Officers and Board of Directors

Jennifer Freyd, Ph.D.

Founder, President, and Chair of the Board, Center for Institutional Courage, Professor Emerit of Psychology, University of Oregon, Affiliate Professor of Psychology, University of Washington, Affiliate Professor of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, University of Washington, and Affiliated Faculty, Women's Leadership Lab, Stanford University
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Lisa Verhovek, M.A.

Secretary of the Board, Center for Institutional Courage
Senior Advisor, Uncommon Partners
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Laura S. Brown, Ph.D.

Board Treasurer, Center for Institutional Courage
Psychologist in Seattle, Washington

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Ross E. Cheit, J.D., Ph.D.

Board Director, Center for Institutional Courage
Professor of International & Public Affairs and Political Science, Brown University
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Jennifer M. Gómez, Ph.D.

Board Director, Center for Institutional Courage
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Boston University
2021-22 CASBS Fellow, Stanford University
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Lori Nishiura Mackenzie, MBA

Board Director, Center for Institutional Courage
Co-Founder, Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab
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Kim Scott, MBA

Board Director, Center for Institutional Courage
Author, CEO Coach, Co-Founder, Radical Candor
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Emerits

Caroline Simard, Ph.D. (Emerit)

Board Treasurer (Jan 2020 - Dec 2024), Center for Institutional Courage 

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Lisa Schievelbein, Psy.D. (Emerit)

Secretary of the Board (Jan 2020- Dec 2021), Center for Institutional Courage
Founding Executive Director (Jan-July 2020), Center for Institutional Courage
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Washington D.C.) and Executive Advisor