Sherry Gevedon, Ph.D., MBA, RN, is a Senior Associate with Strategic Initiatives, Inc. Dr. Gevedon is currently serving as Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship in the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati. In this role she is responsible for creating strategic community partnerships, distance learning and continuing education. In addition, Dr. Gevedon is Associate Director of the Center for Continuous Professional Development, a joint venture that she along with two other colleagues in the College of Medicine and Pharmacy created in the Academic Health Center to serve as the University of Cincinnati’s online continuing education initiative.

Dr. Gevedon has earned a Ph.D. in Transformative Leadership from Miami University, an MBA from Xavier University, and an MS in Community Health Nursing and a BSN from Wright State University. Her academic teaching includes the disciplines of Nursing and Business. She and Dr. Norris are the founding Principals of Leadership for Change, LLC, through which they offer consulting in transformative leadership. She is a key member of Strategic Initiatives’ change management practice.

Dr. Gevedon is an entrepreneur, academic administrator, and leader in the fields of distance learning, leadership, and performance management. With over 20 years experience as a consultant, trainer, practitioner and educator, she is well known for her strategic leadership in creating distance learning and in navigating change through technology-supported education.

Her experiences have spanned academia, corporations, and government agencies. She is the founder of three professional service businesses since 1991. Professional Education Seminars, Inc., which she founded and led for nine years, provided leadership consulting services to health care organizations and continuing education for nurses and physicians.

In the year 2000, Dr. Gevedon created and implemented the first online corporate university in the pharmaceutical industry. She introduced the term “enterprise-wide e-learning” and has been featured in numerous articles for her work in corporate e-learning as well as received the e-learning of the year award in 2001. She also served as the Vice President for Continuing Medical Education.

Dr. Gevedon’s latest experience focuses on building strategic organizational ventures that serve the Department of Defense and Federal e-learning initiatives. Recently, her engagements have included working with NASA’s Academy of Program and Project Leadership where she was responsible for leading the recent acquisition of a $50 million dollar procurement. She has developed strategies for leveraging e-learning in colleges and universities, corporations, and government agencies.

Dr. Gevedon is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Theta Tau and a Registered Nurse, Ohio License #170978.