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The Absolute Best People

Over the years, CMP has built a team of uniquely experienced and passionate professionals. They represent a wealth of experience across industries and functions. Each person has worked on both sides of the desk as an inside leader and outside consultant. We go to great lengths to ensure we match the right client with the right CMP person.

Leadership Team

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Maryanne Piña-Frodsham

CEO

As CEO and majority owner of Career Management Partners (CMP), Maryanne is responsible for overall direction and all operations of the firm. Based in Dallas, CMP also has offices in Fort Worth, Chicago and Kansas City, with partner offices across the Americas, Asia and Europe. CMP has been recognized as a North Texas Fast Growth Company averaging over 20% annualized growth over the last 4 years. CMP has the distinction of being the only woman and minority owned business that supports the full talent lifecycle with a national footprint, and services many notable clients such as John Deere, Fujitsu, Raytheon and Borden Dairy.

Behind Maryanne’s success in business is a deep commitment to the clients, candidates and communities CMP serves. This is at the core of Maryanne’s values and CMP’s success.

Prior to CMP, Maryanne served ten years in public education and higher education - developing content and innovative solutions for students, educators, and the community.

Maryanne is a doctoral candidate at Texas A&M University–Commerce with a focus in educational leadership. She co-authored the book Don’t Dread Monday: Your Guide to Career Success.

Her certifications include CMAT––Curriculum Management Audit Training— Curriculum Assessment, Design, and Delivery. She is also certified in Leadership Temperament Index (LTI), MBTI, and Brain Based Leadership Assessment.

Maryanne serves as a Board member for The Concilio, and as an advisory board member for Hero’s for Children, and for the SMU Latino Leadership Initiative.

Initiative, member of the Women’s President’s Organization (WPO), member and proud sponsor of the Women's Business Council Southwest, and Advocate of the National Alliance of Mental Health.

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Joe Frodsham

President

For over a decade, Joe led JBKF Group, consulting with companies across industries on issues of talent and careers. In 2014, Joe merged JBKF Group with Career Management Partners (CMP), a talent and transition firm focused on recruiting, development, career transition, and outplacement solutions. CMP has national and global delivery capability and is recognized as a DFW 100 fast-growth company.

Prior to moving into the consulting world, Joe served as the Vice President of Talent and Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Tenet Healthcare, the largest publicly owned hospital chain in the United States. Before Tenet, Joe was the Global Director of Leadership Development at Whirlpool Corporation, helping the company achieve a national ranking as the 11th best company for leaders according to the annual Hewitt study. Joe also worked with Compaq Computer Corporation from 1996 to 2002, assuming a series of progressively larger roles, ultimately leading the staffing and organizational effectiveness functions.

Joe earned his bachelor's degree in psychology and his master's degree in organizational behavior from Brigham Young University. He has published a number of articles, co-authored two seminal books on careers––Make It Work and Don’t Dread Monday: Your Guide to Career Success, and is a speaker and recognized expert on careers, employee engagement, leadership development, organization development, and talent systems.

Joe has consulted with a number of private and public company Boards, and served on key community Boards. Currently he is Chairman of the Board for the American Diabetes Association of Dallas Fort Worth and the Tour de Cure.

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Kathy Kilroy

President,
Midwest Region

As President of Career Management Partners (CMP), Midwest Region, Kathy Kilroy has extensive experience across multiple industries consulting and leading talent management initiatives that achieve bottom-line results and drive business success. 

Trusted Advisor, Coach and Mentor to a wide network of business leaders, her focus is on bringing out the best in people, creating strategic alliances, and building valuable connections for people to help them advance in their careers, grow businesses and consulting practices or lead change initiatives.

Specific areas of expertise include: 

> Executive & High Potential Coaching

> Women’s Leadership Coaching & Mentoring

> Building Executive Presence

> Managing Health & Wellness for Leadership Success

> Peer Advisory & Masterminding Group Leader/Facilitator

> Career & Life Transition / Outplacement & Protirement

Kathy also sponsors and leads:

  • The Executive Opportunities Forum (EOF), a peer advisory group for C-suite leaders. Founder/Leader
  • Financial Executives International (FEI), Chicago Sponsor & Member of the Program Committee.
  • MentorRings™, Women’s Leadership Program – Founder & Leader
  • Executive Leaders in Transition (ELITE) Founding Sponsor & Board Member

Memberships include:

Human Resource Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC)

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) - Member & Mentor

Lake County Haven (Non-Profit) – Auxiliary Board Member, Fundraiser & Mentor

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Joe Wiley

President,
St.Louis Market
Joe’s professional background includes 35 plus years of human resources experience with three major St. Louis corporations: Pfizer, General Dynamics, and the Monsanto. After 23 years with Monsanto, he chose an early retirement and decided to venture into the human resource consulting business. He founded Quest Management Consultants in August of 2003. Quest specializes in Talent Acquisition. Career Transition programs, Leadership Development, and Organization Improvements. Quest has completed Nationwide searches across a wide variety of industries and all disciplines. In the last couple of years, has led searches for the President/CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, the President/CEO for the St. Louis Minority Business Council, the President/CEO for the YWCA, the System Vice President Diversity & Inclusion SSM HealthCare. He has led or co-led numerous other searches over the past 18 years. Quest is a member of OI Partners, which enables Quest to assistance our clients with their workforce needs on a global basis. At Monsanto, he successfully led the company’s recruiting initiative. Joe also managed several downsizing projects across the country. He worked with a variety of career transition vendors which has given him a great deal of experience and insight into the career transition process. He has a strong foundation in human resources with assignments at plant locations, the division level and in corporate. His broad experience in human resources is a plus in assisting client companies with their human resources needs. Since 2003, Joe’s broad human resource experience plays a key role in Quest Managements ability to provide cost effective and high-quality Human Resource services. A former basketball star, and member of the St. Louis University Hall of Fame, he is the consummate team player. Joe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a Master of Arts degree in Urban Affairs from St. Louis University.
  • Joe is an active member of the following organizations:
  • Board of Trustees- St. Louis Zoo
  • Board of Directors-Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation
  • Executive Committee - St. Louis University Billiken Club
  • Board of Trustees - Billikens Victory Fund
  • Management Advisory Board- St. Louis University John Cook School of Business
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital (East) Foundation Board
  • Metro East Advisory Board-Commerce Bank
Joe Has been recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal as One of the Most Influential St. Louisans, St. Louis Business Journal’s Inclusive Leadership Award, St. Louis University’s College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Merit Award, selected by SBM Monthly as one of the “Top 100 St. Louisans to Know to Succeed in Business”, the St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation LifeTime Achievement & Walk of Fame Award. St. Louis Magazine selected Joe in the list of “100 Athletes who shaped St. Louis Sports”. In February 2015 selected to St. Louis University Men's Basketball All-Century Team. In February 2018 inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame. He was recognized as the 2018 “Minority Entrepreneur of the Year by the St Louis NAACP. Joe also served as TV Fox Sports Analyst for St. Louis University Basketball for 20 years.
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Scott McTague

Senior Vice President,
Talent Fit Solutions

Scott most recently ran the professional development and assessment practice for a Kansas City-based HR management firm. Up to that, he led the talent management and engagement functions at an international data center company where his responsibilities included talent acquisition and assessment, learning and development, management training, performance management, workforce planning, and employee engagement. Prior to his corporate role, Scott spent over 20 years consulting to hundreds of companies in two consulting organizations and his own firm. His roles included strategic leadership, programs/systems design and implementation, thought leadership, client management and delivery, and business development.  

How He Moved the Dial

  • OMNI Human Resource Management – Led the learning, training and assessment (for selection and development) practice for clients in the for-profit and non-profit sectors in the Kansas City market.
  • QTS Data Centers – Created a talent acquisition function, saving over $500K in 12 months, improved annual sales rep retention to 82%, designed a 45-course eLearning management training program, and partnered to create a 300-seat learning academy.
  • McTague Talent Consulting – Conducted safety training and coaching for over 500 railway engineers. Implemented a talent management audit service to identify and resolve gaps in talent best practices and improve organizational effectiveness.
  • Assess Systems (now Outmatch) – Increased talent management sales in the hospitality industry by 125% in 18 months. Designed and implemented hiring and development systems for clients to improve retention, productivity and engagement.
  • Batrus Hollweg International (now IBM) – Built highly profitable business units providing talent management services to hundreds of clients through program creation, visionary leadership, business development, training, and client satisfaction.

Area of Expertise

  • Program Design and Delivery
  • Leadership Development
  • Management Training and Coaching
  • Performance Management
  • Workforce Planning
  • Organizational Development
  • Talent Selection and Development
  • Business Development
  • Client Management
  • Speaking and Writing
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Susan Glen

Senior Vice President,
Client Relations
Susan brings over 20 years of experience in the talent acquisition and human resources solutions industry to CMP. A highly skilled relationship builder and business development professional, she is known for bringing people and solutions together. Relationships are a core value, and Susan builds long-term client relationships through her integrity, experience, and credibility. She delivers right solutions with an excellence that exceeds expectations.
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Amanda Connelly

Senior Vice President,
Leadership Development & Executive Coach

Amanda Connelly is the VP, Talent Development for Career Management Partners (CMP), Certified Executive Coach,  Certified Leadership Coach, and Certified Master Cognitive Behavioral Practitioner who offers a dynamic coaching approach coupled with assessment tools that promote authentic leadership in her clients. 

She uses her 20+ years of leadership and executive level experience including roles in companies such as CVS Health and Raising Cane’s Restaurants to institute a commitment to self-discovery and professional growth.  She combines validated assessments and proven techniques to create personalized, performance driven coaching programs that result in increased enterprise leadership and acceleration of business goals. 

Amanda’s guidance has allowed her to inspire leaders through her broad expertise as a talent management industry leader.  She has partnered with executives and emerging leaders to drive operational effectiveness in the healthcare, hospitality, oil and gas, technology, non-profit and financial services industries.  She offers development through Executive and Leadership coaching as well as through Team Sessions on various topics that may be customized for each client.

Examples of some areas of coaching success stories include:

  • Targeted Performance and Executive Presence Coaching
  • Leveraging Emotional Intelligence
  • Strategic Adaptation and Growth
  • Accelerated Change Management

Examples of some team sessions include:

  • Certified John Maxwell Leadership
  • 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership & Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
  • Your Career from the Inside Out
  • Keep Employees Ingaged in the Organization
  • DISC, Hogan, or MBTI Assessments with Interactive Team Building
  • Team & Self Discovery: Learn How to Improve Workplace Interactions

In addition to her coaching and cognitive behavior certifications, she attained her MBA with a specialization in Change Management.  She is also certified in numerous assessments including but not limited to Leadership Temperament Index (LTI), Hogan, MBTI, DISC, MDQ, and many more that can be customized to fit client’s unique needs.

Recent partnerships include:

CHRISTUS Health, CVS Health, Prism Health, Pioneer Natural Resources, Dean Foods, Borden Dairy, Raising Cane’s and many more.

Associations/Affiliations:

▪ International Coaching Federation (ICF)

▪ World Coach Institute (WCI)

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Gayle Norton

Senior Vice President, Search Solutions

Gayle Norton has more than 20 years of management, consulting,  sales and recruitment industry experience. Through a consultative  customer-centric partnership model supported by highly experienced recruiters and consultants, Gayle assists her clients through recruitment optimization and talent strategy consulting to improve the talent acquisition function, and On-Demand recruiting to find the top talent needed to drive business and gain competitive advantage. Working in  multiple industries, Gayle has led engagements at companies ranging from startups and emerging growth companies to large, global employers including Harley-Davidson, Cadence Health, US Cellular, Verizon Wireless, Motorola, American College of Surgeons, USG, Ulta, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Gayle brings a healthcare and pharmaceutical background to her consulting career. She was a Registered Nurse and then led a sales area for a pharmaceutical company where she won numerous awards for performance excellence. She moved into consulting where she led her own consultancy focusing on operational change and talent acquisition initiatives, moved into a corporate Director or Recruiting and Recruitment Technology role, became a consultant and Managing Director with a talent acquisition consulting firm, and then to a Director of Talent Strategy role.  Her diverse business foundation adds a unique lens to her consulting work.

Gayle is actively involved in STAR Chicago, the Society of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment, currently serving as Vice President of Professional Development. She is also a board member with the SHRM chapter Northwest Human Resources Council (NHRC), and previously served as Co-Chair of the HR Management Systems committee for the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC). Gayle has spoken at HR, HR technology and talent acquisition conferences and has been published in several industry publications.

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Faith Abbott

Director,
Client Engagement
Joining CMP in 2014, Faith brings over a decade of experience across industries and environments as an administrative and program leader to her role as Director of Client Engagement. She is the main point of contact for CMP’s outplacement clients, coordinating support of clients, career consultants, and outplacement candidates. Faith plays a key role in ensuring a positive candidate and client experience.

Faith graduated magna cum laude from Texas State University where she received her bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration.
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Claudia Chavez-Castilla

Director, Strategic Initiatives

Claudia has a background in both Human Resources and Market Insights and over 20 years of organizational experience in multinational companies such as PepsiCo, Holderbank and Gallup. She is fully bilingual in both English and Spanish and able to coach present or lead seminars in whichever language her client chooses. She also has vast experience in multi- cultural and diverse environments.

Claudia provides clients with a broad vision, that combines her corporate and practical customer and market based approach with a profound humanistic-psychology sense. The combination of these approaches drive results for her clients to access self-awareness and positive self-image in a unique and individualized way. She has been in the International educational area for the past 8 years and currently is part of the faculty for Psychology and Nursing at SUAGM, a private dual-language institution in the Dallas area.

Claudia's expertise includes:

  • Career Transition
  • Career Path Planning 
  • Effective Communication
  • Leadership Development
  • Performance Coaching
  • Conflict Resolution

Claudia has a BA in Psychology, a Master’s in Humanistic Psychology, a certification in Market Research by the American Marketing Association, a Graduate certification in Executive Coaching and a credential as PCC from the ICF. Her additional certifications include MBTI, Conversational Intelligence, as well as various leadership, career and personality assessments. Claudia is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of the Hispanic Women Network of Texas.

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Anna Garcia

Director, Client Solutions

Anna Garcia has recently completed her career in the telecommunications and technology industry as a senior sales executive of over 28 years. Anna also served on the national board of HACEMOS a 501c3 non-profit employee resource group as national president, receiving over 10 recognitions during her two-year term.

She began her career at Southwestern Bell in Houston, TX working in the bilingual call center. After navigating various roles in different segments, she recently retired as a senior sales executive at AT&T working with national and international portfolios and launched ALG Consulting, LLC. In addition to her professional role, Anna has found a passion in advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion to help advance the next generation of leaders.

As National President of HACEMOS she launched and implemented programs targeting empowerment and growth of Latinos in the workforce. During her leadership, HACEMOS has received numerous recognitions including, Top 15 ERGs 2020 & 2021, LatinaStyle; Employee Resource Group of the Year 2021, USHCC; and the ERG’s initiative Latino Talks won Best Overall 2021 at the Employee Group Annual Conference.

Anna also mentors and consults with a variety of individuals and organizations seeking professional growth. She holds a degree in Business Studies from Dallas Baptist University and a Master of Business Administration- Global Business from University of Phoenix.

Anna resides in Houston with her husband Edgar and children Anaidah, Edgar, and Jaime.

Recruiting Solutions

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Gayle Norton

Senior Vice President, Search Solutions

Gayle Norton has more than 20 years of management, consulting,  sales and recruitment industry experience. Through a consultative  customer-centric partnership model supported by highly experienced recruiters and consultants, Gayle assists her clients through recruitment optimization and talent strategy consulting to improve the talent acquisition function, and On-Demand recruiting to find the top talent needed to drive business and gain competitive advantage. Working in  multiple industries, Gayle has led engagements at companies ranging from startups and emerging growth companies to large, global employers including Harley-Davidson, Cadence Health, US Cellular, Verizon Wireless, Motorola, American College of Surgeons, USG, Ulta, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Gayle brings a healthcare and pharmaceutical background to her consulting career. She was a Registered Nurse and then led a sales area for a pharmaceutical company where she won numerous awards for performance excellence. She moved into consulting where she led her own consultancy focusing on operational change and talent acquisition initiatives, moved into a corporate Director or Recruiting and Recruitment Technology role, became a consultant and Managing Director with a talent acquisition consulting firm, and then to a Director of Talent Strategy role.  Her diverse business foundation adds a unique lens to her consulting work.

Gayle is actively involved in STAR Chicago, the Society of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment, currently serving as Vice President of Professional Development. She is also a board member with the SHRM chapter Northwest Human Resources Council (NHRC), and previously served as Co-Chair of the HR Management Systems committee for the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC). Gayle has spoken at HR, HR technology and talent acquisition conferences and has been published in several industry publications.

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Cathy Koepke

Executive Search Consultant
Cathy is an accomplished executive recruiter with over 20 years corporate talent acquisition and human resources experience. As a dynamic Talent Acquisition Professional, Cathy has demonstrated proven success in full cycle recruitment, sourcing to fill positions from mid to executive levels for companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 firms.

As a trusted Talent Consultant, Cathy has led searches for mid to senior level roles, global recruiting, and executive recruiting within multiple areas across the organization. She has extensive experience conducting executive searches for clients in sales, marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, information technology, and human resources. Cathy has provided search and strategic HR guidance to organizations such as Alexian Brothers, Baxter Healthcare, Mondelez, HSBC, AON Hewitt, JLL, Inc., Trustmark, Safety-Kleen, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Wolters Kluwer and W.W. Grainger, Inc. Sales searches include VP of Sales, Sales Executives, Sales Directors and Sales Leaders

Outside of the office, Cathy serves on committees with SPHR that includes participating in a high school research project with Northwestern University to determine attributes in a high performing workforce as well as volunteering for the R.O.P.E. with H.O.P.E. organization.
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Steve Callisher

Search Consultant

Steve Callisher has a diverse background with deep experience in talent acquisition, employee development and outplacement. Steve has also held roles in Production Management, Human Resources Management, HR Consulting, Executive Search/Contract Services, and Business Development. His experience has spanned over several industries, especially technology and professional services. He has worked with profit and not-for-profit organizations, public and private companies, union and non-union environments, and both domestic organizations and subsidiaries of foreign companies; UK and Japanese headquartered.

Mr. Callisher has served on numerous committees and Boards of Directors for various Human Resources organizations, is regularly invited to present and facilitate panel discussions on HR and Talent Management topics, and is active on several diversity initiatives. He is a past President of the electronics Personnel Association and a recipient of the Inroads "Advisor of the Year" award. He has also been involved for many years in college relations activities. 

Mr. Callisher earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago, holds a master’s in business administration, with honors, from Roosevelt University and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

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Jeannette Garcia

Sourcing Specialist

Jeannette is a bilingual sourcing specialist for CMP’s Search Practice. Jeannette’s work is focused on collaborating with CMP’s project manager and lead recruiter to develop a network of potential candidates and industry professionals. Before joining CMP, Jeannette was a full cycle recruiter where she was awarded an Innovation Award for creative ways to find candidates in difficult areas where positions needed to be filled.

Specific areas of expertise:

  • Hands-on experience with applicant tracking systems
  • Reviews resumes and online portfolios for pre-screening candidates
  • Utilizes a variety of tools to find, engage, and attract top talent including social media sites, our internal ATS & CRM, job boards, professional associations, and other novel resources
  • Builds relationships with a network of candidates through strategic outreach to develop strong talent pipelines and create a topnotch candidate experience
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Donna Wilson

Executive Search Consultant

Donna is an accomplished executive recruiter with over 25 years of corporate talent acquisition and human resources experience. An agile HR and recruitment consultant, Donna has a track record of developing partnerships to achieve business objectives. A sought-after advisor to senior leadership in recruiting talent, building workforce capabilities, employee engagement, retention and teamwork, she leverages consulting and influencing skills in providing pragmatic solutions to business issues. Donna is also experienced in leading teams through transformative organizational change

A trusted advisor and strategic HR Leader Donna has led searches for executive and leadership talent in multiple industries and functional areas. She has demonstrated consistent success in identifying passive and hard to find talent and bringing them fully through the process from the sourcing effort to offer and company start/on-boarding. Additionally, Donna has provided search and strategic HR guidance to C-suite executives in areas such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Finance, Human Resources, Strategy, M&A, Tax, among others.

Donna is a member of numerous professional associations including Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), member Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC), and Northwest Human Resources Council (NHRC).

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Beth Piff

Executive Search Consultant

Beth is an accomplished senior recruiter with over 30 years talent acquisition experience. As a dynamic Talent Acquisition Professional, she has a proven track record of delivering highly qualified candidates to clients, utilizing her match maker style to reach out and engage stellar talent.

As a trusted Talent Consultant, Beth combines strategic industry research and name generation techniques, in addition to using traditional recruiting practices. She knows where to look to create the right target list of applicants, always keeping diversity in mind. Beth has led searches for entry to senior level roles within multiple areas across the organization. She has provided search support to organizations such as Culligan Intl, Kohler, Amoco, Shell Oil, Kenmode Tool and Engineering, Hire Resources, Intellidig Research, Intelligent Staffing and in functional areas including Manufacturing, Sales/Marketing, Operations, R&D, Finance, Engineering, National Accounts, Human Resources.

Outside of the office, Beth is passionate about community service, wellness and family. She especially enjoys attending sporting events with her husband and two sons.

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Randy Samuelson

Executive Search Consultant

Randy Samuelson’s professional talent acquisition background encompasses over 30 years in the executive recruiting industry. A Certified Personnel Consultant-CPC, he has recruiting experience in multiple industries including manufacturing, non-profit organizations, finance and accounting, sales, marketing, supply chain, human resources, logistics, distribution, operations, healthcare, management, hospitality and customer service. Randy has placed mid to executive level professionals in small to Fortune 500 companies.

In addition to his work with various companies, Randy has also participated in numerous charitable functions for The Backstoppers Inc, American Cancer Society, Multiple Sclerosis Society and American Heart Association.

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Victor Assad

Executive Search Consultant

Victor Assad brings over 25 years of corporate talent acquisition and consulting experience to CMP, with special emphasis on executive and technical talent sourcing and research strategy. He has worked in multiple industries, including medical devices and biotech, real estate management, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, technology, and healthcare.

A trusted advisor and HR leader, Victor has led searches for executive and leadership talent in multiple functional areas: communications, brand marketing and sales; eCommerce and business development; analytics and insights; corporate strategy; supply chain and logistics; clinical research and regulatory affairs; and finance and accounting.

Because of his depth and breadth of experience, Victor brings ‘the long view’ to talent acquisition and plans for challenges while working to prevent them. His reputation for excellence comes with endorsements and awards from executive leadership teams and peers alike. Victor has published the widely acclaimed book Hack Recruiting: The Best of Empirical Research, Method and Process, and Digital Technology. Victor coaches executives, experienced and novice job seekers in the talent acquisition process, and volunteers with HR and recruiting professional and business associations.

Executive Coaches

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Kim Higgins Alleman

Executive Coach

Kim is an executive and leadership coach with insights gained from having long-served as a top corporate executive (CHRO) in a broad base of companies and industries. Reporting to the CEOs for Bank One (now JP Morgan Chase), VHA (now Vizient; healthcare), Blockbuster Video, and The LaSalle, Group, Inc. (healthcare), she has personally experienced, and coached top executives, through the demands, stresses and inner-workings of leadership teams, boards, and operational effectiveness. Kim also holds the hallmark distinction of having shepherded VHA to be named a Fortune Magazine “100 Best Places to Work” company for five consecutive years, creating and implementing the human capital strategy for this large health care alliance.

Additionally, Kim was selected as the sole executive HR consultant for the George W. Bush Foundation’s early development. Reporting to the foundation’s President, she successfully built its human resources structure, HR systems and talent acquisition.

Kim holds a B.S. in Communication (Organization Development) from Oklahoma State University and is a member of SHRM. She has earned a certification with Hogan Assessments, and uses a variety of assessment instruments including Birkman, Korn-Ferry Lominger Voices 360, MBTI, and the Leadership Temperament Index. Kim currently serves on the board of directors for Exodus Ministries, and is a CASA Advocate. She has previously served as a board member for The Family Place, University of Dallas, Inroads, and Family Gateway. 

Specific areas of expertise include:

  • Executive coaching
  • Change management
  • Leadership development
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Claudia Chavez-Castilla

Executive and Career Coach
Claudia has a background in both Human Resources and Market Insights and over 20 years of organizational experience in multinational companies such as PepsiCo, Holderbank and Gallup. She is fully bilingual in both English and Spanish and able to coach present or lead seminars in whichever language her client chooses. She also has vast experience in multi- cultural and diverse environments.
Claudia provides clients with a broad vision, that combines her corporate and practical customer and market based approach with a profound humanistic-psychology sense. The combination of these approaches drive results for her clients to access self-awareness and positive self-image in a unique and individualized way. She has been in the International educational area for the past 8 years and currently is part of the faculty for Psychology and Nursing at SUAGM, a private dual-language institution in the Dallas area.

Claudia's expertise includes:

  • Career Transition
  • Career Path Planning 
  • Effective Communication
  • Leadership Development
  • Performance Coaching
  • Conflict Resolution

Claudia has a BA in Psychology, a Master’s in Humanistic Psychology, a certification in Market Research by the American Marketing Association, a Graduate certification in Executive Coaching and a credential as PCC from the ICF. Her additional certifications include MBTI, Conversational Intelligence, as well as various leadership, career and personality assessments. Claudia is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of the Hispanic Women Network of Texas.

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Becky Clark

Executive Coach
Rebecca (Becky) is a respected coach with expertise in leadership development, executive coaching, and top talent development. She has over 25 years of experience with coaching leaders up to the most senior levels. Recognized as an accomplished coach and facilitator, communicator, and successful business person, her clients rely upon her focus on practical solutions and outcomes, ability to establish trusting relationships quickly, and unquestionable ethics and integrity. She is noted for superior skills and expertise in all phases of leadership coaching, including assessment, 360-feedback, goal setting and action planning, and coaching to achieve results.

Becky was a pioneer executive coach in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, and has coached in a broad range of industries, including banking/financial services, consulting, healthcare, hospitality and entertainment, food service, law, manufacturing, retail, technology, and transportation. Her past clients include American Airlines, Baylor Healthcare, BNSF Railway, Brinker International, Dean Foods, Ericsson, JCPenney, Legends Hospitality Management, Ochsner Healthcare System, Pizza Hut/YUM! Brands, SMU Executive Education, Tenet Healthcare, and Texas Instruments.

Her representative assignments include:
  • Coaching C-level executives for Fortune 500 organizations;
  • Coaching executives transitioning into new high-impact leadership positions;
  • Coaching high potential executives and managers; and
  • Coaching executives and managers on key effectiveness issues.
Professional accreditation includes an M.A.Ed. in counseling from George Mason University and a B.S. with honors from the University of Tennessee. Becky has received awards from two previous employers, Aon Hewitt and Spherion Corporation. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the State of Texas. She uses a variety of assessments including Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Model Instrument, Strengths-Finder 2.0, MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, Assess Systems, and EQ-I 2.0.
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Joseph Heilner

Executive Coach

Joseph brings his clients over 25 years of business experience in various executive roles in companies ranging from startups to C-Level management of publicly-traded companies, both in the US and abroad, including PepsiCo, Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center, General Mills, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Rosinter, GameStop and HAVAS. Joseph’s international experience includes over 25 countries, including expatriate residency in both Germany and Russia. 

Joseph has unique expertise in the restaurants industry, having most recently served as SVP/CMO of one of Europe’s largest publicly-traded restaurant holding companies (9 restaurant brands, 11 countries, 450+ restaurants). He also worked in PepsiCo’s Pizza Hut division, Head of International Marketing for Wingstop, and as VP of a marketing services agency, with Popeye’s, Domino’s, Dunkin Brands, TGI Friday’s, and Carl’s Jr.    

 Joseph understands that success is measured through hardline numbers as well as executives’ quality of life. He is a committed listener who focuses on truly understanding each client’s needs, goals and vision. He provides proven strategies, tools, accountability, and motivation to ensure that each client

achieves their definition of success. Joseph’s customized coaching sessions allow clients to lift themselves out of the ”weeds” and plan like business visionaries.

 Specific areas of expertise include:

  • Executive assessment, coaching and development
  • Career Transition and development
  • Change management
  • Talent Strategy and systems
  • Team Assessment and development

 Joseph graduated 2nd in his MBA class at Brigham Young University’s Marriot School of Management. He invests 150+ hours of continuing education annually to maintain his business coaching certification. Joseph earned a rigorous approval by the World Bank’s IFC to work with their lending clients to provide oversight and executive development. Joseph was selected by one of DFW’s top rated businesses to work for as their exclusive coach to senior executives in business development and executive effectiveness.

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Dr. Lisa Herbert

Executive Coach

Dr. Herbert has a unique background and extensive experience as a physician and a healthcare leader in hospital administration, public health, academic medicine, and the health insurance industry.  Dr. Herbert has held roles as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Physician Advisor/Medical Director for a large university hospital system, Medical Director for a six women’s family planning centers, and Medical Director of the Wellness Department at a New Jersey based insurance company.

After a successful career practicing in the medical field, Dr. Herbert’s professional journey continued as a certified executive and personal coach where she offers coaching, consulting, workshops and training to help physician leaders create a clearer path to success. She helps clients uncover their blind spots, enhance their leadership skills, get clarity about their vision and balance their busy work life so they can create positive change within their organizations and have a rewarding career. As a coach, she has also been instrumental serving as a consultant between hospitals and physicians to improve physician outcomes by strengthening the physician’s leadership and organizational effectiveness as well as improve communication.

Dr. Herbert’s coaching areas of interest are Physician Leadership Development, Physician Wellness and Burnout Prevention, and Work-Life Balance.

Dr. Herbert received her medical degree from Upstate University and completed her residency in Family Medicine from Mountainside Hospital. For her contribution in medicine, she received the Degree of Fellow from the American Academy of Family Physicians which is the highest honor in her field. She was also recognized by the American Medical Association with the Physician Recognition Award and received several awards from organizations for her work providing programs and education on optimal health and wellness in her community.

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Terry Hoffmann
M.A., PCC, BCC, LMHC

Executive Coach

Terry Hoffmann is an Executive Coach who holds the following credentials through world class credentialing bodies: International Coach Federation (ICF) -Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Center for Credentialing & Education -Board Certified Coach (BCC), Florida Division of Medical Quality Assurance –Licensed Mental Health Counselor (MH4105) and Center for Credentialing & Education -Nationally Board Certified Counselor (NCC).

Terry is a trusted partner to leaders at both Fortune 500s and smaller organizations who are committed to taking actions with intention, designed to optimize practices and performance, increase  capacity, and deepen personal and professional satisfaction. Terry leverages cutting edge best practices in coaching and human performance, the science of positive psychology, a systems approach to executive and team development, and deep industry experience to guide elite performers striving to implement highly impactful processes for themselves, their organizations, communities, and the world at large. Terry’s brand promise is to consistently support, challenge, and partner with her clients as they drive and measure highly meaningful outcomes and extraordinary results. 

Terry has inspired leaders through her expertise as a coaching industry leader.  She has partnered with elite knowledge workers, and executives to drive operational effectiveness in the healthcare, STEM, financial services, technology, non-profit, program and project management, and insurance  industries.  She offers development through Executive and Leadership coaching as well as through Team Sessions on various topics that may be customized for each client.

Examples of some areas of coaching success stories include:

  • Executive Presence Coaching
  • Leader As Coach
  • Physician Executive Leadership Coaching
  • Team Collaboration
  • Vicarious Trauma Awareness and Customized Well-being Strategies
  • Accelerated Change Management

Examples of some team sessions include:

  • PeopleMap: Understanding Yourself and Others
  • Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  • Hogan Suite of Assessments, MBTI, EQ-I 2.0 & EQ-I 360 Emotional Intelligence Assessments with Interactive Team Building

Recent partnerships include:

AdventHealth, ADP, HCA, Tenet, Allegion, United Way of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville Electric Authority, Northrop Grumman Corporation, CardioStart International, Baptist Health, Ascension Health, and many more.

Associations/Affiliations:

▪ International Coaching Federation (ICF)

▪ Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE)

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Kelly Jefferson

Executive Coach

Kelly Jefferson is an Executive & Leadership Coach, Certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and Master Certified Life & Business Coach (MCC).

Kelly has a unique skill set having served with the Department of Justice as a Lead Intelligence Analyst with a Top Secret Clearance for nearly 20 years, with three of those years being in the American Embassy in South America. The myriad of assignments during this tenure allowed Kelly to become diverse in executive-level leadership across many cultures present in a United States Embassy environment in a non-military capacity.

For the past 7 years, Kelly has become known as ‘The Coaches Coach’ because she has garnered extensive experience in coaching top-level Coaches in a wide range of industries. Kelly has lead leadership teams of some of the top real estate professionals, navigating multi-cultural environments at in-person seminars nationwide which has resulted in a deep level of communication, presentation expertise, and event management.

Kelly is an innovative thought leader that has become quite masterful at branding, marketing, online presentations, and online course production. She has completed Tony Robbins Business Mastery courses I & II and knows how to build strong brands from the ground up.

Kelly has a wide array of real-world experience and her personal multi-cultural background has afforded her the opportunity to experience life through many different lenses that make her extremely unique in the accumulated breadth of experience she brings to her clients.

She is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, equality, and open communication. 

Kelly has a BS in Psychology and Criminal Justice. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and was the Valedictorian of the graduating class of Criminal Justice from North Carolina Central University.

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Bill Koch

Executive Coach
A consultant and coach with executive leadership in Fortune 500 companies, private enterprises, and academia, Bill brings a unique perspective to the coaching process because of his vast business management and leadership experience. Bill connects with executives who have a desire for increased performance in their business and more meaning in their personal and professional lives. He coaches with methods and systems that lead to peak performance and balance, the primary objective being to inspire and guide high performers to become highly effective organizational leaders.

Prior to joining CMP, Bill served as CEO for a subsidiary of AMR Corporation, an affiliate of American Airlines. He has been a leader in the business aviation industry, serving as Chairman of the National Air Transportation Association. He also has career experience in commercial real estate, technology, and has served as CEO and Chairman of large firms backed by private equity funds.

Bill primarily coaches in the corporate environment and connects with executives contemplating growth and organizational change, helping executives discover and develop the behaviors that will have the greatest positive impact in their organization. He has deep expertise in assessment, behavior change, and communication methods that enable him to quickly and effectively guide clients so that they can focus and invest effort in the areas of greatest opportunity for improving performance and realizing the benefit from the coaching experience.

Bill is a graduate of Southern Methodist University. He is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF), as well as a member of the elite Forbes Council of Executive Coaches and an affiliate member of the Institute of Coaching at MacLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School Affiliate. Bill is a certified practitioner with The Leadership Circle Profile and Korn-Ferry Lominger Voices 360. He holds an Advanced Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors and is an active member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.
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Lottie Martínez

Executive Coach

Lottie Martínez is a Leadership Development and Certified Executive Coach for CMP. She’s also a Systemic and relationship Coach with more than 1850 hours of executive coaching experience. She is a bicultural Latin American woman with a background in engineering, management, and non-profits who approaches different cultures with an open mind and heart. She’s an expert in coaching in both English and Spanish and currently resides in Monterrey, Mexico.

Lottie has over 20 years of professional experience in a range of industries. After completing her BS in Biochemical Engineering and an MBA from Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), she became a senior consultant at Arthur D Little, where she led projects that ranged from Strategic Planning and business valuation to regional development projects with the largest industrial groups in Latin America. She then focused on creating social impact as a leader, consultant and member of the board of directors at various NGOs. She is currently an active member of the board for Effeta, a non-profit devoted to improving the well-being of kids with intellectual disabilities.

Lottie is a Faculty Leader at the global level for The Coaches Training Institute, the world’s largest coaching school to train certified professional coaches. She has broad experience in talent development, facilitating corporate and public workshops with people from all around the world. Lottie has a passion for leveraging her professional skills to develop comprehensive transformational coaching experiences for her clients facilitating mindset shifts from static to agile, from rigid to flexible, from “as it is” to “what will be needed”.

She is a Certified Professional Coactive Coach, holds an ICF PCC accreditation, and is an MBTI and Leadership Circle Profile practitioner, among others certifications.

Examples of areas of coaching success include:

  • Scaling leadership for current and potential top managers
  • Building and aligning leadership teams
  • Executives transitioning to roles with greater responsibilities
  • Enhancing leadership skills and effectiveness of executives
  • Improving internal and external relationships for executives and teams
  • Managing business transformation

Lottie has worked with executives and teams from the following companies: Roche, Bayer, Reckitt Benckiser, Mars - Royal Canin, Linde/Praxair, Volaris, Scotiabank, and many others.

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Teresa Pool

Executive Coach
Teresa Pool is a highly experienced coach and human behavior specialist with over 25 years of working with leaders and teams to select the best talent, overcome barriers and create more success. Her passion is identifying and resolving the people component of challenging business problems.
Her work spans multiple industries and companies of various sizes including the US Missile Defense Agency, Safran, Stryker, Computer Associates (Asia Pacific), State Farm, Integris Health, University of North Texas, Ericsson, YMCA USA, Best Friends Animal Society and the Perot Museum. Her specialty is partnering with senior executives and high potential leaders that want to move quickly to the next level of performance. She has a reputation for creating a powerful learning experience that challenges and develops the leader at multiple levels.
Teresa has coached professionally since January 2001 and is credentialed by the International Coach Federation as a Master Certified Coach with over 4,500 coaching hours. She also holds credentials as a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst, Talent Selection Specialist, Neuro Linguistics Master Practitioner, and Equine Facilitated Coaching Specialist.
Specific areas of expertise include:
  • Executive coaching
  • Change management
  • Leadership development
In addition, Teresa is the ACTP Director for the Executive Coaching Program at the University of Texas at Dallas. She provides career development coaching for their Executive MBA program and serves as an International Coach Federation (ICF) certification assessor. Teresa also uses her coaching, human behavior and communication skills to lead problem solving workshops across the country.
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Kenneth Rogers

Executive Coach

Ken has an extensive business background with over 25 years as a Corporate Executive, Director, and Consultant in global Fortune 500 companies in the areas of healthcare, higher education, pharmaceuticals, professional and business, chemical manufacturing, food & beverage, mechanical service, aerospace, aluminum manufacturing, industrial distribution, auto parts manufacturing, and transportation.

Kenneth is credited with building and leading best-in-class initiatives in the areas of change management, talent management, executive coaching, and organizational development.     He has spent his career improving business processes, developing, mentoring, and improving the lives of others. He has a broad range of experience having lived and/or worked in 10 cities and 5 countries. As an executive coach, mentor, and change agent, Ken has developed Executives in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

 

As a frequent motivational speaker and presenter, his experience and insight have gained him invitations to present at several conferences and workshops including the American Management Association Leadership Conference, University Corporate Executive Exchange Program sponsored by the National Urban League, Leadership Network AICHE Diversity and Empowerment Conference, Regional EEOC Conference and the Texas Workforce Commission Annual Conference.

Achiever Awards Winner for the State of Commonwealth of Kentucky, in recognition of dynamic growth, personal achievement, and notable accomplishment both in the community and in the workplace. Employer of the Year award winner, for Outstanding change initiative from the Texas Workforce Commission.

Ken served on the Board of Directors for numerous organizations including Christus St. Joseph Hospital Paris, National Children Studies, Northeast Texas Workforce Development Executive Board, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, Local Chamber of Commerce, United Way, and Boy Scouts of America.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) and holds a Master of Arts degree in Human Resources Management from John F. Kennedy University (JFK), in Orinda, California. He is certified in several assessment tools including MBTI, FIRO B, and DDI. In addition, he is a certified Diversity Equity and Inclusion trainer and a licensed Human Element practitioner.

Specific areas of expertise include:

  • Executive and Career Coaching
  • Diversity Equity and Inclusion expert
  • Change Transformation
  • Leadership Development
  • Talent / Performance Management
  • Personal and Professional Growth
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Eric Turbiville

Executive Coach

Eric is an executive and leadership coach with over 20 years of experience leading in start-ups, mid-size, and large organizations. He is credentialed as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He is a former Fortune 500 executive with leadership experience in sales and marketing. Most recently, he led a team of approximately 1,000 employees and was responsible for producing annual revenue of over $2 billion. He has coached executives at every level in many industries.

Eric is the author of the book, The Perfect Leadership Triad: How Top Executives Maximize Productivity through People, Coaching, and Performance. He has participated in many podcasts and interviews. Eric’s philosophy is that strong leaders drive performance by focusing on people and coaching. He meets clients where they are and helps take them to where they want to go in their professional career.

Eric serves as the President of Corporate Relations for the Southwest Region of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA). He mentors and advocates for women and minority leaders to help achieve gender and race parity.

Eric holds an MBA from Brigham Young University. He uses a variety of assessment instruments including the Bates ExPi which measures executive presence. His areas of expertise include:

  • Executive coaching
  • Leadership development
  • Team leadership
  • Performance coaching
  • Transition coaching
  • Coaching high potential leaders
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Ben Beckhart

Executive Coach
Ben is a bicultural leader, business builder, adviser, mentor, author, and speaker. Ben has over 25+ years of leadership, general management, and sustainable business building experience.

Today, as a trainer, coach, and facilitator, Ben works with small groups and one-on-one with senior executives to help businesses grow and develop into high performance organizations. During these engagements, he works with his clients to define strategy and implementation, drive change, inspire an entrepreneurial spirit within the organization, and grow and develop people.

Ben is the former CEO and Country President of several multinational companies that include Metco Inc., ACH Foods, Wrigley, General Mills, Disney, and PepsiCo Foods International. He serves on several corporate boards and mentors for Endeavor® in Mexico and Latin America, earning the “mentor of the year” award and for O2X®, entrepreneur accelerators. He is an investor and board member of one of the few licensed Fintechs in Mexico. Ben is the author of the book entitled Lead with Character. Ben holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ben has partnered with executives and leaders to grow & develop leadership effectiveness and executional excellence in the consumer goods, real estate, fintech, services, and non-profit industries.
He offers growth through executive and leadership coaching, team/group coaching, organizational culture programs, leadership training, and strategic consulting.

Examples of areas of coaching success include:
  • Forging leadership based on his book Lead with Character
  • Formulating an organization’s Vision, Purpose, Mission, and Strategy
  • Ensuring Strategic Alignment & Engagement
  • Developing Effective Leadership Communication
  • Fostering Strategic Scale-up
  • Attracting & Developing High Performing Teams
  • Building an Inclusive and Diverse organization

Recent partnerships include:
INGUZ Fintech, Univar Solutions, Ranver Parking & Garages, Hecort Tool Manufacturing & Distribution, Del Sol Foods, Clarimex Purification Systems, 30% Club Mexico Chapter, Moving Ahead Org, Mezcal Destreza, Tequila Ambhar, and others.
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Dr. Amy Determann, D.Mgt

Executive Coach

Dr. Amy Determann is an experienced Consultant and Executive Coach specializing in performance improvement initiatives, board alignment, and executive development.

Amy has a diverse background gaining experience in healthcare, leadership, higher education, and consulting. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), a Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MS-HRM), and a Doctoral Degree in Management (D.Mgt). She expanded her reach in developing others through International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified programs for Executive Coaching and Jungian Life Coaching and has earned her credentials as a Master Jungian Life Coach.

In her tenure as a healthcare leader and consultant, Amy has implemented large scale projects, end to end using LEAN Management and Six Sigma methodologies and led performance improvement projects in operations management, employee engagement, training & development, coaching and mentoring employees.

For over 7 years, Amy served as a lecturing professor of business and entrepreneurship. She taught upper-level college business courses and served as the Department Chair for Human Resources Management. Her students brought her immense joy through their learning and resilience shown balancing academic, athletic, social, and professional activities. She served as an Academic Advisor to up to 70 students a semester, navigating them through curriculum, registration, academic and often personal challenges.

As a client, you will find Amy committed to the development of value- added solutions and purposeful offerings. She is clear in explaining business goals and customer needs.

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Tonya Echols

Executive Coach

Tonya Echols is a multi-award-winning international Executive Coach, Leadership and Organizational Development Consultant. She is the Managing Principal of Vigere, selected as one of the Top 20 Leadership Development Training and Coaching companies for 2022 and a Global100 honoree for 2023

Tonya is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentialed by the International Coach Federation (ICF), of which she is a Director and Officer of the Professional Coaches Global Board and Past President of the ICF Georgia Chapter.

Tonya is an adjunct faculty member at William & Mary for the university's MBA program. She is a faculty member of the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), a contributing member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and an Affiliate Member of the Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate. She is also an Executive/Leadership Coach for the TED Fellows Coaching and Mentoring Initiative and a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in several publications, including Forbes and HuffPost

Tonya has over 27 years of experience in corporate management, digital and traditional media, technology, finance, coaching, leadership development, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She works with numerous organizations across a variety of industries, including Fortune 500 companies. With a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and as a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Tennessee in Business Administration-Accounting, Tonya is a doctoral candidate in Leadership Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience from William James College

Tonya applies her diverse professional background to connect with her clients by drawing on her own realworld experience of successfully leading large teams and addressing a variety of management challenges. She helps her clients move forward to find actionable, inclusive, and human-centric solutions that allow them to accomplish their goals and become impactful, transformational leaders and organizations.

An avid traveler, Tonya embraces the opportunity to encounter, experience, and appreciate many different people and cultures from all over the world and strongly believes that anyone can design their life as they choose and step into leadership with authenticity, confidence, and purpose

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Dr. Cristine Adams, MD

Executive Coach

Dr. Adams is a Board Certified Emergency Physician and FACEP. With over 20 years in many leadership roles as an Emergency Physician, she found coaching in her search for balance and fulfillment. She developed a wellness curriculum and coaching process to help physicians and other high-performing professionals as a vital tool in the pursuit of wellness and burnout prevention.

Cristine received her coach training through the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) and is a Certified Professional Coactive Coach (CPCC) with an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is a fellow in the Harvard McLean Institute of Coaching

Her practice in coaching is to remain true to the client’s values while bolstering resilience and empowering them to make the changes they realize they are truly yearning for. Using her skills in honesty, empathy, and intuition, Cristine designs a coaching alliance with her clients to achieve the goals they determine are top priorities. Together, they focus on creating a strong foundation on which future obstacles can be conquere

Cristine earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts, Physical Anthropology at the University of Buffalo before becoming a Board Certified Emergency Physician in 2006. She currently still practices.

Cristine is certified in Hogan Assessments, with additional training through Harvard McClean Institute of Coaching, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, and the University at Buffalo Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness.

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Joe Frodsham

President

For over a decade, Joe led JBKF Group, consulting with companies across industries on issues of talent and careers. In 2014, Joe merged JBKF Group with Career Management Partners (CMP), a talent and transition firm focused on recruiting, development, career transition, and outplacement solutions. CMP has national and global delivery capability and is recognized as a DFW 100 fast-growth company.

Prior to moving into the consulting world, Joe served as the Vice President of Talent and Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Tenet Healthcare, the largest publicly owned hospital chain in the United States. Before Tenet, Joe was the Global Director of Leadership Development at Whirlpool Corporation, helping the company achieve a national ranking as the 11th best company for leaders according to the annual Hewitt study. Joe also worked with Compaq Computer Corporation from 1996 to 2002, assuming a series of progressively larger roles, ultimately leading the staffing and organizational effectiveness functions.

Joe earned his bachelor's degree in psychology and his master's degree in organizational behavior from Brigham Young University. He has published a number of articles, co-authored two seminal books on careers––Make It Work and Don’t Dread Monday: Your Guide to Career Success, and is a speaker and recognized expert on careers, employee engagement, leadership development, organization development, and talent systems.

Joe has consulted with a number of private and public company Boards, and served on key community Boards.  Currently he is Chairman of the Board for the American Diabetes Association of Dallas Fort Worth and the Tour de Cure.

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Scott McTague

Senior Vice President,
Talent Fit Solutions

Scott most recently ran the professional development and assessment practice for a Kansas City-based HR management firm. Up to that, he led the talent management and engagement functions at an international data center company where his responsibilities included talent acquisition and assessment, learning and development, management training, performance management, workforce planning, and employee engagement. Prior to his corporate role, Scott spent over 20 years consulting to hundreds of companies in two consulting organizations and his own firm. His roles included strategic leadership, programs/systems design and implementation, thought leadership, client management and delivery, and business development.  

How He Moved the Dial

  • OMNI Human Resource Management – Led the learning, training and assessment (for selection and development) practice for clients in the for-profit and non-profit sectors in the Kansas City market.
  • QTS Data Centers – Created a talent acquisition function, saving over $500K in 12 months, improved annual sales rep retention to 82%, designed a 45-course eLearning management training program, and partnered to create a 300-seat learning academy.
  • McTague Talent Consulting – Conducted safety training and coaching for over 500 railway engineers. Implemented a talent management audit service to identify and resolve gaps in talent best practices and improve organizational effectiveness.
  • Assess Systems (now Outmatch) – Increased talent management sales in the hospitality industry by 125% in 18 months. Designed and implemented hiring and development systems for clients to improve retention, productivity and engagement.
  • Batrus Hollweg International (now IBM) – Built highly profitable business units providing talent management services to hundreds of clients through program creation, visionary leadership, business development, training, and client satisfaction.

Area of Expertise

  • Program Design and Delivery
  • Leadership Development
  • Management Training and Coaching
  • Performance Management
  • Workforce Planning
  • Organizational Development
  • Talent Selection and Development
  • Business Development
  • Client Management
  • Speaking and Writing
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Amanda Connelly

Senior Vice President,
Leadership Development

Amanda Connelly is the VP, Talent Development for Career Management Partners (CMP), Certified Executive Coach,  Certified Leadership Coach, and Certified Master Cognitive Behavioral Practitioner who offers a dynamic coaching approach coupled with assessment tools that promote authentic leadership in her clients. 

She uses her 20+ years of leadership and executive level experience including roles in companies such as CVS Health and Raising Cane’s Restaurants to institute a commitment to self-discovery and professional growth.  She combines validated assessments and proven techniques to create personalized, performance driven coaching programs that result in increased enterprise leadership and acceleration of business goals. 

Amanda’s guidance has allowed her to inspire leaders through her broad expertise as a talent management industry leader.  She has partnered with executives and emerging leaders to drive operational effectiveness in the healthcare, hospitality, oil and gas, technology, non-profit and financial services industries.  She offers development through Executive and Leadership coaching as well as through Team Sessions on various topics that may be customized for each client.

Examples of some areas of coaching success stories include:

Ø Targeted Performance and Executive Presence Coaching

Ø Leveraging Emotional Intelligence

Ø Strategic Adaptation and Growth

Ø Accelerated Change Management

Examples of some team sessions include:

Ø Certified John Maxwell Leadership

Ø 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership & Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

Ø Your Career from the Inside Out

Ø Keep Employees Ingaged in the Organization

Ø DISC, Hogan, or MBTI Assessments with Interactive Team Building

Ø Team & Self Discovery: Learn How to Improve Workplace Interactions

In addition to her coaching and cognitive behavior certifications, she attained her MBA with a specialization in Change Management.  She is also certified in numerous assessments including but not limited to Leadership Temperament Index (LTI), Hogan, MBTI, DISC, MDQ, and many more that can be customized to fit client’s unique needs.

Recent partnerships include:

CHRISTUS Health, CVS Health, Prism Health, Pioneer Natural Resources, Dean Foods, Borden Dairy, Raising Cane’s and many more.

Associations/Affiliations:

▪ International Coaching Federation (ICF)

▪ World Coach Institute (WCI)

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Ginny Gray, Ph.D.

Executive Assessment & Development

Dr. Ginny Gray is an accomplished organizational development (OD/talent management (TM) executive who has led the design, implementation and improvement of talent management infrastructures by aligning human capital programs with company visions resulting in improved performance and an enhanced competitive advantage. Dr. Gray is an expert in managing people through change, breaking through barriers to shift mindsets, and helping to improve organizational cultures.

Most recently, Dr. Gray served as the Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Organizational Development (Officer) at Trinity Industries, Inc. (2018-2020). She continued her focus on executive level OD activities with expanded job responsibilities leading enterprise-wide Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). A new role, she established and led CSR focus areas to maximize the company’s contribution and impact toward a better society. For 12 years, Dr. Gray was responsible for enterprise-wide OD/TM initiatives as Vice President, Corporate Organizational Development (Officer), Trinity Industries, Inc. (2007-2018). She led the company’s transformational OD/TM initiatives, built customized TM infrastructures, and standardized and aligned talent processes and cultural values across 18 business units representing multiple industries. She served as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to the executives as well as “culture guardian”. Dr. Gray’s work boosted the company’s leadership capabilities, systematized and formalized its OD/TM initiatives, and fostered a culture of collaboration, professional development, and empowerment.

Dr. Gray has more than 20 years of experience leading OD/TM and change initiatives. Prior to joining Trinity, she was the Principal Owner of Vehicles for Change & Growth (2002-2007). In this role she worked with senior leaders in a variety of industries to improve business results by upgrading performance management systems, helping take out bias from talent reviews, promotions, and succession planning processes, and coaching executives on leadership impact. Dr. Gray also designed and staffed an in-house career center, helped build career maps for critical roles, and lead a leadership development program for high-potential employees for a Fortune 500 company.

Prior to leading her own consulting firm Dr. Gray worked as a Senior Organizational Development Consultant for a Dallas-based management consulting firm, Batrus Hollweg, International (1997-2002). She was responsible for several major accounts and led a team of consultants to provide customized OD/TM solutions based upon organizational psychology best practices. Her leadership helped take her business segment from producing 20% of the firm's revenue to more than 50%.

Dr. Gray earned a Ph.D. and a M.Ed, in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Texas. She also holds a B.A. in Psychology and Organizational Communications from Purdue University.

She is licensed by the State of Texas as a Professional Counselor and is recognized as a National Board-Certified Counselor. She has served on non-profit boards in the Dallas-area and is a member of several professional organizations including The Association for Change Management Professionals, the Society for Human Resources Management, the Society for Organizational and Industrial Psychologists, and she is active with the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the United Way, and Chimp Haven.

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Amanda Connelly

Senior Vice President,
Talent Development Solutions

Amanda Connelly is the VP, Talent Development for Career Management Partners (CMP), Certified Executive Coach,  Certified Leadership Coach, and Certified Master Cognitive Behavioral Practitioner who offers a dynamic coaching approach coupled with assessment tools that promote authentic leadership in her clients. 

She uses her 20+ years of leadership and executive level experience including roles in companies such as CVS Health and Raising Cane’s Restaurants to institute a commitment to self-discovery and professional growth.  She combines validated assessments and proven techniques to create personalized, performance driven coaching programs that result in increased enterprise leadership and acceleration of business goals. 

Amanda’s guidance has allowed her to inspire leaders through her broad expertise as a talent management industry leader.  She has partnered with executives and emerging leaders to drive operational effectiveness in the healthcare, hospitality, oil and gas, technology, non-profit and financial services industries.  She offers development through Executive and Leadership coaching as well as through Team Sessions on various topics that may be customized for each client.

Examples of some areas of coaching success stories include:

Ø Targeted Performance and Executive Presence Coaching

Ø Leveraging Emotional Intelligence

Ø Strategic Adaptation and Growth

Ø Accelerated Change Management

Examples of some team sessions include:

Ø Certified John Maxwell Leadership

Ø 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership & Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

Ø Your Career from the Inside Out

Ø Keep Employees Ingaged in the Organization

Ø DISC, Hogan, or MBTI Assessments with Interactive Team Building

Ø Team & Self Discovery: Learn How to Improve Workplace Interactions

In addition to her coaching and cognitive behavior certifications, she attained her MBA with a specialization in Change Management.  She is also certified in numerous assessments including but not limited to Leadership Temperament Index (LTI), Hogan, MBTI, DISC, MDQ, and many more that can be customized to fit client’s unique needs.

Recent partnerships include:

CHRISTUS Health, CVS Health, Prism Health, Pioneer Natural Resources, Dean Foods, Borden Dairy, Raising Cane’s and many more.

Associations/Affiliations:

▪ International Coaching Federation (ICF)

▪ World Coach Institute (WCI)

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Larry Lavine

Senior Consultant

Larry is a serial entrepreneur and thought leader who has left a legacy while helping shape the future of the restaurant industry. Larry has developed and influenced many of the iconic brands in the restaurant world:

  • Larry founded, led and grew Chili's through an IPO event. Chili's is now a global 3-Billion concept.
  • Larry purchased, led a turnaround, and expanded Tia’s TexMex to a highly successful chain throughout the southeastern United States.
  • Larry has held key executive operations roles with Carino’s, Charley’s Seafood, and Ten50 BBQ.
  • Larry has provided strategic direction and consultation to an array of national and international concepts, including Del Frisco Restaurant, Macaroni Grill, Restaurants Unlimited, TGI Fridays, Alamo Draft House, Cara Foods, TacoMac, and Austin Grill.
  • Larry serves on advisory boards and national organizations. As past Board President of North Texas Food Bank he has a life-long focus on addressing food insecurity.

Informed by decades of successfully building and resurrecting brands, Larry brings unique insights, pragmatic wisdom and a tailored approach to his speaking engagements and consulting work.

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Jan Moorman

Senior Consultant
Jan is a career champion with over 25 years of experience assisting her clients in finding fulfilling careers and experiencing happier, more rewarding lives. She provides insightful, inspiring, and pragmatic career coaching to individuals in job searches or career transitions. Her career coaching services are also targeted to employed individuals looking for performance improvement coaching to excel in their current positions and careers.

Her unique combination of business and organizational experience, coupled with her in-depth coaching background, sets her apart from many other career coaches. Jan’s corporate background includes managing leadership and customer service training groups, as well as management consulting at JPMorgan Chase, The Dallas Times Herald, and Carlton Cards.

Having survived her own downsizing early in her career, she has dedicated her life to helping people find meaningful jobs and careers. Her expertise includes helping her clients:
  • Identify the “right” job target using various personality assessment tools.
  • Develop and improve resumes that will lead to interviews.
  • Develop powerful and targeted marketing/cover letters.
  • Improve critical networking skills.
  • Increase job advertisement response rates.
  • Learn and practice the secrets for interview success.
  • Practice negotiation strategies that work in this job market.
Jan graduated with a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has also received graduate training in human resource development, training in social work, and is an adjunct instructor at Brookhaven College in Dallas. She has served on the boards of numerous professional and civic associations including ASTD, APT, ACP, and the Dallas Symphony Chorus.
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Steve Salisbury

Senior Consultant
Steve is a seasoned change management leader and consultant. He has successfully facilitated organizational change in some of the world’s most recognizable companies, setting the change in motion by clarifying the vision and strategy, then transforming it into executable actions through professionally managed projects. In an industry where a project’s success rate is about 30%, Steve holds a remarkable 80% success rate.

With global and cross-industry experience, Steve has worked in companies throughout Asia, Europe, and Central America. His clients span a wide range of industries and include Whirlpool Corporation, Johnson and Johnson, Federal Mogul, Allstate, AbbVie, and Deere and Company.

Steve’s entire career has been dedicated to helping organizations become more effective in driving change and helping them achieve success in a variety of ways, including on-time, on-budget delivery, increased savings, reduced attrition, and more. He is comfortable working with C-level executives, as well as on the shop floor and the front and back offices. Steve has a broad industry experience that includes manufacturing, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, insurance, and education.

Steve is a pragmatic thought leader, utilizing his applicable methodology and excellent team leadership. He is a high-impact executive coach, helping senior leaders more effectively lead their organizations and define and implement business strategies.

Steve has led multiple projects that have resulted in a sustainable culture change and measurable business impact, leading change transformations. Examples include leading a $200 million global SAP implementation and driving the organizational change management associated with a $4 billion consumer goods manufacturing acquisition that was completed within seven months of the purchase date.

Steve received an M.B.A. from Andrews University, graduating with high honors. His certifications include PROSCI Change Management, The Consultative Approach, Project Manager, Executive Logistics Management Seminar, Manufacturing Management, and Logistics Value Chain.
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Kneisha Sanders

Senior Consultant

Kneisha spent 10+ years in Corporate Finance positions within Fortune 100 companies across the Aerospace, Energy, Healthcare, Home Appliances, Financial Services, and Food Distribution industries. She developed her expertise through her Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Supply Chain, Internal Audit, and Project Management experience.

She has extensive experience working with international teams on global assignments, coaching and training cross-functional leaders and teams in-person and virtually.

Kneisha has designed and taught executive education in the corporate and academia arenas, conducts 360s, DiSC assessments, workshops, and facilitates leadership team strategy sessions.

She holds an MS in Management with a concentration in Organizational Behavior & Executive Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a BA in Finance from Michigan State University. She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is an authorized Everything DiSC Partner and Facilitator through Wiley.

Kneisha has been professionally coaching since 2013, with having five years as an internal Master Coach for GE (General Electric) executive leadership development programs. She served on the ICF Houston board as their Director of Professional Development, leading programming, training, and coaching initiatives.

She recently published her first book, The Fruit of a Spirit-Led Leader, which helps professionals bring their authentic self to work and continues to help Corporations empower their employees through her signature approach.

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Marilynn Graves

High Performance Consultant

Marilynn is an Executive Coach and High Performance Consultant and Leader for the MentorRings Leadership Development Program. She spent the first two decades of her career building success in the corporate world in banking and finance where she focused on relationship management and leadership program design and delivery for emerging leaders.

Marilynn is passionate about working with women and young professionals to help them advance and succeed throughout all stages of their careers. Her clients appreciate her strong business acumen and ability to help people drive business strategies and results. 

Marilynn holds a MBA with a Finance concentration from DePaul Graduate School of Business and a BA from Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU). Marilynn is certified in Genos’ Emotional Intelligence programs, assessments and coaching, as well as The Leadership Challenge® programs, assessments and coaching. She currently serves as a Director of the IWU Alumni Board and President for the IWU Council for Women.

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Irene Castillo

Senior Consultant
Irene is an Ontological Coach with a passion for empowering individuals to take control of their finances and find fulfillment in their lives. With an MBA from the University of Connecticut and extensive experience in finance, including serving as a Senior Auditor for Ernst and Young (EY) in both Caracas, Venezuela and Stamford Connecticut, working in the financial department for Philip Morris International, and holding a role in the Budget department for Middle East and Africa at Kraft Foods International (Mondelez International) while based in the UK, Irene has developed a deep understanding of financial strategy and cross-cultural openness.
After taking a break from her career to raise her children, who were born in the USA, UK, and Venezuela, Irene discovered her true calling as a Coach. She completed certification as an Ontological Coach with Newfield Network and earned a degree in Humanistic Psychology and Wellbeing from IBERO University in Mexico City. With her extensive cross-cultural experience gained from living in Caracas Venezuela, Stamford Connecticut, London UK, Monterrey Mexico, Lima Peru, and Mexico DF, and now in Dallas, Texas, Irene is highly adaptable and able to understand and work with clients from a wide range of backgrounds.
Irene's coaching approach emphasizes helping clients set and achieve their goals, while also recognizing and addressing the emotions and obstacles that may be holding them back. She is dedicated to helping her clients achieve their full potential and find meaning and satisfaction in all areas of their lives. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Irene is able to effectively communicate and connect with clients in either language.
In her free time, Irene enjoys playing tennis, listening to music, and exploring the diverse cultural offerings of her community. Her caring and intuitive style can help open new opportunities and possibilities for her clients.
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Lupe Prado

Senior Consultant

Lupe Prado is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified executive and career coach.

Lupe’s years in public accounting, financial reporting and professional services have shaped her as a leader and coach. She began her career at PwC in the assurance group, focused on audits across multiple industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. In this role, Lupe led audit planning and execution of both public and private clients. From there, she joined Denbury Resources, a publicly traded oil and gas company, as a SEC reporting analyst, where she worked in the SEC reporting group, preparing financial reports (10-Ks, 10-Qs) and performing technical accounting research.

As an executive coach, Lupe has partnered with leaders in high-performing companies to help them grow, address challenges, and drive toward positive outcomes for them and their teams.

Lupe is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. She completed the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) training in 2017 and the UT Dallas Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching in January 2020. Lupe completed her Master of Science degree in Leadership and Organizational Development at UT Dallas in December 2020.

Lupe is also the host of the Paid Vocation podcast. She lives in Frisco, Texas with her husband and two kids.

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Sandra Albrecht

Senior Consultant
Sandra is a career consultant, coach, and facilitator with over 15 years of experience focusing on career and life transition. Areas of career consulting specialties include career transition, career change, career decisions, and retirement, life and career options. Clients appreciate her candor, humor, and support in moving into their next position or career.

Sandra holds a B.S. and an M.S. from Southern Illinois University and is currently working on a coaching certification with CoachVille. She is a member of the North Texas International Coaching Federation and the Association of Career Professionals. In addition, she has been a member of the Development Advisory Board for the Cooper Institute.
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Brian Allen

Senior Consultant
Brian has over 15 years of experience as a career development coach and consultant in both corporate and private practices and is passionate about helping individuals take control of their own careers. Prior to working in career consulting, Brian worked for Southwest Airlines’ University for People, an innovative group charged with promoting the unique corporate culture of Southwest Airlines. Brian also worked as a career coach for Lockheed Martin, where he was responsible for creating an internal career coaching program and leadership programs.

His areas of expertise include:
  • Certification as a Global Career Development Facilitator by the Center for Credentialing & Education, Inc.
  • Certification as a Job and Career Transition Coach from The Career Planning and Adult Development Network.
  • An Executive Coaching Certification from Lockheed Martin Leadership Center Planning and Adult Development Network.
Brian is a member of the National Career Development Association, the Association of Career Professionals International, and the Association for Psychological Type, who recognized him as an Outstanding New Leader at their National Convention in 2002.

The following are just a small sample of corporate training workshops Brian has covered:
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator interpretation and application
  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0
  • Leadership Training
  • StrengthsFinders 2.0
  • Business Etiquette
  • Generations in the Workplace
  • Thomas Kilman Conflict Mode assessment and interpretation
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Sandra Bierman, PhD

Senior Consultant
Sandra has successfully transitioned through seven career changes. Her current passion includes the past 25 years of career coaching, utilizing her expertise as a job search strategist. Clients, colleagues, workshop participants, and her one-on-one coaching professionals recognize Sandra for her enthusiasm, motivational support, and unending dedication to career management development.

Sandra has worked with a wide variety of companies, including Fortune 500 companies, as well as medium and small businesses, helping employees through the career transition process. She has coached professionals at all levels of organizations. She thrives on improving a resume and coaching on job search strategy, including networking, LinkedIn profiles, social media, interviewing, and negotiating processes.

Prior to her career coaching, Sandra taught at the university level. She concurrently served as Director for the Center of Learning at Texas Woman’s University where she trained teachers in the process of assessment, diagnostics, development, and implementation of instructional strategies.

Sandra’s business acumen comes from her extensive experience as an entrepreneur, well-grounded in the business world as cofounder and Associate Publisher of internationally-recognized publications, including Aviation Quarterly and Aviation Travel. She has worked with curators at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to feature aviation pioneers in these publications. She was active as a private pilot, traveling extensively and marketing the publications at major aerospace events throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.

Sandra has been active in mentoring youth and has rolled out workshops on Boundaries and Divorce Recovery at her church. Sandra has served on the Board for Attitudes and Attire, helping women reenter the workforce.

Sandra earned her Ph.D. and M.S. from Texas A&M University–Commerce. Her B.A. is from the College of William and Mary.
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Wendell Brock
M.B.A., Ch.F.C.

Senior Consultant
Wendell has years of experience helping people succeed and reach financial and personal success, most often focusing on financial security and self-reliance. Understanding his client’s goals and how to help them accomplish their goals is why he wakes up in the morning, as he enjoys being a team member and working to make it happen. He has taught thousands of people at financial workshops on topics that include cash flow management, debt elimination, estate planning, how to start and capitalize a bank, income tax strategies, insurance and risk management, securities and investment portfolio management, and tax-related issues.

Upon graduation, Wendell spent four years in commercial real estate and residential appraisal in Arizona. He then practiced business consulting and financial planning with the firm Apex Advisors, Inc., as a senior financial consultant in Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving that firm in 2002. During that time, he was also a general securities registered principal, managing a branch office for a broker/dealer. In 1995 he completed the national exams for the Chartered Financial Consultant professional, designation, Ch.F.C., from The American College, in Byrn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He added de novo bank consulting to his skill set in 2001 when he and his team won regulatory approval of his first bank application.

In the spring of 2012, he organized and received a license for Yield Financial Advisors, Registered Investment Advisory Firm, licensed by the Texas State Securities Board. With this firm, he manages investment assets for his clients, as well as providing comprehensive financial planning services. He also holds an insurance license in several states.

Wendell earned his M.B.A. from Utah State University and a B.S. in financial planning from Brigham Young University. He is a supporter of the Boy Scouts of America and has served in various leadership positions. He currently serves as the Executive Director of CREED, Inc., and is a board member of the BYU Management Society. Additionally, his community involvement includes leadership in the Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association and the Collin County Republican Men’s Club.
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Sandra Lopez Garza

Senior Consultant

Sandra Lopez Garza combines her 18+ year’s leadership experience with her solid bottom line career coaching approach. Her own career has given her a series of administrative and coaching experience, leadership training, and mentoring, and conflict resolution training.

With Sandra’s background in education and leadership development, she has developed new leaders and worked with many individuals as an internal career consultant. Sandra’s passion and mission provide a guiding light to job seekers and career changers as they navigate the waters of an ever-changing world of work. She works collaboratively, in partnership with her clients to identify the real issue(s), match values with career choices, gain more self-awareness, explore options, overcome obstacles and set goals with accountability.

Sandra has been member of United Way Leadership Society, Texas Principals and Supervisors Association, MANA Fort Worth, and The Hispanic Women’s Network. She currently serves on various  boards, holding leadership roles within the community. She has volunteered in mentoring middle/high school students, while assisting in raising over 1/4 million dollars in college scholarships.

Areas of career consulting specialties include Career Transition; Career Change; Career Decisions; Retirement, Life and Career Options; Leadership Development; Program Management; Performance Coaching; and Training and Development.

Sandra earned her M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her post graduate studies have been at the University of North Texas and attended the Harvard School Urban School Leaders Program.

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Mary Holdcroft

Senior Consultant

Mary Holdcroft is an executive coach with over twenty years experience in career management focused on empowering individuals to take responsibility for managing their careers. Through the coaching process, she works with individuals to acquire the skills, competencies and business strategies for today’s increasingly competitive global marketplace. She has consulted with organizations in designing and implementing leadership development programs career management and career transition programs.

Mary has delivered numerous executive coaching assignments on key managerial competencies including effective communication skills, success in new and expanded organizational roles, giving and receiving feedback, understanding management styles, becoming politically savvy within the organization and delivering bottom-line results. Organizations that Mary has worked with include Baxter Healthcare, ExxonMobil, FritoLay, Blockbuster, MaryKay, Nortel Networks, Pioneer Natural Resources, KPMG, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Prior to becoming a career consultant and coach, Mary was president and CEO of Career Management Resources, a career management firm focused on career transition, career and leadership development, executive coaching and online career management programs.

Mary has a Master’s degree in Counseling and Personnel Management from the University of North Texas and a B.A. in Psychology from Texas Tech University. Certifications include National Certified Career Counselor, Master Career Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor. She attended the Hudson Institute LifeLaunch program for additional coach training. She has presented programs at the International Career Development Conference, National Career Development Association, Texas Counseling Association, Society of Human Resource Management and American Society of Training and Development.

Qualifications and certifications include numerous assessments such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Strong Interest Inventory, CPI 260, RealTime Performance 360, Campbell Interest and Skill Survey, Firo-B and several other 360 instruments.

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Kay Hughes

Senior Consultant
Kay is a visionary human resources business executive and change leader with over 25 years of proven leadership skills, ranging from “start-up” HR models to Fortune 500 organizations, where she focused on creating and developing high-performing teams. She is skilled at defining goals, setting strategy, and achieving effective results that support business objectives. As an influential communicator, she has the proven ability to lead and establish clear lines of communication at all levels, including C-level executives.

As a tenured human resources leader, she has demonstrated the ability to lead and participate in the development and implementation of key business initiatives through people, planning, and collaboration. Kay’s key business specialties encompass: HR strategy and execution, change management, leadership mentoring, executive coaching and career transition, M & A integration/assimilation (the first 90 days), and performance management.

Kay’s past experience includes working as a consultant at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, partnering with educators, employers, and professionals to prepare graduate level students for their chosen profession while facilitating connections through education events, workshops, and on-campus recruiting programs. She also worked as an executive career coach at Lee Hecht Harrison, mentoring clients in “moving up or moving on” in their profession. Additionally, she has held senior leadership roles in technology, manufacturing, and financial firms such as Securadyne Systems, Fiserv, and InterVoice.

Kay obtained her master’s degree in organizational management and human resources from Dallas Baptist University and her bachelor’s degree in industrial relations and psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is CMP Certified, a DDI Certified Facilitator, as well as a volunteer on the Dallas HR Staffing Management Alliance Committee.
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Frances Kessler

Senior Consultant
Frances (Frenchie) is currently leading CMP’s Southern Louisiana presence, in the past working as a member of CMP’s talent management team and as a senior consultant. As a human resources executive, she has more than 20 years of experience with small, medium, and large sized companies and consulting firms, including Ameritech (now AT&T), Entergy, Navigant Consulting, eLoyalty, PepsiCo, Glazer’s, JPMorgan Chase, Invensys, the American Heart Association, as well as consulting on her own.

With an extensive background in the organizational and talent development functions of HR, Frenchie focuses on corporate transformation, HR strategy development, change and communications, organizational development, leadership development, coaching, learning & development, and employee engagement. She has won numerous awards for leadership development and learning & development programs. In addition, she has coached individuals at all levels of organizations and in varied industries to guide them through exploring and successfully managing career changes and transitions.

She is bilingual in Spanish and earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has participated in Columbia University’s executive development program, Principles and Practices of Organizational Development, as well as Entergy’s Wharton School of Business Executive Development Program and PepsiCo’s Latino Leadership and Women of Color Development Programs. She was adjunct faculty for Ameritech’s Breakthrough Leadership Institute. She is certified in Korn/Ferry’s Leadership Architect, Voices and Interview Architect, Hogan’s Interaction Styles, and as a DDI and Achieve Global/Herman Miller Facilitator.

Frenchie recently moved to the greater New Orleans area from Dallas. She has been a long-time member of an all women’s Mardi Gras organization, supports numerous Down Syndrome associations, and is becoming involved in community initiatives and activities.
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Jan Moorman

Senior Consultant
Jan is a career champion with over 25 years of experience assisting her clients in finding fulfilling careers and experiencing happier, more rewarding lives. She provides insightful, inspiring, and pragmatic career coaching to individuals in job searches or career transitions. Her career coaching services are also targeted to employed individuals looking for performance improvement coaching to excel in their current positions and careers.

Her unique combination of business and organizational experience, coupled with her in-depth coaching background, sets her apart from many other career coaches. Jan’s corporate background includes managing leadership and customer service training groups, as well as management consulting at JPMorgan Chase, The Dallas Times Herald, and Carlton Cards.

Having survived her own downsizing early in her career, she has dedicated her life to helping people find meaningful jobs and careers. Her expertise includes helping her clients:
  • Identify the “right” job target using various personality assessment tools.
  • Develop and improve resumes that will lead to interviews.
  • Develop powerful and targeted marketing/cover letters.
  • Improve critical networking skills.
  • Increase job advertisement response rates.
  • Learn and practice the secrets for interview success.
  • Practice negotiation strategies that work in this job market.
Jan graduated with a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has also received graduate training in human resource development, training in social work, and is an adjunct instructor at Brookhaven College in Dallas. She has served on the boards of numerous professional and civic associations including ASTD, APT, ACP, and the Dallas Symphony Chorus.
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Kathleen Murphy

Senior Consultant

Kathleen quickly creates robust coaching relationships built on empathy and trust. A sense of humor, keen perception and active listening skills help to delve into candidates’ abilities, skills and desires for next career steps. Kathleen is fearless in mentoring and becoming a trusted advisor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Kathleen has professional experience in Executive and Management transition coaching as well as project management. She has worked with 80% of the Fortune 500, along with private equity, privately held and nonprofit enterprises. Working nationally, she’s been in all regions of the United States (plus Canada). In addition, she has held an advised in strategic planning for large RIFs and is considered to be a subject matter expert in career transition logistics.

Both as a Clinical Psychotherapist and career transition coach, Kathleen has met folks at an interesting juncture in their lives where a change is needed. She is not only able to work comfortably one-on-one, but also in group settings (seminars/workshops) or managing projects (up to 1,000 employees).

RECENT COACHING

Kathleen has worked with various industries such as…

  • Banking
  • Bio-renewables
  • CPG
  • Engineering
  • High Technology
  • Food & Beverage
  • Legal
  • Manufacturing
  • Oil & Gas
  • Legal
  • REIT and Property Management
  • Healthcare

 CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (past)
  • Psychotherapist
  • Certified coach

 EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work, Western Illinois University

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Kneisha Sanders

Senior Consultant

Kneisha spent 10+ years in Corporate Finance positions within Fortune 100 companies across the Aerospace, Energy, Healthcare, Home Appliances, Financial Services, and Food Distribution industries. She developed her expertise through her Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Supply Chain, Internal Audit, and Project Management experience.

She has extensive experience working with international teams on global assignments, coaching and training cross-functional leaders and teams in-person and virtually.

Kneisha has designed and taught executive education in the corporate and academia arenas, conducts 360s, DiSC assessments, workshops, and facilitates leadership team strategy sessions.

She holds an MS in Management with a concentration in Organizational Behavior & Executive Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a BA in Finance from Michigan State University. She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is an authorized Everything DiSC Partner and Facilitator through Wiley.

Kneisha has been professionally coaching since 2013, with having five years as an internal Master Coach for GE (General Electric) executive leadership development programs. She served on the ICF Houston board as their Director of Professional Development, leading programming, training, and coaching initiatives.

She recently published her first book, The Fruit of a Spirit-Led Leader, which helps professionals bring their authentic self to work and continues to help Corporations empower their employees through her signature approach.

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Charlie Zinger

Senior Consultant
Charlie has more than 25 years of business experience with small, medium, and large sized companies across multiple industries. His primary area of focus has been in staffing and talent acquisition, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and business process outsourcing (BPO). Although the primary focus of Charlie’s business career has been in the area of staffing, he spent ten years at EDS working in operations as part of the company’s Call Center organization.

Charlie earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dallas.
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Dale Armstrong

Senior Consultant

Dale Armstrong, MBA, Fellow ACHE

Dale has 37 years of experience as a healthcare CEO spanning private, public, and state-owned hospital systems. As a CEO, he has developed highly successful management teams and lead healthcare organizations through a variety of diverse challenges.

Dale’s business acumen as a healthcare CEO aligns with both healthcare and non-healthcare settings with a focus on leadership development and change management. During his career, he has helped numerous people successfully navigate the challenge of career development when seeking new opportunities. As a member of the CMP Team, Dale combines a unique healthcare and business skill set with a drive to maximize the potential of current and future leaders.

Dale holds a B.S. in Medical Technology from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a M.B.A from Valdosta State College and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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Mark Schor

Senior Career Consultant

Mark Schor is Senior Career Consultant with CMP. He is recognized for his blend of sensitivity, interpersonal skills, and analytical abilities which enables him to draw out the hidden strengths within his candidates, as well as confront their concerns and blind spots, often leading to new understanding, enlightenment, and improved productivity.

Experience Summary
A Ph.D. level Licensed Professional Counselor, Mark has developed an excellent reputation as a genuine and insightful counselor, coach, and consultant who helps individuals identify goals and achieve results. Over the past thirty years, Mark has successfully assisted, assessed, and coached thousands of executives and business leaders through their personal and professional transitions, as well as increased their on-the-job effectiveness.

Career History
Mark’s background includes leadership roles in private and publicly-held companies, as well as academic and not-for-profit settings. Prior to joining CMP, Mark served as Managing Consultant for the Dallas office of Spherion Human Capital Consulting. In this role, Mark was awarded Spherion’s prestigious President’s Cup for his outstanding business leadership.

Mark’s teaching skills have been commended by Brookhaven College where he was the recipient of the Human Development Award for Excellence in Teaching and a finalist for Adjunct Faculty of the Year.

Additional honors include Mark’s national recognition for developing the Listener Project, an award-winning volunteer program implemented by the Dallas Independent School District and 2007 Pro Bono Award from Jewish Family Service of Dallas for his work with the organization’s Employment Resource Group.

Mark has also served as a career consultant to the Texas Department of Rehabilitative Services.

Executive Transition Highlights
- President of the Americas for a global elevator company exited the company after a thirty-year tenure. Introduced him to a recruiter representing a Private Equity opportunity where he is now CEO of a growing portfolio company and states that he has never been happier.
- President of a large division of a pharmaceutical benefits company left after an acquisition. Debated retirement versus new employment. Coached him through decision process, and he is now happily employed with a major pharma company.
- CFO of a PE owned consumer goods company was exited after the company was sold to another PE firm. Helped him rebrand himself, and he is currently in his “dream job” as CFO of a major golf company.
- COO of a publicly traded food company left after a reorganization. His goal was to be a CEO of a PE backed company which he attained after one year during the pandemic.
- VP of HR relocated to Dallas area and was subsequently outplaced from her company. Landed role as CHRO of high-profile advertising company in Dallas.
- VP of Corporate Communications was looking for more work/life balance. Helped her find great role working remotely with progressive family-oriented business.

Education & Training
Mark earned B.A. and B.S. degrees in Government and Secondary Education from the University of Texas in Austin and his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Counseling from the University of North Texas. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor.
 
He is certified in a number of assessment instruments, including Birkman, Advanced Hogan Assessment Suite, MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, Campbell Interest and Skills Survey, 16 PF, and PDI PROFILOR.
 
Publications & Presentation
Mark has been quoted on diverse career issues in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and Glamour magazine. Mark has served as a consultant to the Texas Department of Rehabilitative Services, and delivered presentations on coaching and career development to Financial Executives International (FEI), the International Coach Federation (ICF), Certified Financial Analysts Society (CFA), and the Society for Information Management (SIM).
 
Civic & Community Service
Mark was a founding member of the Executive Career Council of the Society of Information Management and was the co-founder of the non-profit Employment Resource Group in Dallas. He is a member of CEO Trust, an executive networking organization.

 He has served as President of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society and chaired the DCJF Scholarship Committee.




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Juan Muñoz

Senior Consultant

Juan takes great pride in serving the financial needs of individuals, professionals, business owners and their families. He strives to develop long-term relationships with his clients with the objective of understanding their goals and providing viable solutions for every element of the wealth management equation. Juan understands the dynamics of wealth, how to balance the complex forces at work and how to adapt intelligently as conditions change.

Juan began his career in financial services in 2007 and previously spent 15 years with J.P. Morgan Chase. Through the years, he’s held roles in personal banking, business banking, lending, and wealth advisory services. Today, Juan’s team at Muñoz Wealth Management of Raymond James harnesses extensive resources including specialists in private wealth, financial planning, estate and tax planning, wealth accumulation, retirement planning, college funding, insurance and more. With the support of these experienced professionals, Juan works diligently to help you develop both your personal financial plan and a detailed investment strategy. Juan’s planning-based approach is designed to help you meet current financial needs while working toward future goals; mitigate tax liabilities and successfully address estate issues; get better control of discretionary expenses; and reach your long-term financial goals.

A native Texan, Juan is active in various communities in and around Dallas, Fort Worth, & Houston. Giving back to the community is not just a passion, it’s instrumental. He and his family have had the pleasure of volunteering at Children’s Medical Center, helping reconstruct homes with Habitat for Humanity and the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, teamed up to beat rare cancers with the Cycle for Survival races, competed in several 5Ks, 10Ks and half marathons in many cities, and enjoyed organizing and participating in galas, golf tournaments, blood drives, toy drives and several other activities & ceremonies. Away from the office, Juan enjoys spending time with his wife, Elena, their two daughters, Natalia and Sophia, and their son, John. Together, they enjoy cooking, traveling and a wide array of outdoor activities.

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Claudia Chavez-Castilla

Senior Consultant

Claudia has a background in both Human Resources and Market Insights and over 20 years of organizational experience in multinational companies such as PepsiCo, Holderbank and Gallup. She is fully bilingual in both English and Spanish and able to coach present or lead seminars in whichever language her client chooses. She also has vast experience in multi- cultural and diverse environments.

Claudia provides clients with a broad vision, that combines her corporate and practical customer and market based approach with a profound humanistic-psychology sense. The combination of these approaches drive results for her clients to access self-awareness and positive self-image in a unique and individualized way. She has been in the International educational area for the past 8 years and currently is part of the faculty for Psychology and Nursing at SUAGM, a private dual-language institution in the Dallas area.

Claudia's expertise includes:

  • Career Transition
  • Career Path Planning 
  • Effective Communication
  • Leadership Development
  • Performance Coaching
  • Conflict Resolution

Claudia has a BA in Psychology, a Master’s in Humanistic Psychology, a certification in Market Research by the American Marketing Association, a Graduate certification in Executive Coaching and a credential as PCC from the ICF. Her additional certifications include MBTI, Conversational Intelligence, as well as various leadership, career and personality assessments. Claudia is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of the Hispanic Women Network of Texas.

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Irene Castillo

Senior Consultant
Irene is an Ontological Coach with a passion for empowering individuals to take control of their finances and find fulfillment in their lives. With an MBA from the University of Connecticut and extensive experience in finance, including serving as a Senior Auditor for Ernst and Young (EY) in both Caracas, Venezuela and Stamford Connecticut, working in the financial department for Philip Morris International, and holding a role in the Budget department for Middle East and Africa at Kraft Foods International (Mondelez International) while based in the UK, Irene has developed a deep understanding of financial strategy and cross-cultural openness.
After taking a break from her career to raise her children, who were born in the USA, UK, and Venezuela, Irene discovered her true calling as a Coach. She completed certification as an Ontological Coach with Newfield Network and earned a degree in Humanistic Psychology and Wellbeing from IBERO University in Mexico City. With her extensive cross-cultural experience gained from living in Caracas Venezuela, Stamford Connecticut, London UK, Monterrey Mexico, Lima Peru, and Mexico DF, and now in Dallas, Texas, Irene is highly adaptable and able to understand and work with clients from a wide range of backgrounds.
Irene's coaching approach emphasizes helping clients set and achieve their goals, while also recognizing and addressing the emotions and obstacles that may be holding them back. She is dedicated to helping her clients achieve their full potential and find meaning and satisfaction in all areas of their lives. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Irene is able to effectively communicate and connect with clients in either language.
In her free time, Irene enjoys playing tennis, listening to music, and exploring the diverse cultural offerings of her community. Her caring and intuitive style can help open new opportunities and possibilities for her clients.

Marketing

Cristy-Reyna

Cristy Reyna

Marketing Specialist
Cristy Reyna is CMP’s Marketing Specialist. She promotes awareness of CMP’s solutions through brand development and social media outlet management. She aims to help CMP through building a strong marketing strategy that engages and educates businesses and individuals.

Cristy received her bachelor’s degree in Economics, International Studies, and Human Rights at Southern Methodist University. She is from Monterrey, Mexico and has had the opportunity to live abroad and experience different community interactions and cultures. Through academic, professional, and extracurricular projects, Cristy has come to appreciate the role of education, advocacy, and research for the empowerment of minority groups. She draws her experience and passion for the Latino community to support the development of the Latino Career Assessment™. 
Hi. I'm Julianna. Nice to meet you.

Julianna Piña

Marketing Specialist
Julianna has joined our team to develop and manage online marketing campaigns effectively, driving brand awareness, engagement and traffic to our social media pages. She worked for CMP the summer of 2017 servicing the company by doing RPF’s and maintaining emails. Julianna is now a current college student who started her own small business and also graduated from Texas Bible Institute in 2020.

Julianna’s areas of expertise are social media presence, creative content, leadership, and customer service. She aims to help this company by achieving a strong visible social media presence.