HAYES - Key Persons

Angela Arrington

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Consultant With the Hayes Group International

Angela Arrington is a Senior Consultant with The Hayes Group International. Angela's passion and work concentrates in the areas of executive coaching, strategic planning, organizational/talent development, program administration and facilitation. For the past 17 years Angela has worked closely with organizations to assess their workforce and talent development needs, create and deliver programs that fulfill those needs and have measurable impact, and ensure that the organization's workforce and talent development strategies are aligned with their business goals. She has worked with mid-size to large organizations in healthcare, education, retail, transportation, chemical, aerospace, construction and engineering. She is the former Director of Corporate and Executive Education at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. As a program faculty, she continues to be support Duquesne's Women's Executive Leadership Program, coaching women in executive communication and leadership. Prior to establishing her consulting/coaching practice, Angela worked with Westinghouse, primarily with the Electro-Mechanical Division, in the areas of procurement, new business development, marketing communications and strategy development. She worked to develop long range strategic plans relating to both product and process. Serving as a leadership development consultant, trainer and executive coach for more than 10 years, Angela has helped numerous leaders become better communicators and strategic thinkers. Angela believes that every person has tremendous potential and a desire to accomplish something really important both professionally and personally. Her goal is to help each person become more self-aware, clearly establish and focus on meaningful goals and improve their effectiveness as a leader. Angela's clients have enhanced their leadership (regardless of level), increased their positive impact on the organization they serve, and moved forward in their careers, finding success on their own terms (being authentic.) Angela holds a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee and a Masters of Science in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. Angela lives in Pittsburgh, PA (originally from Tennessee.) She and her husband Michael have four amazing children. In her downtime, Angela loves reading and being anywhere outside with her family. Her best vacations are either in the mountains or on the beach.

Angela Blackmon

Job Titles:

Director of Finance & Administration
Director, Finance & Administration
Director, Finance & Administration / Winston Salem, NC

Angela Blackmon is the Director of Finance & Administration at The Hayes Group. She is responsible for financial operations including cash management, financial reporting and analysis, payroll, and financial planning. Administratively she handles personnel functions including employee benefit plans as well as other general office operations. Prior to joining The Hayes Group, Angela worked for the International Home Furnishings Center serving the High Point Furniture Market as Assistant to the CFO. She has also worked for many years in public accounting as well as for private companies in diverse areas of industry. Angela has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Bill Shira

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Savannah, GA

Bill Shira is a Senior Consultant for The Hayes Group International. He retired from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, A General Dynamics Company, in July 2015 after 33 years of continuous service. Bill worked for 16 years in Engineering and for 17 years in the Sales & Marketing organization. He was Vice President in Marketing since 2002. Throughout his 33 year tenure he had key experiences in corporate leadership roles. He has a passion for aviation and leadership development. As head of worldwide marketing for 12 years, Bill was responsible for comprehensive worldwide marketing leadership, strategy development and brand guidance. Bill led creation of a wholly internal marketing & sales support team over 12 years which included Interactive Marketing, Marketing Design, Premium Merchandising, Marketing Communications, Multi-Media Services, Advertising Services, Marketing Operations, Event Marketing, Sales Engineering, Technical Marketing, Sales & Design Center Operations, Business Development, Market Research and Gulfstream Customer Relationship Management. This award winning mid-size internal agency did all marketing and sales support work for Gulfstream with no outside agency of record. Before moving to Sales & Marketing, Bill served in progressive roles within functional Aircraft Development Engineering which included leadership roles and support of sales worldwide in a technical consulting role. Bill started his career as an aerodynamics engineer for the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company in Seattle. Bill served the community and industry in several capacities which included the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, acting as Chairman of the Board in 2012, and he also served on the Management Technical Committee for the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics and the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum Board. Within Gulfstream, Bill worked on several corporate teams including Leadership and Management Development Programs, Safety Management, IT Business Technology, Continuous Improvement Process, ERP Implementation and an Enterprise Wide Team on communications. Bill graduated from Mississippi State University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering. He is an FAA licensed commercial pilot and flight instructor. Bill is on his third aircraft, a 1963 Piper Twin Comanche, and regularly flies to the Bahamas and throughout the Southeast US. He is married to Anne, who is a professional counselor and corporate trainer, and has two daughters and four grandchildren. His hobbies are flying, reading, nature sports and travel. Bill and his wife reside in Savannah, Georgia.

Bo Carrington

Job Titles:

Government
Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / San Antonio, TX

Bo Carrington is a Senior Consultant and Government Services Lead for the Hayes Group International, Inc. Bo brings over 17 years of varied leadership experience to his clients. He has special skills in helping organizations bring out the best in themselves and their leaders. Bo is a professional facilitator and trainer with particular expertise in leadership development and coaching. His intuitive approach to coaching has assisted numerous leaders to grow through existing career barriers and has assisted a number of high potential leaders grow to assume new and expanded roles. His experience with facilitating change and growth with both formal and informal teams can be measured with his client's successes.

Bob Poole

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Myrtle Beach, SC

Bob Poole is a Senior Consultant for The Hayes Group International. Prior to The Hayes Group, he was Vice President with Kimmel & Associates, a national recruiting and search company. Bob worked for ten years with ENR 's top 400 General Contractors. His clients have included the Opus Group (Opus West & Opus East), Opus Architects & Engineers, Swinerton Builders, Davis Reed Construction, DPR Construction, Summit Builders, Kitchell Construction, McCarthy Building, Soltek Pacific, as well as other design and development companies. He has worked with these companies in assessing staffing needs, forming strategic plans for recruitment and succession planning, as well as interviewing and hiring practices and procedures. Prior to specializing as a search and recruitment consultant, Bob was a Human Resources and Management consultant specializing in organizational development, management consulting and training, and employee assistance consulting for ten years with the Office of NC State Personnel as well as the Department of Commerce and NASA in Washington, DC. Bob was a Manager with Duke Energy in Charlotte, NC for five years, working in the Human Resources Department. He developed the company's Performance Management Program for FLSA exempt employees and directed the training program for managers and supervisors in implementing and assessing the performance improvement strategies for all of Duke Energy's major departments. Bob began his career as a School Psychologist and Educational Consultant in NC, working for six years in North Carolina with five area school systems. Bob holds a BA degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University, a MA degree in Psychology from East Carolina University, and did post graduate work in Clinical Pastoral Education in Louisville, Kentucky. He has 30 years of experience in assessment, facilitation, strategic planning, conflict resolution, and organizational planning and development.

Bob Ranck

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Salem, SC

Bob spent 31 years as an Air Force officer, pilot, and leader. He held 4 command positions, served two tours in Iraq and retired as a Brigadier General. He subsequently helped run a small consulting company, then served on the executive leadership team at Gulfstream Aerospace before taking the helm at Project Orbis International - an international non-profit based in New York City. Bob's experience ranges from Washington DC to the most impoverished areas of Africa and Asia. He has led in diverse environments from combat operations to humanitarian relief. As a leadership coach he has helped executives become more effective in communication, teamwork, change management, and peer relationship development. Bob's most recent role was CEO of Orbis, an international NGO with operations around the globe. With its network of partners, Orbis trains and mentors medical professionals to prevent and treat blindness in their communities. In addition to operating the world's only Flying Eye Hospital, Bob led a work force of over 330, with fundraising affiliates and country offices and programs in 18 countries across South America, Africa and Asia. At Gulfstream, Bob led the government sales and programs worldwide, partnering with governments and technology firms from the US, Africa, Israel and Japan. Bob holds a bachelor's degree from the United States Air Force Academy and graduate degrees from Golden Gate University and the National Defense University. He also studied at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and completed MIT Seminar 21.

Chet Roslanowick

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Steering Committee Member for the Alamance Community College Center of Excellence Committee

Chet has extensive leadership experience in manufacturing specifically in the Automotive and Aerospace industries. He started his career with Ford Motor Company in Detroit, followed by roles with TRW and SKF, and the last 27 years with GKN. He has lived and worked in Germany and has had multiple overseas assignments in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico among others. His background includes responsibility for Global and Local Operations, Systems Implementation, Acquisitions, Start-ups, Business Strategy Development and Deployment. His most recent role was Vice President Business Development for GKN Driveline Americas. In this role Chet was part of the UK based Strategic Acquisition Team and became the Americas Integration Leader. He was also responsible for working with the multiple States, Counties and local Colleges in the Americas Region to develop investment plans (including incentives), employee development, associate training programs, and infrastructure improvement plans. At GKN, Chet served many roles as a mentor and coach to employees, but was specifically targeted to work with high potential candidates. He was the keynote speaker annually at the America's Leadership Development Program. He was a multi-year sponsor of a Global Team in the GKN Management Development Program. He is well versed in the Toyota Production System and Lean Principles, and is a certified Continuous Improvement Leader. Chet has served as a Steering Committee Member for the Alamance Community College Center of Excellence Committee and sat on the Person County Community College President Selection Committee. He earned his Bachelor of Science from Michigan Technological University and his MBA in International Finance from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dan Sullivan

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant & MD Lead
Senior Consultant & MD Lead / Durham, NC

Dan Sullivan is a Senior Consultant for the Hayes Group, focusing on executive coaching, with an emphasis on healthcare. He is particularly interested in helping improve team effectiveness and change processes by fostering full expression of team members' talents and maximizing employee job satisfaction. Dan has had a distinguished career in academic radiology, including 30 years of faculty appointments at Yale University, Duke University, and University of Pennsylvania, and 10 years as Associate Director in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis of the National Cancer Institute. He is Board-certified in Radiology and Psychiatry and is currently Professor Emeritus of Radiology at Duke University. Dan has over 90 peer-reviewed publications and has been principal investigator on several NIH and industry-funded grants and contracts. Dan has had leadership positions in academic medical school departments and federal agencies for 30 years. He has had management responsibility both for creative, program-development initiatives and operational activities. These provided him with extensive experience in institutional strategic planning for research and clinical systems, as well as implementing those plans and managing individuals with diverse educational backgrounds and job requirements. Dan has been active in organized medicine, and in particular has been Science Adviser to the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). In that role he founded and chaired for several years the Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance, an international coalition of diverse stakeholders including representatives of academic institutions, professional organizations pharmaceutical companies, medical imaging device companies, regulatory and other Federal agencies, and patient advocacy groups. While at the National Cancer Institute Dan twice was awarded the NIH Director's Award for Extraordinary Leadership. In 2009 Dan received the Gold Medal Award from the Association of University Radiologists. In 2015 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Dan received his MD from the University of Vermont Medical School. His post graduate training was done at the Yale-NH Hospital and Duke University.

Doug Barnes

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / San Antonio, TX

Doug Barnes is a Senior Consultant for The Hayes Group International. His responsibilities include organizational and team development, leadership assessment and development (executive coaching) and training program delivery. Doug has over 45 years of experience working within the global human resource profession in every area of human resources, and one of his primary areas of focus is alignment of HR teams to the business, coaching HR Leaders to be business partners. Doug started his career with Westinghouse Canada where he advanced to the #2 position responsible for Talent Management, Organization Development and Compensation. After nine years, Doug moved to London, England for Westinghouse Electric where he was responsible for Europe/Africa/Middle East organization development, compensation and labor and employee relations. He then moved to a Director's position in Westinghouse corporate in Pittsburgh, PA where, as part of a broad charter, he chaired national labor negotiations, implemented company-wide policy initiatives including the American with Disabilities Act and led HR activities for a group of business units. Doug then moved to Monsanto Company as head of HR for the plant biotechnology group. He then held global vice president roles for a fledgling aerospace company and a software development company in the commodity trading space. Doug was hired 10 years ago by Toppan Printing Company to head the Human Resource function for the newly formed Toppan Photomasks, which was acquired from DuPont Company in 2005. Doug's experience in working for CEOs and business leaders has enabled him to serve as a coach, providing individualized feedback and development plans to enhance leadership skills. He has helped organizations manage change, including developing and implementing customized processes to close plants in Europe, Singapore, Canada and the US. He has most recently initiated programs to enhance sales and customer service performance and performance management training focused on "meaningful conversations". Doug's varied experience includes senior level positions with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Monsanto Company, Fairchild Aerospace Company, Solarc Inc. (software) and Toppan Printing Company. His various assignments have taken him around the world and given him "hands on" experience working in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. His experience covers a diverse cross-section of industries, including power generation and electrical-distribution equipment manufacturing; defense and consumer electronics manufacturing; plant and animal biotechnology; aircraft manufacturing and services; enterprise software development and implementation; and photomasks manufacturing for the electronics industry. Every assignment he has had broadened his understanding of international business. He has served as both the human-resources and business leader on numerous merger-and-acquisition teams, and is a frequent public speaker on organization and leadership development.

Dr. Jim Thompson

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant & Healthcare Lead
Senior Consultant & Healthcare Lead / Davidson, NC

Dr. Jim Thompson is a Senior Consultant for the Hayes Group, providing organizational consulting leadership and executive coaching, with a focus in healthcare. Dr. Thompson's most current position was as Medical College of Georgia Interim President where he brought his national prominence in health care and academia to Georgia's health sciences university. Dr. Thompson joined MCG in October 2009, working closely with the outgoing president. Prior to joining the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Thompson, an otolaryngologist, served as president and chief executive officer of the Federation of State Medical Boards from 2002-2008. The non-profit association represents 70 allopathic and osteopathic state medical licensing and regulatory boards throughout the United States. Dr. Thompson was the Federation of State Medical Boards official spokesman and represented the nation's medical boards in public forums related to health regulatory policy. He lectures frequently on health education policy, professional behavior of physicians and the role of regulatory authorities in optimizing the integrity of the medical profession. His lectures included emphasis on leadership and professionalism. For several years prior to The Federation of State Medical Board role, Dr. Thompson served as the Dean of School of Medicine and University Vice President of Wake Forest University. In November 2009 Jim was honored with one of three Special Recognition Awards from the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges for his exceptional leadership to improve medical care through a focus on quality and safety. Other awards include Distinguished Alumni Awards from DePauw University and The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Thompson education includes DePauw University, MD at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and residency training in otolaryngology at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.

Guy Hempel

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Greenville, SC

Guy Hempel is a Senior Consultant who specializes in communication effectiveness, team development and coaching high potential managers. Prior to joining Hayes, Guy had considerable experience in the broadcasting field - 33 years of management with 27 of those years in senior management Guy worked at all four major network affiliates and has managed CBS, NBC and FOX Affiliates in various markets. In his long experience with Liberty/Cosmos he was a senior leader, including being the Vice President of Operations, where he conducted the company-strategic plan, and had responsibility for eight of the company's 15 affiliated stations. Having been a General Manager first in 1982, his experience in decision making and long term strategizing is well founded. He was responsible for syndicated program acquisition for the stations and led the "Enabling Technologies" team, developing ways to improve processes and procedures through the adoption of new technology. Guy has served on the national CBS Marketing and Promotions Committee, the NBC Promotion Advisory Committee and the NBC Affiliate Board of Directors. He has through his work experience demonstrated his leadership talents with community organizations. He has served on numerous boards and committees. They include Chairman of the Board of Hands On in Greenville, SC; Chairman of the Board of Caritas Health Services in Louisville, KY; Chairman of the Board of Metro United Way in Louisville, KY, Chairman of the Board of Overseers for Bellarmine College in Louisville, KY and was the 1994 Festival Chairman for the Kentucky Derby Festival. He currently serves on the boards of the United Way of Greenville County and the Friends of the Greenville Zoo as well as serving on the Finance Committee of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. Guy graduated Magna Cum Laude from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio with a BS in Communication Arts. He is based in Greenville, SC.

Jack Cochran

Job Titles:

Consulting Partner, Health Care, Strategy & Leadership
Consulting Partner, Health Care, Strategy & Leadership / Denver, CO
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Quality Forum

Jack Cochran, M.D. is Consulting Partner of the Hayes Group. Jack focuses his expertise in Health Care Strategy and Leadership. Jack's most recent role was Executive Director of The Permanente Federation, headquartered in Oakland, CA. The Permanente Federation represents the national interests of the regional Permanente Medical Groups, which employ more than 17,000 physicians who care for 9.3 million Kaiser Permanente members. Kaiser Permanente is composed of the Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Prior to his appointment to The Permanente Federation in October 2007, Dr. Cochran served as Executive Medical Director, President, and Chairman of the Board of the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG) for Kaiser Permanente. He began his career with CPMG in 1990 as the Chief of Plastic Surgery and founder of the Plastic Surgery Department. Dr. Cochran began his medical career in clinical and private practice in Denver, Colorado. He went on to serve at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital as Chief of Plastic Surgery, Chair of Surgical Services, and President of Medical Staff, and at Exempla Healthcare as a board member and chairman of its Quality Committee. As a frequent speaker and author on a broad range of health care topics including health care delivery system reform, integrated care delivery, and health information systems, Dr. Cochran's insights gained from decades of work on the front lines of health care provide a unique perspective which he shares in The Doctor Crisis: How Physicians Can, and Must Lead the Way to Better Health Care, a book he co-authored. Dr. Cochran has participated in implementing many of the priorities called for in health reform, including Kaiser Permanente's electronic health record, the largest successful private clinical information systems deployment in the world. He addressed reform at the 2010 National Governors Association Annual Meeting, testified before the Congressional Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in 2009, and presented at the Senate Finance Committee's 2008 Health Reform Summit. Dr. Cochran is a recognized physician leader who has built broad and deep relationships throughout health care. He frequently collaborates with and addresses prominent health plan boards, federal health care agencies, and academic institutions. Dr. Cochran serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Quality Forum, the American Alliance of Community Health Plans, the American Medical Group Foundation, and the UCSF Global Health Group Advisory Board. For more than 20 years, he has volunteered his reconstructive surgery and consulting services in Third World countries, aiding underserved populations in Nicaragua, the Philippines, Ecuador, Tanzania, and Nepal. Dr. Cochran is also a past president of the Consortium for Community Centered Comprehensive Child Care (C6), a foundation that has built hospitals in East Africa. He is a vocal advocate for nurses and oversees the Lois and John Cochran Education Award, an annual scholarship given to oncology nurses at the Lutheran Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Cochran earned his medical degree from the University of Colorado and served residencies at Stanford University Medical Center and the University of Wisconsin Hospital. He is board certified in otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) and in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

John R. Ranck

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant With

John Sullivan

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant & Practice Leader
Senior Consultant & Practice Leader / Yardley, PA
Senior Consultant With the Hayes Group International

John Sullivan is a Senior Consultant with The Hayes Group International and Practice Leader in the firm's business strategy and development area. His work includes Leadership Coaching, Strategy Development, Team Implementation, and Marketing/Sales Consulting/Training. Prior to joining Hayes, John had over forty years experience with three companies - US Steel, Westinghouse Electric Corp., and ABB Ltd. His multi-functional background includes Engineering, Marketing & Sales, Strategic Planning, Supply Management and Operations Management. At various times at ABB some of John's roles and responsibilities included: Global responsibility for sales channel development and deployment in the company's Power related operations President of all US based Power Products, Services and Systems businesses President of Commercial Operations, Power Technologies, for all of ABB's North American and Caribbean Marketing and Sales activities. In John's extensive career he has had a wide range of experience in introducing new businesses, expanding profitably in established businesses, and managing structural changes engendered by merger and acquisition activity. He was an HR leader who established promotion processes in Performance Management, led Professional and Management Education, Training, and Mentoring Programs. John's educational background includes a BS - Physics from St Francis University, Graduate Work in Engineering Physics at the University of Virginia and an MBA from VPI&SU.

Joyce Avedisian

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Bedminster, NJ

Joyce Avedisian is a Senior Consultant at the Hayes Group. She has over 25 years consulting and training experience in building the capacity of individuals, teams, and organizations to execute growth strategies. She has helped leaders in large and small organizations realize results by integrating strategic vision of the future with strong operational focus. She helps clients define the gap between the vision and current reality and develop solutions in the areas of skill and competency development, process improvement, high performance teams, leadership training, employee engagement, and culture formation. Joyce applies her vast experience within organizations and her knowledge of leadership to her coaching expertise, enabling her coaching clients to become the best they can be in whatever endeavor they are engaged. Joyce also is a huge proponent of Servant Leadership, and has gained and applied much knowledge regarding that construct. Prior to joining The Hayes Group International, Joyce was an internal consultant and independent consultant with global Fortune 100 clients and growing entrepreneurial companies in the areas of pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, telecommunications, information technology, and retail services. Joyce holds a Ph.D. in Organization Behavior from Brandeis University. Her doctoral studies focused on how the paradigm of the consultant impacts the change strategy and performance results. She has published articles in the areas of managing change and culture formation.

Judy Pennington

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Minneapolis, MN
Senior Consultant With

Judy Pennington is a senior consultant with the Hayes Group and is an IT transformation expert. She has spent the past 30+ years working in and around technology organizations focusing on the intersection of people and technology. Judy has specialized in IT Workforce Transformation, IT Operating Model and Organization Design, IT Learning and Development, Culture, and Change Management. Judy's experience also transcends IT organizations. As a leadership coach she has helped executives become more effective in communication, teamwork, change implementation and peer-related relationship development. Judy was most recently a Managing Director with Deloitte Consulting where she led the IT workforce transformation practice, was a CIO Fellow, and a member of the leadership faculty for the CIO Next Generation Academy. Judy's career path includes management positions at Accenture, AG Edwards, American Express and Wells Fargo bank. She has led HR teams, managed IT professionals, and created talent management processes and systems. Judy co-authored a number of articles for the Wall Street Journal CIO Report as well as for Deloitte's Technical Trends report including "IT Worker of the Future" (2015) and "RightSpeeding IT" (2016). Judy holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, served on the Dean's Advisory Board for the Indiana University School of Informatics, and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kenneth Rogers

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Business Executive
Senior Consultant / Dallas, TX
Senior Consultant With the Hayes Group International

Kenneth Rogers is a Senior Consultant with the Hayes Group International. Kenneth is an experienced business executive credited with building and leading best-in-class initiatives in the areas of change management, talent management, executive coaching and organizational development. He has spent his career improving business processes and developing, mentoring and improving the lives of others. He has a proven track record of building strategic partnerships and providing people solutions for key business needs. During his tenure in Texas his Company received the "Texas Employer of the Year" award from the Texas Workforce Commission. He has a broad range of experience having lived and/or worked in 10 cities and 5 countries. Rogers has an extensive business background with over 25 years as a Corporate Executive, Director and Consultant in global Fortune 500 companies in the areas of chemical manufacturing, food & beverage, mechanical service, aerospace, aluminum manufacturing, healthcare, higher education, industrial manufacturing, auto parts manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and transportation. Rogers served on the Board of Directors for numerous organizations including: Christus St. Joseph Hospital Paris, National Children Studies, Northeast Texas Workforce Development Executive Board, Girl Scouts of North East Texas, Local Chamber of Commerce, United Way, and Boy Scouts of America. As a frequent motivational speaker and presenter, Rogers experience and insights has gained him invitations to present at several conferences and workshops including: the American Management Association Leadership Conference, University Corporate Executive Exchange Program sponsored by the National Urban League, Leadership Network AICHE Diversity and Empowerment Conference, Regional EEOC Conference and the Texas Workforce Commission Annual Conference. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV). He holds a Master of Arts degree in Human Resources Management from John F. Kennedy University (JFK), in Orinda, California. He is a certified diversity trainer and trained and certified to use several personality & talent assessment and development tools. Kenneth is based in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area.

Kevin Dutton

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Savannah, GA

Kevin Dutton is a Senior Consultant for The Hayes Group International. Kevin focuses his expertise on financial strategies that drives cost out of the business while at the time ensuring that the company has the necessary resources needed to execute on the business plan. His most recent role was Vice President, Operations Finance for Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics Company. Kevin has 33 years of experience in Finance and Accounting; 28 of those years with Gulfstream. He also worked in public accounting for five years prior to joining Gulfstream. In his role as Vice President, he led financial functions for Gulfstream Operations in the U.S. and Mexico. He established and implemented financial strategies for both Production and Completions Manufacturing Operations. He played a key role in the development of business plans and targets, working with leaders to build their own and their organization's capacity to achieve better results. Prior to serving as Vice President, Kevin was director of Materials and Production Finance. He managed all financial support for Production Manufacturing for all large-cabin programs, including providing financial advice and counsel to Gulfstream's facility in Mexicali, Mexico. He worked extensively in contract negotiations with key suppliers of large dollar components. At Gulfstream, Kevin has helped leaders at all levels become better communicators and strategic thinkers, including serving a mentor and coach for both the Leadership Development Program and Management Development Program. He also demonstrated his leadership abilities as a key member of the ERP Implementation Steering Committee, the Steering Committee for Continuous Improvement, and an Enterprise Wide Team on communication. Kevin earned his Bachelors of Accounting from Georgia Southern University and also holds a CPA license in the state of Georgia.

Kirk Froggatt

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Middlebury, CT
Senior Consultant With

Kirk Froggatt is a Senior Consultant with the Hayes Group who brings a combination of industry and academic experience in talent, leadership, and organization development to his coaching and consulting practice. He spent 25 years working in senior talent and leadership development roles for global technology companies including HP, Yahoo!, Agilent Technologies, and Ecolab. During this chapter of his career, Kirk led global teams, consulted with senior leaders and Board committees, helped lead multiple organizational transformations, coached managers at all levels, and designed and developed "multi-channel" initiatives to develop the leadership bench (i.e., workforce planning, assessment, recruitment, deployment, development, and C-suite readiness planning). While at Agilent Technologies, Kirk and his team were recognized with the HR Innovator of the Year award by the Silicon Valley HR Symposium and Agilent's CEO was recognized by the Best Practices Institute as one of the top 25 CEOs for leadership development based on their innovative work in building leadership and organizational capability during a multi-year business transformation effort. Most recently, Kirk spent 10 years as a Sr. Fellow and Gemini Chair in Technology Management at the University of Minnesota's Technological Leadership Institute. In this role, he developed and taught innovation leadership courses for early-mid career technical professionals pursuing graduate degrees in management of technology, medical device innovation, and security technologies. He also collaborated with cross-disciplinary colleagues to develop custom innovation leadership development programs for organizations such as Mayo Clinic, 3M, General Mills, Starkey Hearing, and ThermoKing. Additionally, Kirk served as co-principal investigator for the UMN's National Science Foundation sponsored Innovation Corps Site which designed and delivered applied innovation training coupled with mentoring and networking support to help graduate student and faculty researchers explore the commercial potential of their research ideas and IP. In both his capacity as faculty member and I-Corp Site co-lead, Kirk was widely known as a passionate instructor and a caring, insightful coach who motivated, enabled, and supported students to find their passion, expand their comfort zones, and realize their potential. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from San Diego State University and a Master of Science degree in Management & Organizational Behavior from Purdue University's Krannert Graduate School of Management. He lives in Connecticut and remains passionate about helping leaders develop themselves, their teams and organizations, and ultimately their business results.

Kristina Larsson

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant & Executive Search Lead
Senior Consultant & Executive Search Lead / Charlotte, NC

Kristina Larsson, a native of Sweden, is an executive search consultant with the Hayes Group International's Global Executive Search Practice in Charlotte, NC. In this role she is responsible for conducting client search assignments for top-level executive and specialist positions in the global marketplace. Kristina brings a successful track record as an executive search consultant which, coupled with her cross cultural experience, language skills and her focused, client driven relationships, will continue to add value to the firms' clients. Prior to joining the Hayes Group, Kristina served four years as the Research Manager/ Consultant for Carnegie Worldwide, Inc., responsible for the firms' market and Internet driven research. She was involved in strategically formulating the networking process based on an understanding of the clients' culture, market position, competition, business strategy and the role and function of the position in question. Kristina's research and recruitment activities have included high tech, telecommunications, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and manufacturing industries as well as professional services businesses.

Larry Scruggs

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Winston Salem, NC
Senior Consultant With the Hayes Group International

Larry Scruggs is a Senior Consultant with The Hayes Group International. Larry brings over 30 years of organizational and leadership experience to his clients. He concentrates in the areas of leadership development, coaching and workshop delivery. Larry has been a business management entrepreneur for over 30 years and in the financial investment industry for over 16 years, including positions as a manager of a large retail chain, President and CEO of his own company, and currently a licensed financial broker. He has been instrumental in recruiting, training, and developing leaders throughout his varied and extensive career. Larry began his career as a life counselor, and draws on his psychology training and experience to bring the perspective of instilling confidence in others so that they may step in faith to a higher level of success. His in-depth insights enable him to help others view themselves in a unique way. Larry holds a B.S. in Psychology and has completed a vast array of Training and Development programs over the years.

Louis J. Myers

Job Titles:

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Dallas, TX

Lou is a Senior Consultant for the Hayes Group International, Inc. His consulting draws on his 35 years of executive leadership in commercial banking, organization integration and business turnaround in the US and abroad. He has served as Chairman and CEO and in other executive roles for commercial banking organizations with assets from $3.0 billion to $18.0 billion and organizations of 1,000 to 9,000 employees. His professional career included 18 years with PNC Bank, the US's 10 th largest commercial bank during this period, in a variety of executive capacities including Chief Credit Officer and Chairman, CEO and President of one of PNC's affiliate banks, as well as serving as a member of the holding company's executive committee. Lou's international experience spanned 10 years, primarily in the Middle East as the Sector Head of the National Commercial Bank's (NCB) retail, private banking and mutual fund lines of business. NCB was the region's largest commercial bank during this time. In addition, he served as CEO and CGM of the second largest bank publicly traded bank in Kuwait. His focus is on organizational and leader assessment and development. He serves as a coach to leaders, developing plans and strategies to enhance executive effectiveness in managing teams and in maintaining the critical relationships needed for success. As leaders advance to the executive level, Lou will facilitate the development of a personal plan for his executive or entrepreneurial clients to acquire and implement the needed skillset to achieve success in these new enterprise-wide roles. Following his retirement from commercial banking, Lou served as the Executive Vice President for Lending and Investment for CDF Capital, a $600 million Irvine California based Church Extension Fund focused on loans to independent churches nationwide.

Marge Z. Hayes - CEO

Job Titles:

Managing Partner
Managing Partner / Winston - Salem, NC

Marge Hayes is a Managing Partner of The Hayes Group International, Inc. In this position she leads initiatives to improve leadership and organizational effectiveness. Examples of her recent consulting work include design and implementation of performance management systems; planning and team development for groups of executive leaders; change management; and management coaching. Marge has been a part of The Hayes Group since 1995. Her work for Hayes has spanned a broad spectrum of companies, both large and small, international and domestic. Some companies with whom she has recently worked include: ABB, Augusta Newsprint, Delta, plc (London), GE Power Systems, GKN Driveline, International Paper, Liberty Broadcasting, The Education Center, The South Financial Group, University of Utah Medical Center, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Westinghouse and Yazaki. Prior to joining Hayes, Marge held various positions in leadership, Human Resources and management and employee development for the Westinghouse Corporation. Her positions included hands-on experience at manufacturing sites, business unit sites, and at the corporate level. Much of her work in these positions included the delivery of organizational needs assessments, competency-based performance management systems, and the facilitation of strategic goal setting. She was also responsible for the leadership of highly successful employee participation programs. Marge has a Bachelor of Arts from Chatham College and a Master of Science from LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Margie Kensil

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Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Charlotte, NC
Senior Consultant With the Hayes Group International

Margie is a Senior Consultant with The Hayes Group International, having known and worked with Merwyn Hayes for over 20 years. She has spent her 25-year career in the field of performance improvement, working world- wide with people in a variety of industries and professions. She specializes in consulting and facilitating skill development in leadership, sales and sales management at the executive and senior management levels, and coaching across organizations, from executives to front-line employees. Margie's passion and life's work has always centered around helping people change their lives and accomplish their goals by changing their behavior. She focuses on helping leaders and team members get better results, separating the "critical few" behaviors and skills from the "trivial many" to improve the conversations they have at all levels of the organization. And when the leadership behaviors call for developing and leading a team, as well as diagnosing and improving problem performance, Margie helps leaders learn to engage in conversations that will result in the best chance for successful outcomes. During her 12 years with Omega Performance, a world-wide performance improvement company specializing in financial institutions, Margie served as Senior Vice President and Director of the International Task Force and as a member of the Executive Team, responsible for the company's North American consultant and delivery force and for business development support and resourcing on the African continent. These experiences taught her the criticality of helping people know "what good looks like" no matter who or where they are, and supporting them to make these desired changes reality. Her other corporate positions include Senior Vice President, Organizational Development and Training, with First Charter Bank (now part of Fifth Third Bank), Senior Consultant with the Hayes Group International, and Vice President and Manager in Organizational Development and Training for Crestar Bank (now part of SunTrust Bank) based in Richmond and Norfolk, VA. Margie holds a BS in Education from Campbell University and an MS in Vocational/Technical Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, with continuing studies completed at the University of Michigan's Executive Management Program. Additionally, Margie is certified in several of the Lominger® employee development tools, is a certified practitioner of MBTI Step II, and is certified to administer the 360-feedback instrument from Personnel Decisions International and Zenger-Folkman.

Merwyn A. Hayes - Founder

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Founder

Dr. Merwyn Hayes founded The Hayes Group International, Inc., a highly successful consulting firm focusing on people issues within organizations. The company was established by Merwyn in 1976 and has served over 1,700 organizations. Merwyn personally worked with over 500 organizations. His writings and consulting focused on helping people individually and as teams. Much of his work centered on leadership development, team development, merger assessment and facilitation and executive coaching. As a coach he worked with executives from a cross section of industries and cultures: athletic coaches (pro & college); corporate chairman and presidents; general managers/managing directors; leaders for medical and legal organizations; and unit leaders of all kinds. Organizations in which Merwyn worked include: ABB, Darden Restaurants (formerly General Mills Restaurants), Federation of State Medical Boards, Augusta Newsprint, AREVA, GKN, Westinghouse, General Electric, Harvard University, R.J. Reynolds, Yazaki, Cox Media, Delta plc, Bank of America, Wake Forest University Medical School, University of Utah Medical School, International Paper, Curtiss Wright, Kaiser Permanente, Stroudwater Associates, Cytec, URS, Gulfstream, New Hope Media, Lockheed Martin, The South Financial Group, YKK, Source Corp and Center for Strategic and International Studies. Prior to forming The Hayes Group, Merwyn taught at the University of Illinois, the University of Georgia, and Wake Forest University. At Wake Forest he was the Associate Dean of the Babcock Graduate School of Management, responsible for the Executive MBA and the Center for Management Development. Merwyn was educated at Macalester College (B.A.); the University of Oregon (M.A.), the University of Illinois (Ph.D.); and Stanford University (post doctorate). All of his degrees were in communication. As a writer he is best known for his books on motivation and leadership: THE BELIEF SYSTEM ™: the Secret to Motivation and Improved Performance (co-authored with Thad Green), GIVE TO GET LEADERSHIP: the Secret of the Hidden Paycheck (co-authored with Richard Huseman), and his most recent book: START WITH HUMILITY: Lessons Learned from America's Quiet Leaders on How to Build Trust and Inspire Followers (co-authored with Michael Comer). Merwyn's personal motto was "good, better, best never let it rest until your good is better and your better is still best." The Hayes Group International continues Merwyn's legacy in elevating organizations by helping leaders and teams become the best they can be.

Michael D. Comer - President

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Coach
President
President / Winston - Salem, NC

Mike is President of The Hayes Group International, Inc. He has over 30 years consulting experience with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, non-profits as well as smaller organizations in organizational and team development, leadership assessment and development (executive coaching), and training development and delivery. In his role as President he oversees the work of 28 senior-level consultants. Mike started his career at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) in Washington, D. C. where he was senior manager of Change Management Services for the southeast. He then spent 10 years as an independent consultant working with Ameritech (AT&T), Pharmacia, CSC, Digital Equipment Corp., and KPMG Peat Marwick. Mike joined the Hayes Group in 2000. Mike serves as a coach to leaders - providing individualized feedback and development plans to enhance leadership skills for senior executive-level managers. He has helped large and small organizations manage change, including developing and implementing customized processes and training programs, assisting with corporate-wide leadership training, and implementing organizational changes in multiple locations with multiple employees. Mike has personally worked with over 115 major organizations. Some of Mike's clients include AIG, Citrix, Federal Express, International Paper, Department of Defense, Social Security Administration, Burger King Corporation, US Army Corps of Engineers, Westinghouse, General Dynamics, Trane, Volvo, Gulfstream Aerospace, UnitedHealthcare, Promus Companies (Embassy Suites, Hampton Inns), Electric Boat, Kaiser-Permanente, Milliken, Curtiss-Wright, Syneos Health, and ABB. Mike's global experience includes conducting team development and leadership coaching in China, Brazil, Spain, England, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, Japan and Eastern Europe. In 1993, he co-founded the Eastern European Leadership Forum - an organization that connected Western business leaders with Eastern European entrepreneurs. Mike holds an MBA in Management/Finance and a Doctor of Management (DM) degree in Organizational Leadership. His doctoral studies examined how a leader's passion and sense of calling resulted in specific leadership behaviors. Mike co-authored the book Start with Humility: Lessons from America's Quiet CEOs on How to Build Trust and Inspire Followers, which shares the lessons learned of six senior leaders and provides practical tips on real-world leadership.

Nancy Crouch

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Senior Consultant
Professional Counselor and Corporate Trainer
Senior Consultant / Southport, NC
Senior Consultant With the Hayes Group International

Nancy is a Senior Consultant with the Hayes Group International and owner and managing partner of Seaside Retreats, LLC. As an educator and information technology executive Nancy built and led organizations from 10 to 250 professionals. She is an engaging coach, expert in igniting energy at the individual and organizational levels. Nancy is passionate about fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that models collaborative leadership across generations. Nancy brings over 30 years of experience in leadership across organizational functions and generational boundaries. She has expertise in organizational change, program development, project management, and developing human potential. In her former roles as Chief Information Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer, Nancy accelerated digital transformation through comprehensive technology and cybersecurity initiatives designed to complement the ideals of the organizations she served. Nancy's work as coach, consultant, instructor and facilitator touches leaders in all stages of their lives and careers. Nancy gathers and shares individualized feedback to develop leaders. She helps organizations manage change, honor culture, and thrive in their environments. Nancy's clients include EnergyUnited, CoStar, Ingersoll Rand, Citrix, Microsoft, SAS, the University of North Carolina Pembroke, Wake Forest University, and Elon University. Nancy earned her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education at Virginia Tech and a Master of Arts in Education at Wake Forest University. Always looking to learn new things Nancy has enjoyed participating in executive forums with IBM, Cisco, and Google to augment her formal education. She holds certificates in project management and ECCP (Executive Coaching Certification Process).

Pat Chaffin

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Senior Consultant With

Pat Chaffin is a Senior Consultant with the Hayes Group. His works organizational development with a specific emphasis on team performance enhancement, internal group process improvement, organizational transition, culture change initiatives through employee engagement and key leader coaching and development. Pat is a certified 360 executive feedback coach and leadership development facilitator as well as a formally trained Organizational Development professional. He has conducted coaching and executive development efforts for numerous clients to include, governmental agencies from the city/county up to the federal level. In the private sector, Pat has worked with sales, technology, manufacturing, distribution and financial services organizations. His typical engagements have centered on team performance enhancement, change management, employee engagement, leadership coaching and work group facilitation. Professionally, Pat has had direct corporate accountability for organizational development, staffing, employee relations, merger/acquisition and training activities. His professional experiences include active duty and command assignments as an army officer, progressive corporate Human Resources leadership roles and most recently, private consulting practice. As a former Senior Vice President with SunTrust Bank Inc. he served as the Senior Florida Group Human Resources Client Consultant with accountability for their Florida business units consisting of over 10,600 employees located throughout the state. In addition, he was accountable for the design and implementation of Talent Management Assessment process on a corporate-wide basis and served as the Human Resources lead for merger and acquisitions throughout the SunTrust franchise. His previous experiences include service as the corporate Chief Human Resources Officer for Carolina First Bank Corporation (later The South Financial Group); Bank of America/Barnett Banks serving as Human Resource Director for Barnett Operations Company, the South Banking Region, and the Barnett Technologies Company. Pat's objectives were specifically focused on team performance enhancement, corporate talent assessment/planning, as well as leadership efforts directed to merger and acquisition integration. Pat has been recognized for his successes in leadership assessment and development, change management and the development of high performance senior teams. Pat is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana having an undergraduate degree from LSU and a Masters from the University of Oklahoma. He serves on the Executive Committee for the Center for Human Resources Management in the Florida State University School of Business. He is active in community and charitable events. He lives in Orlando with his wife, Debby, and they have two adult children.

Pat Myers

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Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant / Dallas, TX
Senior Consultant With the Hayes Group International

Pat Myers is a Senior Consultant with the Hayes Group International, specializing in executive coaching, talent management, and helping groups manage change. Her consulting capitalizes on 25 years experience in US marketing, project management and corporate affairs in telecommunications, finance and manufacturing along with ten years working in the Middle East in talent management and organizational development as Head of Talent Management for National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia. She was also a senior consultant and executive coach at a Cairo-based Organizational Development firm. Deeply passionate about elevating people's effectiveness, Pat has coached and mentored hundreds of senior leaders and key young talent and has led team coaching and training to improve relationships through constructive feedback. Pat has developed international talent management and mentoring processes for businesses focused on developing and defending their talent pool, has facilitated team effectiveness and change processes using the Appreciative Inquiry process and is certified as an Extraordinary Leader© trainer. She has a BA from Villa Maria College and earned an advanced Diploma in Clinical Organizational Psychology from INSEAD, Fontainebleau-Europe's leading business school. She is certified from INSEAD in Consulting and Coaching for Change. Her clients list includes international firms such as KPMG, Hilton Hotels, Zain Telecommunications, Dow Chemical, Proctor & Gamble and many US and regional firms. Pat serves Hayes clients from Dallas, Texas - where she and her family reside.