Get to Know Keith Earley (Part One)

ByKeith Earley

I bring a background grounded in multiple disciplines that include legal compliance, DEI strategy, leadership coaching, change management, and facilitation. My background in Organization Development provides an important lens through which I consider the systems, structures, and processes that frame my approach.

If you are considering working with me but are still looking for more references and professional development, I have written up this blog post with a partial list of accomplishments, past clients, and membership organizations I have joined to further my own professional development to better serve you.

I have worked with a wide range of clients across sectors.  The following is a partial listing: 

Corporate

  • SRI International
  • Virtusa Corp
  • T. Rowe Price
  • Citigroup

Non-Profits

  • AARP
  • American Society on Aging
  • Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals
  • National Coalition of Homeless Veterans
  • Adventist Health Care

Federal Government

  • Comptroller of the Currency
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Department of Justice
  • CIA
  • Intelsat
  • NIH

NGOs

  • World Bank
  • Global Communities

Collaborations

  • The Winters Group
    • Xcel Energy
    • Honda
    • Nationwide
  • The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group
    • Association of Research Libraries
    • Association of Colleges & Research Libraries
    • Stanford University
  • Ph.D. & MA Human & Org Systems, Fielding Graduate University
  • MSOD, American University
  • JD, Rutgers University
  • BS, Cornell University

Certifications 

  • Intercultural Development Inventory
  • Fielding Graduate University Evidence-Based Coaching
  • International Coach Federation, PCC
  • Georgetown Executive Coaching 
  • DISC 
  • BarOn EQi 2.0 (Emotional Intelligence)

Publications

Dissertation: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experience of Black Women Equity Partners in Elite Law Firms, 2015

Law Firm Diversity: What Law Firms Can Learn from Corporations, Co-author, Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals Journal, Spring 2009

I serve as an adjunct faculty member in the following graduate programs: 

Georgetown University-School of Continuing Studies

  • Human Resource Management
    • All DEI courses
    • HR Foundations
    • Ethics
  • Organizational Consulting & Change Leadership
    • Organization Theory
    • Learning Team Coach

University of Southern California

  • Bovard School-Human Resource Management
    • Leadership in HR
    • Management of Diverse & Global HR

American University

  • School of Public Affairs-MSOD
    • Implementing Systems Change
  • International Gestalt & Organization & Leadership Development (iGold), Cohort Member
  • International Coach Federation, Member
  • International Organization Development Association (IODA), Member
  • Fielding Graduate University, Trustee  & Chair, Governance Committee
  • Washington DC Bar, Member

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