JoAnn McNutt, PhD
- Senior Advisor, Leadership Consulting, United States
+1 925 586 0880
jmcnutt@boyden.com
JoAnn McNutt is a board expert with over 20 years’ experience as a board effectiveness consultant and organizational psychologist. She works with boards and executive teams to solve challenges through a process of gathering information, generating insights, inspiring action, and providing realistic plans. Her goal is to equip boards to steward their organizations with greater accountability and impact.
Professional Focus
- Over 20 years’ experience as an organizational psychologist and board effectiveness consultant
- Track record of enhancing board performance across public and non-profit organizations in various sectors including healthcare, performing arts, energy, retail, education, and social services
- Advises boards and executives on board governance structure, strategy, and decision making to identify issues and opportunities and improve board performance and oversight capabilities
- Contributes in-depth expertise in organizational change, leadership, culture, board composition and boardroom dynamics; conducts performance and process assessments, devises development plans, and cultivates effective board-management relationships
- Experience collaborating with boards at various stages, from establishment of a new board to guiding a 100-year-old, privately held company board in preparation for an IPO
- Facilitates meetings, trainings, and retreats; provides individual coaching to board members
Business Expertise
- Co-founder, Organizational Psychologist and Senior Board Consultant at Board First Consulting, LLC
- Organizational Psychologist and Senior Board Consultant at Nygren Consulting, a boutique consulting firm specializing in corporate governance
- Started career with Mercer Delta Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), contributing to the establishment of the firm’s new corporate governance practice
- Captain, Company Commander in U.S. Army Reserve Medical Service Corps; taught change management in Regional Readiness Command’s Company Team Leadership Development Program; commissioned through ROTC
Sector Expertise
- Board Services
- Board Consulting
- Not-for-Profit
- Education
- Healthcare
- Performing Arts
- Professional Associations
- Energy
- Retail
Education & Certifications
- Doctoral degree (PhD) in organizational psychology from California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco
- Master’s degree in change leadership from California School of Professional Psychology
- Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Santa Clara University
- Directors’ College Certificate, Stanford Law School Directors’ Executive Education Program