Heather Foust-Cummings: Expertise
Heather Foust-Cummings, Ph.D., Director, Organizational Change & Effectiveness Research
Heather Foust-Cummings, Ph.D., leads research projects on women in leadership and organizational change and effectiveness, and serves as the director of Catalyst Member Benchmarking, an annual assessment of the scope of diversity and inclusion at partcipating organizations.
Expertise | Biography
Expertise
Women in Leadership; Organizational Change & Effectiveness; Women Board Directors; Employee Resource Groups
Career Highlights
Director, Research, Catalyst, 2005–Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Departments of Political Science and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University and Barnard College, 1998–2005
Research Supervisor, Corporate Research, Young & Rubicam, Inc., 1999–2001
Legislative and Public Relations Consultant, The Stevens Group, 1996–1998
Dean’s Teaching Fellow, Emory University, 1997–1998
Research Analyst, Georgia Commission on Women, 1995
Program Evaluator, The Atlanta Project, The Carter Presidential Center, 1994
Account Coordinator, The Rountree Group, Inc., 1992–1993
National Consultant, Chi Omega Fraternity, 1990–1992
Catalyst Reports worked on/authored
2008 Catalyst Member Benchmarking Report
2007 Catalyst Member Benchmarking Report
2006 Catalyst Member Benchmarking Report
2005 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500
Leaders in a Global Economy: Talent Management in European Cultures
Women in Technology: Maximizing Talent, Minimizing Barriers
Affiliations/Awards/Recognitions/Honors
Member, Academy of Management
Education
Ph.D., Political Science (American Politics), Emory University
M.A., Political Science (American Politics), Emory University
Certificate in Women's Studies, Institute for Women’s Studies, Emory University
Dual B.S., Political Science and Secondary Education (Social Sciences), (magna cum laude, William E. Brock Scholar), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga