Dr. Bernard Luskin
Chairman and CEO, Luskin International

Dr. Bernard Luskin has had distinguished careers in commerce, education, entertainment and psychology.

University Business Magazine selected him as one who has had exceptional careers in both education and corporate life. He is a licensed psychotherapist, with Degrees in Business and a UCLA Doctorate in Education, Psychology and Technology.

Bernie Luskin has been president and CEO of divisions of major Fortune 50 and 500 companies, including Philips Interactive Media, PolyGram New Media, Philips Education and Reference Publishing and Jones International, including Mind Extension University, Knowledge TV, and Jones Education Networks.

He has authored bestseller economics, technology and education books, television series and CDs. He is credited in working with Paramount, for putting the first 50 movies on CD in MPEG format, leading to DVD. While president of Philips Interactive Media, the companies made breakthroughs in many areas in CD.  This included the first Sesame Street CD, Grolier’s and Compton’s Encyclopedias, Golf, Art, Children’s and reference CDs, including games, and the first interactive movie on CD, entitled Voyer, starring Robert Culp.

Luskin is presently Executive Vice President, Professor and Director of the Media Psychology Program at the Fielding Graduate University, www.Fielding.edu , and is now leading the way  by launching the first Ph.D program applying psychology to media. Luskin is also Chairman and CEO of Luskin International, chairman of the advisory board of iMedia-International, inc., which owns Hollywood Previews, placing CD Movie discs in newspapers, and he is on the boards of directors of the Media Psychology Division and Society of Consulting Psychologists of the American Psychological Association.

As a former college and university president, he is founding president of Coastline Community College, including KOCE, TV in Orange County California, Orange Coast College and founding chancellor of Jones International University, the first fully accredited, fully web based university. He is credited with putting the first computer in a community college. Luskin has received two Emmys, in addition to distinguished leadership and alumni awards from the UCLA Doctoral Alumni Association, California State University at Los Angeles, The University of Florida, and he received lifetime achievement awards from the Irish Government and the European Union for contributions in education and digital media.