Founder
Nirmalya Bhowmick, PhD. (h.c.), Founder and Special Advisor to the Board and CEO
Due to the past and current nature of Mr. Bhowmick's scope of work, his profile is not available on this site. Please contact Jim Killin if more information is required.
Administration
James P. Killin, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Killin joined Henley-Putnam in January 2006 as CFO and COO and became CEO in March of 2009. Mr. Killin has been involved in management of start-up and early stage organizations for more than 25 years. Prior to joining Henley-Putnam, Mr. Killin was CEO /President of several software and healthcare companies including MetrixPro, Anamatix, EHI, HCC, and Cygnet. Mr. Killin started his career at Touché Ross.
Nicole Lesher, Director of Educational Compliance
Mrs. Lesher joined Henley-Putnam in 2006. She has over 20 years experience working in the field of Education. This experience includes classroom teaching, operations management, student services, compliance and curriculum development. She held the position of Chief Operating Officer at California College for Health Sciences and has helped numerous schools gain accreditation and comply with state regulations. She has served as an evaluator for the Distance Education and Training council, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges as well as the California, Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education. Mrs. Lesher received a B.A. in English from San Diego State University and a M.A. in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.
Marlys Yoshimura, Director of Finance
Ms. Yoshimura has over 25 years experience in financial and administrative leadership roles. Her experience includes 7 years as a controller for a publicly traded technology company and 18 years of progressively advancing accounting and finance positions. Her experience includes financial planning, analysis and reporting, system development and implementation, human resources, acquisition integration and hands on accounting responsibilities. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Nancy Reggio, Director of Admissions
Ms. Reggio joined Henley-Putnam after a distinguished career at St. Mary’s College of California where she worked as the Director of Admissions and Recruitment and Assistant Director, Operations. In addition, her responsibilities included staffing, budget, equipment and facilities during the teach-out of the BA degree completion programs. As Director of Recruitment she managed a multi-million dollar budget. Ms. Reggio holds a MBA with a Marketing emphasis and a BA in Management from St. Mary’s College of California, which she received in 1994 and 1985, respectively.
Bart Bechtel, Assistant Chief Academic Officer
Assistant Chief Academic Officer: Bart Bechtel is a veteran CIA officer with over twenty years of experience. He teaches courses in surveillance, counter surveillance, counterintelligence, professional ethics and threat assessment. Mr. Bechtel served as a clandestine operations/counterintelligence officer on deep cover assignments. He is a threat/vulnerability assessor, counterterrorism & surveillance detection instructor. Mr. Bechtel has broad experience in conducting analytical antiterrorism assessments using quantitative methodologies for calculating vulnerabilities and risk associated with terrorist and criminal threats. Mr. Bechtel has taught extensively. He was a lead instructor for the US State Department’s anti-terrorism Surveillance Detection (SD) Team Training Program under contract with SAIC. He trained SD teams in Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia, and Mexico. Previously, Mr. Bechtel was a primary instructor in Terrorist/Criminal Threat Recognition, Observation Skills and Surveillance Detection for the Washoe County, Nevada Sheriff’s Citizen Homeland Security Council. He is also a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. Mr. Bechtel received his BA in History from Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1972 and a MS in Intelligence Management from Henley-Putnam University.