Charlotte Roberts, Ph.D

Charlotte Roberts joined the board in 2010.  She is an executive consultant, speaker and writer who focuses on organizations’ sustainability and competitiveness. She is President of Blue Fire Partners, Inc. a management consultant company.  She is co-author of two cutting-edge leadership books, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization  and The Dance of Change: The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations.  In 2000, Schools That Learn was published for educators, parents and people who care about education.

Dr. Robert’s background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Master’s degree in Human Development from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she later served on the faculty. While working for SmithKline & French Pharmaceuticals in sales and sales training, she graduated from the Management Program at the Wharton School of Business.  She recently completed a Ph.D. in Consciousness and Spirituality from Saybrook Graduate School.

Charlotte has been an executive consultant for over 15 years, coaching executives and executive teams to achieve a higher level of performance as a group and as leaders of vision-driven organizations that learn as the executive team evolves, so does the culture of the organization. Her work in systems and leadership extends to boards of organizations providing a customized self-evaluation process for the group as well as individual board members. From their evaluation, Charlotte helps the board define and implement their development agenda based on an evolutionary model she and her colleague have identified.

Charlotte completed her term as trustee on the Guilford College board after 12 years, including terms as vice chair and chair of Academic Affairs. She is currently serving on the Advisory Board of the North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has served on several educational and non-profit boards.