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C. Greer Jordan, MBA, PhD

C. Greer Jordan, PhD

Vice President Anchor Partnerships; Assistant Professor, Community Health Division, Institute for Health & Humanity

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Case Western Reserve University
MA, University of Michigan
BS, University of Detroit

Biography

After roles spanning the automotive industry, organizational consulting, and higher education, Dr. Jordan joined the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) as the inaugural Vice President for Inclusion and Diversity and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer in January 2017. Dr. Jordan brings a unique perspective to her role, leading inclusion, opportunity, and community impact strategies that enable excellence in pursuing MCW’s just cause of improving health for everyone, particularly those who encounter persistent barriers to health and flourishing.

Dr. Jordan’s practice, research, and scholarship center on how inclusion and health can be fostered toward mission excellence and thriving communities. Areas of interest include socioeconomic inclusion, economic drivers of health, anchor institutions, regional and cross-institutional workforce development, and violence reduction. Research and applied practice activities include three AHW-funded community partner workforce development projects: Milwaukee Healthcare Workforce Initiative, Building a Healthcare Workforce Through Access and Equity, and Integrating Advocates within a Healthcare Setting to Strengthen Intimate Partner Violence Screening.

Dr. Jordan serves as MCW liaison to the Milwaukee Anchor Collaborative, a United Performing Arts Fund board member, and on the Editorial Board of the Wisconsin Medical Journal. In 2021, the Milwaukee Business Journal recognized Dr. Jordan as a Woman of Influence.

Experience, research, and accomplishment in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations have given Dr. Jordan a deep understanding of organizational culture and operations and a passion for co-creating a healthy ecosystem for the mutual benefit of organizations and their constituents, stakeholders, and communities.

Honors and Awards

HERS (Higher Education Resource Service) Leadership Development program for women in Higher Education
AAMC National Culture and Climate Roundtable, invited scholar
Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society for Business
University of Michigan Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Fellowship
University of Detroit Insignias Scholar
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Invitee

Research Experience

  • Community-Institutional Relations
  • Cultural Competency
  • Culturally Competent Care
  • Culture
  • High Performance Teams/ Teaming
  • Interinstitutional Relations
  • Models, Organizational
  • Organizational Culture
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Social Environment

Methodologies and Techniques

  • action research methodology
  • Data Collection
  • grounded theory
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Leadership Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Division of Community Health
  • Associate Vice Chancellor - Diversity and Inclusion
  • Associate Vice Chancellor - Human Resources Diversity and Inclusion
  • Director of Research - D.L. Plummer and Associates
  • Vice President Inclusion and Diversity, CDIO
  • Vice President of Operations - D.L. Plummer and Associates
  • Vive President Anchor Partnerships

Educational Expertise

  • Leadership
  • Organizational Culture
  • Psychology, Social

Community Partnerships

  • Childrens Wisconsin
  • Employ Milwaukee
  • Froedtert/Thedacare Health
  • MATC
  • Outreach Community Health Services
  • Sojourner Family Peace Center

Publications

Publications of Cheryl Greer Jordan PhD from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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