RUCHI MATHUR WATSON portrait
  • Managing Director & CEO, Goff Strategic Leadership Center
  • Professor (Lecturer), Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy
  • Strategic Advisor to the Dean, School Of Business-Dean
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Honors & Awards

  • This award recognizes an individual staff or faculty member who has selflessly given time and energy to improve the educational and/or working environment for women at the university. Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women, 03/2022
  • 30 Women to Watch: Though the first female recession has hit women hard in the labor force, there is no shortage of women breaking barriers and blazing ahead despite difficulty. Help us celebrate the women of Utah who are leading the way in business, law, education, and so much more. Utah Business, 05/10/2021
  • The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute recognizes businesses, governments, nonprofits, and individuals who help our community prosper. We call them Informed Decision™ Makers and honor them for making Utah a place where we all want to live and work. Informed Decision Maker Award, 05/2021

In the Media

Professional Service

  • Utah Women in Higher Education Network. Board of Directors, Policy Committee Chair. 02/02/2019 - present
  • Utah Women in Higher Education Network. Board of Directors, Policy Committee Chair. 02/02/2019 - present

Internal Service

  • Faculty Governance Committee. Member, 07/11/2020 - 06/2021. College service.
  • Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. 01/01/2019 - present. University service.
  • President's Leadership Council. 01/01/2019 - present. University service.
  • Member, Edie Kochenour Memorial Event Committee. 01/01/2019 - present. University service.
  • Educational Futures Task Force, Enrollment and Marketing Workgroup. 01/01/2019 - 08/29/2019. University service.
  • Chair, UofU Chapter of Utah Women in Higher Education Network. 01/01/2019 - 02/14/2019. University service.
  • Co-chair the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, a university-wide initiative to support and advance women in our community. Co-Chair: Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, 09/2018 - present. University service.
  • Search Committee for VP Institutional Advancement. 08/02/2018 - 12/11/2018. University service.
  • Chair of the UofU Chapter of the Utah Women in Higher Education Network (UWHEN). This group, which originally began in the Spring of 2017, is the University of Utah's chapter of the statewide UWHEN, whose mission is to advance women’s leadership on higher education campuses. Chair, Utah Women in Higher Education Network, 10/2017 - present. University service.

Community Partnership

  • Westside Leadership Institute, Steering Committee Member. 09/2022 - present
  • Spoke on Gender Equity in Business Schools at Utah Women in Higher Education Network Leadership Conference. 04/15/2019 - present
  • Spoke about Women and Career Navigation at Utah Jazz Women’s History Month Networking Event. 03/25/2019 - present
  • Moderator of discussion with President Watkins and SLCC President Huftalin, entitled Leader to Leader: Effecting Change in Higher Education. Edie Kochenour Memorial Event. 03/02/2019 - present
  • Moderated discussion on Women in the Workplace: Challenges overcome and strategies for success at the Women in Business Spring Alumni Event. 02/06/2019 - present