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Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it you can make it so. Belva Davis |
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The UVa Leadership Development Center's consulting team is comprised of leadership experts with varied experience in higher education, the corporate sector, and non-profits. Our consultants bring expertise to your programs through years of experience designing effective programming and delivering relevant services covering a full range of topics. Areas of relevant skills cover topics such as leadership and organizational development, diversity, communications, problem solving, team development, strategic planning, and many others.
Mark Nozaki Consultant, part-time, has over twenty-five years of organization development, human resources and management experience in public and privately held global corporations. Mark's areas of expertise include leadership development, strategic planning, HR metrics and benchmarking, and organizational culture. In addition to being certified as a Professional in Human Resources by the Society of Human Resources Management and a member of the National Training Laboratories Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences, Mark engineering and technical background enable him to provide quantitative and statistical analysis in solution development.
Beverly Wann, Consultant, part-time, works as an organizational development consultant, personal coach and NIA instructor. She has been engaged in training and consulting services with the University of Virginia for over 16 years. Additionally Beverly's work has also impacted the Federal Executive Institute, the City of Charlottesville, as well as local businesses and non-profit organizations.
Brandie Tatum is the Leadership Development Center's HR volunteer coordinator. Pursuing an M.S. in industrial and organizational psychology at Radford University, her professional interests include leadership and change management. In the Leadership Development Center, Brandie supports the human resources restructuring process through project-based initiatives, particularly working with UVa's employee development programming. Brandie has a career coaching and professional advising background as well as experience facilitating leadership coursework at her baccalaureate alma mater, Georgia College.
Susan Wilkes, Ph.D., Consultant, part-time, is an organizational psychologist with extensive experience in leadership and team development, strategic planning, leadership assessment, and executive coaching. Her 22 years of experience in higher education includes five years as director of the faculty and staff leadership program for the Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University and eight years as director of the Workplace Initiatives Program. Wilkes continues to serve as an affiliate faculty member in the Psychology Department at VCU and is the owner of Wilkes Consulting, LLC, a firm specializing in developing leaders in nonprofit organizations and academic institutions. Susan is a highly rated classroom instructor and has published a number of articles and assessment tools in the areas of leadership and team development. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from University of Virginia, as well as a doctorate in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth.
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