Dr. Catherine Pratt is assistant professor of management and teaches undergraduate and graduate and graduate courses in
organization behavior, organization design, and leadership. She holds a B.A. from Brigham Young
University, an M.A. from Pacific Lutheran University, and an Ed.D. from Seattle
University.
Ongoing research interests
include leadership development, learning leadership across generations in
family firms, ethics practices, and governance in family firms. She has led the PLU Family Enterprise
Institute since 1998 and is actively involved with family firms in the state of
Washington.
She encourages students to appreciate the corporate and society impact of strong interpersonal skills combined with professional competence. Dr. Pratt is advisor to the Latter-day Saint Student Association on campus.