Lynn Perry Wooten, a seasoned academic and an expert on organizational development and transformation, is the ninth president of Simmons University. She is the first African American to lead the University. Specializing in crisis leadership, diversity and inclusion, and positive leadership, Dr. Wooten is the author of nearly 30 journal articles, more than 15 book chapters and four books. This includes The Prepared Leader and the Wall Street Journal best-selling book Arrive and Thrive. 

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