Dr. Floyd Ormsbee is an Assistant Professor of Consumer & Organizational Studies in the David D. Reh School of Business at Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY USA). 

Dr. Ormsbee teaches undergraduate courses in organizational behavior, negotiations, and organizational policy and strategy; graduate courses in organizational behavior, negotiations, strategic planning and leading organizational change; and executive/graduate courses in negotiations and relationship management, change leadership, and organizational policy and strategy. He also leads students in educational trips abroad to Australia and Thailand. 

Ormsbee also teaches an elective course for the municipal leader development program “Bridges to Leadership” at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario Canada, and has served as a subject matter expert with McGraw-Hill Irwin in development of online teaching products and textbook development in management, strategy, and organizational behavior. 

Ormsbee is an active peer reviewer for a number of academic journals and conferences and has published research on generational issues in the workplace related to past and present work experiences. He has also served as faculty advisor and faculty reader for several undergraduate honors theses. 

He has served on Clarkson University’s Faculty Senate since 2006, and as Vice Chair since 2016. He is the David D. Reh School of Business Faculty Secretary and has served on a variety of committees. He previously served as faculty advisor for Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity and the Clarkson chapter of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management). 

Ormsbee is an annual keynote speaker for the St. Lawrence Leadership Institute and has delivered a variety of keynote presentations and talks on generational issues in the workplace, strategic issues, cultivating professionalism in the workplace, and managing organizational change to local, regional and international associations and organizations in both the United States and Canada. 

Dr. Ormsbee is president of the Clarkson Chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and a member of the Clarkson Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society. He is a past recipient of the David D. Reh School of Business Service Award, Beta Gamma Sigma’s “Ralph Janero Teaching Award”, was selected by graduating seniors to present a “Last Lecture” presentation, and most recently was awarded the Clarkson University Distinguished Teaching Award – an award given “in recognition of the importance of superior teaching.” Candidates for this award are nominated for the award by Clarkson alumni, and the final selection is made by a faculty committee. 

Ormsbee is a native of Heuvelton, N.Y. (USA), and worked in the insurance industry for a number of years before returning to finish his education and eventually entered academia as an administrator and teaching, as well as consulting. He has taught at SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY USA) and SUNY Canton (Canton, NY USA) before starting his Clarkson teaching career in 2002. 

Ormsbee earned his Ph.D. in management from Carleton University, his Master of Science degree in Management Systems from Clarkson University, his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics from SUNY Potsdam, and Associate degrees in both Business Administration, and Banking, Insurance and Real Estate from SUNY Canton. 

Ormsbee has served in various roles in the Rotary Club, Lions Club, and Knights of Columbus and resides outside Waddington, N.Y. (USA), with his wife, Amber Ormsbee.