Dr. Barbara Baggerly-Hinojosa

Dr. Barbara Baggerly-Hinojosa, Ph.D. is a wife, mother, and educator living in the Rio Grande Valley
of Texas. She is a graduate of Our Lady of the Lake University with a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies.
In addition, she holds an Associate of Arts degree in Education from McLennan Community
College, Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Texas – Pan
American, and a Master of Arts in Educational Supervision from the University of Texas – Pan
American. Dr. Baggerly- Hinojosa’s current research is focused on servant leadership, gender
issues in leadership, and leadership communication.

Dr. Baggerly-Hinojosa is the CEO of Leadership Empowerment Group. In this capacity, she
serves the business, education, government, and healthcare industries with training and
coaching on leadership development, conflict management, team building, communication,
and strategic planning. In addition, Dr. Baggerly-Hinojosa is the owner of Mid Valley Publishing
which produces and publishes The Mercedes Enterprise newspaper. Finally, Dr. Baggerly-
Hinojosa is a professor of leadership studies at Our Lady of the Lake University in the School of
Business and Leadership Studies where she teaches PhD and courses in leadership theory,
conflict management, business strategy, and oral communications.

She has published three books on leadership: Are You a Ten? The Ten Characteristics of a
Servant Leader, The Leadership Collection, and Eres un Diez? and has been a contributing
author in various leadership textbooks and has published articles in numerous academic
journals. She serves her community by participating as a board member for the Hidalgo County
Cotillion, Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation, The Deep South Texas Panhellenic Society,
Excellence in Teaching, and the Organization of Women Executives. Dr. Baggerly-Hinojosa was
named Woman of the Year by the Mercedes Chamber of Commerce and has been named the

RGV Business Woman of the Year by the RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Recently, Dr.
Baggerly-Hinojosa was awarded the Governor’s Small Business Award and named one of the
Women of Distinction from the Texas Mexican American Chambers of Commerce. Dr. Hinojosa
was also awarded the RGV Hispanic Chamber Small Business of the year and named Our Lady of
the Lake University Outstanding Alumni. Dr. Hinojosa was recently selected as the Emerging
Leaders 2022 Business Coach for Cohorts in Corpus Christi, Harlingen, and New Orleans. She
leads a company that is a certified Woman-Owned and Certified HUB Vendor business.