Ruth A. Huwe, Ph.D.

Ruth Huwe is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Management and Organization at the University of Washington. She created the Triple Impact Africa program, for which she has taken groups of students on treks to impoverished villages, teaching students principles of organic farming and guiding them to securing funding to help the people they meet during the program.  She is also author of the book Metrics 2.0 and teaches courses in ethics, organizational behavior, leadership, performance management, and negotiations.  Dr. Huwe has also served on the faculty of the university's Global Executive MBA and Global MBA programs, where she has taught international business communications for executives from Japan, Korea, and Romania. She was an on-site consultant at the Boeing company for 12 years, leading 196 teams through the process of becoming “Partners in Leadership.” She is also an off-site facilitator and frequent speaker at the University of Washington School of Medicine.  Dr. Huwe has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in speech communication from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from the University of Washington.