For more than 30 years, Dr. Sonia S. Cowen has been in the faculty and administrative leadership of colleges and universities in nearly 10 states in the US.  She has been the chief academic officer of three statewide higher education governing or coordinating boards, and either the chief or vice chief academic officer of two colleges and one doctoral-granting research university.  

Dr. Cowen also served as a national instructor for the US Air Force, tasked with instructing officers in effective leadership and communication as a part of the Strategic Air Command’s professional development program for Air Force officers.  Through her own consulting company, Dr. Cowen has contracted with several national higher education organizations on matters of national leadership policy and legislation.  In the past two years, she has delivered and published juried papers at seven International Conferences regarding the physical architecture that contributes ideally to the development of simulation-modeling and visualization in serious gaming for military and civilian operations.

Dr. Cowen currently serves as business faculty for New Mexico State University, and as Director of the Daniels Leadership Center at the New Mexico Military Institute—including the Yates Leadership Challenge: Ropes Course and Leadership Reaction Course. Her Ph.D. is in leadership from Gonzaga University.