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Valerie Ehrlich, PhD is a nonprofit strategist and consultant who specializes in strategic learning, program evaluation, AI implementation, and leadership development. She previously served as the Director of the Societal Impact Insights Team at the Center for Creative Leadership, where she led evaluation and applied research across education, nonprofit, and population health sectors. Previously, she served as aResearch Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia's School of Education and Human Development. Valerie holds a BS in Psychology from Stetson University and a PhD. in Social-Personality Psychology from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her work focuses on emergent learning, organizational culture transformation, and the intersection of AI and leadership development. Cathleen Clerkin, PhD is the associate vice president of research at Candid, a data and research nonprofit. She is also an affiliated research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. Before joining Candid, Cathleen led the strategic research team at the Center for Creative Leadership. Cathleen holds a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and MS and PhD degrees in Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for Creative Leadership. She is currently based out of Charlottesville, VA.