Ron Cheney

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About Ron Cheney

A teacher affects eternity, for they can never tell where their influence stops." ― Henry B. Adams Ron is adjunct faculty in the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Department | Center For Interprofessional Education, and the UMN Twin Cities College of Continuing & Professional Studies. His impressive curriculum vitae and professional profile includes university-level academia, and a 25+ year Fortune 500 top tier high technology operations management, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Minnesota Army National Guard General Officer leadership background. Regarded as a “positive multiplier,” academic peers describe him as a person with the passion and innate ability to be an intelligent and disciplined pathfinder, who seeks to provoke and amplify the smarts and behavior of students to help them live more well-educated, enlightened, intentional, empowered and productive lives. Ron is an advocate for developing resilient social and psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change, strengthened by science-based emotional agility approaches that enable clear-sighted and optimal physical, mental and social well-being outcomes. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with highest distinction from the University of Minnesota Honors Program, completed his Master of Business Administration studies at the University of St. Thomas – Opus College of Business, and is presently a Clinical Psychology PhD candidate. Ron is a member of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, Minnesota Psychological Association, Society of Clinical Psychology, Psi Chi International Honor Society In Psychology, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, National Academic Advising Association, and the Military Officers Association of America. A third-generation Minnesotan, he is a Minneapolis-St. Paul awarded community engagement civic leader, an active public ivy university, non-profit, military and veteran organization, community and church service volunteer, and a competitive marathoner, triathlete, sailor, avid cyclist and outdoor hiking enthusiast.