Consulting ExperienceJoanne L. Smikle, PhD provides results-oriented consulting to leaders in many industry sectors. She guides executives in implementing sound initiatives that enhance organizational effectiveness. Joanne partners with her clients to align strategy and operations through system-focused interventions. She brings strong analytical skills and a practical, bottom-line approach to consulting.Her areas of expertise include: • Organizational Effectiveness • Strategy• Executive & Leadership Development• Human Capital Utilization, including EDIBoard ExpertiseThis nationally recognized consultant is open to opportunities for service on a corporate board of directors. She has an independent spirit, keen analytical abilities, and is an agile thinker. She understands the complexities that boards face balancing the needs of shareholders and other stakeholders. Her deep experience as a consultant enables her to critically consider strategy and multiple paths to reach an enterprise's objectives. She is a member of the Saybrook University Board of Trustees. This institution provides rigorous post-graduate education in the humanist tradition. Joanne serves, by way of a gubernatorial appointment, on the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities. This committee evaluates progress in improving the quality of nursing home and assisted living facility care in the State of Maryland. She also serves on the Advisory Board of ElevateMed, an organization that works to ensure that the national physician workforce racially and ethnically represents the communities served. ElevateMed provides scholarships, mentorship, and financial education to medical students of color. Joanne is experienced with governance, having served three terms on the Board of Directors of Bridges to Housing Stability. During her terms she served twice on the Executive Committee as Secretary. Joanne provides ad hoc resource development for organizations seeking to improve the lives of the poor and under-served. She believes that compassion must be accompanied with action. She is a member of The Executive Alliance (EA), an organization that accelerates the success and leadership of accomplished women. Joanne serves on the EA Effective Impact Mentoring Committee. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.