Biographies
Team Members
Louis W. (Jody) Fry
Jody Fry has a Ph.D. in Organization Theory and Behavior from The Ohio State University, an MBA from American University, and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Southern Methodist University. In addition to spending 8 years in private enterprise, he has been a faculty member at Texas A & M University and The University of Washington. Currently, Dr. Fry is a professor at Tarleton A & M University-Central Texas where he is the coordinator of their MS Management and Leadership Program and teaches the following courses: organizational change and development, organizational design, organizational behavior, ethics and leadership, managerial statistics, and business research methods. Jody has published in numerous scholarly journals including The Leadership Quarterly, The Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, The Academy of Management Journal, and The Academy of Management Review and has served on numerous editorial review boards. Presently, he is a member of the editorial review board of The Leadership Quarterly, a Co-editor of The Journal of Management Spirituality and Religion, and the editor for Information Age Publishing for a book series, Advances in Workplace Spirituality: Theory, Research, and Application. His teaching, research, consulting and executive development interests are focused on maximizing the triple bottom line through the spiritual leadership balanced scorecard business model.
Melissa S. Nisiewicz
Melissa Sadler Nisiewicz is a consultant for the International Institute for Spiritual Leadership. Her work has been focused around the research and development of the effects of leadership to intrinsically motivate employees through organizational design and transformation, strategic scorecards, and performance excellence. Previous to working with IISL, Melissa served as a consultant to several fortune 500 corporations through the capacity of strategic planning and merger consolidations. Most notable were her contributions as a project manager for the ConocoPhilips and Aetna (NYLCare, divesting of NYLCare to BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, and Prudential) mergers along with being a project lead for the ExxonMobil merger. The majority of her strategic planning work has been with oil, gas, and energy organizations; she has however worked with financial institutes, insurance agencies, and call centers. Currently she is working as a business strategy analyst/consultant for NATO in Mons, Belgium
Participating Colleagues Who Share IISL's Vision and Values
Yochanan Altman
Yochanan Altman, PhD. Is recognized for his work in international human resource management and comparative management; and his pioneering work on organizational spirituality, Yochanan Altman holds a research professorship at London Metropolitan University and is visiting professor with the University of Paris. In 2007/8 he is visiting research professor with ESADE, Barcelona. A chartered psychologist and cognitive-behavior psychotherapist, Yochanan holds a doctorate in organizational anthropology. Co-author of five books and over ninety articles in academic and practitioner journals, he edited the Journal of Managerial Psychology (1995-2004); is founding editor of the Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion and European Editor of People & Strategy. Yochanan serves on the executive board of the European Human Resource Forum and is officer of the Careers and Management, Spirituality & Religion divisions of the American Academy of Management.
Margaret Benefiel
Margaret Benefiel, Ph.D., teaches at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston and at the Milltown Institute in Dublin, Ireland, in the area of spirituality and organizational leadership. For the 2003-2004 academic year, she held the O'Donnell Chair of Spirituality at the Milltown Institute. She is also CEO of ExecutiveSoul.com. Over 300 executives, managers, and other leaders have participated in her seminars and courses. She is known for bringing transformational learning to leaders and organizations, integrating the practical, the experiential, and the intellectual aspects of learning, in order to improve organizational performance. Benefiel serves as Program Chair of the Academy of Management's Management, Spirituality, and Religion Group, and is a frequent public speaker and workshop leader. She is the author of Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations (Seabury Books, 2005), and has also written numerous articles, including for such journals as The Leadership Quarterly, Management Communication Quarterly, Managerial Finance, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Organization, and Personal Excellence.
Her website: www.executivesoul.com.
Jerry Biberman
Dr. Jerry Biberman is Professor of Management at the University of Scranton. For twelve years he served as Chair of the Management/Marketing Department at the University of Scranton. He obtained his MS, MA and PhD from Temple University. He writes, teaches, consults, speaks, and conducts workshops in the areas of work and spirituality, workplace diversity, and organization transformation. Dr. Biberman serves as editor of the Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, and has co-edited several special editions on work and spirituality for the Journal of Organizational Change Management. Dr. Biberman is co-editor, with Dr.Michael Whitty, Professor of Management, College of Business, University of Detroit-Mercy of "Work and Spirit: a Reader of New Spiritual Paradigms for Organizations", published in 2000 by the University of Scranton Press , and of “At Work: Spirituality Matters” to be published by the University of Scranton Press in Fall 2006. Dr. Biberman was a founder and first chair of the Management, Spirituality and Religion interest group of the Academy of Management. In 1999, Dr. Biberman was the recipient of the first University of Scranton Kania School of Management Scholarly achievement award. He received the award a second time in 2003. For links to his web sites see :http://academic.scranton.edu/faculty/BIBERMANG1/ & http://workingwizdom.com/.
Dharm P.S. Bhawuk
Dr. Dharm P. S. Bhawuk, a Citizen of Nepal, is Professor of Management and Culture and Community Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his Ph. D. in Human Resource Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include cross-cultural training, intercultural sensitivity, diversity in the global workplace, individualism and collectivism, culture and creativity, culture and entrepreneurship, indigenous psychology and management, and political behavior in the workplace. He has published more than 30 articles and book chapters and is a co-editor of the book Asian Contributions to Cross-Cultural Psychology (1996), Sage Publishers. His work has appeared in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Applied Psychology: An International Review, International Journal of Psychology, Cross-cultural Research, Indian Psychological Review, Delhi Business Review, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Policy, and Journal of Management. He is a Founding Fellow of the International Academy of Intercultural Research, and the recipient of the Best Paper Award from the International Division of the Academy of Management (1996), the Distinguished Service Award from the East West Center (1989), and the Lum Yip Kee Outstanding MBA Student Award from the College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1990).
Kerry Cronan
Kerry Cronan is a practitioner of both clinical and consulting psychology in South East Queensland, Australia. Kerry is an ordained Catholic priest and can work equally in both a religious and secular capacity. He has also worked in academic settings both on a full time and part time basis. Kerry is keen to develop a socially engaging environment in organizations such that contributions are made to both the welfare of individuals as well as environmental and financial profitability for organizations. He has a keen background interest in spirituality – not so much from a religious institutional context, but more in the depthing of the whole human being – body, mind and spirit. Kerry has developed a particular focus on masculinity both from an individual and organizational perspective and how this impacts also on females. Kerry has provided consulting services to organizations as diverse as mining companies (both in-house office and onsite), educational institutions, government organizations, manufacturing companies and religious groups.
André L. Delbecq
André L. Delbecq is the McCarthy University Professor at Santa Clara University, where he served as Dean of the Leavey School of Business from 1979 to 1989. His research and scholarship have focused on executive decision-making processes, organization design, managing innovation in rapid-change environments, and leadership spirituality. He is the Eighth Dean of Fellows of the Academy of Management, prior President of the Western Academy of Management and former Executive Director of the Organization Behavior Teaching Society. He is recognized internationally for executive programs delivered to high technology industries as well as health, human services and government organizations. He has served as member of three corporate Boards of Directors, and twice as Board Chair. Presently he serves on the Board of Trustees of Ascension Health. He directs the Institute for Spirituality of Organizational Leadership conducting dialog between theologians, executives and management scholars.
Eric B. Dent
Eric has a Ph.D. and an M.B.A. from The George Washington University, and both M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer Science from Emory University. He is presently Dean and Professor, School of Business, University of North Carolina, Pembroke. In that capacity Eric endeavors to practice what he preaches about leadership and spirituality. He is committed to an interdisciplinary research agenda that has resulted in publications in behavioral science, complexity theory, spirituality, systems science, education, consulting, history, communications, organization development, and philosophy journals. Eric is a consultant to Fortune 500, government and non-profit organizations as well as an invited speaker to national audiences. He has received various awards for his scholarship, teaching, and service. Eric is the founder of Always Improvement, a management consulting firm dedicated to organizational improvement. His recent work has been in the areas of executive coaching, organizational change, consultation skills, team-building, strategy, leadership, and business process assessment. In 2002-03, Eric co-hosted the weekly talk show, LeaderTalk, which showcased the business wisdom of CEOs and other thought leaders. Website: http://www.uncp.edu/home/dente/.
Anneli Driessen
Dr. Anneli Driessen PhD, PhD, MSW, MEd, CMS, MscD, MCC has been at the forefront of personal and corporate change for over twenty years. She is a successful clinical therapist, business executive, consultant, confidant, mentor and master certified coach to CEOs and other C-level executives serving clients in North and South America, Asia and Europe since 1978. (www.AnneliDriessen.com). Anneli has also been a metaphysical scholar for over 30 years and is the co-founder and president of the International Metaphysical Academy in Victoria BC, Canada (www.MetaphysicalAcademy.com), which was first established in 1998. She has been afaculty member of the University of Sedona, Arizona, and the University of Metaphysics since 2006. She is also an ordained non-denominational metaphysical minister with the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry. Anneli recently served the second time as President of the Vancouver Island Chapter of the International Coach Federation, which she founded in 1998. Her book Spiritually-based Leadership – 7 Key Secrets to High Performance is a unique guide to assist individuals in accelerating personal and career excellence by integrating universal principals and ethics rooted within most religious and spiritual traditions.
Robert A. Giacalone
Robert A. Giacalone, Ph.D. (State University of New York-Albany) is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His research interests focus on the impact of workplace spirituality and changing values on business ethics. He is recognized as an expert on behavioral business ethics, exit surveying and interviewing, employee sabotage, and impression management. Dr. Giacalone has served as consultant and trainer to a number of organizations including the FBI, Federal Reserve Bank, Wheat First Butcher Singer Securities, Carter-Wallace, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and the Department of Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC). He is the developer of a Department of Defense security exit survey system and the U.S. Army's exit survey system. Dr. Giacalone is co-editor of five books. He was the Series Editor for the Sage Series in Business Ethics and is currently Co-editor of the Ethics in Practice book series. He has served on several journal editorial boards and as editor of several special issues on business ethics. He has also authored over 100 articles on ethics, employee sabotage, impression management and exit interviewing, appearing in journals such as Human Relations, Business and Society Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of the Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Social Psychology.
Kerry Hamilton
Kerry Hamilton has a 30 year career in management, highlighted by success in both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds. In her Corporate Retail experience, Kerry contributed to hiring, mentoring and growing strategic and capable teams for numerous marketing challenges. Throughout her career, Kerry has been interested not only in doing strategically sound, creative and results-oriented work, but also in how teams and people have engaged to do the work. Kerry is interested in the dynamics that lead to individual empowerment, personal and professional growth, creativity, wisdom and humor. Now as CEO of Kerry Hamilton, LLC, working as an Executive, Professional and Personal Coach, Kerry employs her managerial experience and life experience, reputation for personal integrity, excitement for growth and opportunity, and enjoyment of work and people into a dynamic, personalized and life-enchancing practice to help people get unstuck and realize their personal and professional dreams.
M. Eileen Higgins
M. Eileen Higgins is an instructor for Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland. She teaches Organizational Behavior, Strategic Human Resource Management, The Leadership Process, Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, and Strategic Change Management for the Graduate College of Business Program and International Management for the Undergraduate Program. She is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Maryland University College and won an award from the Management, Spirituality, and Religion Interest Group at the Academy of Management meeting in 2005 for “Most Promising Dissertation Topic.” Her working dissertation topic is: “Spirituality in the Workplace: Model Development Based on Definitions and Organizational and Leadership Manifestations.” Ms. Higgins has presented papers at numerous conferences over the past eight years and recently co-authored a paper published in The Leadership Quarterly entitled “Spirituality and Leadership: An Empirical Review of Definitions, Distinctions, and Embedded Assumptions.”
Arthur L. Jue
Dr. Jue is a Director of Human Resources at Hyperion Solutions, Inc. He has extensive IT technical and managerial experience in Fortune 100 companies and serves on boards of directors for educational and financial services organizations. Arthur earned a Doctorate in Leadership and an MBA with emphasis in Technology Management. He attended BYU and received a B.S. in Marketing with a Music Minor from SJSU. He has participated in leadership programs at the London Business School, Harvard, and Oxford, is Chair-elect of the International Leadership Association’s Global Business Forum, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion. His work on spirit-centered leadership, ethics, and entrepreneurship has been featured in publications such as the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship and by organizations such as the Association for Employment Practices and Principles and the Academy of Management. He recently co-authored a special edition of the Journal of Human Values (Sage, 2007), the 2008 Pfeiffer Annual: Management Development (Wiley, 2007), and Leadership Moments: Turning Points That Changed Lives and Organizations (Trafford, 2007). Arthur serves on the University of Phoenix faculty, has been a missionary in New Zealand, is an Eagle Scout, and enjoys playing the violin. (Also see, http://www.arcleadershipgroup.net/links.html).
Carole Jurkiewicz
Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Ph.D. is Woman’s Hospital Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Management in the Public Administration Institute of the E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration at Louisiana State University. Her research interests focus upon the effects of spirituality in the workplace, and the causes of ethical and unethical behavior in public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The gestalt of her work in these areas is to identify and address those policies and practices that prevent organizations, and the people in them, from achieving their full potential. She has published widely in the areas of ethics, power, leadership, and employee performance, bringing to her academic career many years experience as a key executive in private and nonprofit organizations. She has served as a consultant to many organizations including IBM, USPS, National Public Radio, American Marketing Association, Multi-Service Corporation, and many governmental departments at the federal, state, and local levels. Dr. Jurkiewicz serves on the editorial boards of key journals in her field, and has authored over 100 articles and books on ethics, employee performance, organizational power, and ethical pedagogy.
Prasad Kaipa
Prasad splits his time between his role as the Executive Director of the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change at Indian School of Business Hyderabad and Kaipa Group consulting practice in California. CLIC is a center of excellence focusing on integral approach (marrying lessons from wisdom traditions to traditional management approaches and scientific approaches) to develop innovative global leaders. Prasad has been an advisor and coach focusing on innovation, strategic thinking (outside the box) and leadership since 1990 for over 100 CEOs, executive team members and board members in Fortune 500 companies like Disney, Adobe, Boeing and also entrepreneurial/ International companies like Tata Steel, Aztec, BAE Systems, Lunar Design, Mastek, Olixir, Scintera Networks, Maxim, and Polaris. Prasad co-founded Entrepreneur Institute for the TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) in 2002 to help entrepreneurs marry their innovative ideas around products and services with innovative ways to engage, co-create with others in the ecosystem and over 13,000 entrepreneurs have gone through TiE Institute programs so far. He is a part-time faculty at the Saybrook Graduate School and works with students in the areas of Creativity and Innovation, transformational learning and leadership; and a visiting professor in the areas of leadership, mindsets, and change management.
Mark Kriger
Mark Kriger has a Doctorate from Harvard University in Business Administration as well as Master's degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology respectively. While at M.I.T. he wrote a Master’s thesis on implicit models of leadership from Middle Eastern and Chinese perspectives. Currently he teaches courses in Strategic Management and Executive Leadership at the Doctoral, MBA and Master of Science levels. He has published in scholarly journals including The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Sloan Management Review and the Journal of Management Inquiry and currently serves on the editorial review board of The Leadership Quarterly. Dr. Kriger has conducted numerous executive development seminars and lectured on strategy, leadership and boards of directors in various cities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe as well as in the People’s Republic of China. His most recent publications are: “Ways of questioning that can transform organizations - and people,” in Integrative Learning and Action: A Call to Wholeness, S.M. Aubrey et al (Eds.), New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2006 and Kriger & Seng, “Leadership with inner meaning: A theory of leadership based on the worldviews of five religions,” The Leadership Quarterly, 2005. He enjoys helping clients to realize their long-term goals and visions as well as swimming and traveling to exotic places. (Also see, http://www.eiconsortium.org/members/kriger.htm).
Earl Maxwell
Earl Maxwell is the leading partner of Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP, Austin's largest locally owned and managed accounting and consulting firm. Earl has over 29 years in public accounting, including 14 years with Deloitte & Touche. He has served clients involved in technology, manufacturing, real estate, construction, service providers, governmental and not-for-profit industries. Earl is the author of Service, Prosperity & Sanity, which was published in 1998, and he assists companies who are interested in better positioning their firms for the future. Earl has served as an advisor to several corporate boards, including Critical Connection, Inc., The Athens Group, American Constructors, Inc., JD Consulting LLC, The Calcasieu Lumber Company, Rosy Health Care Services, Inc., and Focus Strategies, LLC. Earl is Chairman of Critical Connection, Inc. and Immediate Past-Chair of CPAmerica International. He also chairs the Corporate Council of the Long Center and Austin Area Research Organization’s (AARO) Education Committee. Earl also serves on the boards of Austin Area Research Organization (AARO), Austin Public Education Foundation, Austin Vision 2010, the International Center of Austin, Seton Cove, and St. David’s Health Care System, and St. David’s Health Care Partnership.
David Miller
Dr. David Miller received his Ph.D. and M.Div. degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). David serves as Executive Director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School, and is an Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Business Ethics. The mission of the Center is “to promote the practice of faith in all spheres of life through theological research and leadership development.” David also leads the Center’s “Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace” program, and teaches business ethics at Yale Divinity School and Yale School of Management. David’s forthcoming book, God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Oxford University Press, 2006) challenges business academics and executives, as well as theologians and clergy to think differently about faith in the workplace. David serves as an advisor to several corporate CEOs and senior executives on questions pertaining to ethics, values, integrating faith and work, and becoming a faith-friendly company.
Judi Neal
After receiving her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Yale University, Judi Neal worked 8 years full-time in industry, including 5 years as a manager for Honeywell. She has consulted to organizations for 24 years, and taught management at the University of New Haven and other universities for over 17 years. She has served on the Boards of Directors of several professional, community, and academic organizations. In 1992 she made spirituality in the workplace a central focus of her research and presentations, and has gained a reputation in the national and international media for stressing the importance and value of spirituality into the workplace. As Founder and Executive Director of the Association for Spirit at Work, Judi helped to provide resources, information and community to those who are seeking greater integration of spirituality and work. One of her major contributions to the field was the creation of the International Spirit at Work Awards, which honors organizations that are explicit about nurturing the human spirit. Judith is currently the founding Director of the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. She is the author of Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground (Praeger 2006).
Sangeeta Parameshwar
Dr. Sangeeta Parameshwar Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Management, University of Illinois at Springfield. Dr. Parameshwar’s publications and scholarly presentations encompass spiritual leadership, transformational leadership, transcendental organizing, and globalization. She teaches courses on organizational behavior, organization theory, and leadership. Dr. Parameshwar has taught at international workshops for top management teams of global non-governmental organizations organized by the Federal Government's United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She has also participated in research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Total Quality Management, and by USAID on international capacity building.
J. Robert Ouimet
Dr. J.-Robert Ouimet is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Holding O.C.B. Inc. and of Ouimet-Tomasso Inc. This group of companies was founded in 1933 by J.‑René Ouimet, his father. Dr. Ouimet holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from H.E.C., University of Montreal; Bachelor in Political and Social Sciences (Magna Cum Laude), University of Fribourg (Switzerland); MBA from Columbia University (New York); and Ph.D. in Economic and Social Sciences (Magna Cum Laude for public defense), University of Fribourg (Switzerland).
Laura Reave
Laura Reave, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut) has served as an assistant professor of management communication at the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. She also taught at colleges and universities in the U.S. for twelve years. In addition, she has worked as a training analyst and consultant for organizations such as the U.S. Army, the IRS, and the U.S. Marshals. Her articles have been published in journals such as Business Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, and Leadership Quarterly. She is currently serving as a consultant and freelance editor. One recent editing project was the book Conscious Women-Conscious Careers (2006), in which women share transformational stories of discovering a sense of purpose and divine vocation in their careers (website: http://www.lifedreams.org/books/cwcc.html).
Lynne Sedgmore
Lynne is a consultant on Spiritual Leadership and Spirituality in the Workplace since leaving her post as Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, a national UK leadership and policy agency. She has led retreats and awareness practices for individuals and organizational leaders for the past 25 years. She has consulted/coached to a wide range of organizations in the public and private sectors. Her previous roles include Principal of Guildford College, Head of Croydon Business School and a range of full-time Leadership, Marketing and Curriculum posts in Further and Higher Education. She is a senior fellow of the University of Surrey and her personal research is on Spiritual leadership, on which she has had several articles published. Lynne is a qualified teacher and has an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies. Lynne has held 12 non-executive posts including Vice-Chair of Croydon Health Authority, Chair of the UK Interfaith Seminary, Director of the Leadership Foundation for HE, Trustee of the Anne Frank Trust UK, Director of the Talent Foundation and has sat on numerous national Public Sector Committees. She is a fellow of the Institute of Directors.
Sunita Singh-Sengupta
Dr. Sunita Singh-Sengupta is currently a Homi Bhabha Fellow (May 2008 – April 2009) and a full Professor at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi since September 2005. Prior to it she has been a full time faculty in the Behavioural Sciences group at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. A recipient of state and national merit scholarships Sunita Singh-Sengupta holds an excellent academic record. She was awarded Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi , and Post-Doctoral Fellowships from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi and Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi respectively. She has the teaching and training experience of more than 18 years. Dr. Singh-Sengupta has authored eight books and several articles in the national and international journal of repute. Dr. Singh-Sengupta works in the area of Spirituality and Management. The focus of her research is on merging spiritual discipline and business discipline by taking lessons from the scriptures coming from different religious traditions across the world.
Gene Tyson
Gene Tyson is the owner of Tyson’s Corners Retreat and Planning Center, Lampasas, Texas. He is retired from the Army and runs retreats and conferences for US Army personnel, chaplains, and civilian churches. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, History, University of Texas, Arlington, a Master of Divinity, Theology, Southern Methodist University, and a Master of Theology, Communications, Princeton Theological Seminary. He served in the United States Army, Signal Corps, 1964 – 1966 and then in the Chaplain Corps, 1978 – 1996, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. After retirement he worked as Mobilization and Deployment Program Manager, Army Community Service, 1996 – 2000, at Fort Hood, Texas and then as Extension Associate, Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M University System, 2000-2002. He is a self-employed consultant and trainer, and Director, Tyson's Corners Retreat and Planning Center, Lampasas, Texas 2000 – present. He also serves as Director of Military Training for C.J. Turner, Inc., Austin, Texas, arranging and planning reintegration training for soldiers returning from Iraq.
S. Stephen Vitucci
Dr. S. Stephen Vitucci has a Ph.D. in Adult Education, Human Resources Management and Leadership from The University of Texas at Austin, an MBA in Logistics Management from The University of Alabama and a BS in Engineering from the United States Military Academy. He was a commissioned officer in the United States Army for 20 years and has numerous publications in marketing and management journals. His current consulting and executive development interests are assessment and transformation of organizations, improving measures of customer service and satisfaction, team building and conflict resolution along with strategic planning for organizational effectiveness. In addition to being an associate professor at Tarleton State University-Central Texas, Dr. Vitucci has served in various leadership positions such as Academic Dean and Senior Program Coordinator. Presently, he teaches the following courses in both the graduate and undergraduate programs: marketing, marketing research, business strategy, management and leadership.
J. Lee Whittington
J. Lee is Dean of the College of Business and the Graduate School of Management at the University of Dallas. He focuses his teaching, research, and consulting in the areas of Leadership, Organizational Behavior, and Spiritual Leadership. He attended Austin College where he graduated with a BA in Economics and Political Science. He received his MBA (Economics) and Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior) from The University of Texas at Arlington. His research has been published in The Leadership Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Managerial Issues. Prior to joining the Graduate School of Management, he served on the faculty at Texas Wesleyan University and The University of Texas at Arlington. He has received multiple awards and recognition for excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. J. Lee’s industry experience includes over twenty years in manufacturing and distribution. As the president of The Bedford Consulting Group, his consulting experience includes engagements with Nokia, Kinko’s, Radio Shack, Penson Financial Services, Reynolds Metals, Ball Container, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Valor Telecom, City of Arlington, US Army Corps of Engineers, Martin Sprocket & Gear, Siemens ElectroCom, and American Medical Response.
Cindy Wigglesworth
Cindy Wigglesworth has 20 years of experience in human resources management with ExxonMobil and 7 years as the Founder and President of Conscious Pursuits, Inc. (www.consciouspursuits.com). She was the Chair of the 2003 and 2004 International Spirit at Work Awards Selection Committee and is currently a member of the Board of the International Center for Spirit at Work. Cindy has authored the first competency-driven Spiritual Intelligence Assessment instrument for business and personal use. Cindy is a powerful professional speaker – speaking with unusual clarity about the role of values and Spirit in the workplace and what it means to consciously evolve. Cindy is a published author and has appeared on Oprah, PBS and various radio programs.
Bruce E. Winston
Bruce E. Winston, PhD is dean of Regent University’s School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship. His research interests focus on Biblical principles of leadership, values-based leadership, servant leadership, leadership intelligence, hope, and accountability. Dr. Winston is the author of the book Be a Leader for God’s Sake and various research articles published in peer-reviewed journals. He has consulted and taught in the USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, and South Africa.
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