our advisors

Vayron begins his 4th year leading the Renegade men’s soccer team at Bakersfield College. Prior to BC, he was the men’s soccer Associate Head Coach at LA Mission College from 2013-2016. Earlier from 2012-2013 he served as the Assistant Coach to the Eagles at LA Mission. 

He holds a B.A in Graphic Design (2006) from Cal State University, Northridge and an M.A. in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University, Irvine (2015). 

He likes being a part of BC’s athletic department because of how invested everyone is on student development. He loves being part of the way everyone in the department gets involved in order to provide the student athletes an opportunity to continue their education and to pursue a higher athletic career.

Joanna Katz is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of marketing experience on both the client and agency sides. Her expertise focuses on helping private businesses, as well as non-profit organizations, develop and implement strategies for growth.  

She has spent the majority of her career managing online marketing initiatives that drive awareness, acquire new customers and increase ROI. She also coaches young professionals to learn how to be more strategic and acquire the hard and soft skills to excel in their careers. 

Joanna also holds and MBA from The Marshall School of Business and works out of the Los Angeles Office.

David Hagenbuch is a professor of marketing at Messiah University, the author of Honorable Influence, and the founder of MindfulMarketing.org, which encourages ethical marketing.  Before higher education, he worked as a corporate sales analyst for a national broadcasting company and as a partner in a specialty advertising firm.

His writing has been published in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Marketing News, and Business Insider, as well as in academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing Education, Services Marketing Quarterly, and Marketing Education Review.  He writes a regular blog about marketing ethics and has been interviewed by The Boston Globe, U.S. News & World Report, and The New York Times.

Hagenbuch holds an MBA from Temple University and a DBA from Anderson University, both with marketing concentrations.  He enjoys helping marketing professionals realize their personal and organizational goals.