Trish Gorman

Trish Gorman is a strategy expert and consultant who has developed and delivered high-impact learning programs for hundreds of organizations in diverse industries. The common thread across all of Trish’s work is a laser focus on effective and proactive leadership of strategic change. Trish designs corporate and institutional educational programs and is a subject matter expert for selected early-stage investors and entrepreneurs. At Columbia Business School Executive Education, Dr. Gorman is also the co-faculty director of the Mastering Corporate Entrepreneurship program as well as faculty director of various custom client programs.

In her teaching, Gorman connects cutting-edge research with management priorities and decisions to build essential future-focused skills – supporting individuals on their journey from the classroom to the team room to the board room. Her strategy and agility frameworks are used around the world and she has published in Deloitte Review, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and similar outlets.

Education

• PhD 1999, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Business
• MBA 1988, University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Business
• BA 1983, Northwestern University

Awards/Honors:

• Scholarship and Research Award for Doctoral Dissertation, IMVP, MIT, 1996
• AOM Doctoral Consortium in Operations Management, Academy of Management, 1995
• AOM Doctoral Consortium in Business Policy and Strategy, Academy of Management, 1994
• Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Marketing and Policy Studies, Case Western Reserve University, 1992