Biography
Dr. Tammy Gocial is a certified executive leadership coach. She launched Gocial Leadership Advisors (GoLead!) in 2023 and works with clients on initiating and leading strategic change, transitioning to senior level leadership, leading teams, and general career development. Throughout her 35-year career in academe, Gocial spent almost 20 years as a cabinet-level leader in both academic and student affairs at three different institutions. She has worked extensively on full- and part-time faculty engagement and curriculum development in her roles as an academic dean, associate academic vice president, and founding program director of a doctoral program in higher education leadership; she has also led faculty and staff teams of 12-90 colleagues in successful program development, DEI, and student success initiatives. Gocial received her B.S. in education from Northwestern University, her M.A. in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University, and her Ph.D. in applied-experimental psychology from Saint Louis University.
Gocial is also certified in Design Thinking, Clifton Strengths facilitation, and diversity education.