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Diane S

Executive Advisor & Leadership Coach | Strategy, Organizational Transformation & Higher education

About Me

I am a bilingual senior executive, strategic advisor and leadership coach with extensive experience leading organizational transformation in complex environments. My expertise includes strategy development and execution, organizational effectiveness, governance, leadership, change management and postsecondary education. I help executives and organizations clarify complex challenges, identify the real issues affecting performance and turn strategic priorities into practical action. My approach combines executive-level perspective, analytical rigour and a strong understanding of the people and systems required to make change sustainable. I hold a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and an MBA in Innovation Leadership. I work in both English and French.

Jurisdiction

Canada

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Vice President, Academic and Student SuccessCCNB
2020 - Present

Selected strategic initiatives and outcomes: • Executive leadership responsibility for academic affairs, student success, enrolment, registrar services, online learning, continuing education, and institutional teaching and learning strategy across a five-campus provincial college system. • Led the transformation and implementation of a new institution-wide academic organizational structure designed to strengthen collective leadership, agility, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration. • Led the institutional transition toward a competency-based education model, aligning program delivery, curriculum transformation, and assessment practices with evolving workforce and student success priorities. • Strengthened institutional capacity for business development and alternative funding generation through the expansion of corporate training, government-funded initiatives, strategic partnerships, and workforce-responsive programming. • Established and strengthened strategic partnerships with government, industry, and educational stakeholders to support workforce development, innovation, and responsive training initiatives at provincial and national levels.

Education

Doctorate of Educational LeadershipWestern University
2017 - 2020
Masters of Business AdministrationUniversity of Fredericton
2013 - 2016

Skills

Core skills9
Interests8
Languages2

Skills

Strategic Planning and Execution
Organizational Transformation
Executive Leadership
Change Management
Organizational Effectiveness
Executive Coaching
Strategic Problem-Solving
Stakeholder Engagement
Postsecondary Education Leadership

Interests

Leadership Development
Organizational Transformation
Strategy and Execution
Future of Work
Postsecondary Education & Workforce Dev
Innovation and Systems Thinking
Governance and Organizational Effectiven
Entrepreneurship and Business Growth

Languages

English
French

Services