Consultant Bios

Training

Juliana Lucci Ashley
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

Juliana Lucci Ashley is an Employment Law Attorney, Speaker and Coach. She brings over 19 years of experience in law, the corporate world and television reporting to her coaching and presentations. Juliana uses her experience in the professional world plus her years as a Comedy Improvisation Performer to create dynamic and entertaining presentations that are not only fun but informative and life-changing for her audience. As a career coach, Juliana helps professionals make leaps in their careers to find fulfillment, achieve peace of mind and create extraordinary lives.

Client Experience

KNSW TV -51
Lexis Nexis
Stanley, Phillips & Bell, L.L.P
Law Office of Melissa Hirsch

Project Expertise

Anti-Harassment Education
Communication & Presentation Skills Training
Leadership & Team Coaching
Sales Training

Education

BA, Trinity University, International Relations & Spanish
JD, St. Mary’s University
ICF Certified Professional Coach

Mike Edge
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

Mike has significant sales, sales leadership, coaching, and leadership development experience, a majority of that in the healthcare industry. He has worked with CEO's to first-level managers, from Fortune 50 companies to Fortune 3000, from university presidents to college coaching staffs to build leadership and management skills that drive performance. He was recognized as the #1 strategic partner by senior leaders while serving in a corporate training organization. Clients have recognized Mike as “the best seminar leader and facilitator” they have ever worked with and have shared that his “practical application and real world approach” set him apart.

Prior to his accomplished career in the healthcare industry, Mike coached college basketball for six years at one of the winningest programs in the NAIA. Mike is currently certified as a master trainer and facilitator in more than 20 leadership, coaching, selling, and team development curricula.

Client Experience

Allergan
Pfizer
Meda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mercer University
Takeda
Talecris
U.S. Compounding
Walgreen's

Project Expertise

Change Management Training
Leadership Development
Sales Training
Team Building

Education

MBA, Oklahoma City University
BA, Oklahoma Baptist University, Finance

Sharon Lucas
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

Sharon focuses on adult learning, management development, and various training programs with over 15 years experience. She has been successful in creating and leading training departments, facilitating executive meetings, creating mission, vision, and goal setting for organizations, utilizing competency modeling, consulting with executives and teams and conducting needs analysis. Sharon is also well versed and effective in delivery of training content to varying size audiences.

Client Experience

AT&T
Toyota
GE Healthcare
Better Business Bureau

Project Expertise

Training Program Design & Delivery
Team Facilitation
Presentation Skills
Sales Training

Education

MS, University of Houston, Occupational Technology
BA, University of Houston, Psychology

Karen Miles
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

Karen has a unique combination of line and staff experience in a wide range of functional areas. Most recently she served as VP of HR and Administration for ExpressJet. She held multiple operational roles within the airline industry prior to moving into HR.

Karen has significant business transformation, M&A, labor relations and executive development experience. Karen has crafted learning programs that touch on leadership, diversity, compliance, union avoidance and succession planning. She also has experience working with boards and developed a corporate governance/corporate board education program. She serves as a board member on the Police Officer Civil Service Commission Board.

Client Experience

ExpressJet
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines

Project Expertise

Executive Coaching & Development
Labor Relations & Union Avoidance
Development & Delivery of Diversity & Inclusion Programs
M&A
Compensation & Benefit design

Education

BS, Sociology & Psychology, Bethune Cookman College

Jolene Park
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

With a passion for health, Jolene inspires her audiences to create balance in all areas of their lives. She promotes individual responsibility and believes in the power of information to provide options for choosing healthy lifestyles.

Jolene has helped companies and employees make healthy discoveries through teaching more than 100 corporate workshops on a national basis.

Client Experience

Owens & Minor
Denver Health

Project Expertise

Wellness Workshops

Education

BA, Colorado State University, Speech Communication

L. Bonita Patterson
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

Bonita offers keynotes, executive coaching, consultation, facilitation, workshops, and management retreats to improve bottom line results by aligning behaviors with strategic business intent. She works with a broad array of corporate, government, and non-profit clients in the areas of communications, emotional intelligence, leadership and team development, diversity, and strategic planning.

Her ability to transform organizations to enhance competitive advantage was honed during her years in senior management. Her experience includes 15 years in management and leadership with IBM, Vice President of a leadership development company, and Division Manager of Training and Development for the Kaiser-Hill / U.S. Dept. of Energy nuclear weapons plant closure project at Rocky Flats.

Client Experience

City & County of Denver
Coors Brewing Company
eBay
Guaranty Bank & Trust
Hewlett Packard
Hospital Corp of America
Johns Manville
TIAA-CREF
Time Warner Cable
U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt

Project Expertise

Strategic Planning
Diversity and Inclusion
Team Building
Sr. Leadership Team Development

Education

MS, Regis University, Organizational Management
Harvard / Wharton Executive Management Program
BA, University of Delaware, Communications

Christine Spray
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

Christine has more than 20 years of diverse experience working with mid-sized companies in start-up and restructuring roles. Her successes include creating proven programs for lead generation, sales training, recruitment and designing and implementing large-scale marketing plans.

Spray also serves on the National Speaker’s List for Vistage, an executive development and peer-to-peer networking group for mid-market CEOs.

Client Experience

Memorial Hermann
MetroNational
BoyarMiller
Calvietti, Ferguson & Wagner

Project Expertise

Recruitment Process Design & Implementation
Sales Training
Employment Branding
Marketing through Social Media

Education

BS, Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Diane Woodworth-Jordan
Consultant

Consulting Expertise

As a consultant Ms. Woodworth-Jordan assists clients in assessing, defining and achieving their desired behavior change through her expertise in organization development, team effectiveness, training development and delivery. With nearly twenty years experience working in Fortune 500 organizations, Ms. Woodworth-Jordan has extensive experience consulting with human resources, training, sales, customer service, call centers and functional teams.

Client Experience

Baxter Healthcare
Coca-Cola
Qwest

Project Expertise

Change management
Curriculum and training assessment
Curriculum creation, mapping, design and facilitation
Project management
Team development interventions
Train-the-trainer program

Education

MS, Loyola University-Chicago, Organization Development
BA, The University of Iowa