At the April meeting of the Board of Trustees, Eileen K. Bitten was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees, succeeding Robert Andres, who served for four years as Board Chair. Eileen joined the Board in 2006, and has served on the audit committee and the development committee, which she has chaired.
Eileen’s professional background includes over thirty five years of Human Resource Administration in both private and public sector organizations, thirty years of which was at the executive level. She was involved in policy formulation and implementation of programs covering compensation, selection, training, employee relations, employee benefits and affirmative action. She has served as representative on numerous task forces and special committees at the local, state and national levels.
Eileen brings to DSPT an extensive experience on other boards. She has served: as President of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources, Western Region; as a member of the International Executive Council, International Public Management Association for Human Resources; as Chief Executive Officer for Civil Service Boards serving three separate jurisdictions; as Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Community of Harbor Bay Isle; as Member, Board of Directors for Battered Women’s Programs Southern Alameda County and as Member, Board of Directors of CLASS, a community based organization which interacts with the Port of Oakland and the Oakland Airport.
Eileen is particularly interested in the role of the Board of Trustees in assisting to formulate long and short range strategic goals in support of the mission of DSPT, in securing the financial resources necessary for the school to carry out its mission, in enhancing the visibility of the school within the Catholic community, and in the institutional evaluation of the school in the light of its mission.
We deeply appreciate Eileen’s commitment to DSPT and her willingness to undertake the further responsibility of chairing the Board of Trustees.
