Amber Stephenson is a Consulting Partner with Vide Consulting Group. Her areas of expertise include leadership, organizational behavior, management, program evaluation, capacity building, and subtle gender bias. Her current research explores social identity and the willingness to lead, women leaders and subtle gender bias, and self-concept.
Amber has consulted with organizations from the public and nonprofit sectors and the healthcare industry. Her clients have gained the insights and tools required to increase organizational leadership capacity and define strategy and strategic direction. The results of her work have translated into stronger organizational capacity to deliver value to customers and stakeholders.
Amber currently serves as a business professor at the David D. Reh School of Business at Clarkson University, where she teaches organizational behavior and organizational theory in the Healthcare MBA, as well as leadership and organizational behavior in the management MBA.
Her research has been published in journals including Health Care Management Review, Journal of Health Organization and Management, Health Promotion Practice, Services Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, International Journal of Educational Management, Higher Education, and Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events.
Her contributions to leadership and management have been recognized through the AcademyHealth Presidential Award, a nomination to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Leadership Conference for Women, and the 23rd Annual Doctoral Fellowship Award at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Amber is a frequent speaker who delivers keynotes, presentations, workshops, and symposiums to industry groups, organizations, and community partners.
As Director and Senior Research Associate at Temple University’s Nonprofit Evaluation Services and Training program, she co-created the International Nonprofit Training and Leadership certificate program designed to develop leadership ability in a global business environment.
She is a member of the Academy of Management, AcademyHealth, and the American College of Healthcare Executives, and has held previous affiliations with the International Leadership Association and the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.
Amber holds a PhD in Administration and Leadership Studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in Public Health from West Chester University, and a BS from Ursinus College.