Kenya Rutland
Principal and Chief Enthusiasm Officer

Kenya is a passionate and trustworthy consultant who increases the confidence, motivation, and performance of others. He is a persuasive facilitative leader who uses his keen business acumen to build commitment and accountability among staff at all levels of any organization. Kenya has more than 20 years of experience delivering results-oriented consulting and facilitation to a diverse client portfolio.

Kim DeMur
Director of Operations

Kim has a passion for helping others become the best version of themselves by coaching them towards their personal and professional goals. With almost 10 years of experience in operations management and a background in higher education, Kim has the ability build lasting relationships, manage operations, and ensure all parties are set up for a successful engagement.

Heidi Hanson
Director of Consulting Engagements

Heidi is an accomplished and incisive business readiness leader, with a talent for getting cross-functional teams at all organizational levels aligned, enthused and collaborating on a common vision of the future. Heidi has over 20 years of results-oriented learning and development experience. She is a Prosci© certified change practitioner and holds a Master of Science degree in Instructional Technology.

Christine Rose
Operations Administrator

With an impressive track record of two decades in the field, Christine brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our operations team. Throughout her career with industry leaders such as Liberty Mutual Ins. and Edward Jones Financial, her experience has equipped her with a deep understanding of operation intricacies and a strong client-centric focused approach. Please join us in welcoming Christine to the team. We are excited to have her onboard and are confident that her contributions will be instrumental in our continued growth and success.

Anne Grieves
Senior Training Partner

Anne Grieves is a Gallup certified CliftonStrengths coach / team-building facilitator. With a professional background in career coaching, Anne has the ability to guide individuals, groups, and teams to identify and achieve their career goals. Her unique approach provides people with the tools and insights they need to experience a paradigm shift in how to explore new possibilities.

Amnat Chittaphong
Consulting Partner

Amnat Chittaphong is a movement builder, diversity & inclusion educator, social justice consultant, and community activist. With over 25 years of accomplished leadership, Amnat has honed his expertise as a diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging (DEIAB) strategist. A proven leader in culture transformation and enterprise-wide DEIAB initiatives, Amnat is a highly sought-after C-Suite executive coach and inclusive leadership trainer and social justice and mission integration consultant.

Christa Whitten
Consulting Partner

Christa Whitten has been delivering dynamic, interactive team development programs, trainings and events for organizations for almost 20 years. Her focus is on creating impactful, results-oriented experiences through experiential learning and thoughtful conversations. Christa is a certified practitioner of the MBTI, both FIRO-B & FIRO-Business assessments, Dialogue Education, and is an adjunct professor of Adventure Education at NWCC.

Danni Pruitt
Consulting Partner

Danni is a modern leadership development professional who specializes in all aspects of the L&D eco space. She is a diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity champion who is committed to creating communities where differences are recognized, valued, and leveraged for the good of individuals, teams, and organizations. She is passionate about sparking positive change through creating continuous learning communities.

David Rowell
Consulting Partner

David is a speaker, facilitator, instructor, consultant, and published author who believes that working relationships based on authenticity, and open engagement are cornerstone to both individual and organizational achievement. Prior to private consulting, David enjoyed a storied career with the US federal government, where he taught diversity, leadership, and team building. He has also worked closely with a U.N. organization developing international gender policy and gender programs.

David Sutherland
Consulting Partner

David brings his experience as a diversity and equity trainer to help organizations create a greater awareness of the ways in which certain behaviors and communication styles -often grounded in gender, racial, or other identities – can overtly or subtly diminish members of a team. He fosters a non-judgmental, occasionally uncomfortable, often fun climate in which people can examine their organization’s culture, openly share their own biases and presumptions, and explore new ways of talking and working with all of their colleagues and different communities.

Ela Mesa
Consulting Partner

Ela is a speaker, trainer, and performer with a passion for igniting others to take inspired action. She is committed to serving as a resource for productive results-driven communities, promoting diversity, and creating social change. She has led various initiatives focusing on elevating workplace culture, raising consciousness, and building pathways. communities.

Fabian DeRozario
Senior Consulting Partner

Fabian J. DeRozario is a master facilitator and consultant with more than 20 years of experience spanning across higher education institutions, associations, and private industries. His presentation style is interactive, engaging, and focused on enhancing personal skills that contribute to creating world-class organizations. Fabian has international experience working with several industries in the U.S., U.K., and China.

Jason Asher
Consulting Partner

Jason has more than 15 years of experience as a consultant, coach, and facilitator. He has partnered with executives, managers, and teams across sectors in the areas of leadership, communication, and performance management. Jason works closely with his clients to enhance their team dynamics and work together more effectively, while also helping them broaden their individual skills.

Kathy Wilson
Senior Consulting Partner

Kathy is a speaker, author, coach and Change Strategist who challenges her clients to step outside of their comfort zones and reach their highest potential. A former collegiate and professional basketball player and coach, Kathy shares her unique combination of on-court experience and off-court knowledge to transform the way people lead change in their personal and workplace environments.

Katy Mayo
Senior Technical Training Partner

For over 25 years, Katy Mayo has provided software training to clients nationwide. As a trainer, Katy combines technical and subject matter expertise to provide comprehensive training on some of the most current, cutting-edge software used in the workplace. Katy relies on a hands-on approach that ensures participants develop the software skills they need to perform their jobs more effectively.  Katy is a Microsoft Office User Training Specialist and Certified Virtual Trainer.

Kenn Roberts
Senior Consulting Partner

With more than three decades in both corporate America and the US military, Kenn has developed a deep understanding of team development and an extensive expertise in advising leaders on how to leverage human resources. He has held critical HR roles during major business mergers and acquisitions and has coached leaders on how to assess and strengthen their skills at eliciting peak performance from team members.

Kinita Schripsema
Consulting Partner

Kinita is a published international author, speaker, facilitator, consultant and transformational coach who believes that practicing unity while celebrating diversity is key to a healthy community. She has over 45 years experience living cross-culturally with extensive experience in the USA, Canada and overseas in Leadership Development and Cultural Education.

Laura Hurlbirt-Brault
Consulting Partner

Laura has a passion for mission driven organizations that impact the communities in which we work and live. She believes that bringing out the best in the individual paves the way for businesses to realize greater growth and overall success. Laura has over 15 years of experience in organizational learning and development, human resources, communications, and executive leadership. She holds Master’s Degree in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology, and is a Board Certified Holistic Health Coach..

Mari Jimenez-Ortiz
Consulting Partner

As a first generation American, and first-generation college graduate, Mari understands the challenges that many people face when trying to obtain a college education. With more than 12 years of experience working with diverse populations in higher education, Mari has developed a focus on working specifically on access and overall wellness. With anyone she meets, she strives to develop cross-cultural awareness and appreciation.

Nancy J. Lewis
Senior Consulting Partner

Nancy J. Lewis has over 30 years as an inspirational keynote speaker, trainer, author, and corporate coach. She works with organizations develop their people potential and helps executives and managers transform and enhance their careers. She conducts dynamic keynotes and seminars on diversity and inclusion, leadership, human resources and personal development. Her presentations are energizing, interactive, and content-rich learning experiences.

Roosevelt Smith
Consulting Partner
Roosevelt has twenty-five years of rich and extensive experience leading organizations and providing consulting services and training. As a consultant, Roosevelt believes in partnership, meeting people and organizations where they are and facilitating processes that surface possibilities while leveraging existing strengths.

Stephanie Sibille
Consulting Partner

Stephanie has almost ten years of experience leading and supporting large group events, designing and delivering experiential programming, and workshop development and facilitation. She is well-versed in an extensive library of team development programs, as well as the DiSC behavior assessment tool and Belbin Team Roles Inventory. Stephanie is bilingual and has rich international experience.

Steve Ockerbloom
Senior Consulting Partner

Steve has spent the past eighteen years delivering impactful workshops on the topics of leadership, individual, and team development. Steve is an expert in delivering 360-degree feedback tools and assessments such as Myers-Briggs, DISC, and Belbin Team Roles. What truly sets Steve’s workshops apart is his ability to use experiential activities to bring all of these topics to life for his participants.

Tara Flippo
Consulting Partner

Tara has held multiple management roles for the leading experiential training centers in New England. Her passions include facilitation/teaching, social emotional learning, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)/Social Justice. One of Tara’s professional highlights, was the publication of her first book – Social Emotional Learning in Action: Experiential Activities to Positively Impact School Climate.

Vanessa Spatafora
Consulting Partner

Vanessa Spatafora, is an organizational Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) partner for business and HR leaders. With over a decade of DEIB Leadership experience across Professional Services, Big Law, Start-up/New Tech, and Big Technology industries, Vanessa combines deep subject matter expertise with practical systemic disruption strategies. Through engaging experiences, Vanessa helps teams to build critical inclusion capabilities and explore new solutions for equitable employee experiences.

Xavier Russell
Consulting Partner

Xavier has over ten years of broad-based experience in resource development, corporate and community engagement, project management and grassroots community development. He has a “passion for people” and has dedicated much of his career to connecting individuals and communities with resources and improving systems and programs that help create sustainable community development.

Tiffany Olson
Consulting Partner

For the last decade, Tiffany has helped corporate clients hone their communication skills through workshops and one-on-one coaching. She loves the work she gets to do and the impact it can make: building stronger teams, equipping managers to navigate difficult conversations, helping individuals gain confidence, and more. She frequently receives feedback that her training is not only fun and enjoyable, but also provides practical tools that attendees can immediately put into practice.

Yosi Kossowsky
Consulting Partner

Yosi is deeply committed to cultivating resilience and thriving, one individual and one team at a time. With a career spanning over 17 years in coaching and three decades in the corporate world, Yosi specializes in unlocking human potential, catalyzing transformation, and equipping people to thrive amidst constant waves of change.

Katara Aleem
Consulting Partner

Katara is a disruptor reimagining the future of work and putting it into action. She is an experienced Change Leader with over 12 years of cross-industry experience in digital transformation, organizational readiness, org design, and business process improvement. Her expertise in leadership development, team performance coaching and industrial organizational psychology uniquely positions her to dive deep with leaders to unlock barriers for growth and create breakthroughs for teams.