Terry Blum

Terry Blum is the Tedd Munchak Chair and ADVANCE Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, serving as Chair and Coordinator for Organizational Behavior and Faculty Director of the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact (ILSI). At ILSI, she develops interdisciplinary leadership programs including the Impact Speaker Series, Ideas to Serve (I2S), Global Social Ventures Competition, and Georgia Tech’s Excel Program for students with Intellectual Disabilities. She also co-developed entrepreneurship curricula for biomedical technology graduate students, expanded across engineering and science disciplines.

• Served as Dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Business (1999-2007)
• Co-founder of Georgia Tech’s Excel Program
• Collaborates on NIH training grants for Biomedical Engineering doctoral students

Blum’s research spans organizational behavior, workplace health, and social entrepreneurship. She examines:

• Leadership dynamics and gender roles
• Substance abuse treatment organization management
• Technology transfer in healthcare
• Employee assistance programs and workplace health
• Disability inclusion in remote work
• Creative work environments

Her publications focus on:

• Organizational behavior and human resource management
• Workplace substance abuse prevention
• Shared and servant leadership models
• Gender dynamics in management
• Sociological approaches to employee health

Scientific awards include:

• Best Dissertation-based Paper Award (Organizational Behavior division, 2016)
• Top 10% Best Paper designation (Organizational Behavior division, 2016)
• Best Paper in Health Care Division (Academy of Management, 2011)

Blum advises entrepreneurial initiatives like:

• Stanford’s Roundtable on Engineering Entrepreneurship Education
• Project Tsunami’s Global Brain Trust (Kauffman Foundation)
• Georgia Tech Technology Ventures (GATV)
• Georgia Tech’s Economic Development Institute

She serves on:

• Academy of Management Journal editorial board
• Camp Twin Lakes executive committee
• Georgia Tech Faculty Senate
• Scheller College Honors Committee