Dr. Jerald Walz is a Collegiate Assistant Professor and accredited KAI Master Practitioner at Virginia Tech where he teaches courses on leadership and problem solving. He earned a B.A. (Social Studies Secondary Education) from Asbury College, an M.A. (Government) from Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD (Higher Education) from Virginia Tech. His career in nonprofit management started after college at the Francis Asbury Society in Wilmore, KY. Later he served for more than a decade as the Vice President for Operations in the nationally recognized religious think tank, the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, DC. Dr. Walz has held faculty appointments at Pepperdine University, Telecom Ecole de Management, and Virginia Tech. His current courses include Leading with Cognitive Diversity, Elements of Team Leadership, and Leadership for Diverse Contexts, among others.