Loyola University Chicago

Executive and Professional Education Center

A Member of the Loyola Business Leadership Hub

Mira Brancu

Dr. Mira Brancu, PhD emigrated from communist Romania to the United States with her family when she was 6 years old. She received a Bachelor's in psychology from Binghamton University, a Master of Education and Advanced Certificate in School Counseling from the University of Maryland-College Park, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The Catholic University of America, and a business certificate from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. She is currently the Deputy Director of a translational mental health research center in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and serves in multiple additional leadership capacities for the VA's Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. She is also Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. In addition to these academic leadership positions, she is the founder and CEO of Brancu & Associates, a women's leadership development and organizational consulting company. Her volunteer work includes serving on the board of A Lotta Love, a regional non-profit organization focused on building safe environments for homeless women in transitional housing and as a career coach and presenter for Dress for Success, a national career center supporting unemployed and underemployed women.