel. Researcher on Latino cognitive learning styles and the organizer of the orientation of the College retention plan. Liaison to feeder high schools for the College. Coordinator and chairperson of two major conventions held yearly for fifteen years, serving 300 to 4000 people including speakers, workshops, and classes for business professionals and people in transition.
1968 to 1975 Head Counselor, Las Virgenes Unified School District.
1968 to 1970 Instructor and Counselor, California State University Northridge, Gifted Children’s Summer Program.
1966 to 1967 Counselor, California Lutheran University
1963 to 1968 English Teacher, Remedial to Honors, psychology, journalism and newspaper production, Oxnard Union High School District.
Selected Presentations
Professional national and regional speaker, consultant, and workshop leader since 1974, providing over 2,800 presentations for:
CA Human Services Agency, State of California Directors of Human Resources for Mentoring, Continuing Medical Education, Incorporated: Fortune 500 companies, corporate boards of directors, school districts, government, civil service employees, Realtor boards: Pt. Mugu Women’s Engineering group, AAUW, 3M Management, Port Hueneme CBC, Chambers of Commerce’s, Newcomers Club, Rocketdyne, Beneficial Life Insurance, ABEX, Federally Employed Women, Title Insurance Conference, Ventura County Commission for Women, California Law Association, California Association of Professional Educators, American Express Financial Planners, American Association of Retired Persons, Camarillo Health Care District, Ventura County Professional Women’s Network plus numerous other corporations, health care, and non profit organizations as well as a military trainer for the army and navy for twenty years.
Selected Topics: Strategic Planning; The Balderidge Criteria; Leadership in the Millennium: Buildings teams in the Diverse Workplace; Roads to Success; Careers and Your Choices; How to Package Yourself; Building Team Work; Time Management; How to Sell Anything; Teamwork and Goal Setting; Stress; Assertiveness Training; Power and Success; Coping in a Man’s World; Family Communications; Women and Creativity; Subtle Abuse; Guilt Proof Parenting; Guilt and Anger; Holiday Blues; Skills Development; Setting Goals and Vision, as well as customized corporate programs, special events for organizations, department meetings, retreats, and groups seeking professional development training programs.
Selected Media
New Wave TV Series, “Megatrends, 2,000” National Cable TV produced in New York, ongoing from 1991.
Radio program, “Preventative Therapy,” KWNK, 1:00pm, Sundays, 670 AM radio, April 1985 to 1987. Radio talk show program, KQSB, 1992
Television talk shows, “Psychology on the Line” and “ Gold Coast Show”, 7:30 p.m., Fridays, 1986 to 1992 on KDDY, Ventura, California.
Americast & Jones Cable Television Show, “Insight,” 1988 to 2003.
TV and radio appearances: KABC Radio; KDAY TV; KNJO Radio, KVEN Radio; KWOC (Cincinnati) Radio; KNOX (Kansas City) Radio; KCOP TV; and several in Tennessee
ABC TV appearances on family parenting programs 1993 to 2002.
Several appearances at the Director’s Guild of America in Beverly Hills; foreign film festival on the same program with Burt Lancaster (spoke on nostalgia and sex in the movies, as well as the psychology of incarcerated political prisoners).
Appearances on CNN’s Sonja Freidman Show.
Talk radio show appearances with Michael Jackson.
Selected Publications
Newspaper Columnist, Carpinteria Herald, Oxnard Press Courier, Nashville City Paper and monthly articles with the Ventura Star, county wide.
Weekly column in City Paper of Tennessee from 2001-2002
Author; Guilt Proof Parenting, Writer’s Digest, 1988.
Author; Subtle Abuse (soon to be released);
Author; Mentoring, self-published, 2000
Numerous articles showcasing Dr. Partridge de Garcia, available on request.
Occasional columns in Today, Gold Coast, Ventura County Woman, and Conejo Magazine, 1984 to present. Published articles in technical and science journals.
Community Activities
Tennessee: 2001 - Present
Athena Board of Directors, Cable
Board of Directors and founder member of organization with Dr. Ming Wang's Vision Institute and Foundation, Eye Ball 2004-2005
Board of Directors for STARS
Book’em Committee, Honorary Chair of Christmas in July, 2005
Business Women’s Programs at Belmont University, Advisory Board and Chair of the first Women's Business Forum 2002
Cable Member, keynote speaker, Strategic Planning Committee and co-chair of silent auction/internet auction for Diversity Day 2006
Cheekwood Educational Fund Raiser Chair, 2005
Cheekwood (Cultural Society of Middle Tennessee)
Cheekwood, Chair of Children's Holiday party, Light of Cheekwood, 2006, Chair of first educational fund raiser 2005, 2006
City paper Column 2001
CMA consultant Board of Directors and administration, New York
D’Toqueville Society, United Way, speaker member since 2001
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Women Beyond Borders, Chair of exhibit 2002, member of Gala 2005
Hooters - Women in Business, networking group based on humor
Horticultural Society of Middle Tennessee, keynote speaker and member
International Women’s Forum, member, delegate to Spain and Seattle leadership Conference and president elect 2006
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alumna, association and membership chair
Leadership Nashville 2002-2003, Chair of closing retreat and member of opening and closing retreat since 2003 and founder of the Divas
Monroe Harding Advisory Board, strategic planning and award winner of
Volunteers of the year 2005
Nashville Ballet Board, Executive Board, Strategic Planner
Nashville Chamber of Commerce of Middle Tennessee member since 2002
Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Board President, Strategic Planner, Chair of
Schermerhorn Gala 2006
Nashville Jr. League Advisory Board and Sustainer
Nashville Women's Club member, keynote speaker and member of fashion design show Pencil Foundation, Chair of "A Little Night of Music" 2005, Honorary Chair 2006
Rocketown, Executive Board, Secretary, Chair of Special event with Police Chief Ronal Serpas, spring fundraiser, staff support system and strategic planning, Search Committee for Executive Director, Fund Raising Committee
Rotary Club, Paul Harris Chair, International Committee, Chair of painters for Habitat for Humanity, membership, Hospitality, and International Scholar Chair
STARS (Students Taking a Right Stand) Board of Directors, facilitator, trainer, Chair of Stars Celebration of Staff 2006
Speaker: Bahai Faith cultural fair, Unitarian Church, Leadership Memphis, Rotary Club of Green Hills, Governor's Convention on Zero based Tolerance, EEO
Children's Conference, Wednesday's Nashville Women's Breakfast Club and
Lunch Club, Over the Hill Retirees Executive Club, YMCA staff retreat, MC
Renewal House Thanksgiving dinner and staff development
Tennessee Foundation, Women’s Forum Board
Tennessee Performing Arts Council Director, Executive Board, Education Chair,
Co-Chair of Premier Evening 2003, member Gala 2006
TJ Martel Chair of the Tablescapes and KKG fundraiser, 2006
TV Show "Visionaries, Channel 10 Public Access Channel, seen three times weekly
since 2004
United Way Board of Directors, Frist Selection Committee, HR Committee,
Educational Campaign Chair 2005, Women's Fund Committee
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Board, Advocacy Committee,
Vanderbilt University Peabody College leadership China Educational and Cultural
Exchange Consultant, 2006
Volunteer reader at Metro Schools and Vanderbilt's Children's Hospital
Watkins Art College Board of Directors, Education and Fund Development
Committee and Executive Board
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Nashville, missionary correspondence and
Outreach Committee, volunteer Room at the Inn
Women's Golf tournament, Co-Chair, United Way 2005
YWCA Selection Committee for HS Scholarship winners
California
American Association of University Women, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks, 1965 to
present (founder of the Thousand Oak’s).
American Business Women of America, President, 1993 - 1995.
Camarillo Chamber of Commerce, 1991 to present.
Camarillo Health Care District, Advisory Board member, 1998-2002.
Camarillo Hospice, 1991-1994.
California State University Channel Island Founders Circle 1999 to present
Civics Arts Founder Thousand Oaks, CA 1997-present
Co-Director for Humanics National Community Programs 1996-2002
Friends of Maggie Kildee – Kathy Long, Ventura County Supervisors, 1990 to present.