Kathleen Kane

Kathleen Kane is an expert in leadership, developing leaders, and team building. She graduated from undergrad as a Phi Beta Kappa, went on to graduate school at Claremont Graduate University and then to USF. She has been teaching at the University of San Francisco since 1991, and was tenured in 1997.

Kathleen has guest lectured at University of California, Irvine, as well as University of Redlands. Outside of her academic career, Kathleen consults on leadership and development for organizations such as the Institute for Mercy an international leadership development program in San Francisco and Peru, as well as the Leadership and Innovation Seminar in Nuskin China. Kathleen has given over a dozen presentations in the past two years such as The Behavioral Matrix: An Exercise for Anyone, Anyplace, Anywhere at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference at Babson College and Called and Chosen. Leading from the Heart: A Workshop in Leadership at the annual WSCAR Conference at Notre Dame.

Kathleen has received numerous awards for her work in Leadership including the Best Paper of the Year award in 1995, awarded by the Journal of Organizational Change Management for her paper: Three Women's Stories of Feeling, Reflection, Voice and Nurturance: From Life to Consulting. Her dedication to teaching has been recognized by the USF School of Management. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 1993 and again in 2007. Kathleen has also been awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award by the McLaren School of Management and the Service Award by Delta Sigma Pi.