Shantay Bolton Email Address

Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Business Officer

Payson Center for International Development.

Shantay Bolton, Ph.D., MBA, ODCP is currently serving as the Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Administrative Officer at Washington University in St. Louis with responsiblity administrative policy development and oversight of strategic enterprise and operational functions. She most recently served as the first Vice President & Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Tulane University. Shantay has more than 15 years experience in business operations, human resources, leadership development, employee engagement, talent management and strategic training projects through organizational change initiatives. She also provides thought leadership on generational differences in the workplace and coaching of multigenerational project leaders. As the creator of E3©: Engage, Educate, Empower an Action Learning Model for Employee Engagement and Coaching, she uses it as the foundation to build teams in government, corporate, higher education and nonprofit industries. Shantay is a professional devoted to connecting theory to practical application through the building of human capital assets with recognized strengths in setting strategic direction and implementing initiatives that enhance organizational performance. Shantay is a 2019 Aspen Economic Opportunities Fellow, Certified MBTI Practitioner, Certified Executive Coach (ICF-ACTP), Certified Business Coach (ICF-ACTP), Organizational Development Certified Professional and 6-Thinking Hats/Parallel Thinking Trainer. She is a graduate of Alabama A&M University, Bachelors in Psychology, Masters in Counseling Psychology, Walden University, Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology (Industrial concentration) and a MBA in Corporate Business from Florida International University.