IRC Board Member Wins Award

Recently, IRC board member Dr. Joel Pérez was awarded the Silver Book Award for Best New Voice: Non Fiction at the annual Independent Book Publishers Association awards ceremony for his book titled Dear White Leader: How to Achieve Organizational Excellence through Cultural Humility.  The IBPA Book Award honors independent publishers who have exceeded industry standards to produce editorial and design excellence in a book. Celebrating excellence since 1985, these awards showcase the work of independent publishers and their professional teams. The awards are considered one of the highest national honors for independent book publishers.

Joel Pérez is owner of Apoyo Coaching and Consulting, LLC and Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He specializes in career transitions, career coaching, identity-conscious leadership coaching, solution-based coaching, and professionals that want to develop their cultural humility. He has a certification in the MBTI, Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Gallup Strengths Certified Coach, and is a certified coach through the Academy of Creative Coaching. He has over 20 years of experience in higher education, serving in various key leadership roles. Joel earned his doctorate in higher education administration at Claremont Graduate University.