Jody Hoffer Gittell
Faculty Director
Jody Hoffer Gittell is Professor at Brandeis University's Heller School, Faculty Director of the Relational Coordination Collaborative, and Interim CEO of Relational Coordination Analytics. To understand how diverse stakeholders achieve their desired outcomes in coordination with each other, Gittell developed Relational Coordination Theory, proposing that highly interdependent work is most effectively coordinated through relationships of shared goals, shared knowledge, and mutual respect, supported by frequent, timely, accurate, problem-solving communication. The Relational Model of Change shows how stakeholders can design structural, relational and work process interventions to support relational coordination and achieve desired performance outcomes. Gittell is currently exploring the relational dynamics of multi-stakeholder change in organizations and ecosystems around the world.
Dr. Gittell currently serves as Co-Principal Investigator of Relating Across Difference, Program Chair for the Organizational Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for Greater Seacoast Community Health, and Executive Committee Member of the Seacoast NAACP. She received her BA from Reed College, and her PhD from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Tanya Allain
Program Director
Elinam Ladzekpo
Operations and Membership Director