The Leadership Lectures feature world-class, accomplished and influential leaders with expertise ranging from business and philanthropy to public service and academic research. Through the Lectures, we hope to inspire thought-provoking dialogue within the community by providing access to the expertise, advice and best practices of some of the world’s foremost leadership minds. As such, the attendance to the lectures are free and open to the public.
Lecture
Presenters
- Dr. Dan Fisher
Dan Fisher is co-founder and a managing partner at Contemporary Leadership Advisors (CLA), and co-founder and board member of the Institute for Contemporary Leadership. He previously co-managed the leadership and organizational effectiveness practice at AlixPartners. He works as a trusted leadership advisor to CEOs and their teams, helping them to ensure they have the right players with the right habits and alignment on the right priorities. Prior to working exclusively with senior corporate leaders and their teams, Dan was a clinically trained trauma and forensic psychologist. He gained invaluable lifelong perspective from working as an attending psychologist on New York Hospital’s Burn Unit and in the New York City Court System.
He holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of California Santa Barbara, a BS in Psychology from University of California San Diego, and completed his post-doctoral studies at Cornell Medical College. More importantly he is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. When he’s not working, he spends time with his family in Maplewood, New Jersey, enjoying their gourmet cooking and reading his wife’s screenplays.
- Dr. Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia is co-founder and a managing partner at Contemporary Leadership Advisors (CLA) where he helps clients build and lead adaptive organizations in fast-changing environments. He also co-founded and serves on the board of the Institute for Contemporary Leadership, which hosts forums of executives talking about their challenges, what’s working and what’s not. Before that, he helped run the leadership and organizational effectiveness practice at AlixPartners, and has built predictive people analytics applications. Before moving into consulting and coaching, he directed product marketing for Nortel Networks’ digital switching, optical Ethernet, and voice-over-IP portfolios, and worked for the U.S. Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment.
He holds an MBA from The University of Virginia and an Ed.D. in Adult Learning from North Carolina State University, where he focused on how organizations’ informal networks affect learning, change and innovation. When he’s not working, he spends time with his family in Millburn, New Jersey, catching up on pop culture, and falling down mountains on his bike.
