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Sunaina Virendra

Adult Basic Education

PT: Applied Management Instructor

Office: L-301D on the Mount Vernon campus

Phone: (360) 416.7635

Email: Sunaina.Virendra@skagit.edu


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Sunaina Virendra (Sue-nay-na Ver-en-dra)

Sunaina leads the bachelor degree in Managment program at Skagit Valley College. Launched in  2018,  the Bachelor in Management program has been nationally cited  as a promising practice to advance quality, equity and success in community college bachelor degree programs. Click here for the SVC Press Release 

Sunaina is recognized for identifying and designing growth opportunities and inspiring organizations and their people to reach for their full potential. She entered the adult education instructional world in 2015 following a 25-year career as an international Fortune 500 executive during which she held leadership roles in Public Affairs, Strategy, Finance and M&A, Marketing and Consumer Insights, and Revenue Management. Students frequently express their appreciation for the ways in which Sunaina’s instruction draws on her own experiences and stresses real life application and performance context. They also acknowledge the enthusiasm and joy that she brings to teaching and learning.

Sunaina received her formal education in Asia, Europe and the US and has worked across Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America including assignments based in the US, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and New Zealand. In New Zealand, she was one of five women who ran a market in a global company operating in 180+ countries. Sunaina has a working knowledge of eight languages.  

Sunaina received an AB in Geography, with a minor in Asian Studies from Mount Holyoke College, MA. She received an M.Ed. (Instructional Design) and an MBA from Western Governors’ University. Sunaina also was selected to participate in one year world class management training program at INSEAD, a global leader in management and business education. She has lived in Skagit Valley since 2015.   She is the forever beginner golfer, with a game where enthusisasm compensates for ability and is the proud human for her two dogs, Bandit and Rusty.  

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Who is Sunaina?

An explorer, a questioner, a quick yet deep thinker;

A connector, a cultural chameleon, a problem solver;

A devoted daughter, sister and niece, an Aunty ‘Naina, a loyal friend;

The proud human for Rusty and Bandit, the cutest pups  ever  (yes, I am biased)

An eternal beginner golfer, a knitter, a book worm, an amateur photographer, and a paint’ n sip artist;

A parrot head, a metal head and a giant fan of Ella, Louis and Nat;

A geographer by education who learned management on the job by seeing and doing;

A 25-year veteran of the corporate world, who left that lifestyle to follow a childhood dream;

A lousy student but a lifelong learner;

A person who gains from the experiences and perspectives of the people in her classes and who is blessed to be involved with this program.