Associate Provost of Career & Workforce
Academic Degrees
Dr. Kimberly C. Young is an advocate for life-long learning and a developer of leaders. She is the Associate Provost for Career and Workforce at the University of Mary Washington where she oversees professional development, student career development, and work-based learning initiatives. She has more than 25 years of experience leading organizations and developing leaders in private industry and higher education. Her consulting experience spans multiple sectors including education, health care, hospitality, and the arts. She is a facilitator and a strategic thinker who cares deeply about equipping organizations with the tools to achieve their goals.
Dr. Young has worked with leaders in classroom-based and experiential learning in the United States, Canada, China, and Malaysia. She was the founding director of the Bloch Executive Education Center at the University of Missouri—Kansas City where she oversaw the Executive MBA, international programs, and custom corporate education. During her time at Ernst & Young, Kimberly led and supported projects in process improvement, change management, strategic communications, and organization design.
Through her work over the years, her client list includes companies such as Coca Cola Company, Garmin, Eli Lily, H&R Block, 3M Corporation, and Cerner Corporation (Oracle Health).
Kimberly earned her B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, and earned both an MBA and a Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell University. She earned her Doctor of Educational Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University.
As part of her work at the University of Mary Washington, she co-chairs the Women’s Leadership Colloquium which celebrated 30 years of professional development in the region in 2024. She is a trustee of the board of Mary Washington Healthcare, the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock Region (chair 2025), and is an active member of the Growth Opportunity Virginia Region 6 Council. She is also a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Learning Innovation and on the faculty of Leadership Fredericksburg, a community leadership program sponsored by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce.