Nicholas Pearce serves as clinical assistant professor of management & organizations and as the faculty director of the MSMS Russell Fellows program at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where he was named the MSMS Professor of the Year in 2015. A globally-recognized expert in the areas of values-driven leadership, change, diversity & inclusion, and collaboration in organizations, Pearce has served as a lecturer, executive adviser, leadership coach, and organizational strategist for several of the world’s premier organizations, including Fortune Global 500 corporations, national governments, philanthropic organizations, and megachurches. He has been honored for excellence and promise as a scholar and leader by several organizations, including the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Mustard Seed Foundation, Wentcher Foundation, National Black MBA Association, and Union League Club of Chicago. He has also been named one of Chicago’s 40 Game Changers (under 40) by WVON/Ariel Investments, a Galbraith Scholar by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and a Public Voices Faculty Fellow with The OpEd Project. Pearce holds a Ph.D. in management & organizations from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and an S.B. in chemical engineering & management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a concentration in religious studies earned in conjunction with the Harvard Divinity School.