Jodie Kluver
Professor, Author, Founder
Westerly, Rhode Island, U.S.
- Professor
- Author
- Founder
- Executive Director
- Program Director
- Consultant
- 30+
- Years experience
- 10
- Awards
Jodie Kluver bridges academic scholarship and practical nonprofit leadership, with nearly four decades in education and over twenty-eight years serving the nonprofit sector in teaching, executive, and consulting roles. Her research focuses on public and nonprofit organizational resilience, citizen engagement, and voice, published in leading journals including Public Administration Review. As founder of The Black Crow (Publishing), LLC, she expands her mission to empower women's voices through independent literary works.
Background
Jodie Kluver has served as a core faculty member at Bridgewater State University since 2006, teaching public and nonprofit management courses. She directed the Massachusetts Certified Public Manager program for ten years and has been actively involved in service-learning initiatives. Beyond academia, she has held executive roles including Executive Director of Opening Doors for Westerly's Children (2019-2023) and Director of Development for Chorus of Westerly (2008-2015). She founded The Black Crow (Publishing), LLC in 2024 to promote independent literary works with a focus on empowering women's voices. She has also served as an independent consultant to numerous private, public, and nonprofit organizations.
Read more about Jodie Kluver“I believe nothing is static. So, embrace change. She carries you throughout life. Get used to her. It's not always pretty (sometimes it sucks), but it is.”