Our team's strength, flexibility and creative energy comes from our own diversity - as individuals and professionals - gender, generational, functional disciplines, race, culturally, sexual orientation, our work experiences, education, geographic locations, training, life experiences, assessment tools we use, and our level of community engagement.
Dr. Cindy Phillipsis a management consultant and coach with expertise in leadership development, team building, action learning, and change management.With nearly 20 years of management experience in technology, transportation, and consulting roles, Cindy specializes in developing and implementing change management strategies, as well as helping leaders to reach their full potential.
Since establishing Leadership 4 Change, Cindy has continued her leadership and team development work with front-line and mid-level leaders, in a diverse base of public and private sector clients, and union and non-union environments. More information...
J. Wyatt SchuerholzWyatt's consulting practice is focused on performance enhancement through Diversity Management, Organizational Development and Quality consulting along with Leadership and Communication Skills training.
Wyatt completed the Wharton Diversity Liberating Leadership program, received his OD certification from NTL Institute and is a certified Myers/Briggs Type Indicator and Lominger Leadership Architecture facilitator. In addition, Wyatt has attained Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) and Resilience Factor Inventory accreditations. More information...
Lynn Alvarez Doupsas has been an internal and external management consultant and coach for twelve years, primarily focusing on helping individuals and corporations manage change. Since the formation of LD Consulting, Lynn has had extensive experience in leadership development, business planning, organizational change, communications, process reengineering, customer relationship management and merger and culture integration strategies.She has provided services in executive and management coaching, development of ownership strategies, custom training, facilitation and team dynamics. Lynn has held executive positions with UBS PaineWebber, Accenture and an internet technology start up and market research leader and currently works in partnership with NEGRON Consulting. Lynn holds a Bachelors degree from Claremont McKenna College and a Masters degree from Claremont Graduate University and has completed specialized coursework at the University of Salamanca and Georgetown University.She is certified in the MBTI, Keirsey, FIRO-B, Net Promoter and NBI methodologies along with other proprietary assessment tools. More information...
Karen Gaskins Jonesis the Founder and President of JLH Associates ("Aligning Ideas, Innovation & Excellence"). Her consulting practice offers an array of training design, facilitation, research and writing services, and organization development consultation. Karen's experience as a trainer/consultant includes work in international settings and within diverse communities across the U.S in a variety of government agencies, and organizations in the private and non-profit sectors. Karen is a skilled trainer in supervision and management skills, leadership development, leadership transitions, communications, equal employment opportunity, issues for managing a diverse workforce and building inclusive organizations, teambuilding, the training of trainers... More information...
Michael J. Negrónis the Founder, President and CEO of NEGRON Consulting. His consulting practice is focused on leadership development, coaching, diversity initiatives, workshop facilitation and select services to the nonprofit sector as well.
Michael's consulting work has included projects with Travelers, Aetna, Priceline.com, Fortune 50 Telecom and Consumer Marketing firms, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Hispanics in Philanthropy, Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical and Global Energy firms, Cendant Mobility, and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs. Negrón has achieved Accreditation in Emotional Competence Inventory from the Hay Group, Resilience Factors Inventory from Adaptiv Learning, and training at the Emotional Intelligence & Diversity Institute, and conducted over 300 coaching consultation sessions. More Information...
Patricia Duarteis the Founder and Principal Consultant of Decision Insight, Inc. a management consultancy specializing in Organizational Development, HR, Transition Management, Training and Executive Search. The consulting practice is based on a progressive management philosophy that draws from thought leader research and 25 years of experience working with corporate companies and nonprofit agencies. Her corporate resume include positions as: HR Manager, Cray Research Inc, Eagan, Minnesota; HR Director, Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, California; HR Vice President, eBusiness Technologies, Providence, Rhode Island. Patricia’s experience also includes international staffing and building teams for US based companies in the UK and as an officer on the Board of Directors of a technology start-up venture based in Toronto, Canada. More information...
Kathy Gonzales helps organizations create environments that cultivate employee engagement. The world has changed and highly contributing employees is now a must for any organization that expects to remain competitive and successful. A new employee engagement paradigm is the solution - one that is smart for today’s sophisticated employees. Kathy helps her clients create powerful engagement strategies that create success.
As a past executive from Accenture and Ernst & Young, Kathy knows the corporate world well. And, as a senior leader she knows what moves people successfully. She has led large multi-million dollar projects in change management, leadership development, employee engagement, revenue enhancement and process reengineering for consumer products, professional services, and healthcare industries on a national and international level for 20 years. More Information...
Justin Negrón is a management consultant and coach with hands-on experience in Client Relationship Management, Business Development, Operational and Organizational Effectiveness, Website and Social Media Strategies, and Workshop Design and Training.
Justin comes to NEGRON Consulting with over 10 years of management experience, principally in the luxury goods industry. Justin has exhibited a natural capacity and strong interest in Emotional Intelligence and Coaching, providing guidance and facilitation to colleagues in a wide array of professions and businesses. More Information...
Lillian Cruz has over 30 years of professional experience in executive nonprofit management. She is the founder of a Connecticut agency that serves Latino persons with complex developmental disabilities. Ms. Cruz has worked in the Philanthropic sector first as a program officer for the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and later at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven as director of community impact. While at the Community Foundation she developed and managed its grant evaluation program, investments in urban neighborhoods, and other special initiatives.
Currently, Lillian is a consultant to nonprofits on grant writing, strategic planning, board governance, development, diversity, and human resources. She has produced institutional, strategic, and fund plans, and is adept at public presentations and workshops. Ms. Cruz is a participant in the Interim Executive Directors and Transition Consultant pools with Third Sector New England. More Information...
