Building the foundation for a new field of leadership research.

Licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified organizational and business consulting psychologist, author, consultant, and speaker.

Jennifer Wisdom has worked with complex health care, government, and educational environments for 25 years, including serving in the U.S. military, working with nonprofit service delivery programs, and as faculty in higher education. She consults with nonprofit and government agencies, research institutions, and universities to address leadership development and organizational change. She has a PhD in clinical psychology from The George Washington University and a Master of Public Health in epidemiology and biostatistics from Oregon Health & Science University. She is past editor of the journal Psychology of Leaders and Leadership and past president of the Society of Psychologists in Leadership. She is author of 14 volumes in the Millennials’ Guides series (Winding Pathway Books), the book Administrative Intelligence: The Leader’s Guide to Operational Clarity and Scalable Change, the book Leaving Revolution: How We Are Learning to Let Go and Move On (Winding Pathway Books), and more than 100 scientific articles, establishing her as a leading voice in the field. She regularly provides consulting to organizations and leaders to help them improve their workplaces, including organizational burnout audits and a 90-day Operational Clarity Engagement.

Licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of faculty and leadership experience in academia.

Nina Nabors currently serves as Vice Provost for the Division of Healthcare Access and Quality at Walden University. Nina joined Walden’s School of Psychology in August 2001 as an adjunct faculty member and has served in a variety of leadership roles, including Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, Director of Academic Operations, Senior Director of Academic Quality, Associate Dean of the School of Psychology, and, most recently, dean of the College of Allied Health. Her prior academic appointments include 2 years as tenure-track faculty at Central Michigan University and 6 years at Eastern Michigan University, where she earned tenure in 2003. She co-owns a group psychotherapy practice in southeastern Michigan, working primarily with clients who are people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual/aromantic/agender and members of other underserved communities. She has a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Florida and a BS and an MS from Illinois State University. She is board certified in rehabilitation psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and is past president of the Association for Women in Psychology. She has published five book chapters and 15 peer-reviewed scientific articles, and she has made more than 65 conference presentations.