Ivonne Chirino-Klevans
Clinical Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
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CB 3490 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490
Dr. Ivonne Chirino-Klevans teaches courses on managerial decision making and leadership.
She is a coordinating faculty member for the MBA@UNC program.
Dr. Chirino-Klevans’ academic work is widely published and is the author of several books on cross-cultural leadership, including “Cases on Global Leadership in the Contemporary Economy.”
She combines her passion for technology and leadership. She is the principal investigator of award-winning virtual reality simulations that develop leadership skills across cultures and has received grants to use artificial intelligence for leadership simulations.
She is an executive coach and has consulted extensively with global organizations on topics related to global leadership and diversity and inclusion. She is a consultant for NASCAR.
Dr. Chirino-Klevans has served in many academic leadership positions, including as assistant dean of executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and founding member of Duke Corporate Education.
She is the 10k Racewalking World Champion at the masters level in the team category competing for the USA. She brings the discipline, strategic mindset and resilience of elite athletes into her academic and professional practice. That experience informs her approach to leadership development emphasizing goal clarity, teamwork and a growth mindset in high-stakes environments.
She is a former Pan American Games medalist in gymnastics, All-American and student athlete.
She received her PhD in psychology from Iberoamericana University, her MBA from Universidad de las Américas, and her master’s and BS in psychology from Georgia College and State University.
