Christie Nordhielm

Christie Nordhielm is a world-renowned consultant and speaker in the areas of Strategic Marketing and Advertising. She is a founding partner of Big Picture Partners, and consultancy that works with companies worldwide to implement the Big Picture Framework. Her clients include GE, Johnson & Johnson, Ecolab, American Express and a large number of small and medium-size companies worldwide. She began her teaching career on the faculty of the top-ranked Marketing Department at the Kellogg School at Northwestern University, where she was selected by students in the full-time MBA program as the L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year. She also served on the Faculty at the University of Chicago, and most recently was a member of the faculty of Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where she oversaw the core marketing course, taught Social Impact Marketing, Introduction to Business, and a number of executive education programs on Marketing Strategy.

Professor Nordhielm is the author of several articles, and has received the Ferber Award for best article based on a dissertation published in the Journal of Consumer Research. She also appears regularly on television and radio and is frequently quoted in the press on current marketing topics. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University.

Education

• B.A.,1981, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, cum laude
• M.B.A.,1984, Marketing and Behavioral Science, University of Chicago, cum laude
• Ph.D, 1998, Marketing and Behavioral Science, University of Chicago