Nicole Combs

4156 Rice Street #409, Lihue, HI 96766

808-777-9679
clarkconsulting@yahoo.com
Objective

Enter into a mutually beneficial partnership with an organization whose vision and mission
are well defined, where my knowledge, skills and abilities will contribute to the overall
success of the educational organization.

Transferable Skills Teacher, faculty, facilitation and training provider; Training and development coordination;
Microsoft Office Specialist certified; Media communications; Presentations (one-on-one to
large group seminars); Contract preparation and negotiation; Economic development;
Needs assessments; Project management; Budgeting; Grant writing & resource
acquisition; Supervision; Problem solving; ESL; SPED; Curriculum development; Online
program development; Principles of risk management and regulation compliance.
Communications. Typing 45 WPM.
Work Experience

08/12Present

University of Phoenix Hawaii

Campus
Manage the College of Information
Systems and the School of Business
and teach a variety of business and
adult education classes. Role changed
to only faculty in August 2014.

Honolulu, HI

10/12Present
Teacher

Hawaii Department of Education

High School Physical Science
Emergency Hire

Kauai, HI

08/15Present
Program
Development

Windward Community College

Kaneohe, HI
Part time faculty. Developed non-credit
online workshop program.

Campus College
Chair/Faculty

08/1403/15
Leeward Community College
Program Manager Program Coordinator in the Office of
Continuing Education and Workforce
Development.

Pearl City, HI

06/11Present

Greenwood Village, CO

Instructor

Colorado State University Global

Campus Online
Small Business, Entrepreneurship

08/0306/10
Instructor

Sierra College
Rocklin, CA
Marketing, Intro to Business, Business
Communication. Online and on-ground.

6/9406/10

Clark Consulting/One Click Virtual

Assistance

Yuba City, CA

Consultant
Consultant in Workforce Development and Grant writing and acquisition. Workforce Traffic
Safety and Ergonomics seminars. Computer software applications training (Windows,
Office Suite) Business Management Training (Communication, Public Speaking,
Supervision, Grant Writing, Organizational Leadership, Marketing). Current clients include
Starline Press, California Education Network and Placer County.
1/0308/13

Chapman University (On-ground &

Online)

Yuba City and Orange, CA

Instructor
Systems

Technology in the Classroom 551 & 552, Business Information

1/086/08
Longs Drugs
Honolulu, HI
Training Contractor
Provided onsite computer and systems training for proprietary inventory control software.
1/036/06
Yuba City Charter School
Yuba City, CA
High School Teacher
Taught on an Emergency Credential. All high school subjects and grades in a blended
learning classroom. At Risk Teacher, Cheer Coach, Senior Advisor, College and Career
Counselor.
5/013/03
Mugshots Coffee & Tea, Inc.
Winchester, KY
President/CEO
Created entire Mugshots Coffee & Tea concept, including business plan, funding of
$150,000 operation, site selection, equipment acquisition, dcor, marketing strategy, and
the unique Mugshots theme. Hired and trained employees. Managed all aspects of
financials, daily operations, ordering, scheduling, customer service, marketing, and
strategic planning.
9/973/01
Sierra College
Rocklin, CA
Manager Workforce Development
Met with business and industry developing employee training and development programs.
Prepared grant contracts and responded to RFPs for over $2,000,000 in funded projects.
Managed all phases of funded grants totaling more than $1,000,000. Contract
development for training and development projects. Supervised contracted project
managers of grants. Made all necessary arrangements for training and development
programs.
Education

06/14
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Certificate TEFL, 120 hour program with test taking and business English
1/14--Present
Leeward Community College
Pearl City, HI
Alternative teaching certificate Career and Technical Education and Special
Education Certificate (student teaching in process).
6/06
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
Doctor of Philosophy
Business Organization and Management (emphasis in Online School of Business
Instruction, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing) Dissertation topic: Faculty
effectiveness in online learning.
9/01
California State University Dominguez Hills Carson, CA
Master of Business Administration
Business
Graduated with honors--3.87
8/00
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science
Business Management
Graduated with honors-3.99

Roseville, CA

Seminar Presentations
Traffic Safety Summit (1995, 1996) Traffic Safety in the Workplace
California Community College Ed Net Conference (2000) Best Practices in the Center for Applied Competitive
Technologies (12 Bridges Project).
County of Placer Employees (2001) Putting the Power into PowerPoint
Yuba City Charter School (2003) Teacher Technology Boot camp
County of Placer Executives (2003) Grant Writing Workshops
Publications
Kids Are Not Cars (2011)
Driver Education: an Independent Study Course (2003)
References available upon request