Connie Dunlop

Dr. Connie Whittaker Dunlop develops leaders, teams, and organizations through coaching and training. Connie has more than a decade of leadership development experience at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, where she taught three courses and coached more than 1,500 students on topics related to the personal and professional transformation that often occurs in business school. Connie also has experience developing teams and organizations for Deloitte and then for Capital One, where she led enterprise transformation projects that involved implementing strategy, process, policy, and/or technology changes through people. Connie holds a doctorate in human and organizational learning from George Washington University, an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and a BSBA from the University of Richmond. She also earned a Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance certificate from George Mason University. The International Coaching Federation recognizes her as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC).

Experience Developing Teams and Organizations Connie led multiple transformation projects for Deloitte Consulting, and later for Capital One. A typical project involved transforming the enterprise by implementing strategy, process, policy, and/or technology changes through people. In her favorite transformation project, she delineated roles and responsibilities for the CEO and each member of his executive leadership team. With her amazing team of four employees and two external consultants, she documented those responsibilities in position descriptions and designed and delivered executive-level training, while she was pregnant with twins.

Education Connie's educational experiences support her teaching, coaching, and consulting work. She holds a doctorate in human and organizational learning from George Washington University, where she was awarded the Founders’ Research Fellowship for her dissertation titled Degrees of relevance. A basic qualitative study of how MBA students make their education relevant as they cross boundaries between school and work. She earned an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and a BSBA from the University of Richmond. She also earned a Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance certificate from George Mason University. The International Coaching Federation recognizes her as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC).