Sarah Haviland Blackmun-Eskow

Professional Experience

1999-present

THE PANGAEA NETWORK, INC. (501(c)3)

Santa Barbara, California

Co-Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer

http://www.pangaeanetwork.org

1998-1999

DURAND COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Santa Barbara, California

Chief Operating Officer

1985-1999

THE ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY NETWORK, INC.

San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

1973-1985

HARCOURT BRACE & CO., INC.

New York, New York

Senior Vice President, Harcourt Brace Publishing Group

President, Harcourt Brace International (1982-1985)

President, HBJ Media Systems Corporation (1977-1982)

Vice President, HBJ Media Systems Corporation (1973-1977)

1971-1973

APPLETON CENTURY CROFTS, INC.

New York, New York

Executive Editor, College Division

1968-1971

PRENTICE-HALL, INC.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Managing Editor, College Division

Current Nonprofit Service

Commissioner, Santa Barbara County Human Services Commission (grant-making body)

Member of the Advisory Board, Patriensa Multipurpose Community Telecentre (Ghana)

Member, World Mission Group, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

Chair, coordinating committee, Santa Barbara Association for UNESCO, “Lighting Up the World” Initiative

Professional Service and Awards

Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress: Member, Advisory Council, Study of Technology in Higher Education

Ohio Wesleyan University: Trustee, 1978-1984

League for Innovation in the Community Colleges: Service Award

Florida State University Institute for Higher Education: Distinguished Service Award

Association of American Publishers: Chair, Committee on Media Publishing

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, cum laude, with honors in fine arts

Master of Arts, Bowling Green State University, Ohio

Ph.D. student, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California (current)

Skills and Knowledge

• Executive management: Strategy, planning, implementation, assessment
• Economic modeling: business planning; budgeting and financial forecasting
• Marketing: institutional, academic, and direct response strategies and materials
• Sales: management, sales training, and sales compensation systems
• Telemarketing management: design of systems and training; performance evaluation
• Product design and development: Design and management of online environments, services, and marketing
• Research in multimedia and online technologies and providers
• Evaluation and selection of online technologies and vendors
• Development of publishing alliances with academe, business, and government agencies
• Large-scale product development in several media, including online services

Contact Information

290 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta CA 93117

805-692-6998; 805-637-1856

sarahblackmun@cox.net

http://www.pangaeanetwork.org