Speakers
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier
Vice President of Education & Dean of Esperanza College
As Dean of the college, Dr. Conde-Frazier is responsible for setting the vision, the strategic direction, and providing leadership and management for the programs and faculty. Previously, she was professor of religious education at the Claremont School of Theology and taught Hispanic/Latino/a theology at the Latin American Bible Institute, in California. As professor, she mentored Latino/a students and wrote in the areas of multicultural education, Latina feminist theology, the spirituality of the scholar and issues of justice as they relate to education. As founder of the Orlando E. Costas Hispanic and Latin American Ministries Program at Andover Newton Theological School, she also developed programs for the development of ministers and lay leaders including youth. She has over ten years experience as an ordained pastor and has been a bilingual teacher. She has a BA from Brooklyn College, an MDIV from Palmer Seminary and her Ph.D is in the area of theology and religious education from Boston College.
Dr. Terrence Roberts
CEO, Terrence J. Roberts & Associates
Terrence J. Roberts, Ph.D. currently lives in Pasadena, CA where he and his wife have made their home for the past twenty five years. He is active in the Pasadena/Altadena community where he helps young people develop positive attitudes toward obtaining formal education. Dr. Roberts is CEO of Terrence J. Roberts & Associates, a management consultant firm devoted to fair and equitable practices in business and industry. A graduate of California State University at Los Angeles (BA), and UCLA (MSW), Dr. Roberts obtained his Ph.D. in psychology from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. He recently retired from the faculty in the department of psychology at Antioch University, Los Angeles.
He is married to Rita Roberts, Ph.D., professor of American History at Scripps College in Claremont, CA and they are the parents of two daughters, Angela, who lives and works in the Sacramento area, and Rebecca, who lives with her husband and sons in Atlanta, GA., and the grandparents of two grandsons.
