Introducing our new CLO in Residence
Rebecca L. Ray, Ph.D.
Dr. Rebecca Ray is a seasoned professional with more than twenty years of academic, corporate and consulting experience and a track record of success and recognition for excellence and innovation in talent management. In 2008, Rebecca was selected as the “Chief Learning Officer of the Year” by Chief Learning Officer magazine and named to the first-ever list of “Top 100 People in Leadership Development” by Leadership Excellence magazine.
About Rebecca L. Ray, Ph.D.
Dr. Rebecca Ray is a seasoned professional with more than twenty years of academic, corporate and consulting experience and a track record of success and recognition for excellence and innovation in talent management. She was named “Chief Learning Officer of the Year” by Chief Learning Officer magazine as well as named to the first-ever list of “Top 100 People in Leadership Development” by Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence magazine. The excellence of the MasterCard team was recognized with the “Best Overall Corporate University” Award from the Corporate University Xchange. She was named the first-ever “CLO in Residence” by Corporate University Xchange for 2010.
Rebecca has held senior leadership positions at MasterCard Worldwide, Comcast Cable Communications, American Skandia, Prudential Securities and Merrill Lynch. Prior to her corporate experience, Rebecca led a consulting practice which offered leadership assessment and development programs to Fortune 500 companies. Her areas of expertise include assessment and selection, employee training and development/corporate universities, management and leadership development, diversity, executive coaching and mentoring, executive education, organizational development, employee engagement, performance management and succession management.
Rebecca and her various teams have been honored with “Learning In Practice Awards” from Chief Learning Officer magazine, Corporate University Xchange’s awards for “Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning”, International Quality & Productivity Center’s “Best in Class” (CUBIC) awards, as well as selection to Leadership Excellence magazine’s list of “Top Leadership Development Programs” for the “Leadership Excellence” program for senior executives. Her various teams were named to Training magazine’s elite global list, the Top 100/125, six separate times. Her approach to leadership development and the use of competencies at the executive level formed the basis of a case study response in the Harvard Business Review. Accomplishments have also been profiled in Chief Executive Officer, CIO, FORTUNE, BusinessWeek, Human Resources, The Financial Times, Workforce Management, Training, Training & Development and Chief Learning Officer magazines.
Rebecca serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards for Training and Chief Learning Officer magazines and on the Advisory Board for the University of Pennsylvania’s Executive Program in Work-Based Learning Leadership. The author of two textbooks and several plays, she holds a doctorate from New York University where she taught as an adjunct professor for many years.
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Rebecca's awards and achievements
- Named first-ever “Chief Learning Officer in Residence” for the Corporate University Xchange (2010)
- Named “Chief Learning Officer of the Year” by Chief Learning Officer magazine (2008)
- Named to first-ever list of “Top 100 People in Leadership Development” by Warren Bennis’s Leadership Excellence magazine (2008)
- Led companies named to Training magazine’s global “Top 100/125” six times (2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Led companies named to list of “Top Leadership Development Programs” by Warren Bennis’s Leadership Excellence magazine (2008, 2009)
- Led companies honored for “Best Overall Corporate University,” “College/Corporate Partnerships,” “Leadership Development,” “Marketing,” “Learning Technology,” “Alliances” and “Strategic Alignment” by the Corporate University Xchange (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Chief Learning Officer and Training magazines
- Founding Member, Advisory Board, Executive Program in Work-Based Learning Leadership, Wharton/Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania
- 2003 Honoree (“Learning in the 21st Century Corporation”); 27th Annual Peter L. Agnew Memorial Lecturer; New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education; Department of Administration, Leadership and Technology; Program in Business Education; New York, NY
- Knowledge Management Field Editor, ASTD’s Performance in Practice newsletter, 2000 – 2002
- Member, Advisory Committee, Program in Higher Education, Business Education, Department of Administration, Leadership and Technology, The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, 1997 - present
- Founder and Chair Emeritus, Commission on Training and Development, National Communication Association. (New commission approved by the Legislative Council November 1995)
- Editor, ASTD’s Continuing Professional Education Network newsletter, 1993-1996
Rebecca's Blog
blogs.corpu.com/author/rebecca-ray/
Rebecca on Twitter
www.twitter.com/RebeccaLeaRay
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