Mary Ferdig, President/CEO

Mary A. Ferdig, Ph.D. has practiced leadership and organizational development consulting for 30 years in both business and nonprofit sectors, including ten years as manager of human resources and organizational development at a large Midwestern utility. Throughout that time, Mary's research interests have focused on leadership effectiveness and transformational change grounded in epistemological, process communication, and social complexity perspectives.

In addition to her leadership role at the Sustainability Leadership Institute, Mary is currently an adjunct faculty associate in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and has affiliations with Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, the Complexity Management Centre, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, and the Institute of General Semantics, New York, NY.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications:

• Ferdig, M. A. (2019) Leadership for Sustainability: Generative Engagement for Change in Encyclopedia of World's Biomes, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier Press, ISBN 978-0-12-409548-9.
• Ferdig, M. A. (2007) Sustainability Leadership: Co-creating a Sustainable Future. Journal of Change Management. 7(2), 25-35.
• Ferdig, M. A. and Ludema, J. D. (2004). Transformative Interactions: Qualities of Conversation that Heighten the Vitality of Self-organizing Change. In W. Pasmore and R. Woodman (Eds.), Research in Organizational Change and Development. Stamford: JAI Press, Inc., ISSN 0897 3016.

Contact:

Mary A. Ferdig, Ph.D., President/CEO
Sustainability Leadership Institute
2419 South 102 Street
Omaha, NE 68124

Phone: (402) 393-5360
Fax: (402) 393-5361
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