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I am a compassionate, caring leadership coach who listens deeply to create a tailored growth plan for leaders and their team, helping you to navigate change, improve relationships and create alignment. My years of experience as a healthcare professional combined with my more recent training in coaching and team facilitation allows me to take the tools I find most useful and invigorating to others who find themselves in the ever changing world of leadership. 

Susan Alberttoni, Brazilian, co-inspirer of legacies, executive mentor, Organizational Development consultant, designer and curator of transformation projects, eternal learner. She is social assistant, specialist in Appreciative Inquiry, Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership and Innovation, Master in Neurocreativity. The author of these Systems: PAS®, CASE®, VBL®, VOE®, ASAS®, MENTHORS®. Founder of Menthors Academy and Executive Director of Instituto SER.

Originally from France, Alexandra (Alex) Arnold joined the Taos Institute in 2018 and as of June 1, 2023 took on the role of Executive Consultant, responsible for most of the programs and activities of the Taos Institute. She has spent over two decades in operations in a variety of settings including: an international walking tour operator; one of the world’s largest professional services firms; and a local nonprofit gleaning and food recovery program. Along the way, Alex earned a M.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Southern New Hampshire University, USA and a M.S. in Human Relations and Organization Development from Champlain College, VT, USA. It is during this time that she discovered strengths-based approaches to change, especially Appreciative Inquiry, which she now uses with clients as an ICF-accredited (ACC) personal development, leadership and climate resilience coach at Alma Coaching & Consulting. She is a member of the Climate Coaching Alliance and a graduate of the Climate Change Coaches training program and is passionate about helping clients find new ways to live with climate change through collaboration, curious inquiry, and shifting away from deficit narratives toward life-giving conversations. She is a contributor to the International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry. In her free time, Alex volunteers at a therapeutic horse farm and enjoys the beautiful and quiet outdoors in Vermont.

Aderonke Bademosi Wilson is the founder and principal consultant of ABWilson Consulting, bringing over three decades of expertise in change management facilitation, communications, and project management. With a solid foundation as a certified project management professional and certified change manager, she has honed her skills in training and facilitation. Aderonke has a strong reputation for finding solutions, managing and communicating through large-scale national crises and effectively leading results-driven teams. She is successes-focused and has worked directly with country-leaders, Government Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Department Heads. She was a part of Bermuda’s COVID-19 pandemic crisis team and managed the country’s communications for the first 18 months of the pandemic. Aderonke possesses a stellar track record in finding innovative solutions, effectively communicating during high-stakes national crises, and leading outcome-driven teams. She has successfully led national conversations addressing pertinent, often controversial, social issues of the day. Prior to her government role, Aderonke co-owned The Stratford Group, a firm specializing in corporate services and training. Her return to consulting reflects her unwavering commitment to assisting companies and individuals to thrive.

A passionate advocate for continuous learning, Aderonke is a student and practitioner of Appreciative Inquiry. She has developed and facilitated workshops tailored to communities and organizations in Bermuda, the United States, and Sierra Leone, West Africa. Outside of her consulting work, Aderonke is a professional photographer. Details of her consulting and photography work can be found at www.abwilsonconsulting.com and www.abwilsonphotography.com, respectively.

Heloisa G. Biscaia, Brazilian, educator, appreciation mentor, facilitator in collaborative methodologies, and human and organizational development consultant. She is a Master in Business Administration, a specialist in Appreciative Inquiry for Positive Societies and Business, Positive Psychology, and Add Heart Facilitator. Member and guardian of the Art of Hosting community. She has participated in pro-life projects last 20 years and she is Allana and Sara's mother.

Dr. Bossard helps organizations and communities unlock the collective wisdom within, identify their unique core strengths, and engages the whole system in achieving results they can be proud of! Her motto is: together we can transform great challenges into great opportunities! 

Bénédicte Boutin Mostefa – Montpellier University Hospital. Quality of life at work projects coordinator. Professional gender Equality Referent Person. AI practitioner & Internal coach

Coach and Facilitator. Appreciative Inquiry Certificate in Positive Business and Society Change (Case Western Reserve University) in 2009 by Jean Pagès (IFAI). The instigator of the I.Care program for public health organizations in France. 

Vania Bueno, Brazilian, communicator, speaker, teacher, and consultant in governance, human development, and organizational communication. She is a journalist with a postgraduate degree in Corporate Communication and a master's degree in MPOD - Organizational Development and Positive Change from Case Western Reserve. TEDx speaker.

Joep C. de Jong is Founder of JLS International (JLS), a network organization that offers consultancy, facilitation and support in the areas of leadership, change management, personal development, coaching and organizational development (OD) for organizations ranging from the UN’s World Food Program, the European Space Agency to small and big for profit organizations. Core in the approach of JLS is that it strongly believes in the possibilities and potential that resides in us all. He delivers lectures on AI, leadership, change management and intercultural work at the American University (US) and Champlain College (US).Furthermore he coaches students, professionals and executives based on the philosophy of Appreciative Coaching. He is also a candidate PhD at the University of Tilburg on the topic of Appreciative Leadership. 

Debra Cady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CEO/Founder of Silver Linings International, LLC. SLI offers facilitation, coaching, consulting, and training on achieving strength-based, positive change for individuals and organizations. Debra combines her 30+ year career in behavioral health, specifically her experience as a trauma-informed manager, with her Appreciative Inquiry Facilitation Certification to deliver virtual training courses that create positive outcomes for the people and the systems who work with/for children, youth, young adults, and other vulnerable populations. Her training has given hundreds of people the tools they need to create better engagement and healing-centered energy in their workplaces and for their clients. To connect with Debra add her on linkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/debracady/ 

Christine is a Facilitator. Appreciative Inquiry Certificate in Positive Business and Society Change (Case Western Reserve University). Graduated from Grenoble School of Management. Translation of “Appreciative Inquiry in healthcare, Positive questions to bring out the best.” Diana Whitney & al. Dunod 2019. 

Dr. Justine Chinoperekweyi is an Organization Development and Design practitioner and CEO of Centre for Organization Leadership and Development (COLD) and Organization Leadership and Development Network (OLDN). Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, Justine supports individuals, work groups, and organizations embed an OD process as a strategy for transformational change & development. He consults for organizations across Africa, in Saudi Arabia, and the US. During the period 2021/22 he co-led a research project on ‘Humanizing the Workplace’. From August 2022 - June 2023, he was the Lead Researcher on the inquiry titled ‘Change & Transformation Quotient for CEOs & Directors in Africa’. His current book is titled ‘Co-creating Talent & Human-centered Organizations: Organization Development (OD) Perspectives. He is an OD mentor, coach, and author supporting emerging OD practitioners from over 23 countries. Justine is the 2020 Communicating OD Knowledge Award Winner from the OD Network, and Board Member of International Society for Organization Development & Change (ISODC). He works hard to make OD’s imprimatur more visible, not only in Africa, but globally. Hence, his strong network of global OD & change practitioners. 

They are co-presidents of Cockell McArthur-Blair Consulting, specializing in collaboratively designing strategies with clients to surface their wisdom as individuals, groups, and organizations in order for them to build positive futures and to respond effectively to change. They are Appreciative Inquiry practitioners and have co-authored the books Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry (2018) and Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education: A Transformative Force (2nd Ed 2020). Find out more at cockellmcarthur-blair.com. 

David Cooperrider, PhD, holds the title of "Distinguished University Professor" and is the Fairmount Santrol- David L. Cooperrider Professor of Appreciative Inquiry at Case Western Reserve University, where he is the faculty founder of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. David is best known for his original theoretical articulation of "AI" or Appreciative Inquiry with his mentor Suresh Srivastva. Today AI's approach to strengths-inspired, instead of problematizing change, is being practiced everywhere: the corporate world, the world of public service, of economics, of education, of faith, of philanthropy, and social science scholarship-it is affecting them all. Jane Nelson, at Harvard's Kennedy School of Leadership recently wrote, "David Cooperrider is one of the outstanding scholar-practitioners of our generation." David has served as advisor to prominent leaders in business and society, including projects with five Presidents and/or Nobel Laureates such as William Jefferson Clinton, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, and Jimmy Carter. David advises a wide variety of corporations including Apple, Johnson & Johnson, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Verizon, Hunter Douglas, Cleveland Clinic, National Grid, Smuckers, Clarke, Fairmount Minerals, McKinsey, Parker, Dealer Tire, and Wal-Mart as well as the Navy, Red Cross, United Way of America, and the United Nations. David is also a founding Board Member of the Taos Institute and the International Association of Positive Psychology. David has published 25 books and authored over 100 articles and book chapters. He has served as editor of both the Journal of Corporate Citizenship with Ron Fry and the current academic research 4-volume series on Advances for Appreciative Inquiry, with Michel Avital.  In 2010 David was honored with the Peter F. Drucker Distinguished Fellow award. David's books include Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change (with Diana Whitney); The Organization Dimensions of Global Change (with Jane Dutton); Organizational Courage and Executive Wisdom (with Suresh Srivastva); and The Strengths-based Leadership Handbook (with Brun & Ejsing.)  David's work has received many of awards including Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning by ASTD; the Porter Award for Best writing in the field of Organization Development and the Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award.  In 2016 David was named as one of the nation's top thought leaders by Trust Across America, and honored as one of "AACSB's Most Influential Leaders." In the highest recognition, Champlain College's Stiller School of Business honored David's impact with an academic center in his name.  Opened in 2014 it is called the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, and David serves as its Honorary Chair and Professor Lindsey Godwin is the Faculty Director. For the center's dedication Professor Martin Seligman, the father of the positive psychology movement wrote: "David Cooperrider is a giant: a giant of discovery, a giant of dissemination, and a giant of generosity." Likewise Jane Dutton, former President of the Academy of Management said, "David Cooperrider is changing the world with his ideas and who he is as a person. There are few who combine such insight, inspiration and energy."   

Tanya (she/her) is a founding member of the Vuka Collective. She has over 20 years international organization development (OD) experience.   She is committed to a diverse, equitable and inclusive world through building great organizations using Appreciative Inquiry. Tanya earned her MA in International and Intercultural Management (SIT) and has a BA Psychology and Sociology Cum Laude (Brandeis). As a Dialogic OD practitioner, Tanya has worked for and with governments, global non-profit organizations and businesses to create a more equitable society through maximizing inclusion, innovation and inspired action. Tanya is an expert panellist for the Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Benchmarks, a TAOS Associate, and member of the South Africa and International Organization Development Networks, the Diversity Collegium, and served on the boards of the Rutland Corner Foundation and ATD Editorial Board.  Tanya is a certified Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Trainer (CAI), Trainer of Trainers and an Assessor (South Africa) and has taught in the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry at the Robert P. Stiller School of Business, Champlain College.  A chapter on her Appreciative Leadership OD work in South Africa has been published in the book, Inclusive Leadership: Transforming Diverse Lives, Organizations, and Societies (2020). The title and dialogic methodology of the book Tanya co-authored, Thriving Women, Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing and Inspired Actions (2019)  directly reflects her vision and action in the world. She lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

She is an Author, Global Leadership Facilitator, Organisation Development Consultant, and executive Coach (ICF Accredited PCC, NCC, Health, Change, and transition Coach). She is a practitioner in the field of paradigm-shifting ways of collaborative unlearning/learning and contemplative leadership in organizations. She is an Adjunct Coach with Sequoia Group. In 2014, Natasha published her first book, 'Practice of Satsang PS: Conscious Living' - It is written with a futuristic leap based on reflective inquiry and real-life stories as 'Letters to my grandchildren’. She is currently based in the UK, continuing her work as a freelancer and creating deeper designs in her hosting work. 

Doctorate in economics, career as a research assistant, investment banker and head of fund and asset management companies, various board mandates in Europe and overseas, also active in management training as head of management seminars and part-time seminars, also in French and English, especially in leadership - and personnel development topics, former top athlete (long years in the Swiss national athletics team, former Swiss champion and record holder over 100 m, bobsledder), committed to the topic of self- and employee management, as a scout (group leader at the age of 13), student with additional income (I had my first 60 hour/week job when I was 14), as an athlete, in sports management,as a board member in corporate groups and finally as CEO of an asset management company and today again as a coach and consultant. 

 A clinical neuropsychologist psychotherapist (CBT). Åse also holds a certificate in Appreciative Inquiry and has been trained by David Cooperrider and Ron Fry at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Åse is an affiliate senior researcher at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and has conducted intervention research on enhancing psychological well-being in schools and workplaces since 2015. With her own company, Åse works with change processes for individual clients, schools, and workplaces, applying the appreciative inquiry framework in different settings, cultures, and age groups. In her work, Åse focuses on integrating a broad spectrum of evidence-based methods from clinical psychology, neuroscience, and positive psychology to achieve effective and lasting changes in well-being. 

Sasha Farley is an Organization Development Consultant who is passionate about identifying and cultivating inclusive organizational cultures and helping clients recognize the positive potential engaged and empowered individuals can have on the success of their organization. A special area of focus includes helping organizations, leaders, and teams adapt to remote working and incorporate new philosophies and approaches around the future of work. 

In her work she leverages her expertise and experience in facilitation, organization design, change management, process improvement, and strategic planning to work collaboratively to achieve clients’ goals. She ensures diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice are integrated into her approaches and desired outcomes of the work she supports. In addition, she is passionate about exploring how to use OD techniques and approaches to help support shifts in perspective within communities and societies to help address global challenges. 

Sasha also serves on the Board of the International Organization Development Association (IODA) as the General Vice President and co-hosts the OD podcast "Transformation Horizon".  Sasha has worked with government agencies and private companies in the United States and abroad. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Maryland, College Park and earned her Master’s degree in Organization Development from American University. Sasha can be reached at SashaFarley1@gmail.com 

Maria Fernanda T. Costa, Brazilian, independent consultant dedicated to developing people in management and interpersonal skills. She acts as a facilitator of mentoring processes, change management, organizational learning, teambuilding, innovation and leadership development. Her purpose is to facilitate individual and organizational change initiatives using an appreciative approach. She is the mother of Maria Luísa and Gabriel and is married to José.

Ron is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University and former Chairman of the Department of Organizational Behavior, consistently ranked one of the best in the world by the Financial Times. He has been honored with the University Award for Outstanding Teacher in the Professional Schools and the Weatherhead School’s Lifetime Service Award. He received his MS and PhD from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after completing a BS in Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles.

The OB Department at CWRU pioneered the first PhD program in Organizational Behavior (1963) and then the first Master of Science degree program in Organizational Development (1975). Ron led the re- design of the Masters program into the current Masters in Positive OD or MPOD and served as Department Chair for seven years. He has served on the Executive Board of the Academy of Management’s Organization Development & Change (ODC) Division, including serving as PDW Chair, Program Chair, and Division Chair. He also directed Weatherhead’s EMBA program to national, Top Ten rankings during 12 years as Program Director.

With 11 books and over 45 articles and chapters, Ron is widely published in the areas of Organizational Development, Appreciative Inquiry, Team Building, Change Management, Executive Development and the role and functioning of the CEO. He is a co-creator of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) theory and method, and continues to both apply and study the applications of AI in the field. His most recent books are Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Approach to Building Cooperative Capacity (Taos Publishing), with Frank Barrett, and Appreciative Team Building with Diana Whitney, Jay Cherney and Amanda Trsten- Bloom (iUniverse). He has also co-edited Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Transformation: Reports from the field (Quorum) and the Handbook of Transformative Cooperation (Stanford University Press).

With Professor David Cooperrider, Ron has been co-editor of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship. He has conducted the Weatherhead International Certificate Program in Appreciative Inquiry for Business and Society Benefit in Brazil, Belgium, China, India, Australia, Indonesia, France, Sweden and the USA. He directed a world inquiry project to find and disseminate business innovations for mutual benefit of business and society. This inquiry has now grown into a global mobilization of business school students (see Aim2Flourish.com ) at the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead School. He has facilitated and studied large scale, multi-stakeholder change processes in a variety of systems including General Electric, World Vision, ArcelorMittal, Roadway Express, Akzonobel, Lubrizol, Sustainable Cleveland 2019, Smuckers, Belgian Learning Network for Talent Development, Fairmount Minerals, Swagelok, Mid-Ohio Foodbank, Genesis Health Systems, Los Angeles Fire Department, Lowes Foods, SAB Miller Latin America, Trinidad Ministry of Justice, Catholic Diocese of Monterey, and the US Navy.

Susan Giagnorio is a Wellbeing and Strategy Consultant passionate about reinventing education systems to enable young people and educators to flourish in life, work, and learning. Susan takes a strengths-inspired approach to developing positive leadership, strategic direction, and whole system change, ensuring positive human outcomes are at the heart of all strategic change initiatives. Susan’s love of learning and collaborative approach brings the next practice and innovative methodologies to her work to enhance well-being in schools and communities. Susan holds a Bachelor of Business, a Master of Applied Positive Psychology, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology, and a Certificate in Educational Research. She is also a certified facilitator in Appreciative Inquiry, having trained with the co-originators of Appreciative Inquiry (Case Western Reserve University) and a Certified Reinvention Associate (The Reinvention Academy). 

Dr Avilla Dororosa Goba holder of a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) with the University of Lusaka-Zambia. A Master in Business Administration (MBA) Degree from the Zimbabwe Open University. A Graduate and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe (ICSAZ) now called the Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute in Zimbabwe (CGI), having satisfied the educational requirements with the Zimbabwe and United Kingdom Divisions. Past President of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrator in Zimbabwe 2011 to 2012. Runner up to the Chartered Secretaries of the year 2017. Awarded woman Leadership of the year 2017. The current chairperson of the Women in Governance and Accountancy (WIGA). A Thematic Committee member that worked on the “National Code on Corporate Governance of Zimbabwe.” 

A Philanthropist-A life member of the Jairosi Jiri association and current Chairperson of the Harare Executive Committee. A non-Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre & Network (ZWRCN) 2010 to 2018. A Council Member of the Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) 2000 to 2003

Fellow member of The Ethics Institute Of Zimbabwe. Avilla is a Director Corporate Services with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe and has vast experience in Human Resources and Administration work.

Lindsey is the Robert P. Stiller Endowed Chair of Management at the Robert P. Stiller School of Business. She holds an MS in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, where she studied with David Cooperrider and Ron Fry, the thought leaders in Appreciative Inquiry. Before coming to Champlain, Lindsey served as a research associate for the Center for Business as Agent of World Benefit (B.A.W.B.) at Case Western Reserve University (now the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value) and remains a creative contributor to the Fowler Center today. Her work has been published in a variety of journals and books, such as the Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Lindsey was recently a Journal of Business Ethics guest editor for a special issue on positive organizational ethics; she also served as guest editor for a special issue on advances in the AI Summit for the AI Practitioner Journal. Lindsey is an editor and contributor for the fourth volume in the research book series Advances in Appreciative Inquiry. Lindsey has presented at national and international conferences, including the Annual Academy of Management Meetings. She has served as co-chair for past World Appreciative Inquiry Conferences held in Orlando, Florida and Kathmandu, Nepal and on the Advisory Board for the conference in Ghent, Belgium as well as a 2015 conference in South Africa. With a passion for helping organizations leverage their potential through strengths-based change, Lindsey has consulted with organizations including Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, the Vermont Federal Executive Association (VTFEA), World Vision, the Houston Independent School District, the California Teachers Association, Imagine Nepal, the United Nations, the American Society of Association Executives and the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. 

Valérie Gorrias Gay – Montpellier University Hospital. Head of Social Relations and quality of life at work. Professional gender Equality Referent Person. AI Practitioner Internal Coach.

Dr. Claudia Gross is a soulful Business Humanist, Consultant, and Trainer. Since 1998, she has facilitated transformations in organizations, teams, and individuals, mainly in Germany, the Maghreb, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and now online worldwide.

Claudia is both the founder of human-centered Organizational Governance (www.hcOrG.com), for which she is curating the Life at Work // Weekly newsletter (join it!), and the initiator of speakGreen, which is offering an intentional, life-affirming language for the future (www.speak-Green.com).

She is the author of the first speakGreen book “Words Create Worlds: Cultivating a Conscious, Life-Affirming Language”.

One of her favorite quotes is “Work is love made visible.” ~ Khalil Gibran

 For more information, kindly check www.drclaudiagross.com. Connect with her on LinkedIn! 

Richard founded Growth River in the US in 2007. Today it is an international consultancy with offices and partners in the US and in Germany. Growth River specializes in leading major transformational change initiatives that impact organizational culture and business models at the same time. This work is unique because of its holistic approach that reduces complexity and creates buy-in for both executives and their teams. Richard is also author of a widely-praised book, Navigate The Swirl (Wiley, 2022).

He has worked domestically and internationally with global Fortune 100, mid-sized and start-up growth companies including: Allergan, Berkley Insurance, Bonnel Aluminum, Chicos, Corning, Cox Communications, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, GENEWIZ, Gentex, Global Knowledge, Hallmark International, Hope Worldwide, Instinet, Johnson & Johnson, MARS, Merck, Navigant Consulting International, Neostem, New York Genome Center, Novartis, Pearson Education, Pfizer, PFG Group, Pharmanet, Prentice Hall, Sun Microsystems, Wrigley and WLR Foods.

Richard is currently engaged in a multi-year engagement with Edward Jones Financial Services.

Richard began his career developing margins trading systems at Morgan Stanley. He subsequently became a senior member of the strategy practice with Kepner-Tregoe International, leaving to become a partner with the Strategy Partners Group LLC. In 2002, he joined Guttman Development Strategies as a Chief Strategist. Richard received a B.A. in Computer Science and German Literature from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Organizational Development from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He operated as a board member of GENEWIZ Inc. from 2007 to 2019, at which time GENEWIZ was sold.

Erik is a regional Coordinator for the touristic Flemish region Meetjesland "For me, building a flourishing region and communities, means discovering local enthusiasm and people's pride for their place and environment. Also a new way of working: with the help of Ai starting from local dynamics and enthusiasm."

Dr. Denise Henning has a career in higher education that has spanned nearly 30 years in both the United States and Canada, and serves as graduate faculty in New Zealand. Denise is a proud Cherokee & Mississippi Choctaw member, born in Creek County in Oklahoma. Dr. Henning serves as the UNCW/3C Collaborative's Director and is a Community College Leadership and Higher Education professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Watson College of Education. Dr. Henning’s research spans appreciative frameworks in higher education, Indigenous women and students, Indigegogy, community college leadership, and strengths-based leadership and supports many new and emerging scholars to achieve their publication goals. Denise partners with other practitioners to host a gathering of WHOW (Women Honoring Other Women) and is an appreciative consultant with Kiona-Oxendine & Assoc.

Founder, Appreciative Inquiry Academy The Netherlands

Co-creator of Instituto IDeIA – Dialogos e Indagacion Apreciativa

Promotor of the Connective Leadership Mirror

Facilitator of The Management Challenge serious game

Architect of learning organizations and in-company academies

CFO (Chief Facilitating Officer) of constructive (un)conferences

Practitioner The Circle Way – A leader in every chair

Thinking Partner in Strategic Organization Development

Action researcher into the emergence of Organizational Generativity 

Associate professor OD/OB at various universities and business schools

www.panoptics.org and www.ceeshoogendijk.com 

I am passionate about shaping organizations in such a way that everyone can do their thing and together achieve strong results.

Ownership, a positive outlook and believing in the process with a clear focus on results are the things I focus on.

I state what I think, find and feel in an open and clear manner. This is how I create the safety needed to have the conversations that matter.

Creating an inviting and challenging context is what I do every day for the people, teams and organizations I coach. In this way, people themselves get to work with what is there, fueled by my expertise and years of experience.

Ana Karina Smith Cain helps leaders live with purpose, inner ease & heart-guided confidence. Ana Karina also guides organizations and groups through meaningful conversations that can lead to powerful shifts, fueled by  Appreciative Inquiry as an operating system and sustained by the Science of the Heart, developed by the HeartMath Institute. Ana Karina has 20 years of leadership experience at prestigious organizations in Latin America, ranging from the airline industry, to film festival and cultural sector, to youth and women advocacy groups.  Among her professional accomplishments, Ana Karina spear-headed the culture-change effort at Copa Airlines, resulting in a lasting turnaround in operational key performance indicators, including on-time performance and passenger satisfaction, as well as achieving high rates of employee engagement and profitability.  Today Ana Karina serves as Communicatiins Chair and prepares to preside Panama’s Women Directors Association. She is a board member of a leading 3rd party warehousing logistics management company and also volunteers in Ni Uno Más, a youth-run non-profit organization.  Ana Karina completed her Communications and Political Science B.A. degree with honors at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Masters in Science of Positive Organizational Development and Change from Case Western Reserve University  with a Distinguished Mastery award in Whole System Change.  Her devotion to family and inner mastery drives her conviction that leadership starts from within. She brings people together with authentic and appreciative dialogue, to create visions that come to life.

Mara Lawler is an experienced organizational effectiveness leader with a demonstrated history of working in various industries. She is currently in the human resources department at Red Wing Shoe Co., where she met Kevin Wilde. She is passionate about human performance technology, Appreciative Inquiry, human-centered design, and travel. Her education includes a Bachelor of Arts in German and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and a Master of Science Education focused in Human Performance Improvement and Training from Capella University. 

Barbara Lewis is a Principal of the Rocky Mountain Center for Positive Change, a consultancy specializing in igniting positive change in communities and organizations. A pioneer in developing the field of community engagement, Barbara shifted to Appreciative Inquiry as the primary model for her work after discovering first-hand its power to foster authentic connections, joyful experiences and shared commitment for positive action.

Barbara excels at the intersection of strategy and engagement. Highlights of her experience include an award-winning community-wide strategic plan, a strategic planning process involving thousands of participants leading to a successful funding initiative for a large school district, and a multicultural plan for a museum in a large metropolitan area. 

Barbara is co-author, with Amanda Trosten-Bloom, of a chapter in The Sage Handbook of Social Construction Practice on large Scale Appreciative Inquiry, and co-editor of The Promise of Appreciative Cities: Compelling the Whole to Act, an edition of the Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner. She is currently writing a book on bringing joy and dignity to the journey with younger-onset Alzheimer’s.  Her work has been recognized with multiple awards–most recently the Greater Good Award from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) for her contributions to the field.

Scot is a Managing Partner & Co-Founder of PromiseONE Companies  (LinkedIn)

PromiseONE (P1) was founded in 2005 to help purpose driven leaders aspiring to become business owners acquire and grow existing companies. P1 helps its partners reach their full potential and maximize impact across all facets of their life as entrepreneurs.  P1’s “promise” (i.e. purpose statement) is “Lifting Entrepreneurs Lifting Others”  

Prior to his role as P1’s managing partner, Scot served as CEO of Fathom, an early P1 acquisition. Fathom is a national digital marketing firm that grew revenue over 450%, expanded from 25 to 100+ people and won multiple awards for growth and workplace culture.  To date, PromiseONE has partnered with (10) people helping them go from employee to first time owner across (14) businesses using P1's Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) model.

Scot teaches acquisition entrepreneurship at The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, where he received his MBA. Scot is a mentor and board member at Promise Partners, a non-profit acquisition entrepreneurship incubator that has helped over 65 people become first time business owners in over 85 companies in Cleveland.  Scot is also on the board of the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry at Champlain College in Burlington VT.

Scot is married to Stephanie and has four children. You will find Scot and Stephanie around Cleveland or traveling the US in their "mobile office / home away from home" Sprinter van they named the "Dandelion" used to spend time with their family across the US, hiking, mountain biking and kite boarding as much as possible.

Kim is an international marketing leader, facilitator, and presenter. She left a career as a marketing executive at a 3 billion company to found her business, Inspired Outcomes Now, to help business owners bring their vision to life with an authentic brand that generates results. Over 135 organizations and individuals have leveraged her AI-based A Nu Way™ Branding process to stand apart and build loyalty through authenticity. With an MBA from SUNY at Buffalo, an MS in Creative Problem Solving from the International Center of Studies in Creativity, and a certification as a facilitator in Appreciative Inquiry, Kim has presented to the Creative Problem Solving Institute (USA), CREA (Italy) and Shift/co (Mexico). Kim is a mentor with Shift/Co and Collective Brains and works with conscious businesses around the globe. 

Mercedes E. Martin is the Founder & CEO of Mercedes Martin & Co., with over 30 years in Change/Transformation, Leadership Development, DEI, and Sustainability. Her firm helps leaders bridge business growth with social impact. She is the Founder of The Vuka Collective. Mercedes is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Jennifer McDowell is a certified leadership coach and facilitator who helps people step into self-leadership so that they can excel in other-leadership. She believes when we heal our relationship to ourselves, we become better leaders out in the world. Jennifer’s mission is to help people with a purpose move away from perfectionism, urgency, and individualism and turn towards compassion, dignity, and justice. That’s why after 15 years in community organizing and nonprofit organizations, she founded Common Good Coaching and offers 1:1 coaching, facilitation and consulting to help leaders and organizations turn toward themselves and gather as communities to reach that end. 

Creating connection through meaningful conversations, making visible the individual and collective intelligence in a group, and jointly discovering and appreciating what works. This gives energy to the work that Els is doing. Having worked for over 20 years in Belgium's cultural, youth, and social sectors, she gradually discovered her passion for participatory processes. She was convinced of the power of connection between people. Invite the collective wisdom to build a common dream that lives in the members of a community, a team, a company, or an organization. By sharing stories of people, the moments they lived, and the meaning these stories have for them. Together with Marianne Schapmans, she is the founder of MundoRebi & The Guild of Storyweavers. Starting from appreciative curiosity, they consider Story Weaving as craftsmanship and a warm invitation for the wisdom that can grow between people. 

She is a Principal Consultant & Executive Coach, Sequoia Group. She has co-designed and facilitated whole-of-organization engagements using the Appreciative Inquiry methodology. Blending qualitative and quantitative approaches in sense-making AI stories, she has helped clients develop clarity of direction in the review of their Mission, Vision and Strategic Focus areas, and in culture building initiatives. 

Dr. Suresh Nanwani is Professor in Practice at Durham University, United Kingdom. He has a PhD in Organization Development. He teaches international law in various universities worldwide including China, UK, South Africa, Peru, and Australia. He is Associate Certified Coach registered with the International Federation of Coaches, USA and is a certified mediator accredited by the Centre of Dispute Resolution, UK. He has published many books, articles and chapters on appreciative inquiry, action research, living educational theory and practice, governance and accountability. 

Marlene (she/her) works on transformative leadership development, and systems change processes through building individual leaders towards collective change.  Marlene holds an Honors in Education degree and focuses on agency and resilience through technology for teaching and learning.  She facilitates engaging and participatory virtual dialogues and workshops on diversity, equity and inclusion, new leadership, social justice, and systemic change. Her expertise spans more than 20 years of working in the social justice and development sectors. She is focused on relational leadership for systems change, child and youth development, entrepreneurship and mentoring, psychosocial well-being, and collaborative leadership.  Her work on diversity, equity, and inclusion within South Africa and internationally focuses on strengths-based collaborative leadership methodologies, designing and facilitating Appreciative Inquiry processes that emphasize individual and collective relational and systemic transformation. She continues to inspire global audiences by applying generative questions from the book she co-authored, Thriving Women, Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing, and Inspired Actions (2019). Through her cross and multi-sectoral leadership work within complex systems, she contributes to journal publications, articles, and various speaking platforms, focused on whole child relational development, transformative leadership and African philanthropy. 

Presently living in Dhaka, Bangladesh, I am experiencing a fast-growing economy in which start-ups seek their part. I am contributing to their progress by offering training and mentoring in the development of business plans, pitching their businesses to investors and building supporting networks.

At Leiden University in the Netherlands, I completed my Master's Degree in Social Sciences and as a Psychologist. I majored in Organisation Psychology.

As a professional, I have been consulting as a careers counsellor for over twenty years to a wide variety of businesses on issues from the establishment of small businesses from the ground up, to personnel and management issues in well-established firms, e.g. Banking firms and government agencies. In my career as an executive coach, I have put a strong focus on assisting executives and managers in maximizing their individual potential and on their leadership roles within the workplace.

Judy Oyedele is the owner and principal consultant for Joyedele Consulting, a firm that specializes in designing environments that enable collaboration and creativity. Judy is an Organization Development practitioner and leadership coach with over a decade of experience leading projects across the public, nonprofit, higher education, and international education sectors. She is passionate about helping organizations and teams create environments that allow their best thinking to come forward and create a positive impact for society.

Whether through training, facilitation, coaching, or consulting, Judy has a proven track record of helping her clients come together to have conversations that matter. Some of her most recent projects include organization-wide cultural transformation initiatives with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and large group stakeholder engagement and meeting design/facilitation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Judy has also expertise in designing and delivering relevant, timely, and actionable Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training for managers and executives in the non-profit and for-profit sectors.

Judy holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Master of Science in Organization Development from American University. She is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation and is a certified Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace practitioner.

She has taught English Language Arts in the public school system since 2000. She has a Master’s in Education Administration, holds brain-based and trauma-informed strategies certificates, and is a strengths-based Appreciative Inquiry practitioner. She is a recognized international consultant in resilience through trauma and building positive school and workplace cultures of belonging. She is also on the board of the National Workplace Bullying Coalition. Jennifer designs and facilitates professional development and national conferences emphasizing a student-centered approach. Her book, A T.R.A.I.L. of Conversations: Curious Leadership Through Appreciative Inquiry in K12, will be published and available in the spring of 2024.

Catalina has a degree in Psychology. Postgraduate in Management Development and Certified in Appreciative Inquiry for Positive Change by CWRU. Consultant in change management and organizational development. She is proficient in change management, emotional intelligence and competency-based management, assessment and recruitment, individual and team coaching, within the public and private sector. 

Carlos has a degree in Education Sciences and Certification in Appreciative Inquiry. He has over 20 years of experience in accompanying managers and executives in the process of change / career transition, and also in change management with strength-based methodologies. 

Chris is the CEO at Talmetrix. Chris has spent over 25 years as an executive and entrepreneur enabling human centered and inclusive organizations to align their purpose and mission via people. Talmetrix captures and humanizes data to enable individuals, organizations, and communities to transform, grow, and thrive.  Based in Chicago. Chris is a Founding Member of the Vuka Collective. 

Stephen (he/him) has spent 30 years creating solutions in various environments from startup businesses to NPOs and most recently facilitating various full-system Appreciative Inquiry Summits (AI) and other AI workshops for agencies of the United States government in Southern Africa, the US, and 10 additional countries. As a Mental Fitness Coach, certified through the neuropsychology-based Positive Intelligence, Stephen enjoys mentoring leaders and individuals across the globe in many industries including media, tech, retail, logistics, hospitality and education.

Javier has a PhD in Psychological Sciences. Researcher and consultant for companies in the areas of leadership, culture and organizational climate, high performance teams, empowerment, organizational development, competency-based management, career development, performance assessment and recruitment.

" Cathy L. Royal, Ph.D. Is the oldest girl of the oldest girl.  The mother of three “only” children and Nana to Adeloye and Morenike. She has been a Social Justice advocate for over 50 years since the civil disobedience of the 1960s. Cathy uses her “lived experiences” in her work as a Behavioral Scientist, Educator and Organization Development practitioner.  She is a subject matter expert in Appreciative Inquiry, Leadership in Systems, and Social Justice. Cathy is a member Emeritus of NTL" 

A dynamic facilitator, thought-provoking coach, positive change catalyst, and results-oriented consultant that strives to empower individual contributors, leaders, teams, and organizations to be at their best and drive positive change. Ryan strives to empower others to fly and flourish - in their personal and professional life by choosing to have a positive mindset, asking powerful questions, staying curious, actively listening and deepening into one’s core values and dreams. Ryan holds a Master of Arts degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of the Philippines. Ryan is also actively involved in Toastmasters International where he influences people to become better communicators and leaders within the community.

Marianne lives in Belgium. She has woven AI into her work and live. Always with special care for silent voices. Careful curiosity. Working as a researcher on 'lived experience', Quality of life, impact lenses, ecologies of care. 

She co-founded a guild of storyweavers to bring people together to invite Mundorebi. The basic principle of their work: call to gather: welcome weave wonder repeat.  Starting from appreciative curiosity, considering Story Weaving as craftsmanship and a warm invitation for the wisdom that can grow between people. 

She experimented in the field of regenerative tourism, youth work, organizations in transition. 

Working in the Equality//ResearchCollective in Gent; Connected to Beyond Storytelling, Voices that count

Always open for all kinds of warm cooperation.

Kara Schmitt is Principal at the Rocky Mountain Center for Positive Change. She helps organizations increase capacity by building upon individual and collective strengths.  She received her MSW in Social Work from Colorado State University. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, for over 20 years, Kara has worked as a nonprofit leader, facilitator, organizational consultant and coach.  She has her certificate in Appreciative Inquiry and is a Certified Dare to LeadTM Facilitator.

With over two decades of experience, Cary Snow is a motivated change agent, a university educator, and a celebrated chef who has been featured in magazines such as Better Homes and Garden and Restaurant Start-Up and Growth and is known for building diverse, culturally rich, and inclusive environments. Currently, Cary is a doctoral candidate at Indiana Wesleyan University studying organizational leadership with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, continuing a personal and professional growth journey of making dynamic change and being a voice for those who feel marginalized or unheard.

Jacqueline (Jackie) Stavros’ passion is working with others to create purpose and meaningful results for positive change. She is recognized for her creation of SOAR, a positive approach to strategic thinking, planning, conversations, and leading. She is professor and management consultant in the College of Business and Information Technology at Lawrence Technological University. She teaches one of the most popular courses, Principles of Management, where the students learn how to best manage themselves and others. She is one of the Faculty Athletic Representatives at LTU, where she enjoys working with student athletes to empower them to navigate and advocate for themselves. She inspires them with lifework not homework. She has co-authored many articles and books with two recent: Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement (www.cwh.today) and Learning to SOAR: Creating Strategy that Inspires Innovation and Engagement (soar-strategy.com). She has worked across all sectors and in over 25 countries using Appreciative Inquiry (AI) to affect the lives of thousands or people and hundreds of organizations improve capacity to thrive and increase performance.

Her research is grounded in the AI, neuroscience, and positive psychology to help others understand how their conversations influence their wellbeing and ability to succeed. She is on a mission to co-create a global movement of conversations worth having to recognize each other’s humanity and create organizations and communities that work for everyone. Her work has been featured in Forbes, SmartBrief, Detroit’s Live in the D, People & Strategy, and leadership and training blogs and podcasts. She is a keynote speaker on positive approaches to leadership, strategy, management, conversations, and change. She earned a Doctor of Management in Capacity Building Using an Appreciative Approach: A Relational Process of Building Your Organization’s Future at Case Western Reserve University. She holds an MBA in International Marketing from Michigan State University and BA in Marketing from Wayne State University. Jackie lives in Brighton, MI with her husband Paul and her loveable dogs Rex and Bo! She enjoys spending time with her son, Adam and daughter, Ally being outdoors, playing board games, or visiting the local farmers markets.

Miriam Subirana has a PhD from the University of Barcelona and is a coach, author, University professor, expert in Appreciative Inquiry and strength-based methodologies, contemplative meditation and Relational Mindfulness. She has an extensive professional career both nationally and internationally as an international speaker who combines leadership skills with the use of creativity and the techniques of creative and Contemplative Meditation, Relational Mindfulness and Appreciative Inquiry, designed to awaken and execute the creative potential of those who participate in her conferences, seminars and trainings. She has given more than 1,000 lectures, workshops and training sessions on five continents, in over 35 countries, participated in dozens of conferences, published 14 books translated into 7 languages, and numerous articles and chapters of books. Miriam accompanies people in their personal development, team development and organizations. She is the creator of the Flourishing Together Appreciative Inquiry method for coaching. Founder of IDEIA Institute, Institute for Dialogue and Appreciative Inquiry. https://www.institutoideia.es/en/ and www.institutoideia.academy

Pru Sullivan is a Founding Partner of The Change Factory and a Practitioner in Residence Emeritus at David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry at Champlain College-Stiller School of Business. For over a decade, Pru has been co-creating, designing, and delivering strength-based growth initiatives based on Appreciative Inquiry methodology. Her mission is to be an inspirational catalyst for personal, team, organizational, and community breakthrough growth and strength-based transformation. 

She holds a Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education and is a seasoned speaker. She has presented papers at conferences and workshops both locally and internationally. Having been in the field of Early Childhood Education for over 30 years, Geraldine held multi-portfolios from classroom teaching to faculty appointments to overseeing the professional development of almost 3,000 ECE educators, including pioneering a child study center, which was recognized by ECDA as an Outstanding Centre for Teaching and Learning and was awarded Distinction for the Early Childhood Agency Development’s Innovation Award as well as being the first recipient of the President’s Design Award for an early childhood center in 2015. Geraldine has profound theoretical and practical knowledge of ECCE and has been called upon to support national initiatives, including being appointed to the first batch of ECDA Fellows. An experienced ECE practitioner and leader, Geraldine has inspired and nurtured many young entrants to the ECCE sector, and many young ECCE leaders today were her students. She is the Head of School at St. Joseph’s Institution International Preschool. 

Tojo Thatchenkery is a professor and director of the Organization Development and Knowledge Management program in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

He is an internationally known speaker, consultant, and educator and is featured as one of the leading change thinkers in the Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers. He is also a member of the NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science and the Taos Institute.

Thatchenkery’s research has been funded by agencies such as the United States National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, and the U.S. Postal Service. He is the author of more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles. One of them, Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn was a Harvard Business Review recommended book. In another book, Making the Invisible Visible, Thatchenkery introduced the concept of quiet leadership as a key driver for innovation in organizations. He has also written books on appreciative inquiry, knowledge management, sustainable development, social capital, organizational development, postmodernism, and information technology and economic development.

Thatchenkery is on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences and the Journal of Organizational Change Management and is the past program ghair of the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management. He has more than 25 years of experience in teaching at various public policy, MBA, organization development, and executive development programs in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He founded the Organizational Learning Laboratory at the George W. Johnson Learning Center and served as its director from 1995 to 2000. During this time, the facility was featured as one of the leading laboratories for organizational learning and knowledge management by the Academy of Management and the Project Management Journal, and served clients such as Fannie Mae.

Thatchenkery has extensive consulting experience in diversity and inclusion, knowledge management, change management, leadership development, and organization design and strategy. Past and current clients include the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, USDA, EPA, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Treasury, USPS OIG,  IBM, Fannie Mae, Booz Allen, PNC Bank, Alcatel Lucent, General Mills, 3M, British Petroleum, Magnetrol, Nokian Tyres, Akbank (Turkey), and the Tata Consulting Services (India). He has published in journals such as the Harvard Business Review.

He has a PhD from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. 

Amanda Trosten-Bloom brings over thirty years of experience to RMCPC as a widely acclaimed consultant, trainer, speaker, and pioneer in the use of Appreciative Inquiry for high engagement and whole system change. She’s helped leadership from corporate, nonprofit and government sectors build stronger partnerships in support of strategic planning, culture change and organizational excellence. Amanda founded and ran two different consultancies before joining Corporation for Positive Change in 2000 and starting RMCPC in 2013. Past clients include Hewlett-Packard, the Unitarian Universalist Association, IHS, ACT, National Security Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, and The Denver Foundation. She co-authored the best-selling book The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change (Berrett-Koehler) along with three other AI books, and her work has appeared in more than a dozen articles, book chapters and publications. 

She is a Consultant and Facilitator with Sequoia Group, trained in the disciplinary intersection of Environmental Studies and Anthropology. For over 5 years, she has designed and facilitated various experiential youth training initiatives across Singapore and Southeast Asia for more than 250 youths ranging from secondary school to polytechnic and university students to raise up an ecosystem of flourishing youth. 

Federico Varona is an International Scholar born in Spain and has lived in Guatemala, Nicaragua for several years and in the USA for the last 35 years. He has academic degrees in Theology and Psychology from the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain and a Ph. D. in Communication Studies from The University of Kansas, USA. He has taught at the University of Rafael Landívar in Guatemala and at San Jose State University, California for 30 years where he is now a Professor Emeritus. He has conducted International Seminars and Presentations in several countries in Europe and Latin America. He has published 5 books and several articles in Academic Journals in different countries. For more than 10 years he has taught the Appreciative Research course at the University of San José State University and supervised numerous Appreciative Research projects conducted by students. He published in 2009 the first Spanish book on Appreciative Intervention and an expanded second edition in 2020. Now he is writing, publishing, and doing international webinars on the Appreciative Paradigm.

Ilene Wasserman, founder and president of ICW Consulting has over 30 years of experience in Organizational Consulting, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Leadership Development and Executive Coaching. As Vice-President of a major consulting firm and founder and President of ICW Consulting, Ilene helps leaders and teams throughout organizations leverage multiple dimensions of domestic and global diversity by enhancing communication and collaboration. Ilene’s approach is appreciative, based on the principles that we transform organizational cultures through engaging the whole system. 

Kevin D. Wilde is an Executive Leadership Fellow at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He teaches applied leadership in several graduate courses. In 2007, Chief Learning Officer magazine selected Kevin as CLO of the year. Kevin continues actively contributing to the leadership and talent development profession through business advising and writing. His advisory work includes the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), Study.com, and GP Strategies. His most recent book is Coachability: The Leadership Superpower. 

Jacqueline is Managing Director and founder of Sequoia Group.  She is an optimist about the power of organisations to transform and enable human flourishing. She is a visionary who inspires people to reach for the stars and never settle for being just good enough.  An artist at heart, she views life as a large unfinished canvas and it is up to us to make the best of it.  She is a process consultant, facilitator, coach and teacher with over 20 years of experience in the field of Organisation Development. A strong advocate for national development, with a specific interest in the youth of Singapore, she has also partnered with schools and youth leadership development programs to share the benefits of early leadership training and positive education to the future of Singapore. She has partnered with over 200 organisations and several national level movements to help support the building of institutions, businesses and communities that are truly worthy of people’s commitment.