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MilwaukeeWI53201United States of Americaiva.vurdelja@marquette.eduCurriculum VitaeIva Vurdelja is a scholar-practitioner, organizational change strategist, and certified executive coach. What sets her apart is her unique approach that combines adult cognitive development and leadership capabilities to create innovative, socially conscious, and purpose-driven organizations. Her work with Fortune 500 companies and public sector leaders has been instrumental in developing organizational and personal transformation strategies. Currently, she advises leaders in global organizations and government agencies on how to build inner capabilities for leading in complex environments, engaging in dialogue with diverse stakeholders, articulating clear vision and purpose, orchestrating large-scale change initiatives, making effective decisions, promoting well-being at the workplace, developing leadership talent, fostering innovation and building winning teams.
Iva has worked with a range of notable organizations such as State Farm Insurance, Northwestern Mutual Insurance, NorthStar Healthcare, Internal Revenue Service, Ohio Health, Hartford Insurance, McDonald鈥檚, Salesforce, Warner Bros, Novartis, NASA, IBM, Karolinska Institute, and Google.
Ph.D., Leadership and Change, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 2011
M.S. Organization Development, Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, 2001
B.A. Liberal Arts, DePaul University Chicago, Illinois,1999