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 John Ash
Mays Landing, New Jersey USA |
 Sheridan BarkerChula Vista, California USA |
 Gail Aller-Stead
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 Barbara CollinsColumbia, Maryland USA |
 Eric DennistonSan Diego, California USA |
 Erin Campbell HowellLumsden, Saskatchewan Canada |
 Jeri DennistonSan Diego, California USA |
 Diane EllerHickory, North Carolina USA |
 Nancy KilpatrickKelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
 Alysin FosterAtlanta, Georgia USA |
 Frank FosterAtlanta, Georgia USA |
 Valerie MacLeodCalgary, Alberta Canada |
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 Steve HainesSan Diego, California USA |
 Bob HoughDenton, Texas USA |
 Jim McKinlayManaging Partner, Canada Canmore, Alberta Canada |
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 Alan LandersChula Vista, California USA |
 Terry SchmidtSeattle, Washington USA |
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Oscar CastelloManaging Partner, Mercusor Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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 Loren Tarantino Chula Vista, California USA |
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"CEO, Entrepreneur, and Strategist ... Facilitator, Systems Thinker, and Author"
Steve Haines is a CEO, entrepreneur, and strategist. He is also a facilitator and systems thinker as CEO and founder of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management®. He is a distinguished author and internationally recognized leader in strategic management. He has an M.S.A. in Organization Behavior with a minor in financial management. He has also completed his course work requirements and dissertation research for an Ed.D. in Management. He has over 25 years of executive experience leading planning, leadership, and change efforts in the U.S., Canada, and globally as well. Steve is a U.S. Naval Academy engineering graduate, Naval officer, and was president and part owner of University Associates Consulting and Training Services. He was also EVP at Imperial Corporation of America, SVP of Freddie Mac, and a member of eight top management teams. He is in demand as a CEO keynote speaker and is a prolific author of 14+ books. Web site for Stephen Haines Keynoting : www.StephenHaines.com CEO/Executive feedback on Steve Haines |
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John Ash specializes in strategic planning, change management, leadership, and program evaluation. As a Presbyterian minister, he has a Ph.D. in Leadership, an M.S.W., and a bachelor's degree in Divinity. John's extensive experience is in government and not-for-profits, as well as the Presbyterian Church. He has facilitated county-based comprehensive strategic human services planning and spearheaded the development of West Jersey Presbytery's Strategic Plan, among other projects. He is adept in developing planning processes and in evaluating human service and educational programs as a Global Partner Emeritus of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management® from his southern New Jersey office. Contact infomation: John Ash Global Partner Emeritus Haines Centre for Strategic Management® Phone: 609-625-2571 Fax: 609-625-8060 E-mail John Ash |
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"Strategic Planner . . . Facilitator, Coach, and Systems Thinker"
Sheridan (Sheri) Barker, Ed.D. is a strategic planner, facilitator, coach and systems thinker. She is the Haines Centre’s practice leader for education and a Principal located in San Diego. Dr. Barker specializes in strategic planning, leadership development and collaborative cultures that enhance organizational effectiveness and produce superior results for students and community. She earned her doctorate in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego and her dissertation examined the role of teacher leaders on a school-wide change team. Dr. Barker, a visionary leader with extensive administrative background in public education, is an acknowledged expert in systems change and leadership. She uses The Systems Thinking Approach® to create stronger coherence between strategic planning, action and achieving desired outcomes for dynamic and forward-thinking educational organizations. An innovative program developer, Sheri has a track record for creating dynamic, sustained professional development that significantly increases participant insight, capacity, commitment and collaboration. Her expert facilitation and consulting skills are frequently requested for strategic planning, leadership transitions, and organizational culture interventions. Combining passion, commitment and expertise, Dr. Barker nurtures collaborative cultures that strengthen relationships, increase trust, and create synergy to improve achievement and success for ALL students. A student of leadership for over thirty years, Dr. Barker brings passion and a strong commitment to enhancing organizational communication, teamwork and productivity in service of an optimal future for a democratic society and the global economy. Overview of services & recent clients Contact Information: |
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"Strategic Thinker, Implementation Designer, Coach ... Facilitator, Trainer, Instructional Designer "
Barbara A. Collins is a Global Partner and manager of the Haines Centre’s Baltimore-DC office. She is an organization development consultant and trainer, working with public and private organizations to improve strategic management and delivery of effective human services. She has 30 years’ experience as an internal and external consultant, manager, and CEO. Her facilitation and consulting skills are frequently requested for strategic planning and organizational change projects. Barbara has designed and delivered hundreds of adult learning programs, with specialization in strategic management and leadership development topics. She has worked in the fields of social service, public health, and criminal and juvenile justice at both local and national levels, including public policy development, health, behavior change, community justice practices, and management of correctional institutions. She has participated in the design of research studies and has led the implementation and evaluation of numerous behavior change interventions. She is the Executive Director and CEO of the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association and the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel. Barbara has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Education. Full professional biography Contact Information: |
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"Strategic Thinker, Financial Manager, Consultant, Business Planner"
Eric Denniston is a Principal in the Haines Centre in San Diego. He was born in Mexico City, is a native Spanish-speaker, and has more than 30 years of experience in international financial management, strategic planning, business planning, and project management. He has consulted with senior executives and CEOs of medium and large companies in the US and Mexico. Non-profit board governance, financial management, and strategic business planning are his specialties, helping clients maximize their financial results and key objetives. Eric's life and career have been multicultural and multilingual. He has lived in the U.S. and Mexico, studied in France and conducted business in most countries in the Americas. Eric holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of the Americas in Mexico City and a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird – the Garvin School of International Management, in Glendale, Arizona. With a strong belief in the importance of giving back to his local community, Eric is an active participant on several non-profit boards. Contact information: |
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"Strategic Thinker, Marketing Planner, Consultant, Mentor"
Jeri Denniston is a Haines Centre Principal in San Diego and has more than 30 years of experience in a broad range of marketing disciplines. As a consultant, she collaborated on cross-border marketing plans, feasibility studies, and divestiture prospectuses for a variety of real estate and manufacturing businesses in Mexico. Jeri has worked in the transportation, banking, marketing information and publishing industries, developing new products, conducting market analyses, and directing creative services and events marketing efforts. Market development and strategic marketing are her specialties. She has served on several non-profit boards, including two start-ups, and continues her involvement with local non-profits in her efforts to make a difference in her local community. Fluent in Spanish, Jeri holds a BA in Spanish from Chapman University and a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird – the Garvin School of International Management, in Glendale, AZ. With 10 years of overseas living in Indonesia and extensive travel worldwide, she has developed an enthusiasm for world cultures. Contact information: |
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"Strategic Thinker, Integrator, Consultant ... Coach, Facilitator, Planner, Implementer"
Diane Eller is a Haines Centre Principal living North Carolina. She is French Canadian born in Valleyfield, Quebec. She has over 20 years experience in diverse areas of business management disciplines, including strategic management, retail sales, controls and accounting, measuring operational productivity, and many other organizational development consulting assignments. She served many years as an executive business analyst throughout North American, helping CEOs and Executive Management Teams identify required areas of improvement for maximized profitability and healthier people and business management. Contact information: |
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"Strategic Thinker, Integrator, Consultant ... Coach, Facilitator, Planner, Implementer"
Alysin Foster is a Haines Centre Global Partner and has 19 years as an international consultant and coach to executives and management in the areas of Strategic Planning, HR planning, organization redesign, and leadership development. Within the Haines Centre, Alysin is the Practice Leader for Organization Redesign, and she runs the Atlanta office where she is a published author and keynote speaker. Helping clients increase their flexibility, responsiveness, and overall organizational performance as a way to maximize profits and sustainability are her hallmarks. Large-scale planning and change efforts are her specialty. Alysin is experienced in both the private and public sectors, including financial services, health care, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, service call-centers, and architectural/interior design firms. Public sector clients include universities and state government. Alysin holds a master’s degree from the University of Michigan. Web site for Haines Centre for Strategic Management®, Atlanta: www.csmatl.com Contact information: |
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Frank Foster is a Haines Centre Global Partner in our Atlanta office and has over 20 years experience as an internal and external management consultant, facilitator, and trainer. He consults to CEOs, executives, and mid-level managers in corporate and government settings on issues including strategic management (planning and change), communications, group dynamics, performance management, project management, and OD. He has an M.B.A. (with distinction), a graduate Certificate in Project Management, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in HR Administration (cum laude). Frank is also a faculty member at the University of Georgia. Previously, he was the Manager for Operational Analysis for a large telecommunications company and is a retired Coast Guard officer. Full professional biography Web site for Haines Centre for Strategic Management®, Atlanta: www.csmatl.com Contact Infomation: |
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Dr. Bob Hough is a Principal in the Haines Centre and runs our office in Denton, Texas, specializing in the Cattle Industry with Strategic Management consulting and research. Bob was Executive Director of the Red Angus Association of America for over 10 years as they became the Industry Leader in most areas, including “Total Herd Reporting”. Bob was raised in Penna. received his degree from Penn State, his M.S. from U. of Conn. and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech, all in Animal Science. He has served as Extension Specialist in both Arizona and Maine, and Marketing Coordinator for Red Angus. Bob served on the Board of the Beef Improvement Federation, received the Distinguished Service Award from Red Angus, and was inducted into the Maine Beef Industry’s Hall of Fame. In 2004, at the Association’s 50th anniversary, he was named one of the “50 Most Influential People of Red Angus.” With BIF he has served as committee chair for Whole Herd Reporting, and in 2004 received the BIF Continuous Service Award. He was also one of the founding members and the first Chair of the APTC Committee which oversees certification of all ultrasound field and laboratory technicians. Bob served as President of U.S. Beef Breeds Council and served on the Board of the National Pedigree Livestock Council. He has also written 200 scientific, technical, and popular press articles, the book The History of Red Angus, coauthored Breeds of Cattle, and has been invited to judge livestock shows, travel on cattle business and speak on programs in 49 states, nine Canadian provinces, Ireland, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil. Bob was on the steering committee for National 4-H Livestock Judging for 15 years.Contact Information: |
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“Strategist, OD Consultant, L&D Professional, Talent Management Expert”
Alan Landers is a Principal of the Haines Centre and works out of San Diego, CA. He has over 30 years experience in the fields of learning and development, organizational development, and human resources. He started in OD in 1978 with the City of San Diego. He has headed an independent OD and performance consulting firm for more than 13 years. His clients include many FORTUNE 500 firms from a variety of industries within the U.S. and abroad. He has conducted executive-level seminars on leadership, teaming, and organizational change at several universities across the U.S. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Alan has consulted to several American ex-pat companies in China and Taiwan. As a former VP of Performance Management, he implemented innovative talent management initiatives including employee-managed career pathing and competency-based succession planning programs. As a VP of Training, Alan designed and implemented corporate universities, leadership development programs, and state-of-the-art learning management systems. An expert instructional designer, Alan has created highly engaging, interactive web-based training programs using advanced software and technology. Alan was a senior consultant with University Associates and has a Master’s Degree in HRD. He is active in the community and engages in pro bono consulting to non-profit organizations annually. Contact Information: |
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"Strategist, Entrepreneur, and Management Pro ... Educator, Author, and Project Master"
Terry Schmidt is a Certified Business Associate of the Haines Centre in Seattle, Washington. He brings 25 years of global experience as a business strategist and management consultant. Terry has assisted hundreds of organizations in 28 countries become more strategic, productive, and profitable. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, fast-growing companies, national research organizations, and government agencies. Terry has an M.B.A. from Harvard and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Washington. Full professional biography Web site for Management Concepts International Inc.: www.managementpro.com Contact Information: |
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Loren Tarantino is a Principal with the Haines Centre for Strategic Management located in South Bay, San Diego as our Co-Practice Leader in Education. She has more than three decades of experience in Education, doing teaching, training, facilitating, consulting, and supervising and project management. She has also consulted in corporate America as well as in school districts, educational unions and community-based organizations. She has assisted executives in business and education with strategic planning, policy development, and personal coaching.
Loren’s engaging, interactive style of public speaking and group facilitation have benefited business, education and governmental audiences at local, state and national conferences, workshops and seminars since 1986. She is the co-author of Leading Effective Secondary School Reform (Corwin Press, 2005). Loren’s strengths lie in her knowledge of organizational systems and her ability to come up with systems-wide plans and implementation tactics to get organizations to operate at peak performance. Clients have cited Loren’s strategic approach and collaborative spirit as a winning combination in her success. Contact Information: |
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"Strategist, Skilled Facilitator, Executive Coach, and Entrepreneur"
Jim McKinlay has over 25 years experience as a consultant and trainer to business and government in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Jamaica. Formerly based in Canmore, Alberta, and recently relocated to White Rock, British Columbia, Jim heads the Haines Centre's Canadian practice as our Managing Partner. He has strong skills in strategic planning, change management, HR management, and leadership development. Jim was a senior leadership consultant for the Ontario government, Executive Director of Staff Development for the Saskatchewan government, and a senior internal consultant for Canada's largest investor-owned utility. He was a Banff Centre for Management faculty member from 1996-2001 and has a master's degree in HRD.
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“Strategist, systems thinker, facilitator ...author, and educator” Gail Aller-Stead runs our Toronto, Canada, office and is a Global Partner and Change Management Practice Leader of the Haines Centre. Her greatest strength is working with organizations to help them focus on operational excellence and optimize key opportunities that lead to a sustainable, competitive advantage. Clients include the consumer packaged goods, health care, high tech, insurance, financial services, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, and transportation sectors. Specific skills include strategic management (planning and change management), concentrating on implementation and operations effectiveness, to ensure that plans developed in strategic planning become real (instead of gathering dust on a shelf somewhere). Gail holds an M.Sc. in Organization Development from Pepperdine University.Gail Aller-Stead is chairing the committee that’s putting on this workshop for Strategic Leadership Forum on February 6, 2008…She is going to set the stage for the day introducing the ABCDE Systems Thinking Approach® to Strategic Management and focusing on the question of identifying and tracking outcomes. Full professional biography Contact information: |
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Strategic–Creative–Energetic
Erin Campbell Howell is a Principal of the prestigious Haines Centre for Strategic Management® as a master facilitator, consultant, coach and trainer. Erin helps her customers think through, build Strategic Plans for, and achieve their desired outcomes. Strategic, creative and energetic, Erin brings more than 22 years of experience in leadership, strategic planning, facilitation, project management and change management to her Management of the Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada office of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management®. Erin has been instrumental in helping organizations build comprehensive business strategies, establish new functions, build alignment and navigate change in key business areas such as strategic management, corporate project management, human resources, marketing and customer relationship management, business process re-engineering and call centre management. "I believe that people support what they help create," says Erin. "One of the most important things you can do as a leader is to plan for the future and help your team through the changes needed to achieve your desired outcomes." "I ensure that your future direction is clear to employees at all levels so they can genuinely and authentically align themselves to achieve a common vision and purpose." Contact information: |
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"Strategic and Systems Thinker, Visionary Leader, Innovator, Facilitator, Healthcare Professional and Consultant"
Nancy Kilpatrick is a Principal, Consultant, and Master Facilitator for the Haines Centre for Strategic Management. Nancy lives in the beautiful Okanagan Valley in the interior of British Columbia and leads the operations of the Haines Centre office located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Nancy has over 15 years of experience in senior management roles leading and managing care and services within large health care organizations. Nancy's colleagues describe her as someone who is known for her strategic thinking, visionary leadership, and the ability to get the job done. Since establishing her consulting business in 2006, Nancy has been instrumental in helping organizations in the areas of strategic planning, strategic management, clinical program development, leadership development, accreditation preparation, and in quality and performance improvement. Nancy holds Gold Mastery Certification in Strategic Planning and in Strategic Management from the Haines Centre for Strategic Management. She is a Registered Nurse and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Master of Science Degree in Community Health and Epidemiology from the University of Saskatchewan. She has an Advanced Certificate in Gerontology Nursing from Saskatchewan Institute of Applies Arts and Sciences and holds Canadian Nurses Association Certification both in Gerontology and Palliative Care Nursing. Nancy has a commitment to excellence in customer service delivery. Over Nancy’s career she has worked to advance patient care at both the national and provincial levels. Nancy has served as a member of the Board for the Saskatchewan Gerontology Association and the Editor of the Association’s newsletter SAGA. She has been a surveyor with Accreditation Canada since 2004. From 2003-2006 she held the appointment, as the representative of the Canadian Healthcare Association to the Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition Canada and during that time was a member of the Coalition Executive, and the Research Committee Chair. In May 2007 she was appointed to the role as President Elect for the British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association (BCHPCA) and is currently the President of the Board of BCHPCA. Contact information: |
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"Facilitator, Coach, Trainer, Systems Thinker, Author"
Valerie MacLeod helps everyone “pull in the same direction.” She runs the Haines Centre’s Calgary, Alberta, office as our Global Partner and Planning Co-Practice Leader. Valerie works to focus the energy and commitment of many people on the same goal. She assists in harnessing the unique talents and skills of team members in a shared direction. With over twenty-five years as a facilitator, trainer and coach, Valerie helps her clients achieve financial and operational targets, plan for the future, deal with change and fine-tune their leadership. She is skilled and insightful with extensive expertise in planning, people, leadership and change. The tools she marshals for her clients include: strategic planning and implementation, change management, team-building, motivation, strategy alignment, performance management, and visioning. She works with boards, CEOs, executives, managers, and teams to clarify and achieve vision, values, and strategies. Valerie has an M.B.A. in Human Resources from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo. Valerie has published a life-planning book, co-authored a business-planning book and is working on her third book on working across cultures.Get to know Valerie Web site for Valerie MacLeod: www.valeriemacleod.com Contact information: |
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Oscar Castello, owner and founder of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management® in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a prestigious strategic and human resources consulting firm that provides strategic management consulting services as well as executive search. Oscar also designs and implements management training and development to the competencies required by each business, plus 360° feedback and executive coaching. Additionally, they focus on strategic planning, organizational structures, HR reengineering, compensation, change management, and organizational behavior. The Haines Centre for Strategic Management® - Argentina has 12 permanent and 5 part-time professionals. It also has affiliates within Argentina, as well as in Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay (all of Mercosur, the South American Free Trade Zone). Haines Centre for Strategic Management® - Argentina Representatives—locally and along the Mercosur and ChileWeb site for Haines Centre for Strategic Management® - Argentina: www.castello-net.com Contact information:
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