| Keynote Speaker, The Artist's Path - 2011 |
| Dr. A. Neal Mangham After serving for five years as Director of Management Development for the Arabian American Oil Company, Dr. Mangham returned to the United States and reentered the University arena as Dean of the Kellogg Center for Extended Education at the University of Oklahoma. Neal then served in executive roles at private universities in the US and for fifteen years as President of universities in the United States and abroad. In 2006 he was appointed the first director of the US government’s effort to revitalize the higher education system of Afghanistan (USAID’s Higher Education Project) which he led through its inception and first two years of operation. Throughout his career Dr. Mangham has worked as an advisor and consultant in organization and community development to groups in the US and abroad, ranging from the Eight Northern Pueblos of New Mexico to the Japan Center for Non-Governmental Organizations and the largest indigenous NGO in Southern Africa, ORAP. Mangham's research interests lie in the history of Central Europe, including such social movements as Zionism and the development of nationalist movements in the early 20th century as well as the history of the Middle East. He speaks on intercultural and international affairs and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in several countries. Dr. Mangham lives in Prescott, Arizona. |
