NYU Wagner

Bethany Godsoe is the Executive Director of the Research Center for Leadership in Action at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She also served as Assistant Dean of Enrollment and Student Services from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining the NYU Wagner administration in 2002, Bethany served as associate project director for the research and documentation component of Leadership for a Changing World, a national effort to build new knowledge about social change leadership in communities. She previously worked in HIV services developing and managing youth programs and serving as a director of development. Her main areas of interest are in programmatic and organizational development, leadership, and change management within public health and educational organizations. She also has a commitment to attracting young people to the field of public service and has served on the Board of Directors for a student-run nonprofit organization devoted to leadership development and management training for college students in the nonprofit sector. Bethany received her BA in Anthropology and Women–s Studies from Cornell University and her MPA from NYU Wagner.