Birdie Reznicek

  • Associate Dean for Culture & Community
  • Associate Teaching Professor
  • Virginia & Ed Mitchell Faculty Scholar
  • SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • CULTURE AND COMMUNITY
Address

Koelbel 464E

Biography

Birdie Reznicek serves on the Dean’s Cabinet as the Associate Dean for Culture & Community, working to foster an inclusive community marked by interdisciplinary collaboration and a culture of care at Leeds. In this role, Birdie oversees the Opening Doors to Achievement Team, the Faculty & Staff Culture Committee, the Classroom Inclusion Team, the Deans Student Cabinet, the Community Leader-in-Residence program, among other initiatives in service to the wellbeing of Leeds faculty, staff and students.

As a faculty member of the Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) Division, Birdie is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Virginia & Ed Mitchell Faculty Scholar. Courses taught include CESR 4005 Business Solutions for Global Development, an upper-level course that gives business students first-hand experience on consulting projects that serve the mission of social impact organizations. Birdie also teaches BCOR 1015 World of Business, a first-year required course offered in partnership with the Hernando deSoto Capital Markets Program, and BCOR 2302 Business Ethics & Social Responsibility, a second-year required course that challenges students to think critically about the ethical dimensions of business dilemmas.                       

Previously, Birdie served as the Managing Director of the Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility (CESR), Faculty Director of the Social Responsibility & Ethics Certificate (SRE), and teaching lead for the World of Business course. Birdie is a doctoral candidate in the Leadership for Educational Equity in Higher Education program at CU Denver’s School of Education & Human Development and serves as a Boulder Community Hospital Foundation Grants Committee Community Member. Birdie worked in the field of social entrepreneurship as the Enterprise Director for Golden Gate Community Inc, a community development non-profit within the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund’s portfolio of social enterprises. Birdie‘s for-profit experience includes the Financial & Health Services Group at Booz Allen Hamilton and Director of Corporate Procurement at MetLife. 

Education

MBA, Kellogg Graduate School of Management - Northwestern University
B.S. in Economics, Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania.