Debra Jonsson

People and Culture Management

2017 – Present

I worked with leaders to transform the way teams think and act to get things done. By intentionally creating experiences that foster the beliefs you want people to hold; drives the right actions of people and organizations to get the results they want to achieve.

Head of Strategic Partnerships

2015 – 2016

Worked with Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies to enable them compete for talent by adding strategies to source, screen, and onboard purpose-oriented workers. Partnered for Research on Purpose in the Workplace with Colleges and Universities.

Senior Director of Education Sales

1994 – 2005

Senior Level Director of Enrollment in Northern California. Key member of national enrollment organization that contibuted to the development of the Corporate University at The University of Phoenix.

Other roles included: Vice/President Campus Director, Denver Colorado, Director/Honolulu, Hawaii, Adjunct Faculty (current)

Cornell University – February 2019 Advanced Hospitality Revenue Management: Pricing and Demand Str

MA Organizational Management

1995 – 1997

Organizational Management

B.S.W.

1972 – 1976

Bachelor's Degree in Sociology

Ph.D. Certificate/Industrial Organizational Psychology

2005 – 2007

This 16-week certificate, Leadership the Inner Journey was the prerequisite to the Ph.D. Industrial Organizational Psychology. Combining a residency, online and classroom curriculum, the cohort travelled through the history and theories of deep change necessary in bringing soul to the workplace.

Assessments, profiles and surveys were part of the core program along with a group thesis in driving cultures of organizational success through inner knowing at the leader-level.