Leadership Team
Darrin Glesser
VP - Strategy and ProgramsAmy Jo Davies
Operations Manager
Executive Advisors
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Miguel Aldrete headshot
Founder of The CTW Movement
www.thectwmovement.com
Gaby Alvarez-Pollack
Chief Learning Officer of GSL Consulting
www.gsl.consulting
Sarah Bacerra
Learning & Development Consultant
Dr. Susan Bernstein
Executive Coach/Leadership Consultant
www.drsusanbernstein.com
Roberto Blain
Talent/Culture Architect & Executive Coach, Founder /CEO, Cerulean Leadership, USC Professor of Culture Change & Talent Management
ceruleanleadership.com
CB Bowman, MCEC, MBA, BCC, CMC
Founder/CEO of Association of Corporate Executive Coaches and MEECO Leadership Institute
www.acec-association.org
www.meeco-institute.org
Jodi Brockington
Founder & Lead Consultant of NIARA Consulting
niaraconsulting.com/
Lewis Brown Griggs
Diversity Speaker Facilitator & Coach
www.Griggs.com
Cynthia Burnham, MBA
Leadership Coach/Speaker/Author of Best-Selling The Charisma Edge, Member of Marshall Goldsmith 100
www.cynthiaburnham.com
Donald E. Coleman
Chief Evangelistic Officer of Semper Kaizen Corp
www.semperkaizencorp.com
Sierra Collins
Leadership Development Coach, Speaker, and Trainer, Founder of Sierra Learnership Collaborative
www.sierralearnership.com/
Elika Dadsetan-Foley
Executive Director, VISIONS www.visions-inc.org
Thomas Deverell
CEO Coach
LaPonda Fitchpatrick
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Culture Transformation Consultant
www.trainingfortherealworld.com
Kimberly Gonsalves, CPCC, PCC
Executive & Leadership Coach
www.leadershipstate.com
Rosa Grunhaus Belzer, Ph.D
Executive Coach
Former Coaching Talent Leader, Western America & South America, Center for Creative Leadership
www.drrosacoaching.com
Maya Hu-Chan
Award-winning Speaker/Executive Coach/Author Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust
mayahuchan.com
Jennifer Koster, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Chief People Officer, Liv Communities
LivCommunities.com
Dottie Li
Founder and CEO of TransPacific Communications
trapac.net
Dr. Silvia Mah
Founder, Ad Astra Ventures, Stella Labs & Stella Angels, Investment Committee member of Next Wave Impact
adastra.ventures
www.stellalabs.org
www.stellaangels.org
nextwaveimpact.com
Robert Makar
SVP Booz Allen Hamilton, Retired
Salvatore Manzi
Leadership Coach
www.salvatoremanzi.com
Joel P. Martin, PhD
President of Positively Powerful™ Triad West, Inc
jpmartin@triadwest.com
www.positivelypowerful.com
www.linkedin.com/in/drjpmartin/
Luis Martinez, MSOL
Founder/CEO of We Tha Plug and
Director of Startup Grind San Diego
luis@wethaplug.com
www.wethaplug.com
Arthur Theotis Matthews J.D
Bilateralpreneur & COO
conscioustrainers.com
University Professor and Motivational Playmaker
Host of “Elevated Dialogue”
Paul Meshanko, MBA, CSP
Speaker/Author The Respect Effect, Founder & President of Legacy Business Cultures
www.LegacyCultures.com
www.PaulMeshanko.com
Walter G. Meyer
Award-Winning, Best-Selling Author/Speaker, LGBTQ Advocate
www.waltergmeyer.com
Susie Miller, MA, MDiv
Author/Speaker/Catalyst
Founder of LeaderSynq and
Author of Listen, Learn, Love: How to Dramatically Improve Your Relationships in 30 Days or Less
www.susiemiller.com
Adam Noakes
Administrative Law Judge at California Department of Social Services
www.linkedin.com
Dr. Maureen Orey, Ed. D., CPLP
Founder/CEO, Workplace Learning & Performance Group, Inc.
www.wlpgroup.com
Patti Perez
Founder/CEO of PersuasionPoint and Award-Winning, Best-Selling Author The Drama-Free Workplace
www.persuasionpoint.com
Don Pierro
Founder of Empower Lab Coaching
www.empowerlab.com
Andy Regal
President & CCO, Early Bird Productions
www.andyregal.com
Mark Schall
Certified Professional Coach
markschall.com
Dr. John Schinnerer
Executive Coach/ Relationship Coach
Host of The Evolved Caveman Podcast
GuideToSelf.com
Reyna Sund
Learning, Design & Delivery, Change Management Consulting
www.accenture.com
www.linkedin
Brian S. Szepkouski, M.A., CTAA
President, Szepko International
szepko-intl.com/
Dr. Billy Vaughn, CDP CDT CDE
Sr. Managing Partner, Diversity Training University International
dtui.com
Mauricio Velásquez, MBA
President, The Diversity Training Group
diversitydtg.com
Maurice Wilson
Pres/ED Reboot Workshop
www.nvtsi.org
Chris Witt
Speaker/Author Best-Selling Real Leaders Don’t Use Powerpoint, President of Witt Communications
christopherwitt.com
In Memoriam: A Tribute to Our Beloved Advisory Members
