Diane Burt is an experienced educator and educational leader. She has been involved in teaching and training in the non-profit, for-profit, and public sectors, but spent most of her career in higher education leadership roles including Principal, Director, and Associate Vice President. She won awards for her work as the Director of Applied Research and Innovation at the New Brunswick Community College, where she established and successfully grew the College’s Office of Applied Research. Currently, she consults and facilitates courses and workshops in the areas of adult and vocational education, applied research, leadership and change. Diane holds a BA in English, BEd in Secondary Education, MEd in Adult Education, and EdD in Educational Leadership. She has been teaching part-time at Yorkville University since 2014. Research Interests: adult education, experiential learning, applied research, community engagement, educational leadership, organizational change.