Dr. Leonie H. Mattison, Ed.D., MBA, is a trauma-informed executive and award-winning organizational-development scholar-practitioner, best known as the creator of the T.H.R.E.A.D. System™ for intentional transformation in life, leadership, and institutions. For more than two decades, she has led complex, cross-sector change across higher education, government, health, private sector and the nonprofit field—aligning strategy and culture, advancing equity, and delivering measurable results. Most recently, Dr. Mattison served as President and CEO of Pacifica Graduate Institute, one of the world’s premier centers for depth-psychology education and research, where she stewarded institutional renewal, innovation, growth, and impact. Her earlier senior roles spanned public health, county government, workforce innovation and community action, where she designed and scaled multi-billion-dollar initiatives in workforce development, student success, and community transformation, securing more than $300 million in philanthropic and grant funding. Recognized by Pacific Coast Business Times as one of the Top 50 Women in Business, Dr. Mattison is a sought-after voice on organizational transformation, culture change, higher education leadership, education-to-career pathways, and the ethical use of AI in learning and work. An accomplished trauma-transformation author and speaker, she integrates personal narrative, research, and spiritual depth to help leaders and teams transform disruption into durable outcomes and to weave resilience into systems that transform lives.