Anika Warren Wood PhD

Responsible for driving organizational effectiveness to maximize impact on DRK’s portfolio and optimize team performance, productivity and culture. Provides principal support for talent recruitment and development. Together with DRK colleagues, Anika will develop and sustain board sourcing and engagement programs for portfolio organizations and DRK alumni, build a more diversified pipelines of portfolio organizations, donor partners and talent, identify organizational effectiveness opportunities, implement proven best practices, and support strategic directions of portfolio organizations.

Provides consulting, counseling, and coaching services in the following areas: organizational change and effectiveness, business development, strategic planning, talent management, individual and institutional assessments, career development, stress management, diversity and inclusion, and multicultural effectiveness. Conducts compliance, human capital, and cultural audits and provides executive coaching and training to senior leaders, academic administrators, non-profits, and student organizations at leading institutions (e.g., U.B.S., Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, PepsiCo, Time Warner, Ohio State University, the American College of Financial Services). Supports managing directors and entrepreneurs in the financial services industry with evaluating their competitive positioning and professional opportunities, especially during market and career volatility. Worked on occasional consulting engagements and small projects while working full-time at Drexel University, Catalyst Inc., and Teachers College of Columbia University to maintain LLC status and performed similar services as an independent contractor, counselor, or consultant from 1998 through 2010.

Served as a core member of the President’s Principal Gifts Team, the President’s Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Committee, and the Senior Vice President of Economic Development’s Corporate Council, all of which focused on exploring innovative partnership opportunities, developing comprehensive solutions to challenges, implementing data-driven strategies, and advancing Drexel’s brand, strategic priorities and master plans. Operated as a strategic partner to the Office of the President, the Provost’s Office, the Office of Research, the Cooperative Education Office, the Office of International Programs, Drexel University Online, Student Life Cycle Management, the Vice Provost for Community Partnerships, and with academic leaders and center director. Functioned as a member of Institutional Advancement’s Senior Management and Executive Leadership teams, which co-raised over $400,000,000 in philanthropic funds and led the Foundation and Corporate Relations team which raised approximately $100,000,000 in four years, marking the largest grossing fundraising years for that division in Drexel’s history. Co-led Drexel’s New Urban University Coalition (NUUC) team with Drexel’s President. NUUC was founded in 2015 and launched in 2016 by presidents from three universities based on a shared mission to transform urban education. Led the proposal development and submission to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and received Gates seed funding. Cultivated relationships with external funders and internal stakeholders across Drexel including provosts, deans, directors, faculty, and staff. Led 15 Drexel-wide interdisciplinary subcommittees in partnership with the Provost’s Office and the Office of Research. The subcommittees were designed to serve as idea incubators for developing innovative and audacious projects that foster greater collaborations, building on extant strengths and donor priorities, and supporting Drexel’s Areas of Research Excellence (DARE) initiative.

Catalyst is the leading non-profit member-based organization focused on gender diversity and workplace inclusion. With offices in the North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia and over 750 member organizations, Catalyst provides data-driven research and consultation services to companies, firms, businesses, universities, and associations. Designed, developed, and presented workshops, webcasts, online-tools, and keynote addresses, primarily to executives, that advanced Catalyst’s brand, vision, mission, and values nationally and globally. Led and supported research projects and consulting engagements focused on strategic business development, global talent management, organizational change and effectiveness, women in leadership, and workplace equity. Strengthened corporate relationships and increase member engagement through strategic brainstorming meetings and by providing programmatic support to C-suite executives at multinational corporations, top law and consulting firms, Catalyst alumni, scholars, and other stakeholders. Chaired and served on internal cross-functional leadership committees and strategized with Catalyst’s Development Team to improve fundraising and new member recruitment. Provided content expertise, strategic advisement, and member liaison services to senior executives, chief diversity officers, and human resources departments in multinational corporations, law firms, professional associations, and universities. Led on-site evaluations of talent development and diversity initiatives at PepsiCo, Gibbons Law Firm, and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) including focus groups and interviews with CEOs, COOs, CDOs, CHROs, and other executives. Completed comprehensive evaluations and developed summary reports on leading-edge practices from over 80 companies between 2006 and 2011. Used data, interviews, focus groups, and document reviews to evaluate best practices and integrate knowledge from them into research reports, seminars, and new initiatives.

Collaborated with the Provost Office, the Office of Access and Services for Individuals with Disabilities, Fieldwork Coordinators, and external clinics and hospitals while working on committees. As part of the Student Issues Committee, conducted a comprehensive review of dismissal procedures for students recently dismissed from the program, and completed mandates and reports for the Vice Provost to assist in decision making. Provided comprehensive competence training to advanced graduate students over a 6-year period. In these experiential, skill-oriented, and didactic laboratory courses, training curricula focused on increasing awareness about how race, ethnicity, gender, social class, religion, and sexual orientation influence individuals, groups, and families and intersect with prejudice, privilege, marginalization, oppression, discrimination, socialization, and praxis. In laboratories, graduate students used small and large group activities and online tools to demonstrate their competencies. Students were evaluated on their ability to actively integrate their learning into their professional roles, responsibilities, and competencies as health care professionals. Taught other graduate-level courses including career counseling and development, multicultural psychology, group dynamics, school counseling, racial identity in psychology and education, advanced doctoral practicum, and clinical doctoral supervision. Participated in recruitment and admittance of diverse students, served as an academic advisor to students, supervised and mentored students’ clinical work, worked as a faculty advisor and reviewer of doctoral internship applications, assisted with conferences, and attended weekly program meetings and monthly department meetings with faculty, staff, and student representatives.

University of Maryland, College Park Counseling Center (Pre-doctoral Intern), Boston College's Juvenile Rights Advocacy Program (Consultant), Boston Institute of Art Therapy (Therapist), Program for Adolescent Vocational Exploration (Career and Group Counselor), Boston College's Career Counseling Program (Extern), Boston University's Counseling Center (Extern), Teachers College of Columbia University, Commonwealth Psychiatric Clinic, and Community Mediation, etc. Led the collaborative development of a tiered 3-semester comprehensive career exploration curriculum for undergraduate students in the School of Letters and Sciences in concert with deans, chairs, and executive directors; completed an apprenticeship rotation with the Executive Director of the University of Maryland Career Placement Office; and collaborated with deans, program directors, and other administrators, participated in staff and faculty meetings, and worked on committees focused on University-wide issues. Worked on the Counseling Center Outreach and Consultation Committee which coordinated, developed, delegated, and facilitated psychology related workshops to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students. Maintained a caseload of 9 to 12 individual counseling sessions per week, provided 3 intake sessions each week, assisted with emergency coverage needs, co-led general therapy groups (a Black Women’s support group, and couples counseling sessions), supervised the clinical work of masters-level counselors by focusing on therapeutic case conceptualizations, clinical interventions, and multicultural techniques (i.e., self-as-instrument), and conducted small research projects on academic retention, major indecision, internship/externship sites, and job placement opportunities. Provided psychological consulting, counseling services, career development and coaching, and academic counseling to over 300 students, patients, and clients over a five-year period.

Managed and completed finance projects for all levels of management. Financial projects included quarterly portfolio performance analyses, security-lending analyses, interest rate forecasting, and risk assessment and exposure analyses on a team of six that managed $6 billion in customer cash. Analyzed Schwab’s proprietary funds from due diligence and quantitative perspectives; monitored portfolio exposure, risk, and investments; and prepared financial and regulatory reports for the Board of Directors. Researched, developed, and designed a quantitative model for the firm’s Margin Lending Business. Worked as a member of the 4-person project team that pioneered the Mutual Fund industries use of Morningstar for 15c contract renewals and presented an Annual Contract Renewal (15c) Project to the Schwab Board of Directors. Developed, implemented, and streamlined various procedures involving Portfolio Management, Schwab Legal, and other CSIM departments to ensure that portfolios were in compliance with SEC fiduciary regulations and requirements. Worked in finance and internal audit at the corporate headquarters of Gap Inc., San Francisco, CA and Marriott Corporation, Bethesda, MD, respectively, and in marketing for Honda Corporation.