Dorine has worked in law and higher education for over 25 years. Her most recent administrative leadership experience includes the role of Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Prior to her tenure at the University of Michigan, she served as the Associate Director of Faculty and Student Development in the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California where she was also appointed as a Clinical Associate Professor. As a faculty member, she was especially committed to improving the teaching and leadership experiences of faculty and staff.

After earning her law degree, Dorine worked in private practice at the California law firms of Best, Best & Krieger, LLP, and Gresham, Savage, Nolan and Tilden. Her corporate and municipal legal work focused on the representation of private corporations, non-profit organizations and public entities including school districts, community college districts, and cities. For several years, she operated a law firm where her practice included wills and trusts, affordable housing, family law and property law.

She is a co-creator of the UCLA Women’s Leadership Academy and has served as a leadership mentor and faculty fellow for the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) leadership institute for women in colleges and universities. Her coaching and consulting expertise is grounded in positive psychology, creative problem solving and education leadership literature as well as her extensive faculty and administrative experience in community colleges, regional state universities, and selective higher education institutions.