Ron Gaschler is a Strengths Based Educator and Leader with over 20 years of experience in higher education leadership and 7 plus years of experience in industry. Ron serves as the Senior Director of Student Engagement and Professional Services for Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU. Previously he served 5 years as the National Director of Career Services and Employer Relations for DeVry University where he provided leadership in all facets related to strategic and operational planning, regulatory compliance, and corporate relationship development for over 40 campuses or centers and online programs nationwide. Prior to DeVry, Ron held leadership roles over career services and other areas at University of Arizona, Ashford University, California State University San Marcos, Maricopa County Community Colleges, and Azusa Pacific University. Outside of higher education, he worked in real estate, as well as for America West Airlines, Bank of America and Strata Information Group – an enterprise resource planning consulting firm for higher education.
Recently, Ron co-led a NACE STEM Affinity Subgroup, currently serves on the Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers Mountain Central Committee, co-leads their Sponsors Committee, and is a NACE mentor. He served in the past as the Treasurer for Consortium of Liberal Arts Schools and Independent Colleges in California, as a member of the National Advisory Board for Disney’s Internship Program, Chaired the Maricopa County Community College District’s Career Services Council, and on the Executive Board of Directors for the Escondido Education Compact, a not for profit providing workforce development services for “at-risk” youth in North San Diego County.
Over the past 20 years in career services and student affairs leadership, Ron has accomplishments in corporate relationship building, business process and program improvement, revenue generation, grant writing, collaborations with faculty in academic and occupational programs, building effective partnerships with companies, government and not for profit agencies, and extensive career coaching and implementation training around strengths based programs using the Clifton StrengthsFinder for Students. He has experience in innovative leadership, building productive teams, and creating scalable and equitable services for all users.
Ron Gaschler’s education includes a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in marketing, a Masters of Education in College Student Affairs. He is a Strengths Advocate and previously, an independent contract trainer for The Gallup Organization’s Education Practice to provide Educator Seminars to train educators to use Clifton StrengthsFinder for Students (formerly StrengthsQuest) in their organizations.