Diane M. Ryan

About Diane M. Ryan

Versatile servant-leader with extensive experience in complex organizations, driving transformational growth, and fostering inclusive, evidence-based leadership development and community empowerment through interdisciplinary collaboration and strategic partnerships.Strategic and Operational Leadership• Drove strategic planning process in multiple organizations resulting in significant transformation and growth.• Designed, resourced, and implemented numerous programs and initiatives through innovative fundraising and collaboration with both internal and external partners.• Highly skilled in program assessment and evaluation. Conceptualized and developed frameworks that aligned programs with resources and assessed stakeholder outcomes at multiple levels. • Designed and implemented systems, policies, and processes that significantly increased effectiveness, efficiency, and transparency.People Leadership• Led, motivated, and retained staff (50 to 17K) during periods of extreme volatility, uncertainty, and change.• Recognized expert in the science and practice of values-based leadership development and organizational behavior.• Calming presence in highly charged, dynamic, and fluid environments. Combat-tested in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Desert Storm. • Coached, counseled, and developed hundreds of employees, students, and soldiers, identifying strengths and creating paths for growth while building capacity.Innovating and Executing• Expanded capacity and coherence across Tufts’ four health professions schools by co-leading a community service-learning review that strengthened infrastructure and resources.• Designed and launched multiple experiential learning programs, securing funding for access and diversity, and successfully adapting during COVID.• Drove institutional innovation by helping establish three new research centers at Tufts and co-founding West Point’s Core Interdisciplinary Team, earning national recognition for civic engagement.• Managed the IT portion of a $1B digital modernization project for the U.S. Army, dramatically changing the Army’s approach in the global war on terror.

Experience

1. Faculty

   Thayer Leadership

   Aug 2019 — Present · West Point, NY, US

Education

• Rice Business

  Certificate, Executive Coaching

• The United States Army War College

  M.S.S., Strategic Studies

• Troy University

  MS, International Relations

• North Carolina State University

  PhD, Psychology (Social & Community)

• College of the Holy Cross

  BA, Psychology