Bio
Cristy Guleserian is the Executive Director in the College for the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, where she leads institutional efforts to integrate character formation across undergraduate student, faculty, and staff initiatives. Previously, she served as architect and Executive Director of Principled Innovation at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, where she co-led major grant initiatives to embed character into curricular, co-curricular, and cultural efforts across the university. She also directed social-emotional learning and character development programs with Casa Center for Positive Social Change and worked as an interpersonal communications consultant across education, health, nonprofit, and business sectors. Cristy holds a B.S. in Interpersonal Communication from Ohio University, an M.S. in Management from New England College, and an M.A. in Character Education from the University of Birmingham. She is active in national networks of character education and contributes to publications and design frameworks in the field.