The DET/CHE Leadership Program aims to support DET/CHE members in developing essential leadership skills for higher education. 

In this year-long, cohort-based program from March to November, participants attend monthly online presentations and discussions led by California higher education leaders. These monthly online events highlight the challenges, successes, skills, and issues facing today’s ed-tech leaders. The program then culminates at the DET/CHE Conference in December, where program participants and the monthly presenters will have the opportunity to meet and connect.

All DET/CHE community members are invited to participate.

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Meet the Program Leads

Laura Rantala

Long Beach City College

Kenji Ikemoto

Stanford University

Eric Wilson

Orange Coast College

Shawna BuShell

Riverside Community College District

Advisor Committee

John Bansavich, EdD

University of San Francisco

Hussam Kashou, PhD

Long Beach City College

Henry Burnett, PhD

Higher Ed Consultant

Explore past and Current Cohorts

Explore the past and current cohorts of the DET/CHE Leadership Program to see the inspiring speakers, timely topics, and dedicated participants who have shaped this dynamic learning community. Discover how leaders across California higher education have engaged in meaningful conversations, collaborative projects, and professional growth throughout the program’s history.

“I am so grateful to the amazing presenters and facilitators for their presentations and discussions on various topics in the EdTech field.”
Xinxin Huang
Xinxin HuangSenior Educational Technologist
University of California San Francisco
“The DET/CHE Leadership Program has helped me to bring the image I have of myself as a leader into focus.”
Kenji Ikemoto
Kenji IkemotoAcademic Technology
Specialist Stanford University
“I feel so honored I was able to take this leadership journey with my Chapman University team and I hope that together we can continue to encourage, inspire, and motivate each other to pursue and achieve our dreams."
Julie Johnson, M.A.Ed.

Julie Johnson, M.A.Ed.
Manager, Instructional Technology
Chapman University
"I plan to continue to work through the library of books and articles that were suggested, participate more fully in future DET/CHE events and continue to network and learn from this unique group of professionals."
Dawn Heuft
Dawn HeuftInstructional Design Technology Specialist Grossmont College
"I really took a lot away from this. I learned an incredible amount. I hold a Masters in Educational Technology Leadership and I probably learned more than I did from this program than from my academic program.
That’s how valuable this experience was, being able to talk to other people and to hear the evolution of their journey which is real world knowledge that you can’t find in a textbook."
Mike Vogt, M.A.
Mike Vogt, M.A. Director of Strategic Planning and Operations - Information Technology