Clients:
Her clients include a wide range of organizations, including colleges and universities in seven systems of higher education across the country. A partial list of includes The California State University – Office of the Chancellor and campuses, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, LA County Natural History Museum – President and senior leadership team, University of California System and campuses, University of North Carolina System – president, campus leadership and board, University of Texas system and campuses, University of Nebraska System (president, senior leadership team, board and the flagship at Lincoln), Northwestern University , University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Scripps Women’s College, RTI International and Yale.
Volunteer Activities:
Dr. Kaufman is a committed volunteer who contributes time and resources to professional development organizations. She is past president of Leadership California, a non-profit organization devoted to educational programs and furthering the advancement of women leaders in business, government, education and other public and private arenas. She also serves on the Executive Advisory Board. Additionally, Dr. Kaufman is the 1998 recipient of the prestigious Leadership California Leader award for her program design and board development efforts. She is also on the faculty of Leadership California and the Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO).
Education:
Dr. Kaufman received her Ph.D. in Education, with an interdisciplinary focus in leadership and non-verbal behavior from Claremont Graduate University (CGU). She served as the Leader-in-Residence for the academic year 1998-1999 at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership, located at the Peter Drucker School of Management (CGU), where she earned her Master’s in Executive Management. Dr. Kaufman periodically serves as an adjunct professor at CGU, where she teaches courses in leadership and talent management. She is also a certified master instructor in the use of the Connective Leadership Achieving Styles Model.
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About Barbara Kaufman
Barbara L. Kaufman, Ph.D.
President
ROI Consulting Group, Inc.
Seasoned leader, Dr. Barbara Kaufman, President of ROI Consulting Group, Inc., has worked for over 25 years as an executive, educator and executive coach to help individuals and teams increase their leadership effectiveness and organizational capacity. As a trusted advisor to leaders in higher education and the non-profit sector, Dr. Kaufman combines executive experience with researched-based, pragmatic guidance in the area of leadership effectiveness. Areas of expertise include: leadership effectiveness at the individual and team levels, executive coaching, high performing teams, performance assessment for senior administrators, executive on-boarding, shared governance, succession planning, board development and related topics.