Karen Wunderlin
Before founding The Wunderlin Company Karen Wunderlin was a sales and marketing executive at GE. Her work with the company included serving as marketing manager for a $3 billion product business to managing a process improvement initiative that reduced new product development cycle times by 50%.
During her time at GE Karen also facilitated GE’s WorkOut Process. From that in-house experience Karen was able to gain the unique understanding and skills for facilitating Work-Out and executive coaching that she has been bringing to clients of The Wunderlin Company for over 17 years.
Since leaving GE Karen has worked with organizations to facilitate change, growth and cultural development. From Fortune 500 companies to small nonprofits she has worked with organizations of all sizes and scope. It is this diverse history that provides Karen with unparalleled insight and tools for working with organizations of various sizes and structures and helping executives within those organizations develop the skills and behaviors to lead successfully. more →
Don Bolen, PMP
Don Bolen has a proven track record for building continuous learning environments, innovation, and increasing productivity in learning design and development that delivers business impact. more →
Laura Butcher
Laura began independently consulting in 2003 after almost 15 years of experience in human resources. A graduate of General Electric’s prestigious Human Resources Leadership Program, Laura was instrumental on the division and corporate level in the design and implementation of GE’s transformational WorkOut process. Her strong business acumen coupled with her expertise in world-class human resources practices and change management have enabled her to successfully support clients from a wide range of industries in the US as well as multiple countries throughout Asia and Europe.
As an organization consultant, trainer, and facilitator, Laura helps businesses unlock the teamwork, creativity, and knowledge of their workforce to obtain superior performance. Laura combines strong business acumen with expertise in group process design and facilitation to serve organizations as they plan strategy, confront problems, and execute change. more →
Judy Futch
Judy Futch Consulting, Inc. provides facilitative leadership to organizations and communities by guiding change processes, building collaborations and developing strategies for productive and sustainable futures. She custom designs interventions to develop organization capacity-building, full participation, and honest dialogue and is known for her versatility and innovation. more →
Debbie Galloway
Debbie has worked with numerous organizations providing communications consulting, change initiative consulting, training, and facilitation services. She specializes in creative communications – from concept through implementation. more →
David Halperin
David has extensive experience in business development and innovation. Prior to his consulting work he successful developed and operated several business ventures. As a consultant his activities involve helping major organizations speed up problem solving and decision making. more →
Dick Kelbaugh
Dick has extensive experience in problem solving, strategic business planning, employee involvement, and statistical analysis in manufacturing and service business. He is a Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and an American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer. He has planned, created and delivered Six Sigma Black Belt and Design for Six Sigma training in the US, Europe and Asia and has written Driving Directions; A Reference Guide for Six Sigma Managers and Project Leaders. more →
Don Lang
Don has a diverse work background that includes assignments in staffing and development, line operations management, business development and P&L leadership. Prior to forming Talent Effects, Inc. in 2003 (www.talenteffects.com), he worked with two global consulting firms where he supported clients with coaching and training facilitation to enhance how they effectively interview, assess, select and develop talent. Don’s work employed an interview and assessment model, based on the book The Evaluation Interview, widely recognized as a benchmark for top tier leader academy organizations such as GE, Citibank and Allied Signal (Honeywell).
Since founding Talent Effects, Don has continued to focus on working with client organizations of all sizes in the area of talent assessment and development including building talent acquisition processes, supporting executives by interviewing and assessing candidates for key positions or as part of post acquisition workforce integration, and conducting multi rater feedback and executive coaching. In all situations, Don takes a practical approach to developing solutions for lasting effect. more →
Kathleen McSweeney
Kathy’s facilitation and consulting background spans a wide range of organizations. Her experience in leadership positions in major corporations has earned her the ability to quickly engender trust at all levels of management. more →
Dick Miller
Dick has an extensive background both internal and external to GE. He has worked in eight different GE businesses as well as integration/turnaround activities in Honeywell, RCA, Gearhart, Ryder and AMI. Besides the general manager roles within GE, Dick has also led a team of 16 consultants at Corporate GE. He has implemented Six Sigma in a transactional service business, and rescued a third party parts distribution start-up. Also, using artificial intelligence software, Dick has led the implementation a save-the-call process that saves tens of millions of dollars annually. more →
Carol Schifman
Carol Schifman has provided Organizational Change, Design, and Training services to a diverse number of organizations for over 25 years, working in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. more →
Doug Silsbee
Doug Silsbee, PCC is a prominent author, leadership coach, and workshop leader from Asheville, North Carolina. A master teacher, he has worked with leaders in major corporations, non-profits, small business and government in eleven countries on four continents. His unique Presence-Based Coaching encourages clients to enter into strong commitments and to take meaningful and skillful action to produce results they care about. Along the way, clients cultivate leadership presence, resilience, and aliveness. Doug is the author of The Mindful Coach (2004) and Presence-Based Coaching (2008,) and is a Master Somatic Coach with Strozzi Institute. Doug and his wife own Bend of Ivy Lodge, a retreat center in the North Carolina mountains. He has three grown children and one grandson. more →
Ann Walthall
Ann Walthall combines her experience as an operating executive with her knowledge of information technology, process design, and project management to help clients align operational resources with business strategy. more →
Debra Walton
Before entering her New Season, Debra Walton was the Vice President of Leadership and Organization Development at Brown-Forman, the home of Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort, Fetzer and Bolla wines, Lenox China, Hartmann luggage and many other fine spirit and wine brands. In this capacity, she managed the training function, including Diversity interventions; individual and team leadership development; succession planning and the performance management initiatives.
Brown Forman also encouraged significant engagement with the arts and social services agencies in the community. This allowed Debra to have close involvement with the non-profit sector as a board member or executive on loan. Realizing the need, but not the budget to utilize leadership and organization effectiveness skills, Debra decided to commit more time to this sector, thus entering her New Season in 2005. more →