Handpicked Thought Leaders

Handpicked. Diverse. Very Engaging.

Experts that Match Your Needs, Not Ours.
The best learning experience comes from not just the best experts, but the right experts.

Since Smith Executive Education is a Women's Leadership Center and not a business school, we are not beholden to one set of faculty. We have the flexibility to handpick the best women's leadership and global business experts from universities, corporations and consultancies, assuring that you are getting the most amazing learning experience possible.

Below is a representative sample of our esteemed faculty:

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Kathleen Hevert

Kathleen Hevert is an Associate Professor of Finance and Chairperson at Babson College. Her areas of expertise are corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and real options. She works with a variety of major companies on key finance issues and has published in leading journals including Financial Management and The Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. Hevert is twice the recipient of the Thomas Kennedy Excellence in Teaching Award.

John Thomas

John Thomas is the Executive Vice President of Executive Perspectives where his primary focus is in helping leaders improve their businesses and themselves as a result of learning by doing through computer-based business simulations.  John’s areas of expertise include enhancing leadership skills, creating service excellence, improving employee talent and developing a better customer/market focus.

Tierona Low Dog

Dr. Low Dog’s career spans more than twenty-five years. She has studied midwifery, massage therapy, and is a highly respected herbalist. She currently directs the Fellowship program at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. She is an internationally known speaker on  the responsible use of herbal medicine and dietary supplements and integrative approaches to women’s health.

Brian Uzzi

Brian Uzzi is the Richard L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Leadership at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. His award-winning and highly cited ideas examine the relationship between networks and outstanding human achievement. He has taught executives around the world, won eight teaching awards, and visited on the faculties of INSEAD in France, the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley.

Kathleen Pearson

Kathy Pearson is President and Senior Partner of Enterprise Learning Solutions, a firm focused on executive development and learning across industries.  Dr. Pearson teaches on a variety of topics including The Enterprise Mindset, Stakeholder Management, and Operational Excellence. Dr. Pearson’s  experience includes working with senior leadership teams in the areas of strategic formulation, complex decision making under uncertainty, and strategic execution.

Richard Bliss

Richard Bliss is an Associate Professor of Finance at Babson College. He specializes in the areas of Corporate Financial Strategy, Sustainability, Risk Management, and Entrepreneurial Finance. Dr. Bliss holds a Ph.D. in Finance and M.A. in Economics from Indiana University. He received his M.B.A. in Finance/Real Estate from Indiana University and graduated with honors from Rutgers University, earning a B.S. degree in Engineering and a B.A. degree in Economics.