Dorine Lawrence-Hughes, EdD, JD
Principal Consultant
Partnering with higher ed leaders to increase their influence and impact.
Dorine Lawrence-Hughes, JD, EDD, has been counseling and coaching leaders since 2012. As certified coach and facilitator, she provides individual coaching for leaders seeking to expand their impact, transition into new leadership roles, or level up their leadership skills to face increasingly complex challenges. Dorine also facilitates group coaching and leadership workshops for teams and organizations and specializes in executive leadership, conflict, middle management, and leadership communication. Her most recent clients include the University of Michigan Medicine health system, Kansas State University, the University of Houston-Downtown, and several government agencies. Dorine also co-created a leadership development program for women in higher education through UCLA and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC).
Dorine’s own leadership experience includes serving as an Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education at the University of Michigan for 7 years where she provided strategic oversight of various cross school, cross-curricular, and co-curricular initiatives for effective teaching and learning. Prior to her work with the University of Michigan, she served as a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Southern California. Dorine is also an attorney – licensed to practice law in California for over 20 years where she engaged in broad-ranging transactional representation of public entities including school districts, community colleges, charter schools, cities, and redevelopment agencies. Dorine is certified in a variety of assessments and instruments including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Instrument, DiSC, Emotional Quotient (EQ) and the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). Dr. Lawrence-Hughes has been described as someone who leads others to “profound reflection and clarity” by striking “a masterful balance between empathy and empowerment.”