• team development and communication • meeting/retreat facilitation
professional work experience
1983-present
organization development consultant
martha torrance consulting, seekonk, ma
garnet consulting, reading, ma
gc consulting, meriden, nh
independent and contract consulting focused on strategic planning, leadership development, team skills and communications training. coach management teams plus design and facilitate retreats and trainings with groups of managers. clients have included school boards, districts, and collaboratives, city and state agencies, progreso latino, head start, boston greenspace alliance, jp morgan, citigroup, general electric, columbia university and babson college executive programs, lafarge.
1988- 2001
practice director/consultant
boston management consortium, boston, ma
design and delivery of management skills trainings, retreat and meeting facilitation, strategic planning. consulting to city department heads, and development of public-private partnership and learning transfer component. practice director for bmc's work with the boston public schools, focusing on implementation of education reform plan. projects included hr reinvention, budget development process, superintendent's leadership team and school committee support, cross-agency initiatives.
1985-1988
psychiatric social worker/senior crisis clinician
west-ros-park mental health center, roslindale, ma
therapist for crisis and long-term clients. supervisory role.
1981-1983
special education teacher
the gifford school, weston, ma
high school history and english teacher, developed outdoor program.
education
mba boston college, chestnut hill, ma, may 1985
top 10% of class. award winning consulting team.
