Meryle Mahrer Kaplan: Expertise
Meryle Mahrer Kaplan, Ph.D., Vice President, Advisory Services
Meryle Mahrer Kaplan, Ph.D., leads Catalyst’s Advisory Services practice, which provides strategic consultation to Catalyst member firms and companies. Dr. Kaplan has more than 20 years of experience working with organizations throughout the diagnosis and strategic planning process.
Expertise | Biography
Expertise
Organizational Change & Effectiveness; Work-Life Effectiveness; Women of Color/Visible Minorities; Global Diversity
Career Highlights
Vice President, Advisory Services, Catalyst, 2004–Present
Director, Advisory Services, Catalyst, 1999–2004
Founding Coordinator, Women’s Center, William Paterson University, 1992–1999
Director of Corporate Consultations, Resources for Child Care Management, 1988–1992
Deputy Director, Child Care Action Campaign, 1987–1988
Adjunct Professor, Teachers College, Graduate School of Education, Columbia University, 1985–2003
Academic Administrator, Ramapo College, 1973–1982
Catalyst Reports worked on/authored
Diversity & Inclusion 101 Resource Center
Making Change: Assessing Your Work Environment
Making Change: Becoming a Diversity Champion
Making Change—Beyond Flexibility: Creating Champions for Work-Life Effectiveness
Making Change—Beyond Flexibility: Work-Life Effectiveness as an Organizational Tool for High Performance
Making Change: Building a Flexible Workplace
Making Change: Tackling Resistance to Diversity Efforts
Affiliations/Awards/Recognitions/Honors
Dean's Grant for Doctoral Research, Teachers College, Graduate School of Education, Columbia University; Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies; Member, Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology
Education
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, Columbia University
M.A., Anthropology, University of Connecticut
B.A., Psychology, Douglass College