Deanna Wharwood Show with Guest Dr. David Goetsch

Dr. Goetsh was a member of the United States Marine Corps.  Dr. Goetsch is Emeritus Vice-President of Northwest Florida State College where he served full-time for 36 years and still teaches on a part-time basis. His administrative responsibilities as Vice-President included the College’s six branch campuses/centers, business and industry relations, military relations, local government relations, and legislative relations. Dr. Goetsch holds professorships in three different disciplines: Business/Management, Political Science, and technical education. He is the author of more than 70 books. Several of his books are bestsellers in the collegiate market and have been translated into foreign languages (Korean, Malaysian, Hindi, Spanish, Japanese, and Indonesian). Dr. Goetsch holds a Doctorate Degree in Organizational Leadership, Four Masters Degrees (Management, Human Development and Counseling, International Relations, and Educational Leadership), a Baccalaureate Degree in Business/Technical Education, and an Associate Degree in Engineering Technology. Dr. Goetsch is Vice-Chairman of the Florida Defense Support Task Force. Dr. Goetsch has been Northwest Florida’s “Economic Development Volunteer of the Year” three times (1992, 1996, and 2008). Dr. Goetsch was selected by the United States Department of Education as America’s Outstanding Technical Educator of the Year in 1984. In 2009 he was recognized for “Outstanding Community Engagement” by the Carnegie Foundation.  Upon his retirement from NWFSC, the Gallery in the SSC Building (third floor) was named the “Dr. David L. Goetsch Gallery” in honor of his service to the College.