Victoria Medvec

Dr. Victoria Medvec is a global leader in high stakes negotiation and decision-making who has worked with a significant number of Fortune 100 companies around the world. The founder and CEO of Medvec & Associates, an Illinois-based consultancy, she is an award-winning speaker, consultant, negotiation expert and entrepreneur.

Dr. Medvec is the Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In addition, she is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Center for Executive Women at the Kellogg School and the CEO of Medvec and Associates, a consulting firm focused on high stakes negotiations and strategic decisions.

Dr. Medvec is a renowned expert in the areas of negotiations, executive decision making, influence, and corporate governance. She teaches these topics to senior-level executives and Boards of Directors from companies around the world. She also advises CEOs and their reports on critical decisions and negotiations, including mergers, acquisitions, significant customer contracts, supplier contracts, and partnership agreements. Her clients include IBM, Cisco, McKesson, General Electric, Merck, McKinsey, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, McDonalds, Bristol Myers Squibb, J.P. Morgan Chase, American Securities, CB Richard Ellis, Hewlett Packard, Takeda, 3i, DDB, Exelon, Abbott Labs, Ernst & Young, BP, Alexion, Sea Gen, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, United Healthcare, West Corporation, YPO , Hospira, LEK Consulting, DraftFCB, Genentech, Scottish Power, Navigant, BeamSuntory, Amgen, CDW, Novartis, GRAIL, Shell, Pfizer, AbbVie, KPMG, ComEd, Grainger, Johnson & Johnson, RBC, OMERS, Omnicom Media Group, Oliver Wyman, Jack Link's, Warburg Pincus, Jefferies, Walgreen's, Evercore, Campbell's and Microsoft.

Dr. Medvec speaks across the country on topics relating to women in leadership, corporate governance, and board decision making. In her role at Kellogg, she is focused on moving more women into senior leadership roles and onto the Boards of Directors of Fortune 1000 companies.

An exceptional and recognized speaker, Dr. Medvec has won the Best of the Best award from the Young Presidents’ Organization and World Presidents’ Organization multiple times. Her research is published in top academic journals such as Psychological Review and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and has been highlighted in numerous popular media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the "Today" show. Fortune magazine named her to their Most Powerful Women in business list in 2023.

Dr. Medvec has served on both public and private company Boards. She also is a Ringleader in Ringleader Ventures, a unique venture fund matching start-up technologies with corporate needs.