About Us
Administration
Kathleen Mirabile, President
Executive Juris Doctor, Concord School of law
Master of Arts in Jurisprudence, Harrison Middleton University
Bachelor of Science, University of New Mexico
Chris Caraway, Vice President for Marketing Operations
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Youngstown State University
Brooke Laing, Director of Admissions
Bachelor of Arts in Business Management, Northern Arizona University
Master in Arts, Argosy College
Patricia McCoy, Director of Financial Operations
Bachelor of Arts, University of North Texas
Kayla Hobbiebrunken, Director of Student Management
Certificate in Health Information Management Services,
Central Community College, Hastings NE
Faculty
Mike Harris
Mike Harris has over thirty years experience in manufacturing, finance and technology development. A participant in domestic and international start-ups, acquisitions and mergers, Mr. Harris founded Harris Technical Sales Inc. that became Motorola’s vendor of choice, placing over $1.2 billion of capital equipment worldwide. As Chairman of the Board of Eclipse Technology, improvements in logistics decreased Motorola downtime by 60% and decreased mean time between failures by 90%. As Chairman and CEO of TFG Acquisition Corporation, he drove an additional $300 million of value to Motorola shareholders. Mr. Harris then became the Arizona Managing Director of AMT Capital Partners LLC.
In 2006 Mr. Harris accepted a position with Support Resources International (SRI). Within 14 months, as President/COO, SRI’s annual revenue grew from $10.4 million to $27 million, transforming a $3 million loss to a $4.5 million profit. After four years of applied physics at the University of Arizona and two years of economics at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Mr. Harris received an MBA in Finance from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Harris served as a technical advisor to the Committee on Science and Technology of the U.S. Congress.
Daniel Joseph Marco
Daniel J. Marco has been an attorney for twenty-three years and is licensed in the States of Arizona, New Mexico and Ohio. Dan started practicing with his father in 1987 and their practice flourished until his father decided to retire. In Ohio, Dan litigated two fire cases against General Motors, sucessfully,tried hundreds of criminal cases and filed numerous 42 USC Sec 1983 cases against governmental entities. He was acting Judge in the Medina Municipal Court and appeared in many newspaper and television news stories.
After his father retired, Dan moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico where he served as a public defender. He quickly established himself as a leader there and the Department gave him the District Defender Award his first year and then Employee of the Year the following year. As a public defender he litigated a felony trial a week on average. In Arizona, Dan had managed law firms for others but he has decided to return to his roots. He is now the founding member of two law firms; Marco | Wimmer, PLLC in Tempe, Arizona; and Marco and Shattuck, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Dan lives in Arizona with his wife, three children, two dogs, two cats and a turtle who has been roaming around the house for the last fifteen years. His oldest son is getting ready to go to law school.
Kathleen Mirabile
Kathleen Mirabile has 12 years of executive and operations experience in the distance-learning field. Kathleen previously served as the Vice President and Provost of the College of the Humanities and Sciences, Harrison Middleton University. She is the Chair of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) Research and Educational Standards Sub-Committee and serves as a DETC educational standards evaluator for institutions seeking accreditation.
In addition to her duties at The Paralegal Institute, Kathleen is the President of our sister school, Brighton College. Brighton College provides quality online education to students seeking a career in the health services fields.
Kathleen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Mexico, a Master of Arts in Jurisprudence from Harrison Middleton University, and the Executive Juris Doctor from Concord University, School of Law.
Since Kathleen joined The Paralegal Institute in 2007, she has led the effort to convert the college’s programs to an online delivery and to building a team of professionals with a common passion to facilitate the success of our students.
Gautam Sen
Gautam Sen has been a member of the Arizona Bar since 2003. He is also a member of the State Bar of Connecticut, admitted in 2002, and the Washington D.C. Bar, admitted in 2004. Currently, he is a member of the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee of the Arizona Bar as well. He is also licensed to practice in the United States District Court, District of Arizona Gautam received his Juris Doctorate at Western New England College School of Law in Massachusetts in 2002. Additionally, he has two Bachelor degrees: Bachelor of Technology in “Instrumentation & Control Systems” from Jadavpur University; and Bachelor of Science with Honors in “Physics” from the University of Calcutta. He received his Masters degree in “Nuclear Engineering” from the University of Cincinnati.
Prior to practicing law, Gautam held the position of Licensing Manager at nuclear utilities. Gautam practiced Administrative Law in Washington D.C. in the area of Energy. In Arizona, Gautam has practiced both civil and criminal litigations and has been In-House Counsel for Progressive Insurance Company. His legal experience includes business transactions, property rights, landlord/tenant issues, insurance claims, DUI/OUI, as well personal injuries/accidents, both in the Justice Court and Superior Court for the State of Arizona. Gautam now practices bankruptcy cases at Phillips & Associates.
Gautam was Adjunct Faculty at Arizona State University and various community colleges in various states, including community colleges in Maricopa County, Arizona. He is currently Adjunct Faculty at Glendale Community College and Faculty at The Paralegal Institute in Glendale, Arizona
Larry D. Tidwell
Master of Arts in Behavioral Science-Sociology, University of Houston
Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Corrections, Sam Houston State University
(Biography Coming Soon!)
