Catherine Baumgardner

Bio

Dr. Baumgardner is an experienced healthcare executive and academic leader, with nearly 30 years of day-to-day operational experience and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. She has a vibrant consulting practice in leadership and organization development with an emphasis on executive and physician leadership coaching, where she applies her insights as a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach. Dr. Baumgardner’s areas of research interest include organization development, strategic planning, workforce engagement, change leadership, and human resources issues related to talent management, recruitment, and retention.

Catherine has a Doctor of Philosophy Degree from The Pennsylvania State University in Workforce Education and Development, and is also a graduate of The Ohio State University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration. She is on faculty at both The Pennsylvania State University as a Teaching Professor, and The University of Alabama at Birmingham as Adjunct Faculty. She is also resident faculty for the Pennsylvania Medical Society Physician Leadership Academy and provides physician leadership coaching to society members. Catherine is also passionate about customer engagement, having trained with the Disney Institute and the Ritz Carlton, and has applied this experience to many healthcare and academic settings.

In addition to being a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, she holds memberships in the American Society of Healthcare Human Resources Administrators, and the American Society of Training and Development. Catherine is immediate past Chair of The Ohio State University Alumni Association Board of Directors, and a member of the Development Committee of The Ohio State University Foundation Board.

In her personal time, Dr. Baumgardner is an avid horsewoman, a gardener, and a voracious reader.