Biography
With a career spanning diverse domains including communications, consulting, higher education, and work-based learning leadership, Dr. Ann Schulte is a versatile executive with mastery in driving impactful change within individuals and organizations. Throughout her extensive experiences, she has honed specific practices for achieving transformative growth outcomes. Notably, she held the position of chief learning officer, spearheading award-winning talent development organizations at two global powerhouses: MasterCard and Procter & Gamble (P&G). Since retiring from P&G in 2024, she continues to shape the landscape of organizational capability, change, and culture through consulting and executive coaching. Dr. Schulte is currently a faculty member in the Penn Chief Learning Officer program at Penn GSE.
As a consultant and coach, Dr. Schulte employs an outcome-driven, progress-oriented, and strengths-based approach. She guides her clients toward sustainable growth and impact leveraging her deep expertise in building skills, leading effective teams, and transforming at the personal and organizational levels.
Dr. Schulte’s academic prowess is underscored by her distinguished dissertation, a qualitative exploration into the pivotal role of learning and development in shaping employer brand practices. Her research interests now include human behaviors and habit formation related to learning, leadership, change, and transformation.