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Catherine M. Gerard serves as Associate Director of Executive Education Programs and Co-director of the Program on Analysis and Conflict Resolution at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. In that role, she manages the Master of Arts in Public Administration degree program, serves as graduate course professor for the Department of Public Administration, and designs and delivers executive education programs for domestic and international customers. Before joining Syracuse, she was Assistant Director for the New York State Governor’s Office of Employee Relations where she led a consulting and training organization devoted to statewide training and organizational effectiveness. Throughout her State government career, she specialized in assisting leaders with organizational change and in the design and development of training programs. In addition, Ms. Gerard was a key architect of the State’s total quality management program and served as adjunct faculty member at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs at SUNY Albany. Ms. Gerard teaches leadership for managers at many levels. Her graduate course at the Maxwell School is targeted for mid-careers managers from public and nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad. She recently conducted leadership training for Senior Executives in the Department of Defense and New York State government. She co-developed and delivered a workshop, entitled, “Leadership and Learning,” for almost 8,000 managers in federal and New York State agencies. A recent project was leadership development for school superintendents and Board presidents through the Central New York School Boards Association. Ms. Gerard has consulted with public and non-profit organizations in the areas of strategic planning, leadership/management, organizational change, team-building and conflict resolution, labor-management partnerships, and total quality management. Her research interests include change in government organizations and leadership in government and non-profit sectors. Her current government customers include the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the New York State Department of Health. Her most recent public sector projects include curriculum development of a multi-day leadership program and a year-long Certificate Program in Advanced Public Management. Selected strategic planning clients include Arise and Child and Family Services, Onondaga Citizen’s League, Rape Crisis Center, Fabius-Pompey School District, Jordan-Elbridge Central School District, the City of Syracuse Board of Education, and Onondaga Central School District. She recently completed a major facilitation project for the Salvation Army. Ms. Gerard holds an MA from the University of Toronto, an MPA from the Rockefeller College, and has completed substantial graduate work in the field of education.
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