Ryan O’Gorman

Ryan O’Gorman serves as Director of Retention and Student Success at Dominican University New York and adjunct instructor in the M.S. in Organizational Leadership and Communication Program, roles he has held since 2019 and 2010 respectively after joining the institution in 2004.

His academic credentials include:

• B.S. in Psychology from St. Thomas Aquinas College
• M.S. in Organizational Leadership from Nyack College (2016)
• Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at Concordia University Chicago (since fall 2024)

His scholarly focus centers on organizational leadership dynamics, student retention strategies, self-efficacy mechanisms, and academic motivation frameworks—directly informed by his master’s thesis on self-efficacy’s relationship to academic motivation and current administrative work enhancing student success pathways.

His distinguished community honors include:

• Rockland County’s Annual Forty Under 40 Program (2006)
• The President’s Award from the Rotary Club of Pearl River (2021)
• Leadership Rockland’s Leader of the Year (2024)

While mentoring students through program leadership, no formal advisees or research grants are documented. His operational teams encompass campus-wide initiatives including the Rockland County Colleges Relay for Life (raising $$128,000+$$ for cancer research), Alternative Spring Break Program, and Midnight Runs to NYC delivering essential supplies to homeless populations—programs he founded between 2005-2007 that remain active today.