Dr. Catherine Koverola is the Vice President of Market Research and Organizational Development at Strategy Ark.

A distinguished senior executive, Dr. Koverola has served in numerous leadership positions.  These included being President of University of Pittsburg at Bradford, as well as Provost and Dean at many distinguished institutions of higher education.

Notably, Catherine Koverola has led numerous strategic planning, market research, as well as organizational development projects.  She brings extensive international experience.  And her career has spanned multi-campus and global institutions.  Remarkably, even though Dr. Koverola has long held many senior executive leadership roles, she has continued her hands-on market research work.  Dr. Koverola’s depth interviewing expertise is superb, and she can uncover insights not readily accessible to others.

Being an outstanding fundraiser and strategic thinker, she is highly skilled in building public private partnerships.  Additionally, Dr. Koverola has a lifelong commitment to building inclusive diverse academic communities and social uplift through education.  A psychologist and interdisciplinary scholar, she is an internationally recognized authority on a number of critical areas of scholarship.  Presently, she is working on her next book examining workplace dynamics.  Currently, her scholarship focuses on administrator-faculty relations.  And she co-authored the recently published book titled “Building Trust between Faculty and Administrators:  An Intercultural Perspective.”

Dr. Koverola brings over 35 years of consultation and clinical practice that has included executive coaching, leadership development, organizational change management, strategic planning, start-up launch, among others.

She has lived and worked on three continents and brings a well-honed intercultural wisdom to her practice.

Education

An avid believer in the power and impact of education, Dr. Koverola has herself earned several degrees.

Catherine Koverola has a PhD in Clinical Psychology, an MA in Theology, an MA in Clinical Child Psychology, and a BSc in Biology.