Dr Ingrid Richter

Ingrid has 37 years of experience working in and with government, non-profit and business sectors in a variety of roles: from front lines to senior management and also has a private consulting practice focused on supporting strategic change for a wide variety of clients. She specializes in designing and facilitating leadership development, organizational learning and stakeholder engagement, particularly in international development and public sector contexts. In the last 10 years she has designed and facilitated programs involving over 1500 senior leaders from across Canada, Europe, Asia the Caribbean and Africa. Her recent international work includes the development and delivery of senior leader programs for executives of UNHCR and for the Jamaican government.

Ingrid is currently Executive-in-Residence at the University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management. In this capacity she does research as well as program design and development for executive programs. She has been the lead designer and facilitator of various executive leadership programs at the Canada School of Public Service and has taught organization development, leadership and social innovation programs at the University of Waterloo, the University of Toronto and Royal Roads University. During her career with the Ontario Public Service her responsibilities included assignments as the lead for strategic innovation and as the Director of Training and Development for the ministries of public safety, policing and corrections.

Ingrid is the co-founder of the Canadian Organization Development Institute and is an active volunteer for Synapcity, an Ottawa-based non-profit organization that facilitates active and informed civic engagement and public participation. Between assignments she enjoys reading poetry, travelling and cooking for friends and family.
Ingrid holds a PhD in Management Learning from Lancaster University as well as degrees in Psychology and Workplace Learning and Change.