ILA’s Board of Directors

Mike Hardy
ILA Board Chair
Founding Director, Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK
Founding Director, Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK

Susan Elaine Murphy
ILA Vice Chair/Secretary
Professor and Chair in Leadership Development, Organisational Studies, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
Professor and Chair in Leadership Development, Organisational Studies, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK

Cynthia Cherrey
ILA President & CEO, USA

David Altman
Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Center for Creative Leadership, USA

Hadeel Anabtawi
Founder, The Alchemist Lab, and Educational Consultant, Jordan

Joanne Barnes
Chair, Board Development Committee;
Professor, Division of Leadership & Followership Studies, Indiana Wesleyan University, USA

Kehkashan Basu
Founder-President of Green Hope Foundation and UN Human Rights Champion,
Canada

Tasha Coppett
Chair, Membership Committee; Associate Dean for Residential Life, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
USA

Kathy Guthrie
Chair, Committee for the Advancement of Leadership Programs; Associate Professor, Leadership Studies, Florida State University, USA

Mikinari Higano
Professor & Director, Leadership Development Program, Global Education Center, Waseda University, Tokyo,
Japan

Kathryn Johnson
Co-Founder, Center for Global Services Retired CEO, Health Forum, USA

Stefanie K. Johnson
Director, University of Colorado Boulder Center for Leadership, USA

Claire Lachance
President & CEO, ReSurge International, USA

Angelica Maria Larios Arias
CEO & Founder, ALACONTEC, Mexico

Kevin Lowe
Professor, Business School, University of Sydney

Annika Hilding Norberg
Head of Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland

Betsy Myers
Founder and CEO, Myers Leadership, USA

Kara R. Price King
Vice President, Site Lead, Pfizer,
USA

Danica Purg
2025 Global Conference Chair; Founding President of IEDC-Bled School of Management and President of CEEMAN, Slovenia

Oliver Seale
Founding CEO, University Leadership Development and Advisory Services (ULeDA), South Africa

Gillian Secrett
Director of Leadership Programmes, University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership at University of Cambridge,
UK

Carolyn Stefanco
ILA Treasurer & Chair, Finance Committee; Retired University President
Founder and CEO, Barét Leadership Consulting, USA
Founder and CEO, Barét Leadership Consulting, USA

Suze Wilson
Massey University, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Michael Yap
Regional Managing Director, Singapore Hub, Coventry University, Singapore
Emeriti Board Members

Jean Lipman-Blumen
Thorton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy & Professor of Organizational Behavior, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, USA

Gill Robinson Hickman
Professor of Leadership Studies, Emerita, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, USA

Roger H. Sublett
President Emeritus, Union Institute & University, USA

Katherine Tyler Scott
Principal, Ki Thoughtbridge, LLC, USA