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New Directions in Leadership Research Conference
New Directions in Leadership Research Conference
Dates: November 11-12, 2022
Location: UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22209
The NDLR Conference convenes leading and emerging scholars doing work that is relevant to the study of leadership and ethics, including individuals whose research may be considered outside the traditional foci of the field. The conference is designed to create an intimate and highly interactive atmosphere that allows participants to optimally benefit from this diversity of perspectives in ways that we believe will generate advances in scholarship on leadership and ethics.
Registration is now closed.
Information about hotel room blocks can be found under Lodging.
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Itinerary
Friday, November 11
8:30am: Registration
9:00 - 10:00am: Research Briefs (Roundtable Conversation Teasers)
10:00 - 11:00am: Breakout Sessions
11:00 - 11:15am: Break
11:15am - 12:15pm: Guest Expert Dan Rubenstein - Leadership: If Animals Could Talk This is What They Would Say (for more info, see the Guest Speakers tab)
12:15 - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm: Research Briefs (Roundtable Conversation Teasers)
2:30 - 3:30pm: Breakout Sessions
3:30 - 3:45pm : Break
3:45 - 4:45pm: Guest Expert Mark Beall - Frontier AI Research and Implications for Leadership and Strategy (for more info, see the Guest Speakers tab)
4:45 - 6:30pm: Rooftop Happy HourSaturday, November 12
7:45 - 8:15am: Light Breakfast
8:15 - 9:45am: Guest Expert Barbara Van Dahlen - Our World is Experiencing an Unprecedented Mental Health Crisis Affecting Every Business and Every Sector. Does Your Research and Teaching Sufficiently Acknowledge and Address This? (for more info, see the Guest Speakers tab)
9:45 - 10:00am: Break
10:00 - 11:30am: Defining and making an impact as a leadership scholar
11:30am - 12:00pm: Wrap up -
Lodging & Travel
Book Le Méridien Arlington for 129 USD per night
Start Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
End Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Last Day to Book: Thursday, October 13, 2022Book Hyatt Centric Arlington for 159 USD per night
Start Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
End Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Last Day to Book: Monday, October 10, 2022Book Residence Inn Arlington Rosslyn for 139 USD per night
Start Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
End Date: Monday, November 14, 2022
Last Day to Book: Monday, October 17, 2022Traveling to Rosslyn
There are several options for traveling to Rosslyn, including by air, Amtrak, Metro, bus, taxi or ride service such as Uber and Lyft. Bikeshare programs are also available in the D.C. area, including Limebike, Motobike and Jump.
Rosslyn is easily accessible by car. Please note that, at certain times, traffic is heavy. Be aware of HOV lane rules and highway tolls in the area.
Parking is available at 1100 Wilson Boulevard, where the Darden office is located, for $8 an hour or $16 a day.
Airport Information
Reagan National Airport is the closest airport. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Dulles International Airport also offer easy access.
Amtrak Train Information
Amtrak trains to the closest stations, Alexandria (ALX) or Union Station (WAS), can be booked via the Amtrak website.
Alexandria Station (ALX) - Also known as "King Street Alexandria"
110 Callahan Drive
Alexandria, Virginia 22301-2752Washington, D.C. Union Station (WAS) - Also known as "Washington, Union Station"
50 Massachusetts Avenue NE
Washington, D.C. 20002-4214Taxis are available at each Amtrak station, and ride request services like Uber or Lyft are available in the Washington, D.C., area.
To travel by Amtrak train to or from Charlottesville:
Charlottesville Station (CVS)
810 West Main St
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903TWO TRAINS HEAD NORTH FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE EACH MORNING:
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Train #20 (The Crescent): Scheduled to depart Charlottesville at 7:09 a.m. (9:32 a.m. arrival in Alexandria, 9:53 a.m. in Washington).
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Train #175 (Northeast Regional): Scheduled to depart Charlottesville at 8:52 a.m. (11:05 a.m. arrival in Alexandria, 11:20 a.m. in Washington).
TWO TRAINS HEAD SOUTH FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. EACH AFTERNOON:
- Train #171 (Northeast Regional): Scheduled to depart Washington Union Station at 4:50 p.m. (5:11 p.m. departure from Alexandria). Arrival in Charlottesville at 7:23 p.m.
- Train #19 (The Crescent): Scheduled to depart Washington Union Station at 6:30 p.m. (6:47 p.m. departure from Alexandria). Arrival in Charlottesville at 8:47 p.m.
Metro Information
To travel by Metro to the Darden Grounds in Rosslyn, take the Orange, Silver or Blue lines to the Rosslyn Metro Station (1850 N. Moore Street Arlington, Virginia 22209).
Following are instructions for taking the Metro from ALX and WAS to UVA Darden DC Metro:
Metro from Alexandria Amtrak Station (ALX) to Rosslyn:
- Walk off Amtrak platform to “King Street, Old Town” Metro Station, approximately 0.25 miles
- Take the Blue Line train to Largo Town Center (trains run every 12 minutes or less)
- Travel to Rosslyn station (just after Arlington Cemetery Station)
- Once on the Metro, the trip should take less than 25 minutes
Metro from Union Station Amtrak Station (WAS) to Rosslyn:
- From Amtrak platform, follow signs to Metro station
- Take Red Line toward Shady Grove (trains run every 12 minutes or less)
- Transfer at the Metro Center to the Blue, Orange or Silver lines (three stops, next stop after Gallery Place Station); the lines run every 12 minutes or less
- Take four stops to Rosslyn station (just after Farragut North Station)
- Once on the Metro, the trip should take less than 30 minutes
Bus Information
Greyhound provides daily bus service to D.C. from most locations, including Charlottesville.
There are two buses a day from Charlottesville to D.C. and from D.C. to Charlottesville, making stops in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Springfield, Virginia, and ending at D.C.’s Union Station (after D.C., the bus continues on to Baltimore). The Charlottesville bus station is located on West Main Street across from the Residence Inn.
Bus travel typically takes approximately 3.5 hours, city to city, but timing will vary depending upon traffic, driver, etc.
Trip options are as follows:
Charlottesville to D.C. - 8:45 a.m./4:50 p.m.
D.C. to Charlottesville - 9:40 a.m./5:05 p.m.
Upon arrival at Union Station, take the Metro to Rosslyn or travel via taxi or ride service such as Uber and Lyft.
Taxi Information
To access a taxi near Darden’s Rosslyn office, use the taxi stand at the Waterview/Deloitte building, or flag a patrolling taxi in front of 1100 Wilson Boulevard on evenings from 4–6 p.m.
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Conference Participants
Gabe Adams University of Virginia gsa4a@virginia.edu Moran Anisman-Razin University of Limerick moran.anismanrazin@ul.ie Giselle Antoine Washington University in St. Louis gantoine@wustl.edu Noah Askin INSEAD noah.askin@insead.edu Bruce Avolio University of Washington bavolio@uw.edu Peter Belmi University of Virginia BelmiP@darden.virginia.edu Ethan Bernstein Harvard Business School ebernstein@hbs.edu Jim Berry UCL School of Management james.berry@ucl.ac.uk Hayley Blunden American University hblunden@american.edu Christina Bradley University of Michigan cmbrad@umich.edu Henrik Bresman INSEAD henrik.bresman@insead.edu Mark Clark American University mark.clark@american.edu Matt Cronin George Mason University mcronin@gmu.edu Michael Daniels University of British Columbia michael.daniels@sauder.ubc.ca Tobias Dennerlein IESE Business School TDennerlein@iese.edu Leander De Schutter Rotterdam School of Management deschutter@rsm.nl Jim Detert University of Virginia DetertJ@darden.virginia.edu Laurel Detert University of Michigan ljdetert@umich.edu Kurt Dirks Washington University in St. Louis dirks@wustl.edu Lisa Dragoni Wake Forest University dragonl@wfu.edu Kaeleen Drummey University of Washington kaeleen@uw.edu Lily Ellis University of Virginia EllisL@darden.virginia.edu Erin Frey University of Southern California elfrey@usc.edu Alex Gerbasi University of Exeter Business School a.gerbasi@exeter.ac.uk Steffen Giessner Rotterdam School of Management sgiessner@rsm.nl Lindy Greer University of Michigan greerll@umich.edu Janaki Gooty University of North Carolina at Charlotte jgooty@uncc.edu Emily Grijalva University at Buffalo ejgrijal@buffalo.edu Cristiano Guarana Indiana University cguarana@iu.edu Morela Hernandez University of Michigan morelah@umich.edu Nathan Hiller Florida International University hillern@fiu.edu David Hofmann University of North Carolina David_Hofmann@kenan-flagler.unc.edu Ilke Inceoglu University of Exeter i.inceoglu@exeter.ac.uk Stefanie Johnson Rice University Stefanie.Johnson@colorado.edu Hemant Kakkar Duke University hemant.kakkar@duke.edu Ronit Kark Bar-Ilan University karkronit@gmail.com Joon Kim University of Cambridge y.kim@jbs.cam.ac.uk Nadav Klein INSEAD nadav.kelin@insead.edu Katherine Klein University of Pennsylvania kleink@wharton.upenn.edu Kevin Kniffin Cornell University kmk276@cornell.edu Timothy Kundro University of Notre Dame timkundro@nd.edu Dave Lebel University of Pittsburgh rdlebel@katz.pitt.edu Julia Lee University of Michigan profjlee@umich.edu Hannes Leroy Rotterdam School of Management leroy@rsm.nl Jeffrey Lovelace University of Virginia jbl8f@comm.virginia.edu Dave Mayer University of Michigan dmmayer@umich.edu Elizabeth McClean Cornell University ejm45@cornell.edu Jochen Menges University of Zurich and University of Cambridge j.menges@jbs.cam.ac.uk Celia Moore Imperial College London c.moore@imperial.ac.uk Chris Myers Johns Hopkins University cmyers@jhu.edu Samir Nurmohamed University of Pennsylvania nurmo@wharton.upenn.edu Mandy O'Neill George Mason University ooneill@gmu.edu Bobby Parmar University of Virginia ParmarB@darden.virginia.edu Gianpierro Petriglieri INSEAD gianpiero.petriglieri@insead.edu Nate Pettit New York University npettit@stern.nyu.edu Melanie Prengler University of Virginia PrenglerM@darden.virginia.edu Sim Sitkin Duke University sim.sitkin@duke.edu Gretchen Spreitzer University of Michigan spreitze@umich.edu Elizabeth Trinh University of Michigan entrinh@umich.edu John Sumanth Wake Forest University sumanthj@wfu.edu Daan van Knippenberg Rotterdam School of Management dvanknippenberg@rice.edu Niels Van Quaquebeke Kuhne Logistics University niels.quaquebeke@the-khu.org Ned Wellman Arizona State University Ned_Wellman@asu.edu Todd Woodruff United States Military Academy West Point Todd.Woodruff@westpoint.edu Jeremy Yip Georgetown University jeremy.yip@georgetown.edu Ayana Younge University of Virginia YoungeA@darden.virginia.edu Ting Zhang Harvard Business School tzhang@hbs.edu Jingtao Zhu Rotterdam School of Management j.zhu@rsm.nl -
Practical Information
Contact person
Amy Fitzgerald
Conference Coordinator
FitzgeraldA@darden.virginia.eduGeneral Information
UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds is located in the Rosslyn district of Arlington, Virginia:
UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds
1100 Wilson Boulevard
Floors 30-31
Arlington, Virginia 22209
+1-571-245-9539 -
Guest Speakers Session Info
Mark Beall
Title and Abstract: Frontier AI Research and Implications for Leadership and Strategy
Mark will introduce attendees to the world of frontier AI research and offer a point of view on its implications for leadership and strategy. We will level set on a common working understanding of AI and its development and why a breakthrough in May 2020 ushered in a new era of AI with profound implications for organizations and the future of work.Bio: Mark Beall is a globally recognized digital strategy and policy leader. He is a cofounder and CEO of Gladstone AI. In a world where AI strategy and business strategy are becoming synonymous, Gladstone provides customers with near-real time tracking of advanced AI capabilities and operationally relevant training for non technical terms.
Previously, Mark was a civil servant whose assignments took him from eastern Afghanistan to the Pentagon, where he served seven U.S. Defense Secretaries and one Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on a wide range of national security issues. During his last assignment in government, Mark helped found and scale DoD's Joint AI Center and led its strategy and policy directorate.
Daniel I. Rubenstein
Title and Abstract: Leadership: If Animals Could Talk This is What They Would Say
Most animal species live solitary lives apart from when they get together to mate. But for those who are social, their societies vary in size, composition, connectivity, duration and much, much more. The unique features of a society in which a species finds itself is built upon social relationships that emerge as individuals try to solve particular ecological problems that nature throws at them. And given that actions likely benefiting an individual might also weaken the many bonds that make social living beneficial in the first place, social animals are continuously challenged when maintaining group cohesion and coordinating collective action. My presentation will let animals reveal the many ways that leadership emerges in their societies to meet these challenges.Bio: Dan Rubenstein is a behavioral ecologist who studies how environmental variation and individual differences shape social behavior, social structure, sex roles, and the dynamics of populations. He has special interests in all species of wild horses, zebras, and assess, and has done field work on them throughout the world identifying rules governing decision-making, the emergence of complex behavioral patterns and how these understandings influence their management and conservation. In Kenya he also works with pastoral communities to develop and assess impacts of various grazing strategies on rangeland quality, wildlife use and livelihoods. He has also developed a scout program for gathering data on Grevy's zebras and created curricular modules for local schools to raise awareness about the plight of this endangered species. He engages people as 'Citizen Scientists' and has recently extended his work to measuring the effects of environmental change, including issues pertaining to the global commons and changes wrought by management and by global warming, on behavior.
Rubenstein is the Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology at Princeton University. He is former Chair of Princeton University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and has served as Director of Princeton's Programs in African Studies and Program in Environmental Studies. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1972 and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1977 before receiving NSF-NATIO and King's College Junior Research Fellowships for post-doctoral studies at Cambridge University. As the Eastman Professor, he spent a year in Oxford as a Fellow of Balliol College. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received Princeton University's President's Award for Distinguished Teaching and he has recently completed his term as president of the Animal Behavior Society and now serves on the AAAS and Ecological Society Councils as well as on the board of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Honor Research Society. He has also recently received the Animal Behavior Society's Exemplar award and the Sigma Xi Honor Society's McGovern Science & Society Award.
Barbara Van Dahlen
Title and Abstract: Our World is Experiencing an Unprecedented Mental Health Crisis Affecting Every Business and Every Sector. Does Your Research and Teaching Sufficiently Acknowledge and Address This?
The global mental health crisis is not new, but has been exacerbated by the last three years of COVID, widespread social unrest and global economic challenges. We are seeing an unprecedented rise in all manner of mental health concerns - including anxiety, depression, suicide, and substance abuse. Leaders - and their families - are not immune from being directly affected, nor are they excused from responding to a public health crisis that may be out of their area of expertise or comfort.As educators, mentors, and influencers, what can you do to address the emotional pain and suffering that affects those you teach and train, and in turn, those who they lead? As a person of influence in our society, where can you lend your expertise and your power to make a difference for this generation of current and emerging leaders and for those who will follow?
Bio: Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen is the Co-Chair, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of WeBe Life Inc. A licensed clinical psychologist, she received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland in 1991. Dr. Van Dahlen is the host of the WeBe Channel series Ask Dr. B on YouTube and the mental health consultant for the ABC television drama, A Million Little Things. She currently serves as the Chief Psychology Officer and MindX Sciences and is a Senior Advisor to DSS.
Dr. Van Dahlen is the former Executive Director of The President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS), a U.S. Cabinet Level Task Force, created by Presidential Executive Order in 2019, to build the first all-of-government and whole-of-nation effort focused on suicide prevention with our Veterans leading the way. As a key element of the PREVENTS effort, Dr. Van Dahlen developed the first national public health campaign focused on suicide prevention.
Dr. Van Dahlen is also the Founder of Give an Hour (www.giveanhour.org) a national nonprofit organization that provides free mental health care tot hose in need including service members, veterans and their families. Dr. Van Dahlen also founded the Campaign to Change Direction in 2015, a global initiative focused on changing the culture of mental health. Change Direction is a public health approach that encourages everyone to learn the Five Signs of Emotional Suffering that indicates someone may be struggling emotionally and may need help.
Named to TIME magazine's 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world and a 2020 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine, Dr. Van Dahlen is an expert on the psychological impact of war and a thought leader in mobilizing constituencies to create large system change in the mental health sector. She is widely recognized for her work in changing the culture associated with mental health in order to remove barriers and increase access to care. Dr. Van Dahlen has been a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and TIME, and has been interviewed by many of the most well-known media outlets.
Friday, November 11
8:30am: Registration
9:00 - 10:00am: Research Briefs (Roundtable Conversation Teasers)
10:00 - 11:00am: Breakout Sessions
11:00 - 11:15am: Break
11:15am - 12:15pm: Guest Expert Dan Rubenstein - Leadership: If Animals Could Talk This is What They Would Say (for more info, see the Guest Speakers tab)
12:15 - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm: Research Briefs (Roundtable Conversation Teasers)
2:30 - 3:30pm: Breakout Sessions
3:30 - 3:45pm : Break
3:45 - 4:45pm: Guest Expert Mark Beall - Frontier AI Research and Implications for Leadership and Strategy (for more info, see the Guest Speakers tab)
4:45 - 6:30pm: Rooftop Happy Hour
Saturday, November 12
7:45 - 8:15am: Light Breakfast
8:15 - 9:45am: Guest Expert Barbara Van Dahlen - Our World is Experiencing an Unprecedented Mental Health Crisis Affecting Every Business and Every Sector. Does Your Research and Teaching Sufficiently Acknowledge and Address This? (for more info, see the Guest Speakers tab)
9:45 - 10:00am: Break
10:00 - 11:30am: Defining and making an impact as a leadership scholar
11:30am - 12:00pm: Wrap up
Book Le Méridien Arlington for 129 USD per night
Start Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
End Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Last Day to Book: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Book Hyatt Centric Arlington for 159 USD per night
Start Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
End Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Last Day to Book: Monday, October 10, 2022
Book Residence Inn Arlington Rosslyn for 139 USD per night
Start Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
End Date: Monday, November 14, 2022
Last Day to Book: Monday, October 17, 2022
Traveling to Rosslyn
There are several options for traveling to Rosslyn, including by air, Amtrak, Metro, bus, taxi or ride service such as Uber and Lyft. Bikeshare programs are also available in the D.C. area, including Limebike, Motobike and Jump.
Rosslyn is easily accessible by car. Please note that, at certain times, traffic is heavy. Be aware of HOV lane rules and highway tolls in the area.
Parking is available at 1100 Wilson Boulevard, where the Darden office is located, for $8 an hour or $16 a day.
Airport Information
Reagan National Airport is the closest airport. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Dulles International Airport also offer easy access.
Amtrak Train Information
Amtrak trains to the closest stations, Alexandria (ALX) or Union Station (WAS), can be booked via the Amtrak website.
Alexandria Station (ALX) - Also known as "King Street Alexandria"
110 Callahan Drive
Alexandria, Virginia 22301-2752
Washington, D.C. Union Station (WAS) - Also known as "Washington, Union Station"
50 Massachusetts Avenue NE
Washington, D.C. 20002-4214
Taxis are available at each Amtrak station, and ride request services like Uber or Lyft are available in the Washington, D.C., area.
To travel by Amtrak train to or from Charlottesville:
Charlottesville Station (CVS)
810 West Main St
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
TWO TRAINS HEAD NORTH FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE EACH MORNING:
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Train #20 (The Crescent): Scheduled to depart Charlottesville at 7:09 a.m. (9:32 a.m. arrival in Alexandria, 9:53 a.m. in Washington).
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Train #175 (Northeast Regional): Scheduled to depart Charlottesville at 8:52 a.m. (11:05 a.m. arrival in Alexandria, 11:20 a.m. in Washington).
TWO TRAINS HEAD SOUTH FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. EACH AFTERNOON:
- Train #171 (Northeast Regional): Scheduled to depart Washington Union Station at 4:50 p.m. (5:11 p.m. departure from Alexandria). Arrival in Charlottesville at 7:23 p.m.
- Train #19 (The Crescent): Scheduled to depart Washington Union Station at 6:30 p.m. (6:47 p.m. departure from Alexandria). Arrival in Charlottesville at 8:47 p.m.
Metro Information
To travel by Metro to the Darden Grounds in Rosslyn, take the Orange, Silver or Blue lines to the Rosslyn Metro Station (1850 N. Moore Street Arlington, Virginia 22209).
Following are instructions for taking the Metro from ALX and WAS to UVA Darden DC Metro:
Metro from Alexandria Amtrak Station (ALX) to Rosslyn:
- Walk off Amtrak platform to “King Street, Old Town” Metro Station, approximately 0.25 miles
- Take the Blue Line train to Largo Town Center (trains run every 12 minutes or less)
- Travel to Rosslyn station (just after Arlington Cemetery Station)
- Once on the Metro, the trip should take less than 25 minutes
Metro from Union Station Amtrak Station (WAS) to Rosslyn:
- From Amtrak platform, follow signs to Metro station
- Take Red Line toward Shady Grove (trains run every 12 minutes or less)
- Transfer at the Metro Center to the Blue, Orange or Silver lines (three stops, next stop after Gallery Place Station); the lines run every 12 minutes or less
- Take four stops to Rosslyn station (just after Farragut North Station)
- Once on the Metro, the trip should take less than 30 minutes
Bus Information
Greyhound provides daily bus service to D.C. from most locations, including Charlottesville.
There are two buses a day from Charlottesville to D.C. and from D.C. to Charlottesville, making stops in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Springfield, Virginia, and ending at D.C.’s Union Station (after D.C., the bus continues on to Baltimore). The Charlottesville bus station is located on West Main Street across from the Residence Inn.
Bus travel typically takes approximately 3.5 hours, city to city, but timing will vary depending upon traffic, driver, etc.
Trip options are as follows:
Charlottesville to D.C. - 8:45 a.m./4:50 p.m.
D.C. to Charlottesville - 9:40 a.m./5:05 p.m.
Upon arrival at Union Station, take the Metro to Rosslyn or travel via taxi or ride service such as Uber and Lyft.
Taxi Information
To access a taxi near Darden’s Rosslyn office, use the taxi stand at the Waterview/Deloitte building, or flag a patrolling taxi in front of 1100 Wilson Boulevard on evenings from 4–6 p.m.
| Gabe Adams | University of Virginia | gsa4a@virginia.edu |
| Moran Anisman-Razin | University of Limerick | moran.anismanrazin@ul.ie |
| Giselle Antoine | Washington University in St. Louis | gantoine@wustl.edu |
| Noah Askin | INSEAD | noah.askin@insead.edu |
| Bruce Avolio | University of Washington | bavolio@uw.edu |
| Peter Belmi | University of Virginia | BelmiP@darden.virginia.edu |
| Ethan Bernstein | Harvard Business School | ebernstein@hbs.edu |
| Jim Berry | UCL School of Management | james.berry@ucl.ac.uk |
| Hayley Blunden | American University | hblunden@american.edu |
| Christina Bradley | University of Michigan | cmbrad@umich.edu |
| Henrik Bresman | INSEAD | henrik.bresman@insead.edu |
| Mark Clark | American University | mark.clark@american.edu |
| Matt Cronin | George Mason University | mcronin@gmu.edu |
| Michael Daniels | University of British Columbia | michael.daniels@sauder.ubc.ca |
| Tobias Dennerlein | IESE Business School | TDennerlein@iese.edu |
| Leander De Schutter | Rotterdam School of Management | deschutter@rsm.nl |
| Jim Detert | University of Virginia | DetertJ@darden.virginia.edu |
| Laurel Detert | University of Michigan | ljdetert@umich.edu |
| Kurt Dirks | Washington University in St. Louis | dirks@wustl.edu |
| Lisa Dragoni | Wake Forest University | dragonl@wfu.edu |
| Kaeleen Drummey | University of Washington | kaeleen@uw.edu |
| Lily Ellis | University of Virginia | EllisL@darden.virginia.edu |
| Erin Frey | University of Southern California | elfrey@usc.edu |
| Alex Gerbasi | University of Exeter Business School | a.gerbasi@exeter.ac.uk |
| Steffen Giessner | Rotterdam School of Management | sgiessner@rsm.nl |
| Lindy Greer | University of Michigan | greerll@umich.edu |
| Janaki Gooty | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | jgooty@uncc.edu |
| Emily Grijalva | University at Buffalo | ejgrijal@buffalo.edu |
| Cristiano Guarana | Indiana University | cguarana@iu.edu |
| Morela Hernandez | University of Michigan | morelah@umich.edu |
| Nathan Hiller | Florida International University | hillern@fiu.edu |
| David Hofmann | University of North Carolina | David_Hofmann@kenan-flagler.unc.edu |
| Ilke Inceoglu | University of Exeter | i.inceoglu@exeter.ac.uk |
| Stefanie Johnson | Rice University | Stefanie.Johnson@colorado.edu |
| Hemant Kakkar | Duke University | hemant.kakkar@duke.edu |
| Ronit Kark | Bar-Ilan University | karkronit@gmail.com |
| Joon Kim | University of Cambridge | y.kim@jbs.cam.ac.uk |
| Nadav Klein | INSEAD | nadav.kelin@insead.edu |
| Katherine Klein | University of Pennsylvania | kleink@wharton.upenn.edu |
| Kevin Kniffin | Cornell University | kmk276@cornell.edu |
| Timothy Kundro | University of Notre Dame | timkundro@nd.edu |
| Dave Lebel | University of Pittsburgh | rdlebel@katz.pitt.edu |
| Julia Lee | University of Michigan | profjlee@umich.edu |
| Hannes Leroy | Rotterdam School of Management | leroy@rsm.nl |
| Jeffrey Lovelace | University of Virginia | jbl8f@comm.virginia.edu |
| Dave Mayer | University of Michigan | dmmayer@umich.edu |
| Elizabeth McClean | Cornell University | ejm45@cornell.edu |
| Jochen Menges | University of Zurich and University of Cambridge | j.menges@jbs.cam.ac.uk |
| Celia Moore | Imperial College London | c.moore@imperial.ac.uk |
| Chris Myers | Johns Hopkins University | cmyers@jhu.edu |
| Samir Nurmohamed | University of Pennsylvania | nurmo@wharton.upenn.edu |
| Mandy O'Neill | George Mason University | ooneill@gmu.edu |
| Bobby Parmar | University of Virginia | ParmarB@darden.virginia.edu |
| Gianpierro Petriglieri | INSEAD | gianpiero.petriglieri@insead.edu |
| Nate Pettit | New York University | npettit@stern.nyu.edu |
| Melanie Prengler | University of Virginia | PrenglerM@darden.virginia.edu |
| Sim Sitkin | Duke University | sim.sitkin@duke.edu |
| Gretchen Spreitzer | University of Michigan | spreitze@umich.edu |
| Elizabeth Trinh | University of Michigan | entrinh@umich.edu |
| John Sumanth | Wake Forest University | sumanthj@wfu.edu |
| Daan van Knippenberg | Rotterdam School of Management | dvanknippenberg@rice.edu |
| Niels Van Quaquebeke | Kuhne Logistics University | niels.quaquebeke@the-khu.org |
| Ned Wellman | Arizona State University | Ned_Wellman@asu.edu |
| Todd Woodruff | United States Military Academy West Point | Todd.Woodruff@westpoint.edu |
| Jeremy Yip | Georgetown University | jeremy.yip@georgetown.edu |
| Ayana Younge | University of Virginia | YoungeA@darden.virginia.edu |
| Ting Zhang | Harvard Business School | tzhang@hbs.edu |
| Jingtao Zhu | Rotterdam School of Management | j.zhu@rsm.nl |
Contact person
Amy Fitzgerald
Conference Coordinator
FitzgeraldA@darden.virginia.edu
General Information
UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds is located in the Rosslyn district of Arlington, Virginia:
UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds
1100 Wilson Boulevard
Floors 30-31
Arlington, Virginia 22209
+1-571-245-9539
Mark Beall
Title and Abstract: Frontier AI Research and Implications for Leadership and Strategy
Mark will introduce attendees to the world of frontier AI research and offer a point of view on its implications for leadership and strategy. We will level set on a common working understanding of AI and its development and why a breakthrough in May 2020 ushered in a new era of AI with profound implications for organizations and the future of work.
Bio: Mark Beall is a globally recognized digital strategy and policy leader. He is a cofounder and CEO of Gladstone AI. In a world where AI strategy and business strategy are becoming synonymous, Gladstone provides customers with near-real time tracking of advanced AI capabilities and operationally relevant training for non technical terms.
Previously, Mark was a civil servant whose assignments took him from eastern Afghanistan to the Pentagon, where he served seven U.S. Defense Secretaries and one Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on a wide range of national security issues. During his last assignment in government, Mark helped found and scale DoD's Joint AI Center and led its strategy and policy directorate.
Daniel I. Rubenstein
Title and Abstract: Leadership: If Animals Could Talk This is What They Would Say
Most animal species live solitary lives apart from when they get together to mate. But for those who are social, their societies vary in size, composition, connectivity, duration and much, much more. The unique features of a society in which a species finds itself is built upon social relationships that emerge as individuals try to solve particular ecological problems that nature throws at them. And given that actions likely benefiting an individual might also weaken the many bonds that make social living beneficial in the first place, social animals are continuously challenged when maintaining group cohesion and coordinating collective action. My presentation will let animals reveal the many ways that leadership emerges in their societies to meet these challenges.
Bio: Dan Rubenstein is a behavioral ecologist who studies how environmental variation and individual differences shape social behavior, social structure, sex roles, and the dynamics of populations. He has special interests in all species of wild horses, zebras, and assess, and has done field work on them throughout the world identifying rules governing decision-making, the emergence of complex behavioral patterns and how these understandings influence their management and conservation. In Kenya he also works with pastoral communities to develop and assess impacts of various grazing strategies on rangeland quality, wildlife use and livelihoods. He has also developed a scout program for gathering data on Grevy's zebras and created curricular modules for local schools to raise awareness about the plight of this endangered species. He engages people as 'Citizen Scientists' and has recently extended his work to measuring the effects of environmental change, including issues pertaining to the global commons and changes wrought by management and by global warming, on behavior.
Rubenstein is the Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology at Princeton University. He is former Chair of Princeton University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and has served as Director of Princeton's Programs in African Studies and Program in Environmental Studies. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1972 and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1977 before receiving NSF-NATIO and King's College Junior Research Fellowships for post-doctoral studies at Cambridge University. As the Eastman Professor, he spent a year in Oxford as a Fellow of Balliol College. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received Princeton University's President's Award for Distinguished Teaching and he has recently completed his term as president of the Animal Behavior Society and now serves on the AAAS and Ecological Society Councils as well as on the board of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Honor Research Society. He has also recently received the Animal Behavior Society's Exemplar award and the Sigma Xi Honor Society's McGovern Science & Society Award.
Barbara Van Dahlen
Title and Abstract: Our World is Experiencing an Unprecedented Mental Health Crisis Affecting Every Business and Every Sector. Does Your Research and Teaching Sufficiently Acknowledge and Address This?
The global mental health crisis is not new, but has been exacerbated by the last three years of COVID, widespread social unrest and global economic challenges. We are seeing an unprecedented rise in all manner of mental health concerns - including anxiety, depression, suicide, and substance abuse. Leaders - and their families - are not immune from being directly affected, nor are they excused from responding to a public health crisis that may be out of their area of expertise or comfort.
As educators, mentors, and influencers, what can you do to address the emotional pain and suffering that affects those you teach and train, and in turn, those who they lead? As a person of influence in our society, where can you lend your expertise and your power to make a difference for this generation of current and emerging leaders and for those who will follow?
Bio: Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen is the Co-Chair, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of WeBe Life Inc. A licensed clinical psychologist, she received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland in 1991. Dr. Van Dahlen is the host of the WeBe Channel series Ask Dr. B on YouTube and the mental health consultant for the ABC television drama, A Million Little Things. She currently serves as the Chief Psychology Officer and MindX Sciences and is a Senior Advisor to DSS.
Dr. Van Dahlen is the former Executive Director of The President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS), a U.S. Cabinet Level Task Force, created by Presidential Executive Order in 2019, to build the first all-of-government and whole-of-nation effort focused on suicide prevention with our Veterans leading the way. As a key element of the PREVENTS effort, Dr. Van Dahlen developed the first national public health campaign focused on suicide prevention.
Dr. Van Dahlen is also the Founder of Give an Hour (www.giveanhour.org) a national nonprofit organization that provides free mental health care tot hose in need including service members, veterans and their families. Dr. Van Dahlen also founded the Campaign to Change Direction in 2015, a global initiative focused on changing the culture of mental health. Change Direction is a public health approach that encourages everyone to learn the Five Signs of Emotional Suffering that indicates someone may be struggling emotionally and may need help.
Named to TIME magazine's 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world and a 2020 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine, Dr. Van Dahlen is an expert on the psychological impact of war and a thought leader in mobilizing constituencies to create large system change in the mental health sector. She is widely recognized for her work in changing the culture associated with mental health in order to remove barriers and increase access to care. Dr. Van Dahlen has been a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and TIME, and has been interviewed by many of the most well-known media outlets.
