PresenterPhotoStacey Lee Gobir ('15, MDR '17) is the Director of the Resilience-Informed Skills Education (RISE) Program at Pepperdine University.

With more than a decade of experience in higher education, Gobir has served in various roles across Pepperdine's Housing and Residence Life, the Office of Student Accessibility, and health and wellness. Her professional and personal passions have also led her to serve local villages and live on a medical mission in Fiji, volunteer with the Los Angeles Superior Court as a civil harassment mediator, and support veteran and nontraditional students at Stanford University.

A proud Pepperdine double alumna, she earned her undergraduate degree from Seaver College and a master's in dispute resolution from the Caruso School of Law's Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution.