Center for Adult and Professional Studies

Gary Clifford’s professional experience includes a wide range of occupations: business, government, law enforcement, and education. Clifford, M.A., is the vice president and general manager of an entertainment manufacturing company, mayor of Glendora, and has been a city council member for two terms. Clifford has taught at Azusa Pacific University for six years in the School of Business and Management and the Center for Adult and Professional Studies. He has a passion for adult students and admires their enthusiasm while pursuing graduate and undergraduate degrees. His instructional and academic interests revolve around attributes versus experience in the marketplace, and the human dynamics involved with organizational culture. His immediate goal is to enter and pursue a doctoral program dealing with these topics.