Dr. Mark Robinson is currently is the Vice Chancellor of Student Development at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), where he has also served as Associate Dean of Students, Dean of Student Affairs, and spent time working with the college’s African American Achievement Program, New Student Counseling, and Athletics departments. Prior to his career at CCSF, Dr. Robinson spent time in the United Kingdom where he taught courses in Sports Psychology at Edge Hill University, played professional basketball and served as CEO of the Basketball Players Association.
Dr. Robinson’s commitment to higher education, athletics, and learning led him to found the non-profit organization On Focus, designed to assist student athletes during times of transition. In addition, Dr. Robinson also co-founded the non-profit organization African American Male Education Network and Development (A²MEND). He currently serves as the President of On Focus and sits on the board of A²MEND. Dr. Robinson received his Associate’s Degree from the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) his Bachelor’s Degree, as well as a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Guidance from Indiana University, and earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, with an emphasis in Teaching and Student Learning Outcomes from Bolton Institute, now Bolton University in the UK.
Dr. Robinson lives in San Francisco where he enjoys spending time with his wife Lindsay, two sons, Nathan and Marcus, and golden Labrador Sunny. His many interests and passions include his family, international travel, athletics, community service and engagement, collecting hourglasses, and the process of learning.
Dr. Terrence Elliott
Terence Elliott is a community college administrator who is an advocate of college community partnering to enhance student learning. As the dean of the Natural, Social, and Applied Sciences (NSAS), he has the responsibility to manage 14 different departments, with the largest being math and social sciences. Dean Elliott was formally a tenured faculty member, academic senate president and chair of the African American Studies Department at Contra Costa College, located in San Pablo, California. During Professor Elliott's twenty-seven year teaching career, he taught high school for ten years, at the Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, was a lecturer at San Francisco State University, Holy Names and Vista College and has spent the last fourteen years at Contra Costa College.
Elliott earned his Masters degree in Creative Arts Interdisciplinary Studies and a Bachelors degree in Music and Black Studies at San Francisco State University. He is currently completing his dissertation research toward a doctorate in educational leadership.
As an administrator, Elliott is dedicated to uplifting and liberating people by instilling the importance of education through community involvement and service. His primary focus is on developing a closer partnership with the college and the community. He is devoted to promoting community service learning within the college departments in the NSAS division, particularly the African American Studies, Biology, Earth Sciences/Environmental Studies and Sociology disciplines. By fostering collaborations between the college, community agencies and industry, he is working to improve the teaching and learning process, provide a service to the community and help students develop more practical and real life experiences.
erence enjoys spending his spare time working with the community’s youth to help them develop their performing arts skills and performing with his band, Nymani Music.
Murrell Green
Murrell Green received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Clark Atlanta University and a Master of Science degree in Counseling with dual concentrations in College and School from San Francisco State University. Murrell is currently studying and working to obtain a doctoral degree in the field of Education.
Mr. Green has years of experience in the educational, local government, and non-profit sectors of his hometown San Francisco, California and the surrounding Bay Area. He has worked with institutions and organizations such as Glide Memorial Church, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School and Mills College. In addition, Murrell served as a special assistant to former San Francisco Mayor, the Honorable Willie L. Brown Jr. through the Small Business Commission.
As the former director of the College and Career Center at George Washington High School (his alma mater), Mr. Green is dedicated to the advocacy and education of children, youth, and young adults and cherishes every opportunity he has to help guide others the way his parents* were able to help him.
*Though deceased, his father, Mr. Monroe Green Sr., owner emeritus – Esquire Barber Shop, and his mother Mrs. Thelma R. Green, owner emeritus - Esquire 4 Kids, are still a cherished and powerful influence in his life.
