Ralph A. Gigliotti

Ralph A. Gigliotti serves as assistant vice president for organizational leadership in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Rutgers University (NJ). In this role, he provides executive leadership for a portfolio of signature leadership programs, consultation services, and research initiatives, and he serves as an executive adviser for senior academic leaders across Rutgers. He also holds part-time faculty appointments in the Department of Communication, Ph.D. Program in Higher Education, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and Rutgers Business School. His research and consulting interests explore topics related to leadership, crisis, strategy, team dynamics, organizational communication, and training and development within the context of higher education.

Gigliotti is president-elect of the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation—an organization of nearly 100 colleges and universities from across North America who seek to advance sustainable excellence in higher education by promoting successful practices and approaches used to drive change, innovation, and continuous improvement across academic and administrative functions.