Katherine Pappa

Katherine is a senior faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). She has been a member of the faculty for 17 years, designing and delivering custom solutions and open enrollment programs. Custom clients with whom Katherine has worked include the American Red Cross, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Prudential, SAP, Cirque du Soleil, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and The Cleveland Foundation.

Over Katherine’s CCL tenure, she has also trained multiple open enrollment programs, including the Leadership Development Program (LDP), Developing the Strategic Leader, Foundations of Leadership, Leadership and High Performing Teams, and the Looking Glass Experience.

Katherine is also a graphic facilitator, helping client teams visually map visions, strategies, and processes.

Since joining the Center in 1988, Katherine has contributed to CCL’s work in a variety of roles, including directing the Global Custom Solutions group; directing CCL’s Greensboro Campus; managing the Foundations of Leadership program; and twice editing Leadership Education: A Source Book, a resource for those teaching leadership at the university level. She has worked at both the Greensboro and Colorado Springs campuses.

Katherine’s research interests include the changing requirements of leadership, organizational leadership development, and diversity. Katherine has a B.S. in Economics and an M.A. in Communication, both from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She lives in Greensboro with her husband, Jim, and her two daughters, Mattea and Louise.