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Connie Rath
Vice Chair and Dean of Leadership
The Gallup Organization

Connie Rath, Ed.D is Vice Chair and Dean of Leadership for The Gallup Organization. In her role, she focuses on management and leadership education for Gallup University. Each year, more than 50,000 people participate in Gallup University courses, which are offered online, at client locations, or at the university’s U.S. and international campuses. She serves as a designer for the MBA program in executive leadership that Gallup offers in partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Rath is Vice Chair of the Gallup International Research and Education Center (GIREC), which includes senior scientists from the fields of survey research, positive psychology, and leadership studies. She leads GIREC’s Gallup faculty and adjunct professors, who often say they appreciate the center’s combination of academic and business applications.

Prior to assuming her current role, Rath’s Gallup career focused on researching and managing Gallup’s selection and development services. She led Gallup’s human resources efforts for 20 years. Rath also has experience consulting with school districts and developing teacher and administrator selection instruments. She has designed numerous performance and compensation systems and consulted with companies on implementing them.

Rath’s professional and community activities have included many school and business partnerships. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute, the Advisory Council for the Department of Management and Organizations at the University of Iowa, and the Board of Advisors for the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland.

Rath earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her doctorate in education and leadership from the University of Southern California.

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