Ed O'Malley

Ed O’Malley is an American non-profit executive, author, and former Kansas state legislator known for his work in civic and leadership development. He founded the Wichita-based Kansas Leadership Center in 2007 and served as its president and CEO for 15 years, after earlier service as a state representative in the Kansas Legislature and as an aide to Kansas Governor Bill Graves. He later became president and CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation, a philanthropy focused on improving health outcomes in Kansas. O’Malley holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Kansas State University and has completed additional executive and leadership training, including programs at Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

As an author, Ed O’Malley has written and co-written multiple books on leadership and civic engagement, including When Everyone Leads: How the Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved (and its Spanish edition Cuando Todos Lideran: Cómo Se Ven y Resuelven Los Desafíos Difíciles), Your Leadership Edge: Strategies and Tools for When Everyone Leads, and Leading Health: How You and 30,000 Kansans Help Communities Thrive. His earlier works also include For the Common Good: Redefining Civic Leadership and **What’s