| Sharon Almerigi CPF, CTF People Dynamics Associates Sharon Almerigi is Principal Associate of People Dynamics Associates in Barbados, an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator and a Qualified Trainer of Technology of Participation. Since the mid-90s Sharon has provided facilitation services and facilitation skills training in Barbados. She has facilitated in several other Caribbean countries and on 1999 co-founded the Caribbean Facilitation Network. Sharon’s services include strategic and action planning, team building and leadership retreats, community focus groups and designing and facilitating public meetings. Sharon is an IAF Assessor and served on the IAF Board as Regional Director of Latin America and the Caribbean from about 2008 to 2012. | |
| Maxine Attong CPF Chief Operating Officer Aon Caribbean Attong’s personal vision is “ to enhance the lives of the people with whom I make contact”. She has been leading teams for the last two decades both in organizations and in her private coaching and facilitation practice. She is a Gestalt Organizational Development practitioner, a Certified Professional Facilitator, a Certified Evidence Based Coach and a Certified Management Accountant. Maxine is the author of two books - Change Or Die - The Business Process Improvement Manual and Lead Your Team to Win. She is working on her third book. Maxine leads as the Chief Operating Officer at Aon Caribbean. | |
| Rangineh Azimzadeh Tosang CPF Principal & Founder Solh Resolutions International Rangineh Azimzadeh Tosang, CPF®, MA, is an Iranian American, of the generation Y, principal and founder of Solh Resolutions International, a consulting company focused on creating systemic change toward peace and justice through facilitation, conflict transformation, and mediation. Rangineh spent the past four years virtually facilitating cross-cultural collaboration among college students internationally. She also has extensive experience facilitating coalitions, workgroups, and public forums focused on environmental justice issues. Rangineh spent several years doing community engagement, working with Sacramento's most marginalized communities. As part of her capacity-building work, Rangineh has also co-trained residents in skills like conflict management and action planning. | |
| Jonathan Bell CPF Partner Prismatic Solutions Jonathan Bell, a partner at Prismatic Solutions, is a Certified Professional Facilitator who has worked with groups in business, government and Not for Profits to build consensus, solve problems and achieve results. Jonathan worked with Prismatic Solutions on a part time basis since its inception both as a facilitator and on the logistics side. In September 2011, he moved into the facilitation field full time after more than a decade working in software support and testing for Intuit and other companies. He brings the technical skills he gained from that industry to the new frontiers of facilitation. He is a trainer of the Technology of Participation methods. | |
| Nadine Bell CPF CTF CMF Nadine Bell has catalyzed organizational transformation for 20+ years through customized facilitations around participative processes that: promote dialogue, transform conflict, develop consensus, expand creative problem solving, and enhance productivity. She is a Past Chair of the International Association of Facilitators • ToP Mentor Trainer • Presenter at IAF conferences in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia • Co-author, "The Big Picture: Creating an Ongoing Client Relationship" chapter in The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation • IAF Certified Professional Facilitator, INIFac Certified Master Facilitator, ToP Certified Facilitator and assessor of certification candidates globally. She is an inaugural inductee to the International Facilitators Hall of Fame. | |
| Beatrice Briggs CPF Director International Institute for Facilitation and Change Beatrice Briggs, Certified Professional Facilitator, is director of the International Institute for Facilitation and Change (www.iifac.org). A native of the USA, she has lived in Mexico since 1998 and works all over Latin America with civil society, international NGOs, and public and private sector organizations to help them make their meetings, forums, and assemblies highly interactive and participatory. She is the author of the book, Introduction to Consensus, the 4-minute illustrated video, What do facilitators really do?, and the editor of the Bonfire Collection: a complete reference guide to facilitation and change. | |
| Patrice Briggs Patrice Briggs is a passionate theatre practitioner who has served as a facilitator, stage manager, singer, dancer, director and events manager over the last nineteen years of her theatre life. She holds a BA in English Literatures and Theatre Arts, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts and Cultural Enterprise Management (ACEM) from The UWI, as well as an MA in Cross Sectoral and Community Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London. She has served as adjunct faculty at the DCFA, UWI, for almost 10 years, and has worked with Arts-in-Action since 1998. Patrice currently serves as the organisation's Artistic Director. | |
| Gillian Chambers CPF Trainer / Facilitator Jamalysha Training Co. Gill Chambers has been involved in facilitation for more than 25 years in various parts of the world. She holds the designation IAF CPF and is also and IAF Assessor. She works with groups of varying sizes and has clients from all sectors including both public and private sector. She works in the areas of Human Resources and Organisational Development while assisting groups to reach their desired outcomes in areas such as strategic planning and leadership development. She believes in tapping into the excellence within individuals, companies and communities. She's passionate about working with people and loves what she does as a Facilitator, Trainer and Consultant. | |
| Sandra Cooper CPF Trainer and Professional Facilitator Partners for Change Sandra D. Cooper M.A. CPF is founder and CEO of Partners for Change, a facilitation and training organisation in Kingston, Jamaica. She has over twenty years experience in facilitating individual, group and organisational transformation in public and private sector organisations in Jamaica and the Caribbean. A Certified Professional Facilitator and Trainer of Trainers, she has repeatedly been a featured speaker at the annual conferences of several professional associations, including the first IAF Regional Conference for the Caribbean and Latin America held in Barbados in 2009, and in Kingston Jamaica in 2013. She also presented at the IAF Conference in Denver Colorado in 2011, and has been a repeat presenter at the conferences of Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica and The Jamaica Employers Federation. She brings great energy and passion to her work as a facilitator and is renowned for her ability to connect and communicate. | |
| Georgia Donaldson Corporate Options Georgia has spent the last twenty (20) years of her professional life creating opportunities for individuals and organisations to grow and develop through her human resource, business development, career guidance and facilitation services. She provides human resource management and development services for a law firm and over the years, has worked with clients in the private, public and NGO sectors to facilitate strategic retreats and focus groups, identify, develop and provide learning solutions and other developmental services. As a certified human resource professional, trained mediator, facilitator and Toastmaster, Georgia connects, engages and works collaboratively with peoples of different cultures. She strives to make her sessions as unique as the individuals and groups she serves. | |
| Ann Epps CPF, CTF Senior Partner LENS International Ann Epps (Kuala Lumpur – Singapore – Denver) is one of the originators and trainers of the Technology of Participation (ToP) facilitation and strategic planning methods, a suite of processes used internationally Ann has served as consultant, trainer, and facilitator to numerous organizations in Europe, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and North America. She specializes in the areas of facilitator training, creative and strategic thinking, teambuilding, organizational change and leadership development. She is a founding member of the International Association of Facilitators, past board member, and one of the initial organizers of the Malaysia Facilitator Forum and IAF Asia Facilitator Conferences. She is a Certified Professional Facilitator and a CPF Assessor. Ann was named to the inaugural IAF Hall of Fame in 2014. Ann facilitates and co-facilitates IAF conference sessions frequently in the US, Europe and Asia. Ann S. Epps annsepps@gmail.com | |
| John Epps CPF, CTF Director LENS International One of the original architects of the Technology of Participation ToP, John has designed and facilitated client projects on an in-house basis for more than 300 organizations throughout Southeast Asia, the U.S. and Europe. As a Director of LENS International in Malaysia and LENS Leadership in Singapore, John facilitates organisation strategic planning sessions and conducts training sessions in creative and strategic thinking, change management, and participative leadership development. As a founding member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), John regularly makes presentations at IAF Asia, Europe, and North America annual conferences and contributes to the publications of the Association of Quality and Participation as well as the IAF, including a chapter on “Facilitation from the Inside Out,” for the IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation. John is currently a professor of the University of Maryland where he teaches several on-line graduate-level courses in International Strategic Management and Country Risk Analysis. | |
| Jeremy Kautza Madison Area Technical College Jeremy Kautza is the Director of Interest-Based Problem Solving (IBPS) at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, WI. Over the past three years, the college has undergone a massive culture change from traditional bargaining to one where issues and problems are viewed as opportunities where all sides have interests and ideas for solutions. Jeremy has helped lead the charge to the interest-based approach through his facilitation of IBPS learning events, facilitation of issues utilizing the IBPS approach, training of new college facilitators, and participation in and facilitation of shared governance councils. Prior to joining the college, Jeremy has had extensive training in conflict resolution and consensus-based bargaining. He brings years of experience in facilitating not only IBPS-related events but also classroom teaching and officiating youth sports (where his facilitation skills are really tested). | |
| Donald Kerper CPF President Misty River Consulting Donald Kerper is an Industrial /Organizational Psychology practitioner and IAF award winning facilitator. His company, Misty River Consulting, is a leading edge, organizational performance improvement firm with offices in Stratford, WI. For the last 25 years, MRC has helped companies and nonprofits improve their performance through:
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| Heidi Kolbe CPF, CTF Heidi Kolbe is a highly skilled, nationally recognized Project Consultant and Facilitator. She has 24 years of public participation, organization development, training, strategic planning, and facilitation experience. She has trained facilitators to the master’s level in the Technology of Participation since 1996. Heidi has a unique ability to call forth group wisdom for the purpose of restoring health and vitality to the groups and organizations. Her creative and engaging style coupled with effective and practical methods ensure results are recognized immediately. | |
| 0 | Brendon Lacaille Brendon Lacaille has devoted almost all of his adult life to the arts. As an apprentice of the Bagasse production company in the early 90s, he worked as a production assistant, stage crew member and actor on several of the company’s productions as well as in local television films. Brendon holds a BA in English and History, and a Practitioner’s Certificate in Drama/Theatre-in-Education (with Distinction). He has an adjunct member of the DCFA, UWI faculty for almost 10 years, has worked with AiA since 1998, and currently serves as the company’s Artistic Programme Manager. |
| Nanci Luna Jimenez CPF Luna Jimenez Seminars & Associates Nanci Luna Jiménez is recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally for her highly effective and insightful training, inclusive facilitation, and dynamic speaking with groups of diverse ages, industries, and cultural backgrounds. In 1994 she founded Luna Jiménez Seminars & Associates (LJS) to design and deliver unique programs that encourage individuals in their process of personal transformation, releasing initiative to create a more just and equitable workplace and world. Her unique approach to diversity, inclusion and social justice continues the legacy of work started with Dr. Erica Sherover-Marcuse, who coined the term “unlearning racism,” and continued by her mentor, Lillian Roybal Rose, M.Ed. This approach empowers participants to take pride in their own heritage as a means of building alliances with others. A Certified Professional Facilitator© since 2006, Nanci uniquely combines this training along with methodologies developed by the Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA), an international organization that provides training and facilitation in participatory group leadership processes for sustained organizational and social change. Nanci facilitates individuals and groups to look freshly at the root causes of where they might be stuck while supporting them to make transformational changes they envision through: personal healing; cross cultural communication; building group consensus; training on organization equity and leadership development; coaching; and short/long term action planning and implementation. | |
| Barbara MacKay CPF, CTF Principal & Founder NorthStar Facilitators Barbara MacKay, CPF®, MS has been facilitating since 1981. She has had her own facilitation business since 1995. She has designed and led thousands of facilitated meetings, conferences and workshops all over the world. Barbara is also a certified assessor with the International Association of Facilitators and with the ToP network USA (CTF) and has certified facilitators from five continents. Barbara offers multiple courses in facilitation skills and has spent the last 20 years researching and practicing a variety of tools and approaches. She blogs extensively about facilitation on her website and has published over 45 lengthy articles on facilitation skills. Her core work is based in the Technology of Participation (ToP®) approach and this is supplemented with a rich infusion of accelerated learning techniques (the neuroscience of learning), cross cultural and non-violent communication methodologies. Barbara has a playful sense of humor and has been described as having a calm, authentic presence. She loves to practice yoga, meditation, gardening, mosaics and travel. Barbara has been a presenter at IAF for the last 10-12 years in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. This will be her first Caribbean conference. | |
| Melissa and Michelle Matthews Head Agitator of Content Development and Client Engagement Agitate Media With twenty plus years of combined experience in capacity building, NGO management, and community development between them, Melissa Matthews and Michele Matthews-Morancie are the proprietors and chief facilitators of Agitate Media. A capacity building and strategic communications firm that specializes in the development and facilitation of workshops and individual training sessions for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and small businesses. The firm’s workshops run the gamut in topic area from strategic communications and relationship-building to board development and strategic fundraising, and a whole lot in-between. Founded in 2011, Agitate Media has served over 300 NGOs and small businesses. The breadth of the facilitators’ experience coupled with a highly interactive training methodology means that no two Agitate Media workshops and/or training sessions are alike. Innovation and implementation are the firms key focuses; presenting concepts in new and innovative ways that are easy to understand and even easier to implement is the Agitate Media way! | |
| Corky McReynolds PhD, CPF Professor University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point Charles “Corky” McReynolds, PhD, CPF. Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point, and Director of Treehaven Field Campus (Retired). Corky is now Principal, LeadTeam Consulting, LLC which builds leadership and team capacity for organizations to create and take action toward their mission. At UWSP Corky developed and taught graduate courses in strategic planning, non-profit management, and leadership. He has facilitated and trained facilitators for strategic planning processes at nature centers, state agencies and national organizations. Corky’s research, teaching and consulting focuses on leadership and enhancing organizational change through effective individual and group processes. His workshops are known for high activity, involvement and fun. In 2004, Corky received the profession’s highest honor, the National Leadership Award from the Association of Nature Center Administrators. In 2013 Corky earned the Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) from the International Association of Facilitators and in 2014 became certified in DiSC. In 2015 he received the Mel Davidson Leadership Award from Leadership Oneida County. | |
| Lotte Møller Sørensen Managing Partner, CPF & Certified Mediator Future Performance Lotte Møller Sørensen, CPF, is an experienced facilitator and results-oriented organizational development consultant, resourceful and strategic-thinking executive coach, accomplished and advanced certified facilitator. She is a dedicated mediator with excellent client skills and strong ability to communicate effectively with all organizational levels. Moreover she is an experienced and ambitious co-owner and director of own firms for 19 years with versatile responsibilities and tasks. | |
| Fernando Murray Loureiro Owner Aprendix Born in Brazil, I studied at the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EBA - UFRJ) from 1994 to 1998. As Designer and Illustrator, I spent 10 years in advertising agencies and graphic design studios in Rio. Hooked by human and organizational development in 1999, one year later I transitioned my career to become a facilitator, working with pioneering outdoor education companies based in Brazil. With enthusiasm for rock climbing and mountaineering, between 2001 and 2006 I joined Outward Bound Brazil as Field Instructor and Facilitator in Professional Development Programs. In 2006 with other professionals, I developed the Train the Trainer Program for new Outward Bound Instructors. During these years, I have been combining my outdoor background with knowledge acquired in specific courses and trainings: In 2007, the Enneagram Professional Training Program with Up9; in 2008, the Coach Training with Brazilian Society for Coaching, BCI licensed; in 2009 the Consultant and Leader Facilitator Program with ADIGO Consultants; in 2012, the Horizontal Leadership Master Program with IMO Consultants; in 2013 Visual Process Facilitation with Christina Merkley. In 2003, with my wife and business partner, I started Aprendix - a consulting company for human and organizational development based in Brazil. After ten years of hard work and rewarding development, we moved to Canada to refresh and recycle. Since 2013 I am living with my family in Nelson, British Columbia. In 2014 I started attending the Peace Studies Program at Selkirk College. My focus today is a research and practice of a Visioning Process through Transformative Justice Principles. So far this process is called Transformative Visioning. | |
| Jo Nelson CPF, CTF ICA Associates, Inc. Jo Nelson CPF, CTF is a founding member of IAF. She has been facilitating for more than 40 years. She trains facilitators across Canada and the world, both face-to-face and virtually. She has worked with facilitator competencies, the certification process, and professional development for IAF. She delights in working with good process and very diverse groups. Jo has a degree in education and anthropology. She is a principal, owner, and senior facilitator with ICA Associates, Inc. in Toronto. She received an IAF Gold Facilitator Impact Award in 2013 and was inducted into the IAF Hall of Fame in 2014. | |
| Toney Olton Principal Consultant The Potter Centre Toney Olton is a former Senior manager with extensive experience in leadership and performance management. He is skilled in personal development, change management, strategic thinking and planning, leadership training, executive coaching and counseling, salesmanship, problem solving and interpersonal relationships. Experienced in group facilitation and experiential learning. Toney is coach to a number of public and private sector managers. Since 2011, he has designed and delivered coaching and counseling training for over 100 public sectors managers, including permanent secretaries and heads of departments. He is currently engaged in a the training of 300 managers and supervisors from the Hospitality Industry in a project funded by The Inter-American Development Bank. He is also trained and experienced in psychometric assessments, and is a former Chair of The Caribbean Facilitators Network. | |
| Charlie Pellerin Founder 4D-Systems n 1983, Charlie became NASA’s Director, Astrophysics. He led this multi-billion dollar program for a decade building and launching 12 satellites. NASA awarded him an Outstanding Leadership Medal for excellence. Charlie invented the Great Observatories Program garnering over $15B for space astrophysics. For this, the American Astronautical Society gave Charlie their highest award, the Space Flight Award. In 1990, Charlie’s team sent Hubble Space Telescope into space with a flawed mirror. He then mounted the space repair mission that fixed the telescope. For this NASA awarded him a 2nd Outstanding Leadership Medal, an honor bestowed on less than 50 people (including astronauts) in NASA’s History. NASA then awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal, “when the contribution is so extraordinary that other forms of recognition would be inadequate” for leadership of the Astrophysics Program. In 1993, Charlie joined the University of Colorado’s Business School as a professor of Leadership. He created and delivered a course called “21st Century Leadership” to undergraduates, MBAs, and executives. His classes had the highest ratings in the college, consistently “A+.” In 1995, Charlie founded “4-D Systems” with sales of about $50M over the past decade. His team won the International Coach Federation’s 2007 Prism Award for “enhanced excellence and business achievement…with documented return on investment.” His book, How NASA Builds Teams (Wiley, 2009, available here) continues to sell well in English and seven other languages. Charlie’s current passion is supporting human-developers worldwide in using his “4-D processes” to manage the Fifth Force (social context), enhancing business performance. Recently, China Aerospace made Charlie an “Honorary Professor,” and Asia America Multi-Tech Association of China made Charlie a “Professor,” the 1st foreigner and 9th person ever to receive this honor. Charlie lives a happy and fulfilling life with his wife, Junko, in Boulder, Colorado with extended occasional stays in Sapporo, Japan. | |
| Paul Penny CPF Founder INTJenuity Paul Penny is a facilitator and problem solver, with a passion for helping groups achieve more, and is a leader in visual facilitation methods. Paul has 30 years of broad business and IT consulting experience, and has applied facilitation methods in his work for over 15 years. Paul is a leader in visual facilitation tools and methods, and speaks and facilitates frequently on topics related to strategy, innovation, collaboration and technology. Paul founded INTJenuity in 2014, to bring innovative facilitation and problem solving capabilities to as many clients and problems as possible. | |
| Marian Pitters President Pitters Associates Marian Pitters is the president of Pitters Associates, a Canadian management consulting company. For the past twenty-five years Pitters Associates has been facilitating processes for executives interested in developing organizations that innovate and prosper. Marian holds a doctorate in Adult Education from the University of Toronto. Her latest co-authored book (with Dorothy Strachan) is Managing Facilitated Processes: A Guide for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, Event Planners, and Educators. Previous feedback on Marian’s IAF sessions: “provided tools that are ready to customize and use – great takeaway”; “set clear outcomes”; “excellent presenter - warm, personable practical”. www.pittersassociates.ca | |
| Dianne Ramdeholl Theater of the Oppressed Techniques for Faciliation: Unpacking Power Individually and in Groups Empire State College Dianne has been a grassroots adult literacy practitioner for many years before joining the faculty at Empire State College. She works in the Graduate School of Education teaching in the Masters of Arts in Adult Education. | |
| Carolina Ribeiro de Almeida Owner Aprendix I lived my childhood in a countryside of São Paulo – Brazil, enjoying farm’s life simplicity. I became an Agronomist, having graduated from the University of São Paulo. My passion for horses helped many people to challenge themselves through horseback riding. My talent to encourage people led me to a path of no return within education. My first Leadership Experiential Seminar was in the United States in 1994, with Educo Colorado. After this experience, I became a group process facilitator. Since then, I have been connected with social and environmental projects in different regions in Brazil. In 2001, I became one of the first Outward Bound Instructors in Brazil, leading Outdoor Educators Courses, Professional Development Programs, and the Train the Trainer for new instructors. In 2007, I completed the Enneagram Professional Training Program with Up9 Human Development. In 2009, I concluded the Waldorf Pedagogy Seminar and the Consultant and Leader Facilitator Program with ADIGO Consultants. In 2012, I finished the Horizontal Leadership Master Program with IMO Consultants. In the same year, I worked as a Consultant and Teacher in Biodynamic Agriculture Course at Elo Institute. In 2013, I got my certification for Professional and Life Coaching from the ICI – Integrated Coaching Institute. During my sabbatical year in 2013, I moved with my family to Nelson in British Columbia (Canada) and opened new life perspectives. In 2015, I finished my Transformative Justice Advanced Certificate at Selkirk College. | |
| Deborah Riegel President Talk Support Deborah is a certified coach, facilitator and keynote speaker who combines her expertise in cognitive, behavioral and social psychology, public speaking, and coaching. She has coached hundreds of thousands of professionals to lead and communicate more effectively in industries ranging from advertising, entertainment, financial services and government to non-profits, pharmaceuticals, and technology. Deborah is a Lecturer of Management Communications at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as a Visiting Professor of Executive Communications at the Beijing International MBA Program at Peking University, China. Deborah also sits on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Board and has a BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Social Work from Columbia University. She is also a graduate of The Coaches Training Institute, and a graduate of Coach U. She holds the PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credential from the International Coach Federation. She is a Licensed Trainer for Coaching Out of the Box ™, is a Certified Facilitator for the DiSC™ Behavioral Inventory; and is a graduate of the World Institute for Action Learning’s Foundations program. Deborah’s approach to coaching, consulting, and training combines the use of coping models (to reduce anxiety and increase confidence) and mastery models (to accelerate learning and skills transfer, as well as to lock in behavior change). Deborah brings her warmth and wit to every engagement, as she believes that humor reduces people’s resistance to change. Deborah believes that the most successful leaders are those who balance professional credibility with personal authenticity, combining their deep expertise with transparency about where they need to grow. | |
| Becky Roberts CPF President Catoctin Consulting, LLC Becky Roberts, CPF, PMP, CMC uses facilitated group processes to engage stakeholders and tap the magic of participation. Often working with complex projects that must engage a wide range of stakeholders to be successful, she helps government and nonprofit clients define business objectives, measure performance against objectives, and implement the change necessary to reach goals. She has over 25 years of experience in facilitation, organizational development, strategic planning, performance management, process improvement and reengineering, team building, leadership development, and systems engineering. Becky is a recipient of the IAF Gold Facilitation Impact Award for work with NASA. She lives in Virginia in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Washington, DC. | |
| Gary Rush CPF Founder and President MGR Consulting, Inc. Gary Rush, IAF CPF, Founder and President of MGR Consulting, Inc., attended the U.S. Naval Academy and is a former Chair of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). He is a recognized leader in the field of Structured Facilitation and Facilitator training, managing projects since 1980, facilitating since 1983, and providing Facilitator training since 1985; and continues to be the leading edge in the industry by continuing as a practicing Facilitator. As a Facilitator Trainer, he teaches FoCuSeDTM. He teaches specific "how to" with an understanding of the "why" to perform as an effective Facilitator; he provides detailed Facilitator and process tools, enhances his training through effective learning activities, and, as an IAF CPF Assessor, he covers the IAF Core Facilitator Competencies and what students need to do to achieve them. As a Facilitator, he improves client business performance through effective application of exceptional facilitation processes and he is highly skilled at engaging participants and guiding them to consensus. | |
| Keith Ryall CPF Keith Ryall is a Certified Professional Facilitator and also an Assessor for the IAF. Based in Melbourne Australia, Keith is Principal of Keith Ryall & Associates, a business specializing in facilitation, training and consulting for both Profits and Not For Profits. he is Chair of the Rotary Leadership Institute for his Rotary International District 9800 and also served as Governor between 2011-2012. In October 2014, he was admitted to the IAF's Hall of Fame. | |
| Eunice Shankland CPF, CTF Owner Shankland and Associates LLC Eunice Shankland, owner of Shankland and Associates LLC, an independent consulting firm thirty years of international and US experience based in Centennial, CO. Eunice is a professional trainer and facilitator and a founding member of the International Association of Facilitators. She is a Technology of Participation (ToP) Mentor Trainer for the Institute of Cultural Affairs and has served as one of its Directors. She was responsible for staff oversight and ICA International’s strategic directions in the 70s and 80s. Eunice currently works with organizations, associations, agencies, businesses, and United Nations agencies in the U.S. and internationally. She currently works with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy and many countries worldwide. Her focus at FAO is on developing staff capacity in organizational effectiveness and group facilitation methods. She works on projects focused on poverty alleviation and food security from policy development to grassroots empowerment. She also works with associations, not for profits, government agencies, and the private sector on projects ranging from values identification to partnership building. Eunice uses group facilitation methods to develop business models that make the organization responsive to the changing demands of their clients. She believes in the power of eliciting the group’s collective genius that enables them to adapt to the changing demands of their clients. | |
| Barbara Sherlock Barbara Sherlock provides internal consulting, facilitation, and training services in planning, improvement, and facilitation at Penn State University and to other institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Ms. Sherlock served in the United States Navy, including three years in command, as executive officer of Penn State’s NROTC unit (where she co-edited To Get The Job Done), and as a consultant in the Navy’s organizational development program. Her education includes: B.A., Psychology, Wellesley College; M.B.A., Pepperdine University; and M.S., Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School. She is a Credentialed Facilitator of Essential Lifestyle Person Centered Planning. Ms. Sherlock most recently edited and contributed to Integrating Planning, Assessment, and Improvement in Higher Education. | |
| Carol Sherriff CPF Wilson Sherriff Carol Sherriff is a Certified Professional Facilitator, based in the UK. She has worked as a facilitator and run a facilitation business for more than 15 years. She originally got interested in Mindfulness for her own health and found it had enormous benefits for her facilitation practice and the groups she works with. She teaches Mindfulness in her local community and has presented on Mindfulness at the Riders on the Storm virtual summit. | |
| Norma Shorey-Bryan Managing Director Catalyst Consultants Norma Shorey-Bryan (M. Sc., CMC) is the Managing Director of Catalyst Consultants, a company that ‘puts people at the centre of change’ - enabling people to be more effective in organisations, and organisations to work more effectively with their people. Norma is an internationally Certified Management Consultant and a skilled facilitator and trainer in participatory methodologies. She works worked throughout the Caribbean and internationally with public and private sector agencies and voluntary organisations. She is passionate about the Caribbean region and its potential and committed to helping people develop positive ways of approaching their life, their work and their relationships with others and to manage change effectively. Norma has a Masters in Social Development, from Howard University, Washington D.C and a Certificate in Organisation and Systems Development from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, USA Her development experience has been further strengthened through formal training in project management and participatory training methodologies. She serves on the Board of the Caribbean Institute of Certified Management Consultants (CICMC) and on the core committee of the Caribbean Facilitator’s Network in Barbados. | |
| Karyn Stock-MacDonald CPF Business and Innovation Coach City of Mississauga Karyn is an experienced and award winning coach and facilitator; she was the recipient of a Gold Facilitation Impact Award from the International Association of Facilitators in 2013. Her 25 year career has included work in strategic planning, business planning and project management. She is also a certified True Colors Facilitator and holds an Honours Degree in Geography from the University of Ottawa. In addition to her current role as the City of Mississauga’s Business and Innovation Coach, Karyn works with many other public and private agencies, designing and facilitating workshops as an independent consultant. Some of Karyn’s other clients include: Mississauga Board of Trade; The Research, Innovation and Commercialization Centre Ryerson University, The Ontario Consumer Products Association, The Mississauga Sports Council, The Peel Art Gallery and Museum, The Streetsville Business Improvement Association, The Peel Board of Education, The Town of Caledon, The Region of Peel, The Municipality of Chatham, Kent Bruce County and The Canadian Municipal Administrators Association among others. | |
| Dorothy Strachan Partner Strachan-Tomlinson Dorothy Strachan (Strachan-Tomlinson) has been a process consultant for many years. Her practice focuses on issues identification and resolution, strategic planning, team development, and customized workshops and training programs on process design and facilitation. Dorothy works in all sectors and particularly enjoys process consulting in health, law and engineering. She has written several books and many handbooks on process design and facilitation. (www.strachan-tomlinson.com) Participants in sessions by Dorothy at previous IAF Conferences describe them as “eminently practical, excellent value, great role modelling, focused and yet flexible”. Some of her books include Managing facilitated processes, Making questions work and Process Design: Making it Work among others. | |
| Vagn Strandgaard Psychologist and CPF Future Performance Vagn has more 30 years of experience as a professional trainer and facilitator. He is a psychologist and teacher, and has a background within the financial sector. He is the IAF Director for Marketing and Partnership 2014-2018, sponsor for FIA, Chair of the Danish IAF Chapter from 2013-2014, and was responsible for the Regional IAF Conference in Copenhagen 2014. Together with Lotte Møller Sørensen, Vagn has co-authored more than 30 books about organisational and personal development. Today they are both engaged in authoring and publishing the MILIFE program for young people. MILIFE concists of more than 30 personal competencies for young people between the ages of 13- 30 years. Furthermore, Vagn is currently engaged in management training in LEGO in Denmark. | |
| Rebecca Sutherns CPF Sage Sollutions Rebecca Sutherns, PhD, CPF is the founder of Sage Solutions -- a facilitation, strategic consulting and coaching firm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She has worked in the community benefit sector for over 20 years, specializing in facilitating multi-stakeholder collaborations and strategic planning in the municipal, educational, health and social services sectors. This year, she launched a series of online professional development courses aimed at sharpening facilitation skills. Rebecca loves to travel, knit, host community potluck suppers, and spend time with her husband and four teens. | |
| Michael Wilkinson CPF, CMF Founder and CEO Leadership Strategies, Inc. Michael Wilkinson is the Founder and CEO of Leadership Strategies, Inc. - the leading facilitation company in the U.S. Michael is the author of bestseller The Secrets of Facilitation, The Executive Guide to Facilitating Strategy, and CLICK: The Virtual Meetings Book. He is one of the nation’s leaders in the facilitation industry, a board member of the International Institute for Facilitation, and founder of the FindaFacilitator Database - a network of over 500 facilitators worldwide. He has been awarded both the Certified Professional Facilitator and the Certified Master Facilitator designations for experience and demonstrated expertise in facilitation. In 2003, he was named Facilitator of the Year by the Southeast Association of Facilitators for contributions to the field. Prior to Leadership Strategies, Michael spent eight years with Ernst & Young's Management Consulting Group. Michael is a High Honors graduate of Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Mathematics and Social Sciences. | |
| Ulla Wyckoff Tomlinson CPF Facilitator/Coach Improvement, Coaching and Support Ulla worked for over 20 years as a Project and Change Manager in international projects, and since 2006 developed her facilitation practice as a profession. She first certified as IAF Certified Professional Facilitator in 2008 and has maintained her CPF since then. She has facilitated strategic planning, team building and culture change in the public and private sectors and for NGO's in Jamaica and across the Caribbean. She also trains leaders and their teams in coaching skills to develop learning organizations. Ulla is a co-founding Director of the IAF Jamaica Chapter. A native German, Ulla lives in Kingston, Jamaica. | |
| Natalie Zend ZENDialogue Consulting Services Natalie Zend wants to live in a world where people come together to listen for possibility, co-creating the new life-serving society that wants to emerge. A sought-after international workshop facilitator, she has trained hundreds of professionals in how to create high-impact, rights-based programs for children. She was also seminal in shifting Canada’s aid to Colombia to an enduring focus on human rights and young people. When she's not hosting conversations that matter, you can find her dancing barefoot with wild abandon, making riotous sounds, or listening inside for her next step | |
