Theresa Rich

Certificate of Completion: Senior Executives in State & Local Government - Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education

Certificate of Completion: Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action - Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education 

PhD - Capella University - Organization & Management

Master of Legal Letters (LL.M.) in Taxation - Wayne State University Law School 

Juris Doctor (J.D.) - Wayne State University Law School

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Grand Valley State University

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Accounting - Grand Valley State University

Associate of Business Administration (A.B.A.) - Lake Michigan College

After a 30+ year career at General Motors, I retired to start a law firm and teach part-time at MISB. During my 32 years at GM, I worked as an attorney in the tax department, in Organization & Development, as the leader of GM Learning, in Human Resources providing services to over 10,000 engineering professionals, in strategy, and as an executive coach. My specialty was helping global executives transition to new roles. During my time there, I was sent to over a dozen different countries on five continents. I led the global employee engagement operations, developed a training curriculum for the global HR staff, and started a day-long new employee orientation program. As an internal consultant, I became the confidant and leader of change management for a number of senior executives, mostly in the engineering function.

My dissertation is on Followership and my teaching interests are in management, human resources, organizational development, and change management.