Julie Diane Bowden, M.S. Counseling Psychology, is the founder of Bowden and Associates. Julie is a Marriage, Family, Child Therapist, Certified Alcoholism/Drug Counselor and has CA Colleges lifetime credentials for teaching and counseling. Julie specializes in adult children of alcoholics, substance abuse, childhood trauma, relationship issues and forgiveness. Co-author of Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics and Genesis: Spiritual Recovery from Childhood Traumas; co-founder of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. She developed the first Alcohol/Drug Abuse Prevention Program in the UC system at University of California, Santa Barbara. She facilitates workshops and trainings for Esalen Institute, Mt. Madonna Center, La Casa de Maria and Santa Barbara City College Adult Education. Currently, Julie is in independent private practice in Santa Barbara.
Lynne Desmond Cage is founder of Cage Consulting. As a consultant and coach, Lynne specializes in leadership development, executive coaching, organizational development and professional renewal. She has expertise in proactively managing change, optimizing talent and creating plans for the future. She has taught management effectiveness, quality improvement, and team productivity courses for the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to starting her practice, she was an executive with an international technology company. She has worked with hundreds of leaders and teams throughout the U.S. and Asia. Clients include Sony Entertainment, Seagate Technology, National Semiconductor, Amgen, and the University of California. Lynne holds a B.A. and certificates in Organizational Development and Change Management from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is certified as a master coach through the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara.
Melissa Cook is the founder of EnterChange Training and Consulting. She has been an independent management consultant since 1985. She specializes in facilitation, instructional design and human resources consulting. Her proficiency areas include: selecting top talent, performance management, coaching and developing staff, managing performance problems, strategic and tactical planning and decision making. Melissa has experience in a variety of environments: union and non-union; fast growth hi-tech startups; downsizing organizations; heavy and light manufacturing; biopharmaceutics; defense industry, the U. S. Navy, and government agencies. Melissa has been certified to facilitate programs for The Ken Blanchard Companies, Development Dimensions, Wilson Learning, Novations, Performance Impact, and Inscape Publishing (DiSC products). Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare.
Karen Duncum, M.A., MPEC is the founder of StarPerformance Consulting/Coaching.
Karen’s Emotional Intelligence Enhancement Program was the frontrunner for business and organizations. She specializes in executive effectiveness, leadership development, individual and group coaching, dyad coaching, teambuilding, meeting facilitation, conflict resolution and critical skills coaching. She has certificates in Emotional Intelligence Assessment and Coaching, FIRO-B, Leadership Practices 360 Inventory, CPI 260 Leadership Development, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Karen has 25 years experience in executive positions, from Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of a multi-state organization to Corporate Consultant to Executive and Personal Coach to Psychotherapist. Karen’s clients include Raytheon, FLIR, Accountability Plus and Call Source. She holds an M.A. in Psychology and an MPEC with the College of Executive Coaching.
Michele Jackman, MSW, M.A., is the President of Michele Jackman Enterprises and Adventures. She specializes in strategic planning, change management, facilitation, leadership training, project team leadership, new customer service initiatives, coaching, and executive development. Currently Michele is helping implement large HR information and talent management systems and is a highly regarded motivational speaker who inspires learning and desired change. Author, trainer, former executive, she has over 30 years experience in corporate, governmental and international arenas. Michele teaches for multiple University of California Extension campuses in Leadership and Management Certification, Project Management, Organizational Psychology, and also taught a 10 course series on Management and Supervision for several years. Michele’s clients include Cisco, Oracle, Sun, Gennentech, Lockheed Martin, AT&T, US Navy, and the State of California.
Kris Meathrell specializes in management development, team development, and communication skills. She has experience in company orientation, rewards and recognition, change management, talent assessment, conflict resolution and performance management. Kris has over 20 years of experience in Human Resources and training and development, including 15 years in training and HR for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company and has held a consulting role with an east coast training company. She has worked with companies such as Amgen, Roche and Eisai. Kris has certifications in Paul Green “Behavioral Interviewing”, Beverly Kaye, Career Development and is a Master Trainer for AchieveGlobal (previously Zenger-Miller) Frontline and Team Leadership. She is also certified in DiSC and Emotional Intelligence. Kris has coursework toward a degree in Business and Certification in Human Resource Management at UCLA/UCSB.
Ilana Meskin, President of Meskin Consulting, Inc. is a senior consultant and executive coach. Ilana specializes in talent management, leadership development and key aspects of major change initiatives. She has extensive experience in the areas of executive assessment and coaching, succession planning, identification and management of high potentials, career planning, as well as critical components of enterprise-wide change, such as communications, cultural shift, and project management under pressure. Ilana brings a proven track record of over 20 years of operational Human Resources in rapid change cycle organizational environments. She has held senior-level internal positions at Amgen and ARCO Solar, leading both HR business unit and Corporate HR functions. Ilana is a graduate of Fielding University’s Coach Training Program, and certified in Hogan Assessments. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Human Resource Executive Program and holds a B.A. in Linguistics.
Carole Rehbock, MBA, MCC, is the owner of Consulting & Coaching Solutions. Carole is a senior consultant and coach specializing in transition management, performance improvement, and leadership development. She has worked in partnership with senior and mid-level managers, for purposes ranging from organizational structure, strategic planning, leadership development, retention, conflict resolution, and team development. She has targeted issues and tasks to wide scope exploration of individuals' and teams experience, values and goals. She is certified in Myers Briggs and DiSC Instruments. Carole’s clients include Catholic Healthcare West, Delta Dental Insurance, Hewlett Packard, Qualcomm, and Cisco Systems. Carole has an MBA in Human Resource Management and is a certified coach from the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara and Master Coach (MCC) from the International Coach Federation.