About
Scholar. Minister. Coach. Builder of leaders.
For more than 25 years, Dr. Rhonda Chisolm Butler has developed leaders in higher education, ministry, and corporate settings, helping people and organizations move through growth, transformation, and change.
My story
Faith and leadership, woven together.
Dr. Rhonda Chisolm Butler, Ph.D., is an esteemed academic, executive leadership coach, keynote speaker, ordained minister, and an expert in women’s leadership. She serves as a Professor and Senior Teaching Fellow in the Doctor of Global Leadership program at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership.
She is widely recognized for her contributions to higher education and mentorship, especially her work elevating female trailblazers.
At High Point University she served on the leadership and management faculty, as the Founding Executive Director of Women’s Leadership, as the Inaugural Director of the Women’s L.I.F.T. (Leading and Inspiring Female Trailblazers) Fellowship, and as Director of the MBA Program. She has also taught management at Elon University and Bennett College, where she was the inaugural Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Institute for Young Women.
As a National Director with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA, she led leadership development and spiritual formation for students, faculty, and campus ministers across the country.
Her work centers on leadership development, organizational growth and change, mentorship and leadership networks, spiritual formation, and the integration of faith and leadership.
[A personal paragraph in Dr. Butler’s own words: her call to ministry, what drives her, a moment that shaped her.]
Leadership journey
Where she has served.
- Max De Pree Center for LeadershipProfessor and Senior Teaching Fellow, Doctor of Global Leadership.
- High Point UniversityLeadership and management faculty · Founding Executive Director of Women’s Leadership · Inaugural Director of the Women’s L.I.F.T. Fellowship · former Director of the MBA Program.
- Elon UniversityManagement faculty.
- Bennett CollegeManagement faculty · inaugural Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Institute for Young Women.
- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USANational Director, leading leadership development and spiritual formation for students, faculty, and campus ministers.
- [Church name]Associate Minister, North Carolina.
Education
Trained in leadership, theology, and business.
North Carolina A&T State University
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
North Carolina State University
Beyond the work
Home is North Carolina.
When she isn’t teaching, preaching, or coaching, Rhonda treasures time with family, travels, cheers on college athletics, and explores new culinary experiences.
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For event hosts
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Dr. Rhonda Chisolm Butler is an award-winning academic, executive leadership coach, keynote speaker, ordained minister, and expert in women’s leadership with more than 25 years of experience developing leaders in higher education, ministry, and corporate settings. A Professor and Senior Teaching Fellow in the De Pree Center’s Doctor of Global Leadership program, she is widely recognized for elevating female trailblazers. She was the Founding Executive Director of Women’s Leadership at High Point University and a 2024 Triad Business Journal Outstanding Women in Business honoree. She holds a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from North Carolina A&T State University and helps people and organizations flourish by integrating faith and leadership.
Let’s work together