P.O. Box 234, Hancock, NH 03449
603-525-3310 www.linkedin.com/in/robbiephertneky
RobbieHertneky@gmail.com
Higher education professional with over twenty years of leadership experience, in both academic and key administrative positions, with a research focus on women leaders in education.
Keene, NH 1989 – Present
A career including academic and administrative leadership positions, spanning curriculum design and delivery, teaching and advising graduate students, marketing and recruiting, enrollment management and student services, gives me a holistic perspective of an institution of higher education. Extensive committee work includes: Faculty Senate, Presidential and Department Chair
Search Committees, President’s Council, Faculty Colloquium Co-founder and Co-chair, Faculty
Mini-Grant Committee, Faculty Grievance Committee and New Hampshire Women in Higher
Education Leadership campus representative.
Department Chairperson, Department of Management 2014 – Present
 Work closely with the Vice President for Academic Administration as a member of the academic leadership team
 Responsible for department budget, program assessment, curriculum development, and new program initiatives
 Hire, supervise and mentor faculty (core and adjunct), and administrative staff
 Campus faculty representative on the Antioch University Faculty Caucus and Academic
Council
Associate Professor, Department of Management 2007 – Present
 Teach courses in Leadership, Ethics and Leading Change, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Management Theories and Practices, Topics in Leadership, Group Dynamics and
Leadership, Self as Leader, Practicum, and Professional Seminar
 Advise and mentor students throughout their career at Antioch, with a focus on helping them to recognize their leadership potential through designing and implementing independent research projects
 Member of departmental team responsible for curriculum redesign and self-assessment

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Associate Department Chair, Department of Organization & Management 2006 – 2007
Selected to serve as Interim Department Chair while Chairperson assumed Interim Dean of Faculty role
 Launched two new programs: MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability, and Organization Development Certificate Program
 Managed department budget, course scheduling, student recruitment and advising, faculty development, alumni relations and supervision of support staff
Director of Certificate Programs, Department of Organization & Management 2003 – 2006
Administered non-degree granting programs including curriculum design, faculty selection and hiring, student advising, recruitment strategy, marketing plans and admissions
 Directed Community Health Care Management certificate program and The Institute for
Non-Profit Management
 Identified new market niches and launched new programs
Director of Admissions 1998 – 2002
Responsible for student recruitment at a tuition-driven institution with 15 masters and two doctoral programs
 Increased enrolled new students by 14% in the first year and 50% in four years
 Designed and executed strategies to identify, cultivate and enroll 400 students a year
 Rebuilt staff from 60% turnover to a stable, well-respected high-performing team
Program Associate, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Organization & Management1993 – 1998
Administrator serving 100 students and 20 faculty at five sites offering five degree programs
 Managed day-to-day department functions: liaison to colleagues, alumni and prospective students; advised department chairperson on student and faculty issues; facilitated meetings of site directors and faculty
Associate Registrar 1989 - 1993
Managed a Registrar’s Office serving 1,300 masters and doctoral students in five academic departments
 Responsible for student registration, advising students and faculty, and production of course descriptions and handbooks
Johnson, VT
Development Coordinator
 Designed and maintained all development systems at an artist colony
 Oversaw annual giving and newsletter production
 Worked closely with a 30-member Board of Trustees
1987 – 1988
1976 – 1986
Worked as conference designer for a trade show company, director of a start-up theatre museum, art consultant, executive recruiter, dance education center manager, group sales director for professional rodeo team, and health club sales manager.

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Ph.D., Leadership and Change, Antioch University
Dissertation Topic: The Leadership Self-identity of Women College Presidents
M.Ed., Administration and Supervision, Antioch University New England
B.A., Art History, Williams College
2008
1997
1976
Certificate – Executive Education, The Art and Practice of Leadership Development , Harvard
University Kennedy School of Government 2013
HERS Program for Women in Higher Education, Wellesley College 1998
 Hertneky, R.P. (2012). Composing our lives – As women and as leaders. Advances in
Developing Human Resources , 14 (2), 140-155.
 Hertneky, R. P. (2010). The role of balance in women’s leadership self-identity. Advancing
Women in Leadership Journal, 30 (14). Retrieved from http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/Vol30_2010/Hertneky_Balance_vol_30_No_14_9_21_1
0.pdf
 “Fostering women’s leadership within an environment of adaptive challenges”, New Hampshire
Women in Higher Education Leadership Conference, April 2014.
 “Composing our lives – As women and as leaders”, International Leadership Association
Annual Global Conference, October 2011
 “Bringing it all together: Observations of self as leader”, New Hampshire Women in Higher
Education Leadership Conference, April 2009