Harvard University Gains an Experienced Ombuds

Lisa Neale will join the Harvard University Ombuds Office as an Ombuds I later this month. She will join Ombuds Director, Melissa Brodrick, and work with stakeholders at Harvard Medical School, School of Dental Medicine, and School of Public Health. Neale comes from the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus where she has been the Associate Director of the Ombuds Office for two decades. Meanwhile, Justin Neiman, who was the Associate Ombuds at Harvard since 2019 has moved to another non-Ombuds position at Harvard.

Neale worked as a as a middle and high school teacher before becoming an Ombuds. She is a certified mediator, and trainer for the DiSC Personality Profile and Crucial Conversations. She earned her Master’s at CU Denver. Neale is very active professionally and has served as IOA's Conference Chair, and is the Treasurer for Cal Caucus. (LinkedIn.)

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