Cynthia Cherrey is the president and CEO of the International Leadership Association (ILA). Prior to starting her full-time role at ILA, she spent five years at Princeton University as the vice president for campus life and lecturer in the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs. Between 2003 and 2010, Professor Cherrey served as the vice president for student affairs at Tulane University and as a clinical professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business. From 1989 to 2003, she worked at the University of Southern California, serving ultimately as an associate vice president for student affairs, a clinical associate professor in the Rossier School of Education and lecturer in the Annenberg School of Communication. Professor Cherrey has published journal articles and book chapters in areas of leadership, organizational development, and higher education. She also has served as co-editor of a publication series and co-written a book entitled Systemic Leadership. Most recently, she served as editor of Women and Leadership Around the World, part of ILA's Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice series (Information Age Publishing). A former senior fellow at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership and recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, she has spoken at numerous conferences and events around the world.