Research Faculty & Staff

CCL employs a talented team of research scientists, faculty and staff that brings a wealth of knowledge to our work on leadership education and research. To learn more about members of our Research and Innovation team, please explore the following profiles:

David Altman

Title: Executive Vice President, Research, Innovation & Product Development
Expertise: Public health; Evaluation; Community Intervention

Jessica Baltes

Title: Research Associate
Expertise: Evaluating Leadership Development Initiatives; Entrepreneurial Leadership; Strategy; Sustainability

Phillip Braddy

Title: Psychometrician/Statistician
Expertise: Quantitative Analyses, Research Methodology, & Leadership

Michael Campbell

Title: Senior Research Analyst
Expertise: Understanding the Demands and Challenges of Senior Executive Leaders: Executive Selection Process; Identifying the Factors Associated with Successful and Unsuccessful Executives; Importance of Relationship Building at the Senior Executive Level

Heather Champion

Title: Enterprise Associate
Expertise: Program planning and evaluation with emphasis in the public health sector

Anand Chandrasekar

Title: Research Associate
Expertise: Cultural Intelligence and Expatriate Adjustment; Job Burnout; Meta-analysis Techniques

Corey Criswell

Title: Research Associate
Expertise: Senior Executive Leaders; Executive Image; C-level Tenure; Lessons of Experience

Alessia D'Amato

Title: Research Associate
Expertise: Individual and Global Leadership

Jennifer J. Deal

Title: Senior Enterprise Associate
Expertise: Global Leadership; Generational Differences in the Workplace (Emerging Leaders); Political Psychology

Barbara A. Demarest

Title: Director, Knowledge Management
Expertise: Mission, Identity, and Portfolio Strategist; Internal and Promotional Communications Professional; Innovation Catalyst.

Bill Drath

Title: Senior Enterprise Associate/Senior Fellow
Expertise: Connected Leadership

Chris Ernst

Title: Co-Director, Asia Pacific Research
Expertise: Global Leadership; Leadership Across Boundaries

John Fleenor

Title: Director, Psychometrics
Expertise: 360 Degree Feedback

Bill Gentry

Title: Senior Research Associate & Coordinator, Internships and Post-Docs
Expertise: Cross-Cultural Leadership; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Managerial Derailment; Multisource (360) Research; Political Skill and Organizational Politics

Sarah Glover

Title: Research Analyst
Expertise: Diversity and Inclusion; Writing

Kelly Hannum

Title: Manager of Research, EMEA Region
Expertise: Global Leadership; Evaluating Leadership Development Initiatives

Steadman Harrison

Title: Innovation Associate
Expertise: Innovation; Knowledge Management; Project Management

Gina Hernez-Broome

Title: Enterprise Associate
Expertise: Leadership Development Trends

Regina Herzfeldt

Title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Expatriates and cross-cultural leadership, women leaders, careers, intercultural learning and training.

Emily Hoole

Title: Director, Evaluation Center
Expertise: Assessment of Student Learning; Evaluation of Leadership Development Initiatives; Developing Program Theories of Change and Logic Models

David Horth

Title: Senior Enterprise Associate
Expertise: Creativity and Innovation

Shirley Landry

Title: Senior Associate
Expertise: Innovation Project Management Initiatives

Jean Leslie

Title: Manager, Product Development Research
Expertise: Cross-cultural issues and derailment

Richard Marcy

Title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Strategic Leadership; Leader Cognition; Creativity & Innovation

Jennifer Martineau

Title: Director, Design & Evaluation Center
Expertise: Evaluating Leadership Development Initiatives, Portfolio Development & Management

Cindy McCauley

Title: Senior Enterprise Associate/ Senior Fellow
Expertise: Leader Development Practices; Developmental Assignments; Connected Leadership

Belinda McFeeters

Title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Global Leadership and Diversity (College Student Leaders and Beyond); Assessing Interactions Among Diverse Individuals; Outcomes Assessment in General

John McGuire

Title: Senior Enterprise Associate
Expertise: Connected Leadership

Vijayan Munusamy

Title: Senior Research Associate
Expertise: Cross-Cultural Management; Diversity; Global Leadership

Chuck Palus

Title: Senior Enterprise Associate
Expertise: Creativity and Innovation; Connected Leadership

Tracy Enright Patterson

Title: Manager, Client Evaluation Services, Evaluation Center
Expertise: Evaluating Leadership Development Initiatives with Emphasis in Nonprofit, Government, and Health Sectors

Lyndon Rego

Title: Director, Innovation Incubator
Expertise: Strategy; Marketing; Innovation

Marian Ruderman

Title: Director, Americas and EMEA Research
Expertise: Women and Leadership; Diversity; Global Leadership; Work-Life Integration; Emotional Intelligence;

Davida Sharpe

Title: Director, Programs and Services Design, Global Product Development
Expertise: Designing High Impact Leadership Development Initiatives, Program Development and Management, Conflict Management

Judith Steed

Title: Research Associate
Expertise: Primary: Social Science Research; Evaluation; Executive Coaching; Assessment and Data management.
In Addition: Appreciative Inquiry; Training for the Non-profit; Coaching.

Ellen Van Velsor

Title: RIPD Advancement & Partnerships
Expertise: Leadership Development Practices; Executive Derailment; Gender & Leadership

Rola Ruohong Wei

Title: Research Associate
Expertise: Cultural adjustment, Mandarin

Wynne Whyman

Title: Senior Research Associate
Expertise: eLearning, Blended Learning, Instructional Design

Meena Wilson

Title: Co-Director, Asia Pacific Research
Expertise: Global Leadership

Jeffrey Yip

Title: Research Associate
Expertise: Emerging Leaders; Leadership Development Trends; Career Development and Change

Yi Zhang

Title: Senior Research Associate
Expertise: Individual innovation; Sub-cultural and cross-cultural study on power distance in China and U.S.; Organizational climate; Survey study; Hierarchical linear modeling; Structural equation modeling; and Content analysis.