LISA MEDNICK TAKAMI, ED.D. is a leadership consultant, writer, and higher education administrator. She currently serves as Special Project Director at North Orange Continuing Education, the noncredit educational provider of the North Orange County Community College District. Dr. Takami has profiled CEOs and senior leaders for the journal Women in Higher Education since 2014. She served as COO for a labor-management apprenticeship training institute during the pandemic and has held administrator and faculty positions at several two-year and four-year institutions. Takami is the author of American Mind, Japanese Mind; Cross-Cultural Reflections from East and West and Chief Diversity Officers in U.S. Higher Education: Impacting the Campus Climate for Diversity. Takami resides in Southern California with her husband, Masahiko. They have two adult children, Michael and Sarah.
Lisa Mednick Takami not only wanted to share insights from remarkable women and highlight their legacy, but literally wrote the book on them. Drawing from extended qualitative interviews with successful higher education CEOs and senior leaders to highlight their lived experiences, career trajectories, and leadership lessons, she focuses on the real experiences and formative development of current women leaders and offers the reader practical recommendations for the reader to utilize in their own career. -- Daniella Kahane, WINSUMMIT.com