The mission of the institute is to provide professional development programs for educational leaders of the 21st century who recognize the need to effectively challenge outmoded assumptions, eliminate barriers, and create new pathways to renewal and growth in their personal and professional lives. The institute supported by the Center for Excellence in Education at Northern Arizona University, provides traditional and non-traditional programs for personal and professional development of leaders in educational reform. The institute offers partnerships with educational institutions and a wide variety of programs and program formats for individual or institutional development. Unique Features of the Institute Focus on Leadership Needs for the 21st Century to equip leaders with tools for the changing demands and growing complexitites of the future. Multidisciplinary Approach includes educational institutions, businesses, governments, and more.
Partnership Approach to share expertise, resources, and programs with other entities.
Ed.D., currently serves as director of the Northern Arizona Leadership Institute at Northern Arizona University. Nationally recognized as a leader in educational reform and innovation, she has a long consistent history as a highly successful change agent on both the public school and higher education levels. Dr. Hatcher's area of expertise are in transformational leadership, feminist theory and leadership, change processes and theory, implications of the new sciences to the field of leadership, spiritual and ethical aspects of leadership, brain research, and arts education. She is also an artist, storyteller, published writer, and poet.