ABOUT

Organizational Psychologist | Strategist | Trusted Advisor | Leadership Scholar

Dr. Myers cultivates leaders worth following, teams worth emulating, and organizations that serve humanity.

Dr. Valerie L. Myers is an organizational psychologist, strategist, and scholar whose experience spans corporate leadership, executive advisory work, and more than two decades of teaching and research at the University of Michigan. She is currently a Faculty Associate of the Center for Positive Organizations.

Working with executives, leadership teams, and boards, she integrates business experience, management scholarship, and organizational psychology to strengthen strategic judgment, align leadership and stakeholder action, and translate organizational priorities into coordinated action and lasting results.

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Academic & Professional Experience

For more than 20 years, Dr. Myers has taught leadership and organizational behavior at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, School of Public Health, and in Graduate and Executive Education programs, as well as at Dartmouth College and Simmons College. She translates her research into actionable strategies that strengthen leadership capacity, elevate team engagement, and foster ethical organizational cultures.

Dr. Myers has been awarded ~$500,000 in competitive research grants from organizations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, the Center for Healthcare Transformation and Research, and the Walter McNerney Foundation. She has published in leading journals, contributed to scholarly books, and presented at national and international conferences, where her research is noted for bridging rigorous scholarship with practical leadership development.

Before academia, Dr. Myers held corporate leadership roles in marketing innovation for a global chemical company. She earned dual doctoral degrees in Organizational Psychology and Social Policy from the University of Michigan.