Dr. Mary Kay Vona brings over 37 years of industry and consulting expertise. She has a unique combination of practice leadership, education, strategy, innovation, change management, business transformation and talent strategy experience. She is a change agent with a strategic mindset and ability to motivate others. Mary Kay is an adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt, The George Washington Universities and University of California-Davis, where she teaches Consultation Skills, Organizational Development and Business Transformation courses to graduate students and Strategy/Analytics to doctoral students. She is also a Prosci TM Certified Change Practitioner and Train the Trainer as well as a recognized author and speaker. During her time at EY, Mary Kay led the Financial Service region for People Advisory Services (PAS) change management and talent practice. She also was the founding member of EY’s Learning Services and Adoption practice. Prior to joining EY, Mary Kay held similar Partnership roles at PW/PWCC/IBM for over 22 years and served many industries including Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities,
Communications and Telco. She was IBM’s Human Capital Practice Leader and Global Learning Partner, driving learning and adoption solutions and thought leadership around the globe.

Dr Vona has endowed the “Dr. Mary Kay Vona and Family” Doctoral Scholarship at The George Washington University as well as an undergraduate scholarship in business at Mercyhurst University.

Dr. Vona has extensive experience in designing and implementing in- person, online and hybrid degree and non-degree programs in higher education and other industries.