Tim Porter-O’Grady is an internationally recognized pioneer of shared governance models in healthcare, with over 40 years of experience and more than 500 institutional consultations worldwide.

Career and Current Roles

Tim has been involved in health care for 40 years and has held roles from staff nurse to senior executive in a variety of healthcare settings. Currently, he serves as senior partner of an international healthcare consulting firm in Atlanta specializing in health futures, organizational innovation, and conflict and change, as well as health service delivery models. He is noted for his work on shared governance models, clinical leadership, conflict, and health futures. In addition, Tim holds academic positions as associate professor and leadership scholar at Arizona State University, Program in Healthcare Innovation; Visiting Scholar at University of Maryland; and adjunct professor at Lakehead University of Ontario, Canada.

Education and Credentials

Tim holds graduate degrees in clinical leadership and two doctorates, one in learning behavior and a second in organizational and systems leadership. He also received a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa, from the Medical University of Ohio. Beyond his doctoral work, he completed postdoctoral studies in aging and earned board certification in advanced practice in gerontology. The Georgia Supreme Court’s Office of Dispute Resolution has also certified Tim as a registered mediator and arbitrator.

Publications and Professional Involvement

Throughout his career, Tim has published extensively in healthcare with more than 165 proctored journal articles and 19 books. Notably, he is a six-time winner of the AJN Healthcare Book of the Year Award. He has consulted internationally with more than 500 institutions and lectured in more than 1,000 settings worldwide. Furthermore, Tim has held a number of offices in professional associations and national and community boards, such as vice chair of the governing board of Catholic Health East, governor with Sigma Theta Tau International, president of AID Atlanta, and president of the Georgia Nurses Foundation, just to name a few.