Desert Lyceum Members
Roy Wilson
Riverside County Board of Supervisors
(Co-Chair, Desert Lyceum)
Carolyn Stark
University of California, Riverside
(Co-Chair, Desert Lyceum)
Fred Bell
Building Industry Association, Desert Chapter
Tom Davis
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Kathy DeRosa
Mayor, Cathedral City
Jim Ferguson
Chairman, Coachella Valley Economic
Partnership and Councilman, Palm Desert
Cynthia Flores
CSUSB, Palm Desert
Eduardo Garcia
Mayor, Coachella
Terry Green
UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center
Michelle Krans
Desert Sun Newspaper
William R. Kroonen
Riverside County Board of Education
Martin Martinez
Carreon Foundation
Richard Oliphant
Oliphant Enterprises
Jerry Patton
College of the Desert
Bill Powers
Pacific Western Bank
Mary T. Roche
Mayor, Indian Wells
John Wohlmuth
Coachella Valley Association of Governments
Roy Wilson
Riverside County Board of Supervisors
(Co-Chair, Desert Lyceum)
Carolyn Stark
University of California, Riverside
(Co-Chair, Desert Lyceum)
Fred Bell
Building Industry Association, Desert Chapter
Tom Davis
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Kathy DeRosa
Mayor, Cathedral City
Jim Ferguson
Chairman, Coachella Valley Economic
Partnership and Councilman, Palm Desert
Cynthia Flores
CSUSB, Palm Desert
Eduardo Garcia
Mayor, Coachella
Terry Green
UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center
Michelle Krans
Desert Sun Newspaper
William R. Kroonen
Riverside County Board of Education
Martin Martinez
Carreon Foundation
Richard Oliphant
Oliphant Enterprises
Jerry Patton
College of the Desert
Bill Powers
Pacific Western Bank
Mary T. Roche
Mayor, Indian Wells
John Wohlmuth
Coachella Valley Association of Governments
The purpose of the Desert Lyceum is to explore issues of consequence to the future of the Coachella Valley and act as a catalyst to bring together diverse opinions and expertise to focus on Coachella Valley issues related to quality of life, economic growth, and balanced sustainability for the future of the Coachella Valley.
The Lyceum seeks to emphasize constructive private sector, public sector and individual responses to these issues with the larger purpose of smart planning for growth and enrichment of the Coachella Valley and to help bring a better understanding of these issues to key decision makers.
The Lyceum conducts regular private and public forums. These forums provide lectures followed by dialogue and debate. Lyceums promote sharing of ideas from around the country and the world, promote education of policy makers, business leaders and key community individuals, and work toward the planned growth of the Coachella Valley.
Organization of the UCR Desert Lyceum
The Lyceum is organized as a private forum with participants are from throughout the Coachella Valley. These men and women have demonstrated thought leadership not only in their own community, but throughout the region. They typify active, involved and interested leaders, eager to contribute their talents and time to the betterment of the Coachella Valley.
In inviting participants to the Lyceum, we strive to achieve broad diversity among them in satisfaction of the goal of bringing together diverse opinions and expertise focusing on Coachella Valley issues, and to emphasize constructive private sector, public sector and individual responses to such issues.
The Lyceum seeks to emphasize constructive private sector, public sector and individual responses to these issues with the larger purpose of smart planning for growth and enrichment of the Coachella Valley and to help bring a better understanding of these issues to key decision makers.
The Lyceum conducts regular private and public forums. These forums provide lectures followed by dialogue and debate. Lyceums promote sharing of ideas from around the country and the world, promote education of policy makers, business leaders and key community individuals, and work toward the planned growth of the Coachella Valley.
Organization of the UCR Desert Lyceum
The Lyceum is organized as a private forum with participants are from throughout the Coachella Valley. These men and women have demonstrated thought leadership not only in their own community, but throughout the region. They typify active, involved and interested leaders, eager to contribute their talents and time to the betterment of the Coachella Valley.
In inviting participants to the Lyceum, we strive to achieve broad diversity among them in satisfaction of the goal of bringing together diverse opinions and expertise focusing on Coachella Valley issues, and to emphasize constructive private sector, public sector and individual responses to such issues.