
Kathleen Paris, Ph.D. is Consultant and Managing Partner with Kathleen Paris, LLC in Madison, Wisconsin. An author, speaker, and consultant, Paris also holds the title of consultant, distinguished, emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She provides management and strategic planning consulting and leadership development in higher education, healthcare, nonprofits, and for-profit businesses. In addition to work on the US mainland, she provided consultation to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France in 2016-17. She has also consulted in Guam, The Virgin Islands, Canada, Cyprus, and the UK and has written numerous books and articles, including Bringing Your Strategic Plan to Life: A Guide for Nonprofits and Public Agencies. Kathleen currently serves as adjunct faculty in the doctoral program in Educational Leadership at Edgewood College in Madison. In the past, she has taught Strategic Planning Courses for the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, UW-Madison. She is a faculty member of UW System Leadership Program, focusing on decision-making in complex systems.