LEARNING DYNAMICS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Alex Castañeda, a Senior Learning Consultant, has designed, coordinated, and delivered dozens of professional certificate programs, workshops and seminars for thousands of program participants with leading organizations throughout the Americas. [...]
Barbara Phillips has more than 30 years of successful management and consulting experience in financial services, sales, marketing and human resources. Her background as an entrepreneur and human resources executive provides her clients with a savvy business partner [...]
Barbara Rutkowski offers a broad portfolio of knowledge and practical experience built on her successful career in human resources and operational leadership assignments. Her background incorporates organization effectiveness, human resources management, consulting to internal business partners...
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Benae Lambright offers her combined experiences in elementary education, teaching at the college level, and business leadership in the education and private sectors to Learning Dynamics clients. With her broad range of experiences and success, she has a unique perspective that allows her to understand training and development challenges and opportunities and to implement solutions that speak to the needs of adult learners.
Benae launched her career as an elementary school teacher in New Jersey while also continuing her own education. After a decade in the classroom, she transitioned into leadership as an information technology manager for the Orange (NJ) Board of Education. She serves as VP of Talent Acquisition for LG Human Capital Solutions near Atlanta, where she works with clients to identify talent needs and sources candidates by leveraging her relationship development and technology skills.
Benae has also served as an adjunct professor for several colleges and contributed her writing, communication and instructional talents to the role of teaching assistant for the Writing Center at Ashford University. Benae holds a BA from Rutgers University and an MS Ed from Walden University.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Certified Professional Résumé Writer
- Vice President With
Bill Florin is a Vice President with Learning Dynamics. He has more than 25 years of diverse experience as a Human Resources Director and Sales Manager, including assignments with Target, Best Buy, and Kohl's.
Bill is also a Certified Professional Résumé Writer (CPRW) and Certified Employment Interview Professional (CEIP) - credentials issued by the Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches - and is President of Resu-mazing Services Company. He provides career development work, including résumé and cover letter writing, LinkedIn and social media strategies for professionals, and interview preparation coaching. He lectures and conducts workshops on career topics and has spoken at such venues as Fairfield University and Southern Connecticut State University .
As a Human Resources Director and Sales Manager, he has trained groups on topics including talent management, performance coaching, sales leadership, customer service, diversity, and legal compliance issues. He works with many Learning Dynamics banking and financial services clients with whom he leverages his background as a former licensed financial advisor (Series 7, 63, and CT Life & Health Insurance Producer).
Bill attended the University of Pittsburgh and holds a BS in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. He is working towards a master's in organizational leadership with a concentration in coaching and mentoring from Regent University. Active in the community, Bill is a trainer and coach with TBICO (The Bridge to Independence and Career Opportunities).
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Bob has more than 25 years of experience in employee and industrial relations, working in manufacturing, construction, and service for Pratt and Whitney and the Otis Elevator Company.
He has a broad negotiations background, having negotiated contracts in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda, as well as multiple international locations from Singapore to each of the Canadian provinces.
Bob has represented firms at arbitration and has more than four dozen cases in his portfolio, including key cases on discipline and technology deployment.
He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management and an MBA, both from University of Connecticut, as well as a master's degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from University of New Haven.
Calvin Morgan has more than 30 years of experience in employee relations and training. Known as "The Dean of Consultants" at Learning Dynamics, Calvin has designed and presented training programs in diversity, effective presentation skills, business ethics, workplace violence awareness, customer service, and sexual harassment. His successful presentations have been lauded across industries, including banking, insurance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, utility, and retail. His client list includes the Chicago Cubs, the New York Mets, Otis Elevator, EMD Serono, Union Savings Bank and Yale University. He has served on the CT Commission for the Advancement of Diversity and he is a graduate of Leadership Greater Hartford. He has been an enthusiastic competitor in "Toastmaster's International World Championship of Public Speaking," and he is a member of The Toastmaster's Hall of Fame.
Calvin holds a BS degree from New Hampshire College, and he is an adjunct professor at Post University (CT) and Briarwood College.
Job Titles:
- SENIOR Learning Consultant
Cheryl has developed her more than 25-year career as a human resources professional, focused in the areas of leadership and organizational development. She has global experience in supporting a US-based Fortune 1,000 company by delivering leadership development sessions in both their UK and Dublin offices. She has provided thought leadership to senior executives and assisted with implementing business-focused development solutions. Additionally, she has held leadership and organizational development positions in many sectors including financial services, utilities, manufacturing, and not-for-profit.
Cheryl possesses strong leadership training design skills for classroom and web delivery, with a deep portfolio including the following topics: consultation and collaboration, targeted leadership coaching, talent review and succession planning. Cheryl is certified in the following development tools and methodologies: Cultural Compass, Myers Briggs, organizational development, organizational change, 360 Leadership Assessment, Situational Leadership, and SpeedReading People.
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Cheryl brings to her consulting work more than 25 years of practical experience with expertise in organizational change, leadership development, and executive coaching. Over the years she has created change management training strategies and implementation, led [...]
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Chris, Senior Learning Consultant, is a results-focused Learning & Development professional with strength in the areas of coaching, facilitation and instructional design. She has worked in the banking industry for most of her career, most recently in the role of Director of Retail Learning & Development.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - Faith Dynamics
Charles Frazier brings more than 25 years of experience in management, marketing, sales and social services to his vast array of clients in both the public and non-profit sectors. He has designed and presented training programs on successful conflict resolution in a changing workplace, effective stress management, [...]
Dr. Cheryl Harrison spent more than 25 years in leadership management education and development. Her expertise encompasses career and professional development training and performance and change management.
Cheryl's background is uniquely blended in academia, social services, and corporate management. She has held corporate managerial positions at CIGNA, John Hancock, and Aetna. She also has an extensive background in e-learning, and she is the co-creator of the first online and blended graduate and undergraduate degree programs in Organizational Leadership at Quinnipiac University (CT). She currently teaches leadership development courses at Manhattan College.
Cheryl holds a doctoral degree in Organizational Behavior and Corporate Education from Harvard University and an MS degree in instructional Media and Technology from Boston University (MA).
Dr. Rosa Mo is a registered dietician with more than 25 years of experience in administering corporate and community health programs, nutrition management programs, and health consulting in corporate, non-profit, and educational organizations.
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Gina has been a leadership and business partner to organizations since 1986. With a broadbackground in organizational and leadership development, Gina has served a variety of clientsdomestically and internationally. [...]
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Gloria brings to her consulting work more than 30 years of practical experience as a senior officer, a banker, and a mentor to hundreds of community bankers. She has gained insights through engagement with clients, faculty and bankers involved in the workshops and banking school programs she created.
Gloria brings to her consulting work more than 30 years of practical experience as a senior officer, a banker, and a mentor to hundreds of community bankers. She has gained insights through engagement with clients, faculty and bankers involved in the workshops, and banking schools programs she created.
Gloria was the Vice President and Senior Director, Professional Development, for the American Bankers Association. She was the program director for the National School of Banking program at the ABA Stonier National Graduate School of Banking, the Seminar for Presidents, the National and Graduate Trust Schools and Commercial Lending Schools, the National Real Estate Lending Conference, and the Directors' Forum and the Executive Director for the National School of Banking (a graduate-level banking school), the Senior Leadership Institute and the Leaders' Circle.
Gloria has designed and delivered workshops on executive communication and team building, as well as facilitating executive strategic planning sessions. Gloria specializes in designing leadership and management development programs for financial services firms.
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Janice Mazzallo has over 25 years as a Human Resources Executive in the public and private sector, Fortune 100 companies and small local organizations, and union and non-union workplaces. She is featured as one of fourteen leaders in the book "Catalyst of Culture: How Visionary Leaders Activate the Employee Experience." [...]
Jim DeMaio has more than 25 years of experience in management consulting and training and development. A former Director of Corporate Training in the financial services industry, Jim has personally trained thousands of Fortune 500 managers across industries nationwide.
Job Titles:
- Trainer
- Learning Consultant
- Senior Learning Consultant
Karen Tracy combines decades of operational leadership, coaching and team development experience in her consulting work at Learning Dynamics. She worked her way up through the retail banking industry, reaching a divisional management assignment prior to transitioning to Personal Development Officer and Coach with Newtown Savings Bank.
Karen is a skilled trainer and team builder. As a trainer, she has facilitated classes for the American Institute of Banking (AIB) and Center for Financial Training (CFT). Her ability to energize and engage classes was recognized by her students who selected her as Teacher of the Year for her CFT work.
Karen has also been heavily involved in leadership roles for community and non-profit organizations, giving her a valuable diversity of experiences that enrich her training and consultation work. These organizations and positions have included president of First Night Danbury, vice president of Taste of Danbury, United Way fundraising board and company campaign chair, and others. She brings that energy to all her work and has been recognized for her public speaking skills.
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant With
Kristin Sterling is a Senior Learning Consultant with Learning Dynamics who has more than 25 years of experience designing and delivering global executive leadership solutions, group and team facilitation, board development, succession planning and executive coaching.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President With
Laura Mayer is a Vice President with Learning Dynamics. Over the years Laura has had an extensive amount of experience in training and change management. As Director of Training and Development Strategy at Warner-Lambert Company, she developed, implemented, and conducted training on cross-functional investigations as a standard practice for domestic and international sites. As the Founder and Principal of SOAR Consulting, LLC, Laura consulted with and worked closely with food, drug and cosmetic firms, including Schering-Plough, Pfizer, Bayer, Packaging Insights, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, and Beiersdorf to design and implement comprehensive training programs and internal auditing projects.
In her Associate Director Process Improvement and Training role at Boehringer Ingelheim, she led change management and training initiatives associated with Medical, Legal, and Regulatory processes and systems. Overall, Laura has over 20 years of expertise and knowledge as a Senior Learning and Development professional.
Laura holds a BA in Communication and Theatre Arts from Western Connecticut State University and a MS in Counseling/Human Resource Development from the University of Bridgeport.
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Lynn is a Training and Organizational Development professional with successes in collaborating with leaders to drive organizational performance and employee engagement. She is a results-focused, dynamic, and engaging HR partner with extensive experience supporting enterprise-wide leadership and employee development initiatives in healthcare and insurance settings. Lynn also has significant [...]
Mark Ricca's distinguished career includes that of Bank President, General Counsel, and Professor. Throughout his career Mark has also dedicated time to teaching, including his recent professorship at the Business, Finance and Management School of New York teaching courses on the US Financial System and Cross-Cultural Management. Prior to joining Learning Dynamics, Mark was the President and CEO [...]
Mary Sue Cavanagh has more than 20 years of experience in human resources, international communications and IT management in a Fortune 50 corporation. She has designed and facilitated software training programs that have been implemented throughout Europe, Asia, and South America [...]
Mary Sue Cavanagh has more than 25 years of experience in human resources, international communications, and IT management in a Fortune 50 corporation. She has designed and facilitated software training programs that have been implemented throughout Europe, Asia, and South America, where she worked in concert with senior executives to customize instructional modules tailored to corporate needs. She was responsible for implementing Leadership Development Review processes for the organizations she supported. In addition, she worked in tandem with management to develop and implement effective succession plans.
As Executive Director for a CT-based non-profit organization, Mary Sue was responsible for implementing a "Character & Life Skills Training Program" for more than 400 at-risk high school students representing 15 inner-city schools during the course of one academic year. She holds an MSM (MBA) from Purdue University and a BA in French from St. Mary's College at Notre Dame.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Professional Trainer
Patty Franco is a highly skilled professional trainer, facilitator and executive coach with over 25 years of experience in coaching, training, and talent development. Her uniquely blended background includes 15 years of experience in various Human Resources functions for Fortune 500 organizations, such as Cigna, DFIN Solutions (formally Donnelly Financial), The Chicago Tribune and Pfizer, combined with 12 years of experience as an entrepreneur.
Throughout her career, Patty has personally coached over 300 managers, executives, and entrepreneurs. She has conducted over 300 professional classes on topics ranging from leadership development, sales, customer service and various emotional intelligence skills to business development, vision casting and presentation skills, among others. She has also facilitated team building programs and experiences for various clients in retail, banking, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
Patty holds a Master of Education in Adult & Organizational Development from Temple University in Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Pace University in New York. She is also certified in assessment tools such as MBTI, DiSC,, is a Master Practitioner of the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) and received her certification leadership coaching from iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching) in 2020.
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Quintina (Tiny) Palmer-Woods brings more than 25 years of senior-level human resources, training and development experience to Learning Dynamics. In officer and management positions with Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), Reebok and other companies, she developed expert knowledge of [...]
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Reid Bowman, Senior Learning Consultant, has more than 25 years of Human Resources, Employment Law, Compliance, and Ethics experience leading Human Resources, Legal, and Risk Management functions. He has held senior leadership positions with companies such as Bethlehem Steel [...]
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Sandy has spent her career of over 20 years developing and coaching leaders and their teams toward strategic business outcomes across several Fortune 500 companies. With a strong passion for driving people centric leadership, Sandy has designed and delivered workshops in such areas as psychological safety, effective communication, empathetic leadership...
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Sonia Ellis-Taylor has more than 25 years of experience as a Human Resources solution professional, having served as a strategic partner with her client base to develop the diverse employee talents that propel the success of the organization. She has professionally coached more than 5,000 individuals, ranging from senior executives to college students.
Sonia is a results-oriented motivator with comprehensive skills in Corporate Development, Financial Management, and Program Development. As Vice President of Leadership Development at a national non-profit organization promoting diversity in an academic environment, Sonia developed, defined and implemented learning programs for staff and interns to ensure they possessed the skills required to successfully execute business strategies and deliver quantifiable results.
Sonia holds a BS in Biology from Texas A&M University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Learning Consultant
Susan Laberge has more than 25 years of Retail Bank management experience. She is a former senior officer of numerous community banks including Eagle Bank, Webster Bank, and most recently Farmington Bank. Susan managed the Retail Bank network of branches and was responsible for driving all sales and service results.
In her role as Senior Vice President at Farmington Bank Susan oversaw the growth of the institution from a small community bank to its ultimate size of 25 locations. During that time, she was instrumental in executing on the bank's strategy to grow organically and successfully opened numerous De Novo locations. Susan designed and delivered sales and service management initiatives to achieve the bank's strategic objectives. Susan also designed, implemented, and successfully converted the institution from a traditional branch transactional model to the Universal Banker model.
Throughout her years in the banking industry Susan implemented change management, team building, coaching for performance, leadership, and management development programs for all levels of Retail Bankers. She specialized in the development of branch management and leadership in order to successfully build high performing teams.
She is also a graduate of the Connecticut School of Finance and Management and the National School of Banking at Fairfield University.
A former client of Learning Dynamics, Twanna Brown had more than forty years of experience working for the Alabama Department of Public Health. Twanna held various roles with increasing responsibilities for the WIC division, including overseeing Learning and Development. Twanna has designed and facilitated virtual and classroom training...
Job Titles:
- Certified Public Accountant
- Vice President of Finance
Wendi Shook is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 25 years of experience in general accounting and financial reporting. She has held managerial positions in Fortune 500 organizations, including KPMG and Stanley Works, where she served as a Corporate Accounting Executive for over a decade. Her responsibilities included annual financial reporting across divisions as well as supervising filings for the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). In the non-profit sector, Wendi served as Manager of Financial Reporting for the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CT).
Wendi holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and she is a member of the CT Society of Certified Public Accountants.
in transition issues in Industrial and organizational development. Wilbur has authored numerous articles on effective transitioning to team-based [...]