About Dr. Tricia Berry

Dr. Tricia Berry has over 30 years of experience in health care and adult education. She holds a PhD in Education/Organizational Leadership, a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with an emphasis on Special Needs, a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.   Her passion is to facilitate success for individuals and organizations.  

Tricia's experience in higher education began with teaching.  Over the last 25 years she has designed courses and programs for face to face and online delivery, supervised clinical, practicum, and externships for health sciences, psychology, and nursing students, and been actively involved in both institutional and programmatic accreditation for a variety of disciplines.  In her last role she created the clinical processes for an online academic programs, including establishing policies and processes for the placement of online students in appropriate learning experiences across the world as well as building a team to support and guide students.

As an occupational therapist, Tricia has experience in mental health, skilled nursing, long term care, rehabilitation, home health, and acute care settings.  She is also a Certified Diversity and Inclusion Specialist through the Academy to Innovate HR and has completed the Pillars of Global Health certification through Child and Family Health International as well as the Certificate of Global Competency from AFS.

Tricia is also very active in multiple professional organizations including the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, the International Leadership Association, the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, UPCEA, and Purdue University's Pass the Torch for Women Foundation.  She has presented at multiple conferences across the United States, Europe, and South Africa.