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Joann Baney
International Affairs Building, 13th Floor
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-3213
jpb8@columbia.edu
Biography:
Joann Baney is the co-founder and Vice President of the Professional Development Company, Inc., a communications consulting firm in New York City. She coaches senior executives and presents customized communication training programs to corporations, small businesses, and not-for-profit organizations. Some of her clients include: Del Monte Foods, Henry Schein, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Aventis, Visiting Nurse Services of New York, Good Shepherd Services, and the University of North Carolina.
Teaching in Columbia Executive Education, Joann is on the faculty of the NYPD's Police Management Institute and the FDNY Officers Management Institute, as well as a variety of other programs through Columbia's Institute for Not-For-Profit Management. Joann has also taught in the Executive MBA program and in the Speech Department at the University for several years, and is an adjunct professor of management communications at Dartmouth's Tuck School.
Joann was the Associate Director of the Professional Development Center at Columbia Business School from 1990-1997. In that role, she oversaw the management communications program for MBA students, supervising a staff of 16 instructors that taught presentation skills, writing, interviewing, and interpersonal skills to over 500 students annually. Before working at Columbia, Joann was Director of Communications for a Management Consulting consortium, managing all marketing and public relations activities. In addition to consulting and teaching, Joann has performed as a singer and actress in numerous off Broadway productions since 1987.
Joann holds a BA with Dean's Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Columbia. She recently published Guide to Interpersonal Communication through Prentice Hall.