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The WSD Community:
Faculty and Staff Bios
Interim Program Director
Betsy Geist
, M.A. in Whole Systems Design, Antioch University, Seattle. Core faculty,
Individualized Program. Betsy received her B.A. from Wellesley College in Sociology
of Religion . Her career trail has included teaching, educational administration
and organizational consulting. She participated in negotiations to establish sister
city relations between Seattle and Chongqing, China and remains actively involved
in "citizen diplomacy." She was a founding board member of the Mediation Consortium
of Washington State, and has done a comparative study of Chinese and American
approaches to law and "dispute resolution." Current explorations revolve around
Mary Parker Follett, sustainability, "human economics," counterbalancing the
"commodification trend," and the future of progressive higher education.
Individualized Program
Core Faculty
Farouk Seif
, Ph.D. in Design and Planning from the University of Washington. Prior to
becoming an American citizen, Farouk was born in and raised in Egypt with a
Coptic background, a descendant of ancient Egyptians. His doctoral dissertation
at the University of Washington is a true interdisciplinary inquiry designed to
reinterpret the ancient Egyptian experience for thoughtful reflections on
modernity. He is the originator and organizer of Seattle Antioch's study-abroad
program in Egypt: "Expedition into the Dawn of Time." He has published,
lectured, and exhibited his art work in many cities in the USA, Egypt, and
Europe. Farouk has taught design, creative thinking, and visual communication at
the University of Washington, Louisiana State University, Texas Tech University,
and Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt. He has given time and energy to many
community and public services of which the Redmond Planning Commission is among
the most recent ones. Farouk is also a registered architect and manages a
private practice: Metadesign and Transplanning Consultants. Farouk
has a special interest in the metaphysics of design and design communication.
Sue Woehrlin
, M.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in training, education and consultation. Core
faculty, B.A. and M.A. Whole Systems Design Programs. Areas of active inquiry include
design and facilitation of adult and experiential learning, reflective professional
practice, collaborative team design, small group dynamics, organizational learning
and visual, metaphoric, paradoxical and systems thinking.
Individualized Program
Adjunct Faculty
Individualized Program
Associates
Individualized Program
Administrative Assistants
Organization Systems Renewal
Core Faculty
Bob Woodruff
, M.B.A., M.A. Manager and Core faculty member, Organization Systems Renewal
(OSR) Program in Whole Systems Design. Holds degrees from the Kellogg School at
Northwestern University and from Antioch University in Whole Systems Design. A
practicing consultant, he works with leaders and their organizations in the
processes of change. He focuses on organizational alignment using large scale
change and Future Search methodologies, and skill acquisition using computer
simulation. Bob has extensive background in business as an executive, with over
30 years of experience in general and marketing management and in human resource
development with a Fortune 100 company. He brings a global systems perspective
to his work having conducted business worldwide.
Elaine Jessen
, M.A. Core faculty, Individualized and OSR Programs in Whole Systems Design.
Currently completing doctoral work in Human and Organizational Systems with an
emphasis on transcultural understanding. Consultant in the fields of organization
and individual development. Designer and leader of Antioch Seattle's Whole Systems
Design Department's study abroad program in Bali, Elaine is experienced in program
development, designing system-wide change strategies, team and leadership training,
and preferred futures planning. Her interests include metaphysics of systems
philosophy and multicultural learning process.
Margaret Walker
, M.A. in Whole Systems Design with emphasis in Individual and Organizational
Development, Antioch University Seattle. Core faculty OSR Program in Whole System
Design. Currently completing doctoral work in Human and Organizational Systems
through the Fielding Institute. She has a background in program design,
customer- employee relations, and leadership training in non-profit organizations.
Her current interests include non-local influence in social systems, whole systems
approaches to adult learning, and collaborative writing.
Organization Systems Renewal
Adjunct Faculty
Organization Systems Renewal
Administrative Manager
Our Students Graduate Projects
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