Ghazal Khorshidi

Ghazal Khorshidi oversees the operations of the Dean's Office at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, where she has served in roles of increasing responsibility since 2018. She also leads Thunderbird's local partnerships, ensuring the school remains closely connected to and engaged with the Greater Phoenix community. 

Before stepping into her current role, Khorshidi was Thunderbird's Director of Special Projects, where she shaped strategy for and managed complex, cross-functional initiatives, working with stakeholders ranging from students to C-suite executives. Her earlier career spans organizational development and education. As Vice President of Organizational Development and International Relations at HPM Group, she led a restructuring of the company's HR processes and guided its affiliation with a global audit and accounting firm. She co-founded Amoozan Institute, where she served as educational director overseeing recruitment, program development, and strategic planning, and previously served as branch director and teacher trainer at Safir Language Academy. 

Khorshidi holds a Master of Global Management from Thunderbird, a Master of Science in Communication from Allameh Tabataba'i University, and a Bachelor of Science in Audiology from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. She holds a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification and is fluent in English and Farsi.