Ronald Quincy, Ph.D.

Professor of Professional Practice

Ronald Quincy is a Professor of Professional Practice, a Visiting Senior Fellow for Diversity Studies at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Co-Academic Director of the Collaborative Center for Community-Based Research and Service, Academic Director of the Rutgers Civic Leadership Institute, and the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, as well as Faculty Director of the South Africa Study Abroad, Honors College & School of Arts & Sciences Honors Program. Dr. Quincy earned his Ph.D. from the College of Social Sciences at Michigan State University.  He served as a member of the Governor of Michigan’s Cabinet, Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, and Director of the Michigan State Office of Human Resources Policy and Special Projects.  His other previous positions include the following: Associate Vice President, Assistant to the President, of Harvard University; Executive Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change; Executive Director/President of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.; President of the White House Fellows Association and Chairman, White House Fellows Foundation; Senior Management Consultant, Towers Perrin (the world’s 11th largest management consulting firm); and Foreign Policy Advisor, U.S. State Department, Africa Bureau. His research interests include: nonprofit sector leadership and governance, fundraising, institutional branding and grantsmanship, organizational strategy, human capital, performance and executive coaching, international civil society organizations and international affairs.