N. Karl Haden, Ph.D., FACD
As the Founder and President of the Atlanta-based Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL), an internationally recognized consulting and professional development firm, Dr. Haden is a driving force in elevating health professions education worldwide. His expertise benefits a wide array of academic institutions, administrators, faculty members, and students in fields such as dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and other health sciences. Dr. Haden empowers his clients by creating and implementing tailored leadership development programs, cultivating ethical leadership practices, fostering the growth of high-performing teams and guiding them through organizational change, facilitating strategic visioning, championing innovative curriculum design, ensuring successful accreditation outcomes, and supporting the development of impactful new programs and schools. An insightful speaker, Dr. Haden has delivered over 400 presentations on crucial issues and evolving trends in higher education and health professions policy. He has authored over 80 articles on educational policy and is co-author of The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders (2015) and 31 Days with the Virtues (2020). Dr. Haden’s contributions have earned him significant recognition, including his induction as an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Dentists, the 2017 ADEAGies Foundation Gies Award for Achievement in Public or Private Partnership, the 2019 Professionalism and Ethics Award from the American College of Dentists, his membership in Omicron Kappa Upsilon, and a 2025 American Dental Education Association Chair of the Board Citation. Dr. Haden holds degrees in religious studies, the humanities, and philosophy.
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