About A.  B.  Harvey-Smith
The Consultant

Alicia B.  Harvey-Smith, Ph.D.  is president and founder of A.  B.  Harvey-Smith Educational Consulting & Presentations, founded in 1998 to provide consulting services in education, to business, industry, and to public and private entities in a variety of educational areas.  Dr.  Alicia B.  Harvey-Smith is a scholar and distinguished leader with a proven track record working with organizations to achieve successful outcomes.  She has more than 15 years of educational experience, with 5 in senior level administration.

Dr.  Harvey-Smith has the distinction of writing the first dissertation exploring transforming student development practice using the learning paradigm and transforming college environments utilizing learning college principles.  This research gave way to new models for examining organizational change and transformation and a seventh learning college principle, now being adopted by institutions and organizations to positively transform practice and institutional cultures impacting the heart of the organization.

Dr.  Harvey-Smith is a passionate and ethical leader, who sees leadership as a calling to serve.  She holds a senior level position in post-secondary education and is a seasoned college administrator with a national reputation for developing highly recognized learning-centered academic and student development programs, which successfully integrate technology to enhance program, service and client delivery methods, and conducting comprehensive assessments to determine program effectiveness.  Alicia has successfully developed systems, to engage and enhance the learning of diverse organizations in new and creative ways through integrated partnerships culminating in new models of support. 

Alicia has successfully developed and implemented Student Development and Academic Support Programs across the country, and has instructed on the middle school, high school and college levels. 

She has delivered numerous presentations and staff development programs on a wide-variety of academic topics and has been rated most frequently by participants as, "energetic, talented, enthusiastic, inspiring, positive, humorous, interactive, honest, intelligent, caring, full of spirit, a true teacher and simply a great speaker." 

A published author, whose recent works include: The Seventh Learning College Principle: A Framework For Transformational Change (NASPA, 2005); The Role of Student Development In The Learning College in Establishing and Sustaining Learning-Centered Community Colleges (AACC, 2005); and Growing Learning Communities at the Community College: Two Decades of First-Year Student Development Efforts in Integrating The First- Year Experience: (2004), Alicia is pleased that her research on transforming organizational cultures through compassion, appreciation, respect and empowerment is receiving positive attention nationally. 

Dr.  Harvey-Smith, has been recognized for her commitment and leadership and serves on a variety of boards including The National Board of Advisors for Clark Atlanta University – Whitney M.  Young Jr.  School of Social Work, The National Council on Student Development and has served on the board for the Council for The Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. 

This innovative consultant is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Strathmore's Who's Who and was bestowed the "Outstanding Woman Of The Year" award, by The Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.  Kappa Chapter for leadership and community service and the coveted “Contributor To Knowledge Award" for leadership and research from The National Council On Student Development where has served as an Executive Officer, Newsletter Editor and American Association of Community College's Commission Appointee to the Commission on Academic, Student and Community Development. 

Dr.  Harvey-Smith has taken part in three of the nations top competitive leadership training institutes, The Association of Community College Trustee Leadership Academy, The American Association of Community College Future Leaders Institute and The American Association of Women In Community Colleges National Institute of Leadership Development.  Dr.  Harvey-Smith has been identified as one who can provide immediate recommendations and models of best practice for a wide variety of leadership and educational challenges for a diverse client base. 

Dr.  Harvey-Smith earned her Ph.D.  from the University Of Maryland, College Park.  She holds a Masters of Science Degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors Of Science Degree from Morgan State University.  Alicia resides in Catonsville, Maryland with her husband Donald and their Rottweiller Othello.