Dr. Patricia M. Harbour, Ed, D.

Dr. Patricia Moore Harbour, Ed, D., is a nationally-known educator, facilitator, consultant and social change expert. She is the creator and director of Healing the Heart of Diversity®, a nonprofit diversity leadership education organization, which delivers a national program that helps executives, educators, facilitators and coaches develop new strategies for working and living in diverse environments. This program, aligned with today's leading research, is a powerful and creative process that is effective for sustaining social change.

She has developed and implemented programs designed to encourage dialogue, community involvement and ultimately, transformation. The hallmark of her work is a rigorous learning environment that makes it possible for change to occur within organizations, communities and individuals.

Her experience includes executive positions in the corporate sector, as well as in government, education, and philanthropy. She was the Director of Applied Social Science at the BDM International Corporation. She has served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Department of H.E.W and the U.S. Commission on Education. She was also the President of the Center for Quality Education in San Rafael, California, a Founding Fellow and Program Director of the Fetzer Institute and an Associate of the Charles Kettering Foundation.

A frequent speaker, she most recently presented at two Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) regional conferences and a Diversity Conference sponsored by Prima College, Arizona. In 2003, she is scheduled to make conference presentations for the following organizations: Community Leadership Association, Council on Foundations' Community Foundations.

Contact Information:

Dr. Patricia Moore Harbour, Ed, D.
712 Staunton Avenue, N.W.
Roanoke, VA 24016-1036
Phone: (540) 343-5192
Fax: (540) 343-0407
healing@leadingdiversity.org