Conference Speakers   Joanne B. Ciulla Professor of Leadership, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, UNESCO Chair of Leadership

Professor Ciulla is a founding faculty member of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, one of the world's foremost programs in leadership education. She has a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D in philosophy. She has held the UNESCO Chair in Leadership Studies at the United Nations International Leadership Academy in Jordan, and academic appointments at La Salle University, the Harvard Business School, Oxford University, and The Wharton School. In 2003 Ciulla received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Virginia State Council of Higher Education.

Ciulla's books include The Ethics of Leadership; Ethics, The Heart of Leadership, and The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work. She recently co authored a textbook called Honest Work: A Business Ethics Reader, and co-edited a collection called The Quest for Ethical Leaders: Essays in Leadership Ethics. She is currently writing a book on the ethical origins of leadership. Ciulla lectures and consults on ethics and leadership and business ethics in the U.S. abroad.

She serves on the board of directors of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, and on the editorial boards of The Business Ethics Quarterly, Leadership, The Leadership Quarterly, The Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies, and she edits the New Horizons of Leadership series for Edward Elgar Publishing.