Crystell Anthony

Principal and founder of The Focus Group, designs and delivers training programs in the public and private sector for executive, managerial, and administrative professionals. She has 20 years of consulting experience working with over 200 organizations. Crystell has designed and implemented over 45 currently used programs focused on enhancing organizational and individual effectiveness. Her training programs contain “best practices” which have been synthesized and simplified for easy on-the-job application. One of the core competencies that supports all of her professional development and leadership training is the understanding and application of  Emotional Intelligence. Her team building and professional development series have  been permanently installed in organizations and consistently receive superior evaluations and results. Crystell is known for her creativity, energy and ability to facilitate training programs that motivate individual performers to higher levels of productivity and job satisfaction. Crystell holds an M.Ed., CAGS from Northeastern University, is a certified State Trainer for Massachusetts, Certified in Myers Briggs and has served as a training consultant and instructor for Boston University’s Corporate Training Department since 1992.

Marie Bankuti, PMP

Marie is President and founder of Tether Free Vision Inc. She is a professional Life/Success Coach and Information Technology Consultant, blending her coaching skills with over 28 years of management, consulting, mentoring and training experience in State Government, Financial, Retail, Banking, Manufacturing, and Non-Profit industries. A certified Project Management Professional and experienced Business Analyst, her specialties include mentoring business and IT professionals towards excellence in teamwork, leadership, communications, project management, and business process analysis. Marie’s passion for coaching comes across in her energetic, insightful and compassionate approach. Her championing of her clients empowers them to create the life they truly desire, assisting them in finding new perspectives and in taking meaningful action towards their goals. Her supportive, respectful style provides an atmosphere of trust and possibility for individuals and groups looking for real change. Marie holds a BSBA from Emmanuel College and is trained by the highly regarded Coaches Training Institute. She is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), Project Management Institute (PMI), and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), previously holding the position of VP of Education on the board of the IIBA Greater Boston Chapter. http://www.tetherfreevision.com.

Julie Bernardin, (SOMWBA)

Julie is the founder of JB Consulting. Julie’s vision is to “reach for the more-to-come” in individuals and organizations. In support of that vision, Julie co-navigates with individuals for rich, fulfilling and satisfying careers and with organizations for authentic communication, efficient planning and resilient workplaces. Julie is a creative and inspiring coach, project manager and facilitator with expertise in communications, planning and career resiliency. For twenty years, Julie has been a resource for federal, state and local governments, non-profit organizations and for-profit businesses.  In 2009, Julie was named a Master Practitioner, the highest designation for Myers Briggs Type Indicator Theory and Application (MBTI).

Leslie Bestick

Leslie the "creator of Write it Right"  provided consultant services in the areas of research, grant writing, and program development, implementation and evaluation. Leslie holds both a BS in Journalism and a Masters of Education in Instructional Design. This education, combined with nearly 30 years of state service, position Leslie to assist you with the design, development, implementation and evaluation of your agency's training. When employed by the MA Criminal Justice Training Council, (now the Municipal Police Training Committee), Leslie was responsible for training more than 300 municipal police academy instructors throughout the Commonwealth to impart a new 800-hour police academy curriculum. She developed and implemented the agency's first formal instructor evaluation process and trained evaluators to implement this protocol statewide. While Leslie was Training Director at the MA Parole Board for 10 years, she radically improved that agency's training program by increasing both their cadre of in-house instructors and their in-house written training curriculum. Recent consultant services provided to the MA Registry of Motor Vehicles, (RMV), resulted in more than $1.2 million in federal grant awards and a Special Recognition award from the Pioneer Institute for research and writing regarding the social and financial costs of license fraud. Other research and evaluation efforts led to the incorporation of document authentication technology into RMV business practice. Work on this project resulted in equipment and system procurement, as well as state and federal funding to implement this technology and training at the RMV.

Debora Bloom, (SOMWBA)

Debora is the Principal of Debora Bloom Associates.Debora specializes in diversity, harassment prevention and leadership development. Over the past twenty-five years she has consulted to dozens of government, business, and health care organizations on managing the human side of their business. She has worked with twenty different Massachusetts state agencies. Her values-based focus on respect and good business practices is an integral part of her work with client organizations. Debora brings an international perspective and Spanish language fluency to her work. In addition to her diversity, and management development, and human resources expertise, she has designed and facilitated train-the-trainer programs and has guided organizations in strategic planning processes, in installing performance management systems, and in putting career development programs in place.

Betsy Day

Betsy Day is the founder and lead consultant for Special Projects Consulting, LLC, a “learn-at-work” training and development company.  Over the last 15 years, she has designed and facilitated a variety of leadership and management, interpersonal communications, customer service, process improvement and professional development coaching programs. Betsy’s training, consulting and coaching projects span across healthcare, government, government- related, academia, manufacturing and service organizations. Her business model encompasses working with long-term direct clients such as Lockheed Martin Corporation, and in-direct clients through partnerships with North Shore Community College, Casey Hall Training Associates and Rutgers University.

Edward Anthony Colozzi, Ed.D.

Dr. Colozzi is a national consultant for career development projects, state standards, and global conferences. He provides comprehensive career/life counseling for individuals, groups, and corporate training activities to a wide variety of clients. Dr. Colozzi is the developer of DOVE (Depth-Oriented Values Clarification-www.lifeworkps.com/dove) and career guidance materials for K-12, college students, and adult deciders including Internet-based versions for JA Worldwide. He helps agencies develop cost-effective systematic career guidance programs (www.lifeworkps.com/scg), provides stress and time management workshops, and serves as a motivational speaker for various functions. Ed has taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels including in-service training for K-12 staff and has served as a coordinator of career development at the college level. He pioneered the use of computerized career guidance in Hawaii and coined the term “career/life” in the late 1970’s throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Rim area to re-frame the idea that career involves multiple life roles, one of which is the paid worker role. He is the author of “Creating Careers with Confidence” presently being published by Prentice Hall, and various articles, book and monograph chapters dealing with career development, callings, and the role of spirituality, meaning and purpose in the career choice process (http://lifeworkps.com/edwardc).

Dr. Denise Cormier

Dr. Denise Cormier, founder of Cormier Associates, has over 25 years of experience creating collaborative work environments, designing meetings and retreats that make a difference, and coaching leaders to achieve excellence in their work and personal lives. Dr. Cormier's expertise is in visioning and strategy development, and leadership coaching and team development. She is a trained mediator and studied at the Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation.  Denise is best known for her ability to design innovative, outcome-focused collaborative retreats and visioning meetings for teams, organizations and coalitions, from small groups to those numbering over 500, and for her unique coaching process which links leadership and personality assessments to personalized goals and outcomes. Her coaching services include one-on-one coaching for executives, leaders and physicians, as well as virtual group coaching programs for emerging and developing leaders. Denise’s clients include businesses, nonprofits, state agencies and coalitions. She is also a preferred coach for leaders at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Denise is currently writing a book on her proprietary personal strategic planning process, designed after a workshop that she created to help leaders find more balance in their lives. For more information on her expertise and services, or to access her recent publications, go to www.CormierAssociates.com.

Michael W. Gillen
 

Michael spent 32 years in state government before retiring in December of 2009 as the Director of Certificate Programs for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services Center for Staff Development where he designed, developed and delivered the Secretariat’s Management and Supervisory Certificate Programs. Prior to joining the EOHHS Human Resources Division Michael had spent 30 years at the Department of Youth Services, the last 10 years as the  Director of Training and Professional Development. From 1997-2000 he was a Regional Field Coordinator for the National Institute of Corrections specializing in Juvenile Justice Issues. He participated in authoring the Institute’s National Training Needs Assessment for Juvenile Justice in 1999. In 2000 he was elected as President of the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel. He completed his term as in October 2004. He also has served on the Board of Directors of the Correctional Association of Massachusetts from 2002-2008. Michael’s strengths and passion lie in organizational development and capacity building. He has authored curricula in Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce, Performance Appraisals, Progressive Discipline and Civil Rights. He is a firm believer that organizations strengths are developed from within and that well trained employees hold the key to its success

Casey Hall, Principal and CEO of Casey Hall Training Associates (SOMWBA)

Pam Jaeger

Pam Jaeger, Founder of Coaching Solutions, has over 20 years experience in education, training, and organizational development. Pam partners with clients to promote personal and team development in alignment with dynamic business goals. Her services include assessment, design, training, coaching and facilitation activities. She specializes in leadership development, team development, strategic planning, interpersonal communication, customer service, and multiculturalism. Pam provides services to clients in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She has worked with several state agencies including the Comptroller’s Office, DCAM, the Department of Workforce Development, and EOHHS. Pam also has extensive experience working in the private sector, with clients from the financial, technology, health, and consumer goods industries. Prior to founding Coaching Solutions, she worked in training and development for Hasbro, Inc. Pam is certified to administer a variety of learning tools, including the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the Profilor (an external 360-degree feedback instrument), and The PaperRoom System (an internal 360-feedback system). She is certified to deliver Achieve Global professional development programs, and she has completed extensive training with Synectics, a leader in innovation processes. Pam holds a BA in Psychology from Wheaton College and a MA in Education from Boston University.

Donna Jenson

Donna Jenson has been a consultant to non-profit organizations, small businesses, and the public sector for over three decades. With a special emphasis on Board development she has facilitated many organizational processes in visioning and mission definition, strategic planning, team-building, management and supervision, conflict resolution, and collaborations. She offers leadership coaching, mentoring and training to both veteran and emerging leaders individually and within leadership development programs. Her emphasis is on helping leaders to articulate their vision, identify their core needs and take steps necessary to strengthen their organization. Donna received an MA in Organizational and Leadership Development from New York University. She has held faculty positions in Human Relations and Counseling at the New York Theological Seminary, and in the Department of Labor and Management at Cornell University. She is certified by Birkman International to apply Executive Development Instruments.

Pamela Kristan

Pamela Kristan, author of Awakening In Time: Practical Time Management for Those on a Spiritual Path and author of The Spirit of Getting Organized: 12 Skills to Find Meaning and Power in Your Stuff, has offered time- and stuff-management seminars and consultations since 1985. She has helped thousands of individuals and organizations find strategies to become effective, engaged, and aware. With a background in administration and classical music, Pam combines the creative and the practical. She has been featured in Prevention magazine, Men’s Health, the Boston Sunday Globe, the ADHD Journal, and nationwide broadcast media. She speaks at conferences and leads retreats as well as offering training and consultation. Find out more at www.pamelakristan.com.

Charles McCrea

Charles McCrea is President and founder of CMcCrea Associates, a management consulting group specializing in leadership development, change management, and team building (developing a sense of community). He has worked with private, non-profit, public sector and educational groups in strengthening leadership, governance, and teamwork such that individuals work together in new ways to achieve goals that had previously been challenging. Charles’ professional career encompasses manufacturing and marketing in the private sector, as well as nonprofit, military, and public sector experience.

Gregg McCutcheon

Gregg is the founder of LifeWork Resources, a consulting practice devoted to the personal and professional growth of those who work in service to others. He has over 30 years of experience designing and delivering training and facilitation services for workforce development, education, and human service organizations. Gregg specializes in helping individuals and organizations deal with the stressors and possibilities brought on by major transition such as downsizing and layoffs. He is regarded nationally as a knowledgeable, creative trainer able to engage and inspire staff and administrators who attend his workshops. Gregg’s training methods are lively, practical, and responsive to learner needs. An innovator in the workforce development field for decades, Gregg pioneered a statewide, clinical services program which helped thousands of unemployed workers better cope with job loss and more quickly take part in job placement activities. He has worked extensively with adults and youth as a family therapist, social worker and instructor in a variety of settings including an outpatient clinic, residential treatment center, alternative school, workforce development programs, and adaptive Outward Bound programs.

Jeanne McGuir

Jeanne McGuire, of The Focus Group, has twenty-five years of experience in the areas of organizational development consulting, and training. She provides facilitation to executive teams in customer focused change initiatives, strategic planning and customized skill training programs in marketing, process improvements, customer service, management, team and project development. Jeanne has helped many organizations implement their own Total Quality Management programs. Her work has been recognized with “Preferred Vendor” awards from many of the corporations she has served. To ensure skill training that accelerates the achievement of business objectives, Ms. McGuire has designed 45 training programs and has directly trained more than 20,000 individuals. She created Connections, a powerful, simple, and easy-to-understand organizational development model that has been used by leaders and managers with remarkable results to align individual and team performance with business goals. Her designs for public/private sector partnerships in employment for the City of Boston and Tampa, Florida have received recognition from the President’s Commission on Employment Policy and Stanford Research Institute. Ms. McGuire was a senior consultant to the design of the welfare reform initiative for the State of Florida. Ms. McGuire has been a corporate trainer for Boston University Education Center since 1993 and is currently an instructor at the University of California at San Diego’s Business Extension School in Customer Service Management, and other academic and corporate institutions on models of motivation and training for a diverse work force.

Jeanette Millard

Founder of CJM Consulting and organization development consultant with clients in the private, public and non-profit sectors. For more than 20 years Jeanette has worked with a wide range of organizations, helping them to design and manage successful change processes, and also to build the structures and develop the skills to sustain improvement. A key focus of Jeanette’s work is building highly effective teams through improved communication, role clarification and the development of interpersonal competency. Jeanette often uses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in this work. Over the past decade Jeanette has broadened her focus to include managing and learning from diversity, multi-cultural organization development and racial/cultural identity development.

Karen Murphy, (SOMWBA)

Karen Murphy is President of Murphy Associates, a SOMWBA certified training and consulting organization specializing in Occupational Spanish, Cross-cultural and Customer Service initiatives. Murphy Associates’ training programs target public, private and non-profits sectors. Beginning her professional career as a teacher of modern foreign languages, Karen transited to the corporate environment in 1979. She has over twenty years of management experience in sales, marketing, business development and customer service. Working in both Fortune 500 and start-up ventures, Karen has built, serviced and managed business on a global scale. Her professional experience living and working abroad and dealing with international markets provides first-hand knowledge of the importance of language and cultural awareness skills along with the positive impact of exemplary customer service. She has worked with the Far East, lived and worked in Europe and has worked/traveled in Latin and South America. Her language proficiency includes Spanish, French and Danish along with a knowledge of Japanese.

Deborah Reidy, M.Ed., CPCC (SOMWBA)

Reidy Associates offers customized solutions that enable leaders and their organizations to succeed in complex and uncertain environments. Results include greater clarity of purpose, better alignment between values and actions, better collaboration, increased sense of well-being, and resolution of longstanding "logjams." Services often combine individual and team coaching, planning and strategy design, action research, and training. For more information about our services, free resources, or to subscribe to our newsletter, please check out www.reidyassociates.org. Deborah Reidy, President and Founder of Reidy Associates, has over 30 years of experience as a manager, consultant, coach and board member in public sector organizations.  She also was Director of Training for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation (now the Department of Developmental Services. Since 1996, Ms Reidy has worked with nonprofit, community and government leaders all over the country, but primarily in New England.  For several years, she provided individual and team coaching and leadership development programs to senior staff of the National Security Agency and is currently working with the National Institutes of Health. Ms Reidy holds an undergraduate degree in sociology and a masters' degree in Adult Education and Development. She is a qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument. She is certified as a coach by the Coaches Training Institute and the International Coach Federation. She is also certified by Team Coaching International to administer their Team Coaching Diagnostic. She is Co-chair of the board of the Society for Organizational Learning and is publishing a book on leadership.

DB Reiff

DB Reiff the Principal of ClearPath Resolutions, an organization dedicated to helping organizations and individuals work more productively by helping them communicate more effectively, especially during organizational change and stress.  She helps people break through barriers so they can return to the creativity and collaboration that are the lifeblood of every organization.  DB offers mediation, coaching, facilitation and training at all levels of an organization. And, she helps leaders use their voices in strong, clear and compelling ways to inspire employees, stakeholders and clients. She is an affiliate consultant/trainer with Interaction Institute of Social Change where she trains leaders in Facilitative Leadership and facilitates large multi-stakeholder meetings.DB brings unique training as an organizational ombuds, helping people express concerns, resolve disputes, manage conflicts, and learn more productive ways of communicating. She specializes in facilitating contentious meetings and enabling highly polarized groups to hear each others’ interests. DB helps organizations leverage employees' knowledge and create a cultures inclusion that energize employees and enables them to share solutions for organizational success. DB has an MBA from Simmons School of Management and a Bachelor’s in Education from Boston Conservatory of Music. She is a Massachusetts mediator, member of The International Ombudsman Association and a certified MBTI administrator. She has been a guest lecturer at MIT, Simmons School of Management and Camp CEO of the Patriots Trail Girls Scouts.

Judith Rice

Founder of Corporate Fitness, Judith Rice is a health educator with eighteen years experience designing and presenting motivational programs. Her company, Corporate Fitness, conducts seminars for hospitals, community groups, government agencies and corporations. Judy's most popular programs include stress management, communication skills, burnout prevention, relaxation techniques, smoking cessation, and fitness training. In addition to training experience, Judith has also worked for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Tobacco Control Program as a program coordinator. Judy is known for her interactive style and her highly motivational presentations. Judith is a licensed Massachusetts social worker. She is certified by the Aerobic and Fitness Association of America and the American Lung Association.

Doris Ferrer Roach, J.D

Doris Ferrer Roach is a management consultant, executive coach and former senior attorney with a major Fortune 500 Company where she practiced business law for 10 years.  Doris left the legal profession to follow her passion to make a concrete, positive, and profound difference in the lives of individuals and organizations, by helping them to recognize and realize their potential for growth and transformation. Through her consulting practice, Potential Horizons Realized®, Doris is committed to developing effective leadership, strong teams, and helping organizations benefit from an increasingly diverse workplace. The analytical, problem solving, and communication skills she honed as an attorney serve her clients well and her mediation training also allows Doris to support the successful resolution of conflict that inevitably arises with change and transformation. An experienced facilitator and trainer, Doris designs creative and customized meetings and retreats and has delivered numerous programs on management and supervision skills, employment law, diversity in the workplace, team building, managing change and communication skills. Doris has consulted with a wide range of clients in both the private and public sectors including the Forum Corporation, Justice Resource Institute, KPMG, Management Consulting Services, Marsh, Inc., MIT, Northeastern University, and Pfizer, Inc.

Catherine Seo

Catherine is a Social Networking Strategist, working with individuals and businesses to build presence and connection that produces results in the social media sphere. She is currently a Professor of Business, Management & Technology at the Graduate School of Management at Cambridge College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the founder and president of Synergistic Solutions, a consulting and training company, helping organizations innovate and creatively resolve complex issues. Her expertise includes technology, online education, curriculum design, leadership development, change management, research and innovation, executive coaching, transition management and facilitation. She has over 25 years of experience as a consultant, trainer and executive coach in high-tech and manufacturing organizations as well as academia. Her dynamic teaching style actively engages learners in a hands-on approach simplifying technology and making it easily accessible. Catherine makes learning technology easy, useful and fun. She has proven success teaching in highly diverse environments to international students from numerous countries, including Asia, Middle East, Africa, South America and Europe. Catherine received her M.S. in Strategic Technology Management from the Graduate Center of Technology at Marlboro College, and her B.A. in Communications from Emerson College. She has also taught for University of Phoenix, School for International Training and MIT, Sloan School of Management: Systems Design & Management Program.

Lisa Sherrer

Lisa is a management consultant and trainer providing value-added consultation and training services to numerous public, non-profit, and private sector clients since 1989. She conducts workshops on a variety of staff and management development topics including customer service, written and oral communication skills, supervisory skills including performance management, time management, meeting management skills, business ethics, and other business topics. She works closely with clients to understand their unique issues, identify solutions, and customize training and consultation services that positively impact business operations. She also designs and facilitates creative and results oriented team building programs for staff retreats. Lisa was an adjunct faculty member in Boston College’s MBA program and served as the Training Coordinator at Brandeis University where she planned, designed, and facilitated employee training. She consults with organizations to identify targeted solutions and results that enhance productivity and effectiveness. Prior to her career in training and consultation, Lisa was a Certified Internal Auditor and manager in the internal audit field.

Heidi Spinella, PMP

Heidi is a project management consultant, passionate educator and skilled facilitator with over twenty four years experience in project management, business process reengineering and relational database design. Heidi has presented more than 500 seminars and trained thousands of professionals on the skills necessary to successfully plan, track and control multifaceted projects. Seminar participants consistently cite her depth of knowledge, outstanding communication skills, and infectious enthusiasm. As a consultant, Ms. Spinella spent over a decade as a PM for industries as varied as health care, telecommunications, education, state agencies, manufacturing, insurance, engineering and financial services. Heidi’s client list includes General Electric Corporation, Hewlett Packard Corporation, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, New England Medical Center, Harvard Community Health Plan, Northeastern University, UMass Medical School, the State of New York and World Bank among others. Heidi has been an avid environmentalist for over thirty years and has gained experience in a myriad of environmental initiatives including data base manager for the largest Acid Rain monitoring project in the nation, to being a founding member of the Greater Newburyport Eco Collaborative. Heidi sees Sustainable Project Management as a way to marry her dual passions of Project Management and Environmental Stewardship. Ms. Spinella is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). She has completed The Natural Step Strategic Sustainability for Leaders Training and is an associate of GreenITTools.com. She holds a M.S. in Environmental Science Education from Antioch University and a B.S. in Nutrition from Syracuse University.

Jay Vogt

Creator of Peoplesworth a consulting practice helping people who lead organizations discover greater creativity, spirit and harmony in their workplaces through training and consulting services that support shared leadership, continuous learning, and win/win collaboration. Jay has designed and led hundreds of on- and off-site retreats for management teams, work groups and boards of directors in corporations, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and state agencies. He has facilitated over forty whole system events using Open Space Technology involving over 4,000 participants, three Future Search Conferences involving over 240 participants, and eleven Real Time Strategic Change conferences involving over 1100 participants. Jay has facilitated the design and implementation of scores of strategic planning processes resulting in widespread commitment to mission, vision, goals, and action plans. Author, Recharge Your Team: The Grounded Visioning Approach.

Dr. Daniel J. Willis
 

Dr. Daniel J. Willis. Founder of  G & W Associates, Dan has over thirty years of professional experience as an organizational psychologist working with and assisting individuals and organizations in a variety of highly complex and potentially conflictive environments. His consulting practice includes providing training, ongoing technical assistance and highly specialized management support to clients with oftentimes contradictory funding and reporting requirements; managing intricacies of developing organizational structures and systems; and, conducting planning processes. His client base is public sector, non-profit and community-based organizations and groups. He has a demonstrated track record  addressing issues that negatively impact the common good in a manner that builds consensus. He is experienced at conducting multiple complex projects simultaneously to successfully meet timelines and outcome expectations. Dan's leadership, facilitation, consultative, training, communication and entrepreneurial skills and abilities allows him to meet people where they are; he has the flexibility, creativity and energy to foster working relationships that achieve common goals and objectives. He creates safe environments to address tensions and concerns, reviews and challenges existing organizational models, and articulates visions and missions. Dan tests internal and external fears; challenges assumptions; questions motives; reveals truths; and stays until tasks are completed.