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- 11/28/2011: Inspiring Leadership: Beating Burn-out and Cultivating Full Body Presence with Suzanne Scurlock-Durana Listen Now
- 11/21/2011: Paying It Forward with Maggie McGuire: An Inspiring Vision Rooted in Values Listen Now
- 11/14/2011: Gutsy Transitions: Finding the Courage to Pursue Your Dreams Listen Now
- 11/7/2011: Envisioning Women’s Leadership: The Leaders' View with Booz Allen’s Karen Dahut and Susan Penfield Listen Now
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August 2011
Ken Banks
Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net, devotes himself to the application of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change in the developing world, and has spent the last two decades working on projects in Africa. His early research resulted in the development of FrontlineSMS, an award-winning text messaging field communication system aimed at grassroots non-profit organizations. Ken graduated from Sussex, was awarded a Stanford University Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship in 2006, and named a Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow in 2008. In 2009 he was named a Laureate of the Tech Awards. He was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in May 2010. In 2011 he was named an Ashoka Fellow, was the recipient of the Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest, and was selected as a member of the UK Prime Minister's delegation to Africa. In 2012 the Cambridge business community presented Ken with a "Special Achievement Award" for his work as a social entrepreneur. View Guest page
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Tal Birdsey
Tal Birdsey, Head Teacher, North Branch School – Ripton, VT Tal Birdsey is the head teacher of the North Branch School, which he co-founded in 2001. He teaches literature, poetry, creative writing, religion, ethics, history, art and art history, and serves as counselor, admissions officer, soccer coach, newsletter editor, assistant wiffleball coach, and resident Flat-Earth Society Scholar. Tal published “A Room For Learning: The Making of a School In Vermont” which recounts the beginnings of the North Branch School and the intricate and comical adventures involved in making an alternative school in the Green Mountains in Vermont. "If education interests you--if kids interest you--this is a magical story…about what happens if you take them seriously, and if you have the grace and agility to hang with them in the tough spots and the glorious ones. Nothing…will make you…more optimistic about…the future. And if you're an educator…nothing will remind you more powerfully of the nobility of your calling." -Bill McKibben, NY Times bestselling author View Guest page
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Elle Carberry
Based in Beijing, Elle Carberry brings two decades of experience in commercializing advanced technology products and services in Asia and the U.S. Previously, as VP Business Development, Asia Pacific for Red Hat, she launched the Greater China business and established and led Asia-Pacific OEM sales via IBM, Intel and Lenovo. She founded and led IBM China’s outsourced services for China’s Financial Services Sector. She founded and led sales and business development at Mainspring, led business development for the Ziff-Davis Online Network, and was a regional sales manager for IBM’s U.S. Financial Services Sector. She graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in economics and literature. The China Greentech Initiative is the Chinese-international commercial collaboration platform of 100+ commercial and policy organizations and 500+ experts focused on identifying, developing and promoting green technology. The China Greentech Report is released each Spring (www.china-greentech.com). View Guest page
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Jennifer Cohen
Jennifer Cohen, co-founder of Seven Stones Leadership Group, a professional services firm that develops organizational leadership and works with individuals on their personal journeys. Jennifer Cohen is a leadership and organizational coach and consultant with 20 years in the field coaching hundreds of individuals and groups. Jennifer’s fresh approach is informed by communication theories ranging from quantum physics and philosophy to neuroscience and Somatics. She loves working with social entrepreneurs, visionary thinkers, and leaders who know they must develop the capacity to shift with this quickly changing landscape. View Guest page
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Michele Booth Cole
Michele Booth Cole, executive director of Safe Shores -- The DC Children’s Advocacy Center, leads a collaborative effort to provide intervention, hope and healing for child victims of abuse and witnesses to violence. Michele has raised awareness about child abuse and ways to prevent crimes against children. She has been a commentator on WAMU and a guest on WHUR’s The Daily Drum. Additionally, her opinion pieces have appeared in The Washington Post blog TheRootDC and in The Washington Informer. In 2011, Essence magazine named Michele a “true leader”; the Washingtonian magazine named her a 2009 Washingtonian of the Year; the Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation honored her with a 2007 Exponent Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership; and in 2007 she received the Commissioner’s Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe College and Georgetown University Law Center, Michele and her husband are the parents of three school-age children. View Guest page
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Karen Dahut
Karen Dahut leads the firm’s U.S. Navy and Marine Corps business worldwide. She has a masters degree from the University of Southern California and an undergraduate degree from Mount Saint Mary’s University. Prior to her current position, Ms. Dahut led the Firm’s Economic and Business Analytics capability team comprised of 1500 consultants serving clients across the commercial, civil, defense and security markets. This team advised and supported clients with cost, economic, and financial analysis services. Before Booz Allen, she was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served as the comptroller for the Navy’s premier biomedical research institute. Ms. Dahut is a frequent speaker, and has authored articles appearing in “Federal Times”, “Defense News”, and “Proceedings.” Ms. Dahut is currently serving on the Board of Trustees for several organizations: Booz Allen’s Employee Capital Accumulation Program, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. View Guest page
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Mark Fernandes
Mark Fernandes, Chief Leadership Officer, Luck Companies Mark Fernandes joinedLuck Companies in 1989. As chief leadership officer, Fernandes uses his enormous passion for inspiring people to accomplish visionary goals as he develops and delivers a strategy for identifying, developing and retaining high-performing talent. Prior to becoming the CLO, Fernandes served as president of two Luck Companies business units – Charles Luck Stone Center and Lee Tennis Court Products. Fernandes’ aspiration to make these brands national was met, especially with his incredible work for reshaping the image of stone as a luxury product through his new vision for the Charles Luck Stone Center. Fernandes has also developed a keen interest for business strategy and brand development. He has spent the last 10 years speaking, teaching and collaborating with universities, industry partners and thought leaders nationally and internationally on the subject. View Guest page
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Whitney Forstner
Native of Nashville, TN, Whitney Forstner earned her undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College and her Masters from the College of William and Mary. With 10 years of corporate experience in Human Resources, Marketing and Project Management, Whitney and fellow colleague, Tanya Cummings left their day jobs to jump into entrepreneurship by starting Momentum Resources in 2007. Momentum Resources specializes in recruiting highly qualified individuals who want challenging part-time and flexible work opportunities. Momentum places talented professionals in positions with companies who appreciate their skill set, experience, and commitment. Momentum is paving the way for smart women to find the work/life balance they desire and deserve! Whitney is also a proud mom of twin boys who along with her husband, motivate her to create the same balance in her life that she delivers for other talented women. View Guest page
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Amy Friedman
Amy Friedman is the President of Redhead Consulting, a brand creation and content development company. A 23- year veteran of Nickelodeon, Amy most recently served as the SVP of Original Programming/Creative Director at Noggin and The N, now Teen Nick. She was responsible for articulating and steering both channels’ original brand strategy, on-air identity, educational mission, as well as developing and producing its original programming. Friedman also architected Nickelodeon’s “The Big Help,” an on-going multi-platform global initiative to activate kids in their communities and Teen Nick’s “Halo Awards” celebrating service. Friedman’s work in branding, programming and pro-social content has earned multiple Peabody, Beacon, Cable Ace and Creativity Awards. View Guest page
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Deborah Frieze
Deborah Frieze is an author, entrepreneur and social activist. As former co-president of The Berkana Institute, Deborah joined Berkana in 2002 to support pioneering leaders who were walking out of organizations that were failing to contribute to the common good—and walking on to build resilient communities. These leaders are the subject of her book, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey Through Communities Daring to Live the Future Now, with co-author Margaret Wheatley. Previously, Deborah was a partner and founding member of ZEFER, an Internet services firm. She has worked in partnership with the Mastery Foundation, leading peace and reconciliation programs in Northern Ireland and Israel. She serves as a consultant and advisor to numerous grassroots organizations both locally and abroad. Deborah has an MBA from Harvard. She currently lives in Boston, but can more often be found visiting friends around the world who are creating healthy communities. Learn more at www.deborahfrieze.com. View Guest page
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Terry Garcia
Terry Garcia, EVP, oversees National Geographic Society’s mission programs, Explorers-in-Residence and Emerging Explorers, geography and science education programs, geography competitions, development office, exhibitions, live events and the arts media program. He was appointed by President Obama to serve on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Before NGS, Garcia was assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce, and deputy administrator of NOAA. He directed coastal, ocean and atmospheric programs, including Clean Water Act implementation and development of the national marine sanctuary system. As NOAA’s general counsel, he led the implementation of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Plan. He was also a partner in the law firms of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Hughes Hubbard & Reed. He received a bachelor’s degree from American University and a law degree from The George Washington University. View Guest page
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Bette George
Bette George is a leadership coach who works with executives, leaders, and teams to bring forth their best gifts–courageously, creatively, and productively. She brings expertise to support individuals navigating life and work transitions such as promotion, career change, moving towards retirement and reentry into the workforce. Her clients include Fortune 500 and small organizations, as well as individuals committed to personal and professional mastery. Bette’s coaching practice is built upon 30 years of experience as an educator, business owner and management consultant. She combines organization development experience with a new appreciation for the power of purposeful conversation. She encourages innovative thinking in her clients and supports the creation of a vision and plan for the future based on personal and organizational goals. Bette is co-author of two books: A Practical Guide to Working with Diversity and Honoring Boundaries: Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. View Guest page
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Rachel Gutter
Rachel Gutter, Director, Center for Green Schools When the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council was established in 2010 to serve as the driver for the green schools movement, USGBC appointed Rachel Gutter to take the reins. Rachel came to USGBC in 2007 to oversee the launch of LEED for Schools, a version of USGBC’s green building certification program that facilitates the design, construction and operations of high-performance, green schools. To accelerate market transformation, USGBC launched the Center for Green Schools to engage students, teachers, parents, school superintendents, elected officials and other policy makers in a national conversation about the relationship between high-performance educational facilities and high performing students. Rachel’s professional experiences include green building consulting, interior architecture, and education. Her six years of teaching experience fuels her commitment to educating a generation of sustainability natives. She received her BA from Tufts University. View Guest page
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Laura Kang
Laura Kang, Head of School, Eagle Cove School – Pasadena, MD Laura Kang is Head of School at Eagle Cove School. The School’s mission is to maintain a culture of academic excellence as we foster within students respect, responsibility, joy in lifelong learning and habits of environmental and community stewardship. In her nearly 30 years in independent school education, she has learned how important it is to keep the entire course of a child’s personal and educational development in mind: past, present and future. From working with toddlers to seniors in high school, she has become fascinated with the intersection of neuroscience and best teaching and learning practices. Laura finds herself attracted to independent schools as they are mission and values-driven institutions. Before joining the Eagle Cove Community, Laura was Middle School Head at Severn School. She attended the University of Kansas’ School of Education for her undergraduate degree in education and English. She received her Masters in Administration and Supervision at Loyola College. View Guest page
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Jim Kiles
Jim is Program Director for FOUR YEARS.GO. Jim is the leader and holds accountability for all programs and activities of FOUR YEARS.GO. Jim has been a civil rights lawyer and a lifelong entrepreneur and business investor. He has managed many initiatives including several major media and communications activities. During the past ten years, Jim has been involved in developing technology and systems that enable real networks to engage and grow memberships, deliver on the network value proposition and enable the integration of media and action. His thirty years of experience includes a stint from 1995-2001 as Managing Director at Intel Corporation where he was responsible for Intel Capital investments in Media and Content, founding position at CPM Capital (a fund focused on content relevancy and monetization solutions) and CEO at Eyetide and Living Networks, internet startups engaged in new strategies and technologies for bringing community interaction to the web. View Guest page
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Barbara Kline
After living in Europe for graduate school, Barbara Kline returned to the US to settle in Washington, DC. She had no idea how hard it would be to find a job. After a brief stint as a paralegal, she opened The Ice Cream Lobby on Capitol Hill. For 7 years, she scooped ice cream cones, made hot fudge sundaes, and hung out with Hill staffers. After the birth of her first child, she reconsidered her career path. The need to find quality childcare for her baby led her to found White House Nannies. Over the past 26 years, White House Nannies has evolved into the premier nanny agency in the DC metro area. In 2005, Barbara wrote White House Nannies published by Tarcher/Penguin. She has been interviewed on many national programs. She lives in Chevy Chase with her husband Richard who runs the financial side of the business. They have two children: Matt lives in Venice, California and is on his city council and Gillian works in digital advertising in New York City. View Guest page
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Sasha Kramer
Dr. Sasha Kramer is an ecologist and human rights observer who has been working in Haiti since 2004. In 2006 she received her Ph.D. in Ecology from Stanford University and co-founded Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL), a non-profit dedicated to protecting soil resources, empowering communities and transforming wastes into resources in Haiti. She coordinated an ecological sanitation project in Haiti in collaboration with Stanford’s Engineers for a Sustainable World. She is an Adjunct Professor of International Studies and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Miami. She teaches an intersession course called Sustainable Development Challenges in Haiti: from Theory to Practice. She is the co-founder of SOL (Sosyete Oganize pou Lanati), a Haitian non-profit dedicated to promoting environmental justice and ecologically sound development. Sasha is also a National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2011). View Guest page
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Andrew Kutt
Andrew Kutt, Oneness-Family School – Chevy Chase, MD For over 20 years, Andrew Kutt has guided the Oneness-Family School, a Montessori-based educational institution that produces confident individuals filled with a life-long love of learning. The School empowers students, teaches conflict resolution, and is a place where learning is not just about finding the right answers but about asking questions on the journey. The curriculum incorporates academics, self-discovery, and world service in order for students to develop the leadership skills necessary to meet the challenges of a global society. Andrew has 25 years of experience as a Montessori teacher and administrator. He is the founder of Peacekeepers, an after-school club that teaches students to become global citizens. Andrew is the author of “Living in Harmony,” a handbook for teachers and parents to help students building citizenship skills and global understanding. He is on the board of the International Montessori Council and he is a founder of the Montessori Peace Academy. View Guest page
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Gina LaRoche
Gina LaRoche is a co-founder of Seven Stones Leadership Group, a professional services firm that develops organizational leadership and works with individuals on their personal journeys. She brings respect, clarity, truth and love to all of her work as an organizational consultant, facilitator and coach. She is also a writer and collage artist, and the author of Living in Sufficiency: A daily journey (2009). Gina is a popular public speaker, delivering keynote addresses on "What is enough?" and what it means to be a leader during times of great change. View Guest page
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Geraldine Laybourne
Geraldine Laybourne is the Co-Founder of Oxygen Media, a 24-hour cable television network for young women. She was Chairman and CEO of Oxygen Media until she sold it to NBC Universal in 2007. Gerry was a cable programming pioneer in the 80s and 90s: she led the team that created Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite. As president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks, she ran cable programming for the Walt Disney Company and its ABC subsidiary. She was ranked #1 among the 50 most influential women in the entertainment industry by The Hollywood Reporter and named one of the 25 most influential people in America by Time magazine. She is on the Board of Directors of Electronic Arts, J.C. Penney, Symantec Corporation, and Alloy Inc. and on the Board of Trustees of Vassar College and President of the AAVC. She is a corporate ambassador for Vital Voices and advises many women political candidates and entrepreneurs. She and her husband Kit, a teacher, producer, and author, have 2 children and 4 grandchildren. View Guest page
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Richard Leider
Founder and Chairman of The Inventure Group, a coaching and consulting firm, Richard has created a wide array of programs and experiences for clients. He is ranked by Forbes as one of the “Top 5” most respected executive coaches, by Linkage as one of the “Top 50” executive coaches, and by the Conference Board as a “legend in coaching.” He is an Executive Fellow at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and is a guest lecturer in the Harvard Business School and Duke Corporate Education. Richard is the author of eight books, including three best sellers. Repacking Your Bags and The Power of Purpose are classics in the personal growth field. He holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and is a Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing where he founded The Purpose Project. Richard appears in the Wall Street Journal, The NYTimes and USA Today, and on PBS and NPR. He leads annual Inventure Expedition safaris in Tanzania, East Africa. View Guest page
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Kelly Lewis
Kelly Lewis is the founder of The Bounce Collective, a human development organization committed to empowering the leader within every young person, woman, and man. Through her work, Kelly supports the leaders of today and tomorrow by creating meaningful ways for leaders and organizations to develop while bringing communities together. Kelly is head over heels in love with her work (don't worry, her husband is ok with that). Her work is her teacher as it provides her the opportunity to be in service to herself, others, and the world - while inspiring others to do the same. As an Executive Leadership Coach, a faculty member for Georgetown University's Leadership Coaching Program, an entrepreneur, a 20-year corporate leader, and a community change agent, Kelly brings a breadth of relevant experience, knowledge, and expertise to her work. View Guest page
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Jenn Lim
Jenn Lim created the company Delivering Happiness with Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) to inspire happiness in work, community and everyday life. In 2010, Jenn led the launch of Tony’s first book (Delivering Happiness) which sold over 220,000 copies internationally and hit #1 on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. It was voted one of the best business books in 2010 by NPR, Inc. Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Jenn creates Culture Books for Zappos. In 2009, Zappos was sold to Amazon.com, and in 2011, Zappos was #6 on Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. The Culture Book has become a global symbol of how companies can create cultures based on happiness and be profitable at the same time. Jenn has been a featured speaker at organizations such as Twitter, Pixar, Stanford, UCLA, NAWBO and the American Marketing Association. Jenn formerly consulted in a number of industries, including Internet, branding, writing and graphic design. View Guest page
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Maggie Little
Maggie Little, B.Phil., PhD, is Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and a member of the Philosophy Department, at Georgetown University. Her research interests include issues in reproduction, clinical research ethics, and the structure of moral theory. A fellow of the Hastings Center, she has twice served as Visiting Scholar in residence at the National Institutes of Health Department of Bioethics. She is a founding member of The Ob-Gyn Risk Research Group, which brings together experts from medical epidemiology, obstetrics and gynecology, philosophy, bioethics, gender theory, and the medical humanities, for research encompassing a wide variety of issues in reproductive health and clinical research ethics. Together with Ruth Faden and Anne Lyerly, she co-founded The Second Wave Initiative, which works to promote responsible research into the health needs of pregnant women. View Guest page
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Ross Martin
Ross Martin is an Executive Vice President at Viacom Media Networks and runs Scratch, a creative swat team driving innovation across the company. Ross joined Viacom Media Networks in 2004 as the first Head of Programming for MTV's Emmy and Peabody Award winning college network, mtvU. He later became SVP of MTV 360 Production & Development, working across MTV, MTV2 and mtvU. Prior to MTV, Ross founded Plant Film, an LA-based production company partnered with Fox, VH1 and Dimension Films; was a development executive for Spike Lee's 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks; and taught poetry at Washington University, RISD and The New School. His writing appears in The Kenyon Review, The Harvard Review, McSweeney's, Denver Quarterly, BOMB Magazine and multiple anthologies. His first book was published in 2002. Ross is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Viacom Marketing Council, and serves on the digital advisory board for St. Jude's Children’s Hospital. View Guest page
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John M. McCardell Jr.
John M. McCardell Jr. was appointed 16th vice-chancellor of the University of the South effective last July 1. Since his arrival, McCardell has challenged the university both to examine its history and to seize the opportunities of the present to fulfill its vision of being a nationally prominent university located in the South. McCardell is the former president of Middlebury College in Vermont, and is a distinguished historian and respected national leader in liberal arts education. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University, and did his graduate work at The Johns Hopkins University and then at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in history. During his first year as vice-chancellor, Sewanee, in an unprecedented move, reduced its tuition and fees for the academic year 2011-12 by ten percent. The decision has garnered much positive coverage in the national media. View Guest page
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Maggie McGuire
Maggie McGuire is Vice President of Scholastic’s Kids and Parents online channels and is an expert in digital media, education, youth and parenting. Before joining the online division, she ran Scholastic Media Interactive where she developed award winning learning and entertainment products across interactive platforms. As Director of Nickelodeon’s Home Entertainment Group, she oversaw product development for their video, DVD and audio businesses. She has produced live action television shows and created content for and in partnership with companies inclusive of Sesame Workshop, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, LeapFrog and Fisher Price. Prior to her work in media, she spent eight years in education as a Language Arts teacher and curriculum developer and recruiter for Teach for America. She holds a MA in Educational Theater from NYU, a BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Boston College and with her husband is raising two wonderfully inventive boys in Brooklyn, NY. View Guest page
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Talane Miedaner
Talane Miedaner, owner and founder of LifeCoach.com and The Coaching Directory, has gained international prominence as a professional coach by guiding thousands of people to find wealth, success, and happiness. Talane helps people restructure their lives to attract the opportunities they want. She works with executives, public officials, entrepreneurs, and business owners around the world. Talane taught at CoachU where she received training as a professional coach. She is the author of the internationally best-selling book, Coach Yourself to Success: 101 Tips from a Personal Coach for Reaching Your Goals at Life and in Work. Talane is a Master Certified Coach of the International Coach Federation and leads classes for Georgetown University. She holds a degree in International Affairs from the School of Foreign Service and a master’s in English from Georgetown University. Prior to becoming a coach, Talane held a corporate position as second vice president at Chase Bank in New York City. View Guest page
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Tim Ogilvie
Tim Ogilvie is the CEO of Peer Insight, an innovation strategy consultancy, where he has made pioneering contributions to the emerging disciplines of service innovation, customer experience design, and businessmodel exploration. His clientsinclude AARP, Bank of America, Hallmark, Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Starwood Hotels, and The Hartford. His projects create organic growth by linking new customer experiences to scalable business models. Tim has consulted to five governments and influenced innovation policy from the United States to the European Union to Taiwan. He is the co-author of “Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers,” (2011). He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, where he teaches customer-centered design and innovation. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a BA in English from the University of Virginia. View Guest page
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Susan Penfield
Susan Penfield is a Senior Vice President specializing in the use of information technology in the national health industry. Her focus includes developing IT modernization strategies to transform regulatory, safety, payment, electronic health record, and public health systems. Ms. Penfield provides consulting services for every major federal health-related organization including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, and Department of Health and Human Services. She has also worked in the commercial health sector. For Booz Allen, Susan leads the Systems Development Center for Excellence. She is an advocate for women and is the co-chair of the Firm-wide Women’s Agenda, and serves on boards for Healthy Women, Women in Technology, Women’s Center, and the National Institutes of Health Children’s Inn She holds a BS in Technology Management from Lock Haven University and a Certificate in Management from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business. View Guest page
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Wendy Philleo
As Executive Director of The Center for a New American Dream, Wendy brings 20 years of nonprofit and philanthropic experience in the areas of resource management, community development, women's empowerment, advocacy, and civic engagement. Wendy previously ran a philanthropy and nonprofit consulting business. She worked as a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. As a program officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, she designed a $25 million, five-year cross-cutting initiative on population, health, and environment. Wendy has worked at the World Wildlife Fund, WorldWIDE Network and the United Nations Environment Programme. She received her B.A. from the University of Colorado and her M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Wendy enjoys being outdoors, hiking, mountain biking, camping, and running, squash, art, and spending time with her family. She lives in Charlottesville, VA with her husband, two children, and two cats. View Guest page
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Don Quayle
Don Quayle was born and educated in Logan, Utah, completing two degrees at Utah State University. With his wife, Yvonne, also a Logan native, Don began his trek east by moving to Columbus, Ohio for study at Ohio State University. An association with WOSU-FM-TV in 1956 began a 35 year career in Public Broadcasting that would take him to Boston, New York City and Washington, DC. He worked for individual stations, regional and national organizations during that time. Soon after he moved to the Washington, DC area in 1970, he was chosen to be the first President of National Public Radio (NPR). He and Vonn joined ILR in 2004 and have participated each semester since then. Don’s main accomplishment is a family of five children, thirteen grand children and two great grand children. And the family is growing. View Guest page
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Margaret Regan
Margaret Regan is President & CEO of The FutureWork Institute, a global consulting firm that translates future trends to transform organizations. She helps clients achieve a MindShift, HeartShift and SkillShift in creating more inclusive/flexible workplaces. She has worked on HR and generational practices in Asia, mergers in Europe, cross-cultural executive education and women’s studies on four continents. She was a Partner and Human Capital Management/Global Diversity Practice Leader for Towers Perrin and was the first woman executive at the NY Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Con Edison. She has appeared on NBC-TV’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, and CNN. She is featured on Close-Up TV as the CEO of one of the most innovative U.S. businesses, in CNN/Money as the expert on future workplace trends and in Business Week for FutureWork’s approach to “my-job my-way, “my-business our-way” and “my-perks my-way.” She is the recipient of the Diversity Innovation Award. View Guest page
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Aziz Abu Sarah
Aziz Abu Sarah is the Co-Executive Director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution, Co-Founder of MEJDI Tours, and was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer for 2011. He has spoken in hundreds of churches, synagogues and mosques on the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, peace, reconciliation, and interfaith dialogue. He has lectured and facilitated meetings for countless international organizations and universities, including Georgetown University, Columbia, Princeton, Brandeis, Yale, George Washington, and before the European Parliament and the UN. He is a columnist for Alquds Newspaper and has published articles in the New York Times, Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, Alarabiya, Daily Star and Middle East online and he provides analysis for television news programs. Aziz co-hosted a radio show in Jerusalem for 3 years with tens of thousands of international listeners and is a contributor for 972mag.com, a new Israeli online English magazine. View Guest page
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Suzanne Scurlock-Durana
Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, C.M.T, C.S.T.-D For almost thirty years, Suzanne has taught and mentored conscious awareness and its relationship to the healing process through a uniquely creative approach to energy, presence, grounding and integrative exercises. Suzanne is the author of the book and companion audio, Full-Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body's Wisdom. Known for her grounded and nurturing manner, Suzanne helps others go to the heart of their healing process. She weaves together mind, body, and spirit to create a unique environment where profound healing can occur. A certified instructor of CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release with The Upledger Institute, Suzanne also teaches at Esalen Institute. A sought-after speaker, she inspires healthcare practitioners, coaches, teachers and others all over the world to stay energized. She has written numerous articles and posts a popular blog, Presence Matters: Reflections on Body, Mind and Spirit at http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/presence-matters. View Guest page
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Hayat Sindi
Dr. Hayat Sindi was named by Newsweek as one of 100 Fearless Females Changing the Word. Recognized by Arabian Business as the 9th most powerful Arab woman, she is combining her passions for science and innovation to build an institute promoting innovation and social impact in the Middle East - i2 Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity will launch 12 science and technology businesses in the Middle East by 2014. As a teen, Dr. Sindi left her home in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and worked against the odds to become the first female from the Gulf to earn a PhD in biotechnology, studying at King’s College London, Cambridge, MIT and Harvard. The co-founder of Diagnostics For All, offering cost-effective diagnostic tools enabling the treatment people living beyond the reach of medical infrastructures, she has been a PopTech fellow linking science and social impact. Dr. Sindi is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices and is a member of the Nifty Fifty. View Guest page
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Neil Stroul
Dr. Neil Stroul is a professional psychologist, who left the therapy world for organizational consulting and training in 1979. His career has been devoted to helping organizations foster a developmental culture. As a leadership coach, Neil works with senior executives to help them find pathways to maintain their humanity while becoming effective leaders. Neil finds coaching to be the vehicle that allows him to express his "best self." Neil believes that leadership is a philosophical proposition. Great leaders want to make a contribution, and leading is how they bring their vision of what the future could be, to the world. Leaders must be clear on who they are and what they stand for. Through clarity, leaders demonstrate resolve to find a critical path through paradox and obstacles to create a desirable future for their followers. Neil Stroul is a member of the faculty for Georgetown University’s Leadership Coaching Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. View Guest page
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Chris Waddell
Chris Waddell was a promising skier at Middlebury College in 1988 when a skiing accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Determined to return to the slopes, in just a few years he was named to the US Disabled Ski Team. The most decorated male skier in Paralympic history, Chris won 12 medals over four games, and has medaled in both summer and winter games. He is the first paraplegic to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro unassisted, and he was inducted into both the Paralympic Hall of Fame and the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Chris has been named the Dalai Lama's unsung hero of compassion and has been featured in numerous publications, including Outside Magazine, Skiing, Ski, and National Geographic Explorer. He has appeared on Dateline and Oprah. In addition to his work with the Paralympics and the International Paralympic Committee, Chris is a motivational speaker. He speaks to the resilience of the human condition, with topics ranging from leadership to adversity to quality of life. View Guest page
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Chris Wahl
Chris Wahl, MCC, leadership coach and consultant, has been consulting to organizations in numerous industries for over 25 years in the areas of leadership development, executive and team coaching, and strategic planning. Chris is the creator of the Coaching Certificate Program at Georgetown University, where she teaches a course in coaching teams. Working primarily with executives, senior leaders, and their teams, Chris helps leaders produce results while staying attentive to the human issues that create an integrated sense of purpose, resolve and meaningful accomplishment. Chris is an accomplished author, presenter, and radio interviewee. She co-authored Be Your Own Coach with Barbara Braham. Her dream of writing a book on leadership coaching in collaboration with faculty at Georgetown University, On Becoming a Leadership Coach, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2008. Chris teaches an advanced coaching course, Mindful Transitions, at George Mason University. View Guest page
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Chris Wood
Before joining Trout Unlimited in September 2001, Chris Wood served as the Senior Policy and Communications Advisor to the Chief of the US Forest Service for five years. Chris began his career with Forest Service Research in Idaho and also worked for the Fish and Wildlife Program of the Bureau of Land Management. Since arriving at TU, Chris has worked with various sportsmen organizations to protect iconic landscapes such as the Wyoming Range and Idaho’s backcountry road-less areas. He has successfully formed partnerships with various foundations, landowners, state and federal agencies to find conservation solutions that balance the needs of fish and people. Chris is the co-editor and author of two books: “Watershed Restoration: Principles and Practices” (AFS 1997) and “From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Land Legacy” (Island Press, 2003). He lives with his wife Betsy and their three sons in Washington, D.C. View Guest page
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Inspiring Leadership: Beating Burn-out and Cultivating Full Body Presence with Suzanne Scurlock-Durana
November 28, 2011
Hosted by Kate Ebner
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Leadership presence is the difference between leaders who inspire us and those who don't. Host Kate Ebner and CranioSacral Therapist Suzanne Scurlock-Durana have collaborated to bring Suzanne's creative approach to energy and presence to leadership coaches working with executives wanting to improve their leadership presence. As teacher, energy therapist, author and speaker, Suzanne has developed life-changing tools for stress-management and full body presence. She is passionate about teaching skills that allow people to feel the joy of being present in each moment without burning out. Her own inspiring vision is to shift the paradigm from a world of people who are disconnected to the wisdom of the body to a world of embodied and awakened people who know how to draw upon and sustain the body as our most valuable resource. Join Kate and Suzanne to learn how to develop your presence as a leader -- a presence that will ground and support your vision, helping you to bring it fully to life.
Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life
Monday at 8 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
Top leadership coach and change guru Kate Ebner teaches leaders in business, education, government and non-profits how to create compelling and inspiring visions that lead to extraordinary results and outcomes. Each week on “Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life,” Kate introduces you to the amazing visionaries who are shaping our future. She’ll show you how to create your own motivating leadership vision – and how to make it real. Discover the simple, yet powerful steps that add up to a great vision and an extraordinary life. Explore how real visionaries are using vision to drive exceptional results. Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life features guests who open our eyes to new possibilities and whose stories inspire. Tune in and learn how and why to create your own vision. Join Kate for practical tips, wisdom, and knowledge that will take your leadership and your life to a new level. Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life airs live Mondays at 8 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business.
Kate Ebner
Top leadership coach Kate Ebner invites people to be visionary. Founder of The Nebo Company, a leadership consultancy based in Washington, D.C., Kate teaches leaders how to use vision as a powerful and practical tool for manifesting the important changes they want to see. Kate works with senior executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, non-profits, social entrepreneurs and government agencies who are leading significant change, helping them to thrive in their careers and find greater fulfillment and satisfaction in life.
Kate specializes not only in how to create, live and lead from vision, but also how to make it real through effective implementation. She gained more than two decades of firsthand experience in envisioning, leading and implementing major change while serving as a dean at Middlebury College and as senior vice president of an international strategy consulting firm. Her own journey from executive to master coach is a story of vision and personal transformation. As faculty and co-director of Georgetown University's Leadership Coaching program, Kate authored of "Coaching for Leverage,” a chapter in On Becoming a Leadership Coach. Kate Ebner is frequently quoted in publications and speaks at conferences about leadership, vision, and empowerment.
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