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Dr. Dunn earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in communication arts and sciences from the University of Southern California. Her BA is in speech and communication with an emphasis on social movements from San Francisco State.  She came to Westmont in the Fall of 1997 from Pepperdine, was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2008, and has led seven summer study abroad programs on conflict, memory, and pilgrimage to Northern Ireland, South Africa, Germany, Israel/Palestine, and the Camino de Santiago in Spain.  Her research and teaching focuses on grassroots peacemaking organizations, dialogue, and transforming conflict. She also co-directs the Westmont Initiative for Public Dialogue.

Mr. Gupta received his J.D. from the University of Washington Law School. He concentrates his practice in the areas of business and real estate finance, commercial property development, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and business entity formations and transactions. His experience includes assisting clients with public and private debt and investor financing as well as troubled-loan workouts and foreclosure proceedings. He has worked with clients on residential, hotel and other commercial property developments, leasing, land use and purchase and sale transactions. He has represented start-up businesses in formation planning and documentation, and established businesses with restructuring and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Gupta came to Mullen & Henzell from the tax consulting group at Deloitte & Touche with a strong background in income tax law, and works with clients on income tax, property tax and estate and gift tax matters.

Mr. Gupta is actively involved in the community. He is on the Board of the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. He also serves as an adjunct professor of business law at Westmont College. Mr. Gupta and his family are actively involved with Santa Barbara Community Church. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of Amigos de Honduras, a non-profit fundraising organization that supports development work in Honduras, and Life Network, a local non-profit.

Anna Jordan graduated from Westmont with a BA in English Literature in 2007. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2012, and since then has led a number of writing workshops and instructed learners of all levels and abilities. Anna is a freelance writer whose work has been published across the Internet. She's on the writing team for the popular motherhood site, Coffee + Crumbs, and is a contributing writer for The Magic of Motherhood (HarperCollins 2017).  She lives in Goleta with her husband and three children. 

Kiah Jordan moved to Santa Barbara to attend Westmont College, where he graduated with Bachelors in economics/business and Spanish. While working for a local real estate investment firm, Santa Barbara Capital, he completed his Certified Financial Planner™ designation and found a passion for applying a holistic planning perspective to personal finances and business operations.

After completing his Master’s in Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, Kiah launched Impact Family Office to focus on the alignment of capital resources with an impact strategy by providing financial consulting, planning, strategic philanthropy, and infrastructure for individuals and businesses. Though his clientele have operations in Ethiopia, Sweden, and throughout the US, intentional and meaningful local impact is a primary focus for each of them.

In Santa Barbara, he has dedicated much of his time to startups and organizations focused on benefiting our local community. Kiah currently serves on the board of the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, is an Ambassador at the Impact Hub, completed the Katherine Harvey Fellows program in 2016, and was featured in the Pacific Coast Business Times 40 Under 40 in 2015. When not working he’s spending his time with his wife and three kids and playing soccer.

Aaron grew up in San Luis Obispo and has degrees from George Fox University (BA, Interdisciplinary Studies), Talbot Seminary (MA, Philosophy), and the University of Edinburgh (Ph.D., Education). He serves Santa Barbara Zoo as Chief Operating Officer. Keeping a toe in academics, Aaron teaches adjunct graduate courses for Miami University, serves as affiliate faculty for the Kurt Hahn Consortium for Values and Experiential Learning (Penn State), and pens the occasional academic piece.

Beyond his zoo work, Aaron spent a decade in secondary education, ran a small business, founded a service learning NPO, consults/coaches for a number of local organizations (culture, strategy, and strengths), serves as a Board Director for Kids Helping Kids, coaches club water polo, and writes kid’s books. He recently completed an Executive Leadership Development Program with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (2018), and was featured in the Pacific Coast Business Times 40 under 40 (2015).

Aaron and his brilliant wife (and Westmont alum) Janay have three children. They attend Santa Barbara Community Church. In the event that some portion of their lives goes un-programmed, you’ll find them enjoying life together – hiking, biking, paddling, skating, or surfing locally.