Richard Lombardo

DR. LOMBARDO began his career in the financial services industry, where, over the first 14 years of his career, he developed the ability to build an operational infrastructure that matched the goals and objectives of the organization and enabled the organization to fulfill their ability to create and deliver various types of products and services. During this time, Dr. Lombardo also developed the ability to create and drive new business development initiatives and lead many projects, including training and ongoing employee development, to ensure the effective design and sustained delivery of various financial products and services.

In 2010, Dr. Lombardo moved exclusively to the field of education while obtaining an MBA in Management and a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Professional Services. During the last decade, Dr. Lombardo developed into a highly accomplished educational executive who has demonstrated an impressive and extensive record of achievement, delivering strategic leadership in the design, development, and delivery of academic and training programs for a wide variety of students and participants, operational platforms that consistently deliver exceptional results in student engagement, retention, student placement, satisfaction, and student success. In addition, Dr. Lombardo has developed various operational training and educational programs delivered via hybrid, online, and traditional means that optimize engagement and staff/student experience by adopting blended learning methodologies. Finally, based on these efforts, Dr. Lombardo has been recognized for his capacity to cultivate and strengthen internal collaborative partnerships across multiple departments.