MOREHOUSE COLLEGE PRESIDENT
An award-winning author and contemporary thought leader in organizational management and executive devel- opment, Thomas co-wrote three books: Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience; Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America; and Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in Montgomery County. He has written or co-written almost eighty book chapters, cases, and teach- ing notes, along with more than two dozen scholarly arti- cles, including Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case, which won the 2020 HBR McKinsey Award as the best Harvard Business Review ar- ticle of the year. Atlanta Magazine named him one of “At- lanta’s 500 Most Powerful Leaders.” He is the recipient of Washington Business Journal’s “Minority Business Leader of the Year” award and the National Executive Forum’s 2020 Beacon Award, among other honors. He serves on the boards of DTE Energy, Commonfund, Vanguard, and Yale Corporation, where he is the alumni fellow. He is also a senior advisor for Grain Management. Dr. Thomas earned a Ph.D. in organizational behavior studies and a Master of Philosophy in organizational be- havior, both from Yale University. He also earned a Mas- ter of Organizational Psychology from Columbia Univer- sity and a Bachelor of Administrative Sciences from Yale College.
David A. Thomas, Ph.D., is the 12th president of More- house College. Since his installment in January 2018, he has led dynamic, purpose-driven advancement in More- house’s strategic and operational effectiveness, program- matic reach, and pedagogical innovation. Among other transformational successes, Dr. Thomas has overseen a fundraising acceleration which has generated approxi- mately $190 million since his arrival a giving total during his tenure that is higher than during any other presiden- tial tenure in the history of the college. Under his leader- ship, Morehouse has extended its reach by launching its first online degree programs and has amplified its posi- tioning as a center of intellectual discourse and social en- gagement in ar-eas such as global leadership, professional equity, social justice, and innovation. Dr. Thomas is internationally recognized for his exper- tise in organizational management and higher education leadership. Before becoming president of Morehouse, he served as the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, as dean and William R. Berkley Chair at Georgetown University’s Mc- Donough School of Business, and as an assistant profes- sor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. While at McDonough, Dr. Thomas led a successful $130 million capital campaign, a redesign of the MBA curriculum, and the launch of the school’s first online degree program. He has consulted on issues relat- ing to organizational change, diversity, and inclusion for 100 of the Fortune 500 companies.
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