{"id":7971,"date":"2026-07-08T11:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/?page_id=7971"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:10:49","slug":"dr-gloria-burgess","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/coaching-and-organizational-consulting\/meet-the-consultants\/dr-gloria-burgess\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Gloria Burgess"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"h3 alt\">PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-926 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/burgess-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Consultant Gloria Burgess\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/>Collaborating with you, your teams, and your organization to make DEI a strategic imperative, aligned with your values, vision, and mission.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h3 alt\">AREAS OF EXPERTISE\/RESULTS<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<ul>\n<li>DEI Strategist<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Visioning<\/li>\n<li>Leadership Coaching<\/li>\n<li>Leadership Development<\/li>\n<li>Team Building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"h3 alt\">EXPERIENCE \/ SELECTED PROJECTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Served as thought partner, consultant, and coach to CEO and executive team to assist in re-imagining and re-designing their organization<\/li>\n<li>Served as thought partner for DEI strategy, frameworks, and execution<\/li>\n<li>Coached Dean, Division Chief, Senior Faculty, and other leaders in identifying, aligning, and exceeding performance objectives<\/li>\n<li>Co-designed and facilitated customized leadership institutes<\/li>\n<li>Established competence-based leadership development programs for all staff and external stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Provided team building for underperforming work units, transforming them into high-performing teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"h3 alt\">CREDENTIALS<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<ul>\n<li>PhD, Performance Studies, University of Southern California<\/li>\n<li>MBA, Organizational Behavior and Information Systems, University of Southern California<\/li>\n<li>MA, Applied Behavioral Science, Bastyr University<\/li>\n<li>MA, Speech Communication and Theater, University of Michigan<\/li>\n<li>Chief Diversity Officer, Casey Family Program<\/li>\n<li>Executive Director, The Lift Every Voice Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Certified in Myers-Briggs, DISC, FIRO-B, Kolb&#8217;s Learning Styles<\/li>\n<li>Washington State Office of Minority &amp; Women&#8217;s Business Enterprises:\n<ul>\n<li>DBE Certified<\/li>\n<li>MWBE Certified<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"h3 alt\">SELECTED CLIENTS<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<ul>\n<li>University of Washington, College of Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Burke Museum<\/li>\n<li>Harborview Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Swedish Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Washington State Department of Labor &amp; Industries<\/li>\n<li>University of Washington, Information Science<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft<\/li>\n<li>Starbucks<\/li>\n<li>Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation<\/li>\n<li>MSNBC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT Collaborating with you, your teams, and your organization to make DEI a strategic imperative, aligned with your values, vision, and mission. AREAS OF EXPERTISE\/RESULTS DEI Strategist Strategic Visioning Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Team Building EXPERIENCE \/ SELECTED PROJECTS Served as thought partner, consultant, and coach to CEO and executive team to assist in re-imagining and re-designing their organization Served as thought partner for DEI strategy, frameworks, and execution Coached Dean, Division Chief, Senior Faculty, and other leaders in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":5207,"parent":571,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","slim_seo":{"title":"Dr. Gloria Burgess - Professional &amp; Organizational Development","description":"PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT Collaborating with you, your teams, and your organization to make DEI a strategic imperative, aligned with your values, vision, and mission"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-7971","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7972,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7971\/revisions\/7972"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}