Experience NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

Bethany Godsoe

Experience NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

Associate Vice President, Student Leadership Initiatives 11/13 – Present

Lead the design and execution of a global strategy for leadership and fellowship development at NYU. The mission of the Leadership Initiative is to galvanize a network of young leaders who reflect the diversity of our global society and are prepared to work together to address complex challenges. Through the Initiative’s various offerings, students develop the self-awareness and skills they need to create shared vision and take action with others to achieve meaningful results. Three offices within the Leadership Initiative work together to achieve this mission: Leadership Development, Fellowship Advising and the Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship.

·  Design and direct programming that enables all members of the NYU community to develop their capacity as ethical, inclusive and collaborative global leaders

·  Establish and manage a hub for leadership that supports, integrates and aligns existing efforts across the University and builds thought leadership

·  Oversee the creation and coordination of communities of practice among relevant students, faculty, staff and alumni

·  Supervise recruitment and support for student applicants for national scholarships and fellowships

·  Work with the Vice Provost and relevant University departments to develop internal and external strategic messaging and communications that inform and educate, as well as define NYU as the place for students who aspire to be ethical and inclusive global leaders

·  Manage the evaluation of Leadership Initiative activities and track progress against established goals

·  Recruit, supervise and develop team of eight professionals

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE

Executive Director, Research Center for Leadership in Action 6/07 – 10/13

Partnered with the faculty director to lead the development of a strategic plan for an academic center whose mission is to build knowledge and capacity for leadership that produces social transformation

·  Facilitated a stakeholder engagement process that resulted in the articulation of the Center’s mission, vision and core strategies

·  Created an organizational structure and operating procedures to support the achievement of the mission

Directed external affairs, fiscal operations and human resources to ensure on-going sustainability for the Center and its programs

·  Raised and managed annual budget of between $750,000 and $1,500,000 exclusively from external sources, including corporate and private foundations

·  Recruited, supervised and developed team of five full time professional research and administrative staff

·  Recruited and engaged a network of over 25 affiliated faculty, fellows and scholars who collaborated on leadership research and development programs

·  Created and managed effective infrastructure systems including staff performance development, fiscal oversight, communications and knowledge management

·  Represented the Center within the School, broader University and relevant scholarly and practitioner communities

Developed and managed leadership research and development programs with diverse partners across the U.S. and globally

·  Designed and delivered learning programs for grantees of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, including an annual retreat for CEOs and senior staff from high performing youth development organizations across the U.S.

·  Designed a Leadership Development Initiative for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and co-facilitated collaborative inquiry groups of mid-career presenting professionals

·  Directed the Bloomberg Innovation Delivery Fellowship as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Innovation Delivery Team program, which supported mayors in leading change on cross-cutting priority issues in their city

·  Partnered with the National Urban Fellows to develop and execute a research agenda on public service leadership diversity in the U.S.

·  Led a team of researchers to develop a theory of change for a MasterCard Foundation initiative on leadership in microfinance in Africa

·  Designed and delivered an executive leadership program for the National Hispanic Medical Association

Assistant Dean, Enrollment and Student Services 12/04 – 5/07

Director, Admissions and Financial Aid 12/02 – 11/04

As a member of the School’s executive team, directed programs, operations, and staff of ten responsible for recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and student services

·  Led merger of two units, including redesign and integration of all programs and services

·  Restructured team, rewrote job descriptions, and developed performance evaluation system

Developed annual enrollment targets; supervised development of recruitment and media plan; contributed to school-wide communications efforts; oversaw admissions process for master’s degree and non-degree programs; and managed $2 million financial aid budget

·  Managed enrollment process to bring in tuition revenue at or above target each year

·  Achieved record number of master’s degree applications

·  Redesigned admissions committee to enhance timeliness, effectiveness, and consistency

·  Created comprehensive admitted student program to maximize enrollment yield

·  Contributed to re-branding effort, including print materials and website

Supervised advisement programs for 850 graduate students

·  Developed orientation program and peer advisement system to enhance student experience

·  Achieved record breaking retention rates among master’s degree students

Associate Project Director, Leadership for a Changing World, Research Component 6/01 – 11/02

Project Assistant 5/00 – 5/01

Coordinated start up and management of multi-year, $3.6 million national research agenda to generate new knowledge about community leadership as part of a national leadership awards and recognition program

·  Negotiated and managed contracts and supervised team of research assistants

·  Managed budget and financial reporting to funder

·  Represented research and documentation team in design of program wide meetings and development of program evaluation

·  Contributed to qualitative research activities, conducted appreciative group interviews and co-facilitated learning group focused on leadership development

AIDS WORK OF TOMPKINS COUNTY

Director of Development 5/98 – 6/99

Youth Services Specialist 6/97 – 4/98

Managed fundraising and communications for HIV services organization in Ithaca, NY

·  Led organizational assessment and wrote agency’s first business plan

·  Directed largest Annual Fund Program in agency history to support $350,000 operating budget

·  Designed and edited agency publications to communicate consistent image and message; developed donor relations program; wrote grants for new and existing programs; designed new fundraising events

Developed youth prevention and education programming as agency’s first youth services specialist

·  Created and implemented peer advisement programs in Tompkins County public high schools

·  Developed workshops for area schools and other youth serving organizations

·  Recruited, trained, marketed, and managed an educational youth theatre troupe

Education NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE

Master of Public Administration, May 2001

Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy

Dean’s Award, NYU Alumnae Club Key Pin Award, Convocation Speaker, Student Association President

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in All Subjects, May 1997

Anthropology Major, Women’s Studies Concentration

Teaching & Lecturer in Public Administration, NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Publications Courses: Strategic Leadership, Large Scale Interventions, Foundations in Public Service Work

Ospina, Sonia, Jennifer Dodge, Bethany Godsoe, Joan Minieri, Salvador Reza and Ellen Schall. (2004) “From Consent to Mutual Inquiry: Balancing Democracy and Authority in Action Research.” Action Research 2 (1) 47-69

Schall, Ellen, Sonia Ospina, Bethany Godsoe and Jennifer Dodge. (2004) “Appreciative Narratives as Leadership Research: Matching Method to Lens.” Advances in Appreciative Inquiry Vol 1: Constructive Discourse and Human Organization. Ed. David Cooperrider, and Michel Avital. Oxford: Elsevier Science, Ltd. Pp. 147-170

Ospina, Sonia, Ellen Schall, Bethany Godsoe and Jennifer Dodge. (2002) “Co-Producing Knowledge: Practitioners and Scholars Working Together to Understand Leadership.” Building Leadership Bridges 2002, Ed. Cynthia Cherrey, and Larraine R. Matusak. International Leadership Association. Pp. 59-67.

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