John E. Barnette, EdD QUALIFICATION SUMMARY DEGREES: EdD, West Virginia University 1990 MA, West Virginia College of Graduate Studies 1973 BS, West Virginia State University 1969 MILITARY SCHOOLS: Armor Officer Basic Course, 1971 Armor Officer Advanced Course, 1978 Command and General Staff College, 1980 Battalion Commander s Course, 1985 National Defense Strategy Seminar, 1988 Senior Executive Career Course, 1991 General Officer s Orientation Course, 1996 Total Quality Management National Defense Strategy Lean Six Sigma (Orientation, Green Belt and Black Belt) Army Communities of Excellence (Examiner and Judge) Graduate level teaching experience at the University of Charleston, Mountain State University, West Virginia University and West Virginia College of Graduate Studies Throughout career, actively involved in action research within medical, corporate, military and academic settings Extensive mentoring and coaching experience in the healthcare, military, civilian and educational arenas 43 years Associate Dean, School of Business and Leadership, University of Charleston, (January 2013-continuing) Associate Dean, School of Leadership and Professional Development (October 2011-December 2012) Professor of Leadership Studies, Mountain State University, Beckley, (2006-2011) Consultant, American Council on Education (2010-contiuning) Commander Army Guard, Sep 1995 to June 2010 and G-3 Eighth United States Army Korea (Wartime) 2007 to June 2010 (Retired June 30, 2010) (Dual Hat) Previous Position(Dual Hat) G-1 Eight United States Army Korea (Wartime) 2004 to 2007 Rank Major General (MG) (RET) TEACHING EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH SUPERVISION: MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE: YEARS OF MILITARY EXPERIENCE: MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE: AWARDS AND DECORATIONS AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS: Distinguished West Virginian, 1998, 2010 West Virginia State University Outstanding Alumnus Award, 1998 Member of Academic Hall of Fame of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2010 West Virginia State ROTC Hall of Fame, 1998 Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society, West Virginia University. (1990) Phi Delta Kappa Honorary Society, West Virginia State College (1969) Dean s List West Virginia State College
Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (2 nd OLC) Meritorious Service Medal (1 st OLC) Army Commendation Medal (1 st OLC) Korean Service Ribbon National Defense Service Medal Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (5 th Award) Humanitarian Service Medal (2 nd Award) Armed Forces Reserve Medal (2 nd Award) Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon West Virginia Distinguished service Medal West Virginia Meritorious Service Ribbon West Virginia State Service Ribbon Past President West Virginia State University Foundation Past President, West Virginia Association of Mental Health Administrators Member, National Association of Mental Health Administrators National Community Mental Healthcare Council Mental Health Corporation of America (Chair Executive Development Committee) Member, American Society for Quality Control Certifications: Lean six Sigma Black Belt Certified Behavioral Healthcare Executive EQi Facilitator Covey Facilitator (Principle Centered Leadership & Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE In addition to his responsibilities as Associate Dean of the School of Business and Leadership at the University of Charleston Dr. Barnette serves in a faculty role which includes teaching at the graduate level while mentoring and supervising dissertations. In addition Dr. Barnette currently serves as a consultant to several State and National organization specializing in healthcare management, emergency preparedness, disaster response, crisis leadership, leadership development, emotional intelligence and strategic planning. Dr. Barnette previously served for twenty-five years as the CEO of a large comprehensive behavioral health center. He assisted the West Virginia Hospital Association (HA) and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services ( DHHR) in various projects, including the facilitation, coordination, development, and primary writing of the Regional Crisis Response Plans for all hospitals and other first responders in the State of West Virginia. In addition to his role in the creation of the Regional Threat Preparedness Plans, Dr. Barnette served as the primary author for the accompanying operations manuals and developed and facilitated 12 Table Top Exercises in the individual regions and at the state level. Previously Dr. Barnette was a full professor in the Doctorate of Executive Leadership in the School of Leadership and Professional Development at Mountain State University in Beckley, West Virginia and taught in the Masters of Strategic Leadership program
there as well. Dr. Barnette retired as a traditional National Guardsman holding the rank of Major General. He served as the Commander of the West Virginia Army National Guard. In this role as Commanding General, he was responsible for all operations of the West Virginia Army Guard, including the training and readiness preparation of the Guard units for their wartime and emergency response missions. In addition, General Barnette was instrumental in the development of the West Virginia National Guard s homeland security efforts. In his Command position he served as the task force commander in 71 FEMA declared National Emergencies in the State of West Virginia. He also served as a Task Force Commander leading the recovery efforts in Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Because of these experiences he is nationally known for his technical and leadership abilities in the emergency services and WMD arenas. In addition to Commanding the West Virginia Army Guard, MG Barnette also served as the Wartime Chief of Staff and G-3 (operations officer) for the Eighth United States Army in Korea. Prior to serving as the G-3(MG Barnette served as the Personnel Officer (G-1) for the Eight United States Army, Korea. ACTION RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Early in his career Dr. Barnette served as a team leader and educational diffusion specialist for the Appalachian Educational Laboratory in the development and implementation of a home based preschool program. The research program utilized trained paraprofessionals, a traveling classroom and a weekly television show to educate 150 three and four year old children in the rural sections of West Virginia. Dr. Barnette served as the Director of the Kanawha County Schools Head Start program and as Director of Early Childhood Education as Kanawha County initiated its mandatory kindergarten program and expanded that program as well to culturally, socially and economically disadvantaged three and four year children and their families. These innovative action research efforts were designed to target the development of parents as teachers and used a combination of center and home based services. While serving as the CEO of the Shawnee Hills Community Behavioral Health Center, Dr. Barnette led many action research initiatives targeted to developing services and programs for the chronically mentally ill, recovering substance abusers, and severely mentally retarded individuals and their families. These notable activities included projects target toward prevention, treatment, vocational training, and community based living and therapeutic recreation along with crisis and crisis support services for the targeted populations. These efforts results in Shawnee Hills being selected as a Center of Excellence for services for the chronically mentally and with it being the first fully accredited JCAHO comprehensive behavioral health organization in the State of West Virginia. While serving as the Commander of the West Virginia Army National Guard, the national leader of strength and readiness of all Guard for units for over 12 years, Dr. Barnette initiated the organization s involvement in the Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) program, which uses the Malcolm Baldrige criteria for developing organizational excellence. This initiative culminated with the West Virginia Army Guard winning the ACOE Overall Award for 2007 and again in 2010 and representing the Department of Defense in the 2009 Baldrige Award Competition.
Dr. Barnette, in his organizational consultant role, led an action research project at Unisys, a part of the Unisys Health Information Management Division of the Unisys Corporation. This pilot project, conducted as action research, built a leadership effectiveness development and tracking tool for use with Unisys Managers and Leaders. The process and instrument measures employee engagement, customer satisfaction, financial management, departmental productivity, strategic alignment and serves as an assessment tool for leader development including training, coaching, mentoring and as an indicator for career management. The intent was to replicate this best practice in other Unisys operations as the field testing and refinement is completed. 5CURRENT OCCUPATION Associate Dean, School of Business and Leadership Development, School of Business and Leadership, University of Charleston, Charleston, Independent consultant for a consulting and training organization in Charleston, specializing in Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development, Crisis Leadership, Interoperability and Strategic Planning & for the American Council on Education. CIVILIAN EXPERIENCE Kanawha County Schools (1969-1974) Teacher, Coordinator of Early Childhood Education, Director of Head Start Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center (1974-1999) President and CEO Private Consultant (1999 to Present) Adjunct Facilitator MSU (2007 to 2010) Associate Dean, School of leadership and Professional Development, Mountain State University, Beckley, (October 2011-December 2012) Professor, School of Leadership and Professional Development, Mountain State University, Beckley, (2007-2012) Adjunct faculty member at the College of Graduate Studies, Morris Harvey College(now the University of Charleston) and the West Virginia University Medical Center MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 1969, Platoon Leader, Company A, 1092 nd Engineer Battalion, Parkersburg, 2. March 1970, Platoon Leader, Troop L, 3 rd Squadron, 107 th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Dunbar, 3. July 1973, Troop Commander, Troop L, 3 rd Squadron, 107 th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Dunbar, 4. July 1974, Troop Commander, Troop B, 1 st Squadron, 150 th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Dunbar, 5. September 1975, S-1, 1 st Squadron, 150 th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Bluefield, 6. October 1977, S-3 (Air), 1 st Squadron, 150 th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Bluefield, 7. February 1979, S-3, 1 st Squadron, 150 th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Bluefield, 8. February 1981, S-1, HHC, 111 th Engineer Group, St. Albans,
9. October 1982, Administrative Officer, West Virginia State Area Command, Charleston, 10. July 1984, Personnel Management Officer, West Virginia State Area Command, Charleston, 11. April 1985, Squadron Commander, 1 st Squadron, 150 th Armored Cavalry, Bluefield, 12. September 1987, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, West Virginia State Area Command, Charleston, 13. May 1993, Deputy STARC Commander, West Virginia State Area Command, Charleston, 14. September 1995, Assistant Adjutant General, Commander, Joint Task Force, Joint Forces Headquarters West Virginia, Charleston, 15. October 2002, Assistant Adjutant General, Commander, Joint Task Force, Joint Forces Headquarters West Virginia, Charleston, 16. March 2004, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel of the 8 th United States Army, Korea 17. June 2007, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the 8 th United States Army, Korea PUBLISHED BOOKS AND ARTICLES Books Dissertation: The Relationship Between Leadership Styles of School Principals and Teacher Stress as Perceived by Teachers, John E. Barnette Home Visitor s Resource Materials; Edward E. Gotts, Bettye L. Jennings, John E. Trufant, Jeanne Williams, Roy W. Alford, Jr., Freida Gregory, John E. Barnette Monographs Emotional Intelligence-The Missing Link in Finding Success and Happiness Behavioral Health Strategies, LLC Emotional Intelligence-A Guide to Increasing Your Personal Success and Happiness, Behavioral Health Strategies, LLC Emotional Intelligence-The Foundation for Building A Competent and Value Based Military Force, Behavioral Health Strategies, LLC Emotional Intelligence-The Secret to Success in the Workplace, Behavioral Health Strategies, LLC Emotional Intelligence-How to Raise Happy and Successful Children, Behavioral Health Strategies, LLC Emotional Intelligence-The Path to Recovery when Bad Things Happen to Good People, Behavioral Health Strategies, LLC Journal Articles Transition to Critical Pathways: Community Behavioral Health Center, Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare Journal The Quality Journey in A Comprehensive Mental Health Center, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement Application of Total Quality Management to Mental Health: A Benchmark Case Study, The Journal of Mental Health Administration Information Needs & Technology Required for Transformation to a Quality Culture, International Business Communications
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Principals of Quality & Team Effectiveness (The Northeast Texas Regional MH/MR Facilities and Community Centers and Central Texas Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Conference) Application of TQM/CQI in the Mental Health Center (The Institute for Behavioral Health Training) Transition to Quality in the Mental Health Center (The Institute for Behavioral Health Training) Creating a Quality Culture in the TX MH/MR System (Human Resources Conference) Personal Effectiveness (Sixth Annual Statewide Mental Health Conference) Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement in a Community MH/MR Center (The Texas Council of Community MH/MR Centers, Inc.) TQM ( Bureau of Employment Programs) Creating a Quality Culture in a MH Setting (New England Conference: Best Practices in Behavioral Healthcare) Information Needs & Technology Required for Transformation to a Quality Culture (Behavioral Heath Conference) Strategic Positioning Strategic Affiliations (Institute for Behavioral Health Training, The Leadership Group and MHCA The Quality Journey in a Comprehensive Mental Health Center (First National Conference on TQM in Mental Health) Case Histories: Award Winning Risk Management Programs (National Community Healthcare Council) Winning with Customer Service (Alabama Council of CMH Boards, TAMHO and National Forum on Healthcare Quality) Overview of Managed Care with an Emphasis on Outcomes (AMHA Annual Meeting) Creating a Quality Culture in the Mental Health Field (American Society for Quality Control) Continuous Quality Improvement in Managed Care Setting (National Community Healthcare Council) Working Effectively Within a Managed Care Environment / VENUS (24 th Annual Mental Health Institute) Personal Effectiveness & Team Building (Leadership West Virginia) TQM (Mental Health Leadership Training) SELECTED CORPORATE CLIENT PRESENTATIONS American Endoscopy Services, Inc. Key Employee Leadership Development Training Landmark Healthcare The Leadership Journey Casto Technical Services The Trane Commercial System Group Leadership Effectiveness Journey Climbing the Leadership Mountain EQ and You Building the Leadership Team at Casto Technical Services Laying the Foundation: Emotional Intelligence The Pratt & Whitney Leadership Journey: A Focus on Sales
School Boards Association Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Behavioral Healthcare and Informatics Tomorrow Conference and Expo Organizational Effectiveness: The Link Between Emotional Intelligence, Leadership and Productivity Psychological Association The Leadership Journey Emotional Intelligence The Foundation of Effective Leadership Fox Run Hospital (John E. Barnette and Ruth Ann Panepinto) Emotional Intelligence and Team Effectiveness Coalition for the Advancement, Recruitment and Education of Nurses Leading with Emotional Intelligence: A Key to Recruiting and Retaining Excellent Employees Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Crisis Leadership Making a Difference 2009 Faces of Leadership Conference What Do You Want from Me? Batter Up! Leadership in a Time of Crisis UNISYS Corporation Personal Effectiveness Building Leadership that Lasts: Managing Individual, Team and Organizational Stress Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Leadership and Civility: Requirements for Organizational Effectiveness Mapping Work Processes To Improve Quality and Efficiency Workbook for Mapping Work Processes Introduction to Coaching Character Education and Emotional Intelligence Leading Change & Change Management Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Resiliency SELECTED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Lean Six sigma Green Belt Certified Behavioral Healthcare Executive EQi Facilitator Covey Personal Effectiveness Trainer ACOE Examiner and Judge (DoD s version of the Baldrige Award) WebCT Blackboard Numerous Army Schools and Institutes Former Member Editorial Board, Joint Commission Accreditation Healthcare Board Journal on Quality.