Gerard J. Donnellan PhD

Gerard Donnellan, PhD is president and founder of Big Leap (www.big-leap.com), a consulting company that utilizes innovative approaches for developing leaders in family and closely-held businesses. As an organizational consulting psychologist and family business consultant, he works with families and their businesses as they navigate their way through the ups and downs of owning and running their businesses, all while hoping they all will still want to be together for Thanksgiving dinner. Trained as a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, he has over forty years professional experience.

He is adjunct professor at Boston College, where he teaches Organizational Behavior. Previously, he was on the faculty of the International Business School at Brandeis University. He has held university faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School and the City University of New York. He was founding director of the Institute for Organizational Consulting Psychology at William James College, Boston.

He was awarded the Certificate in Family Business Advising by the Family Firm Institute (FFI). He was on the faculty of the FFI certificate program and is a frequent presenter at FFI conferences. He is a Fellow of FFI.

He is the author of, "Who Will Drive the Bus? Guidance for Developing Leaders in the Family Enterprise." (On Amazon)