Natalie Houghtby-Haddon

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Natalie Houghtby-Haddon

Associate Director


Contact:

Office Phone: 202-297-9460

 

Dr. Natalie K. Houghtby-Haddon is the Associate Director of the George Washington University's Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (GW CEPL), and an Assistant Professor in the GW College of Professional Studies. She teaches leadership theory, ethics, culture change and change leadership, and personal development for a number of the Center’s leadership development programs. Her other work for the Center includes new business and proposal development, Center operations, curriculum development, teaching, faculty advising, and the management of client relationships and contracts. Her primary goal in the work that she does is to help leaders imagine and generate alternative futures that will make a positive difference for themselves, their organizations, their communities, and the people they serve. Prior to her appointment at GW CEPL, Dr. Houghtby-Haddon was President of Immaculate Heart College Center (IHCC) in Los Angeles, and also served as the Interim Executive Director for the Institute for Community Leadership in Los Angeles, CA, a collaborative effort of the LA County Department of Health Services, the UCLA School of Public Health, the University of La Verne, and IHCC.


  • Leadership Development
  • Ethics
  • Social Imagination
  • Leading Change
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Ph.D. in Human Sciences, the George Washington University
  • Doctor of Ministry, Claremont School of Theology
  • Master of Divinity, Claremont School of Theology
  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Boston University

Natalie Houghtby-Haddon helps leaders imagine and create alternative futures that will make a positive difference for themselves, their organizations, their communities, and, most importantly, for the people they serve.

Natalie is at home on the reservoir in Brandon, Mississippi, where she is determined to become a writer of interesting things when her work for GW CEPL gives her space and time. Being able to watch the water each and everyday is helping to create a space for more relaxed reflection, so stay tuned!