Additional expertise: Policy
Primary industry: Education | Secondary industry: Other
Dr. Pruegger brings 30+ years of experience to organizations around systemic change. Her areas of expertise that may be helpful to your start-up include:
- Developing and evaluating strategic plans around equity and inclusion
- Creating a marketing strategy to attract job applicants and clients (if applicable) from underrepresented identity groups e.g., racial, immigrant, Indigenous, gender & sexual diverse, etc.
- developing fair and inclusive hiring, onboarding, performance appraisal, promotion, retention and succession strategies
- Understanding intercultural communication and developing effective communication strategies
- Training recommendations and long-term skill development practices to create inclusive work environments, community outreach, client retention
Education & Work Experience (Retired)
- Ph.D. Cross-Cultural and Organizational Psychology
- Adjunct Professor – Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
- Past Director of Diversity, Equity and Protected Disclosure Office, University of Calgary
- Research Social Planner City of Calgary
- 30+ years consulting experience with market, not-for-profit, community and government organizations
- 30+ years teaching and facilitating workshops for a variety of audiences
- 30+ years of community based research projects, reports, recommendations in areas such as domestic violence, homelessness, immigration, anti-racism, hate-crime
Dr. Pruegger has received a number of awards for her work from communities (Obsidian Award, Diversity Practitioner of the Year Award), Government (Alberta Centennial Recognition Award), and the University of Calgary (Celebrated Alumni Award).