BARBARA PATE GLACEL, Ph.D.

Barbara Pate Glacel has over thirty years experience in coaching and teaching leaders at all levels of organizations. From the boardroom to the classroom, Dr. Glacel’s high energy, practical style has inspired leaders on four continents. She is a master at observation and feedback, opening vistas that allow leaders to set goals and realize higher performance than they had imagined possible.

Dr. Glacel is a hands-on leader, having "cut her organizational teeth" in the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Her experience in this demanding business and physical environment taught her the first-hand lessons of real-time decision making, interpersonal and influence relationships, team development and goal alignment. Having joined ARCO Alaska from the academic community, she has often wished she could find her former MBA students and tell them the real business world is different from their text books.

After twelve years of academic teaching and business consulting, Dr. Glacel entered corporate America. Following her two years with ARCO Alaska, Dr. Glacel joined a division of the Hay Group in Washington, D.C., where she formed their management development consulting practice. In 1988, Dr. Glacel founded VIMA International–The Leadership Group, where she served as CEO until 2000. She is also Vice President and director of the Chesapeake Broadcasting Corporation.

Recognition by the Department of Defense for public service

Barbara Pate Glacel is a recognized public speaker and author. She appears on television and radio. She has given speeches across the United States, in Africa, Europe, and Asia. She is the author of a business best-seller on team learning, a policy analysis text on public transportation policy, and a personal memoir on cancer. She is frequently quoted in national publications on issues of leadership, quality, interpersonal communications, and cancer. Her business articles have been nationally syndicated.

In addition to her business success, Dr. Glacel is an active public servant. She served as Vice President of the Alumni Board of Directors of the College of William and Mary. She served as Vice President and Director of the Instructional Systems Association. From 1986-1990, she was a member of the U.S. Army Science Board, advising the Secretary of the Army on human resource issues. In 1995, she was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the DOD Quality of Life Task Force. In 2000, she was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, a policy-level advisory body.

Dr. Glacel holds a Ph.D. in political science and an M.A. in human relations, both from the University of Oklahoma, and an A.B. in government from the College of William and Mary. She is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Women and Who's Who in Finance and Industry.