OUR ASSOCIATES

We have a significant number of consultants & counselors with a variety of qualifying backgrounds, experiences and approaches to assure successful outcomes.

THOMAS W. MORRIS III, CMF

Tom Morris, President of Morris Associates, Inc. has coached thousands of individuals going through career transitions, and provided consulting and training to dozens of firms and organizations going through change.

Tom is certified as a Career Management Fellow. He served as president of the Washington Area Chapter of the International Association of Career Management Professionals, and was elected to the Governing Board of the International Board for Career Management Certification. He is also a member of the National Speakers Association.

He has written the "Career Coach" column for Executive Update magazine, and also has written columns for CareerBuilder.com and RCJobs.com. He has been quoted or written articles for national news publications including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, National Business Employment Weekly, Career Planning Adult and Development Journal, The Riley Guide, Personnel, Mademoiselle, IT Recruiter and Washingtonian magazines.

Tom is a professional speaker and a member of the National Speakers Association, who has coached and trained with proven experience in motivating, leading and coaching individuals and organizations through change.

Some of his speaking topics include:

Tom has worked successfully in the private, government and not-for-profit sectors. He has a reputation for working effectively with senior professionals in various industries, including: healthcare administrators, doctors, nurses, engineers, computer experts, managers and executives in finance, marketing and legal fields. Over the years Tom has refined and focused presentations on rubber-meets-the-road skill/behavior areas that affect people's lives, success and satisfaction.

To schedule Tom for your event contact us at 202-290-3061 or via email at mai@morrisdc.com

JANN B. BRADLEY

Jann Bradley, Principal of Morris Associates, Inc., sees to the day-to-day effective operations of the firm. She manages and coordinates client activities and provides the technical assistance for individual career placement campaigns. Additionally, she trains and counsels groups and individuals in interviewing, hiring and career development.

In the 1990's Jann chaired the Job-Candidate Screening and Matching Program for Job Connection, a Washington-area community-run fair for people with disabilities. Over four years more than 200 employers and more than 1,000 people with disabilities were screened and matched. Job Connection was hailed by participants especially for the effective matching process she developed.

Jann won numerous production awards as an employee placement specialist. A successful business owner for over 25 years, she has operational and executive management experience in the retail, real estate and service industries.

SHARON ARMSTRONG

Sharon Armstrong has served as a Director of Human Resources at a New York law firm and three non-profit associations in Washington, DC. Since launching her own consulting business in 1998, she has provided training and completed HR projects for clients including Phillips Petroleum Company, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Handgun Control, Inc., Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Capital Health Services, Dow Lohnes & Albertson and Sallie Mae.

Sharon has designed and conducted workshops on Supervisory Skills, Sexual Harassment, Time Management, Delegating, Effective Meetings, Performance Management, Managing Your Boss, Motivating Employees, Effective Documentation, and The Human Side of Terminations.

A sampling of her HR projects includes conducting exit interviews and analysis, executive coaching, recruitment assignments, policies and procedures for employee handbook, performance management and appraisal designs, and employee relations' interventions.

Sharon is a founding member of the Washington Employee Relations Roundtable. She maintains certification and membership in the Society for Human Resource Management and the Potomac Employers Roundtable. She serves on the Advisory Board of Disability Leave and Absence Reporter, a monthly publication by the Bureau of Business Practice.

LINDA BARKER

Linda Barker is an organizational development consultant with affiliations to Ethical Capital, Business Impact Associates. She has worked with corporate clients-in financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, hospitality, and publishing-as well as non-profit organizations and the US government to help them implement change initiatives.

Her focus has been on working "with those who do the work," enabling their voices to be heard in business process redesign, strategic change, culture change, and team development. She has also worked with many executives in personal transformation through executive coaching. She is skilled in conducting return on investment analyses, having completed one on the value of Work-OutTM as a change methodology and another on the return on executive coaching.

Linda is a co-author of Maximizing the Impact of Executive Coaching: Behavioral Change, Organizational Outcomes and Return on Investment, by McGovern, Lindemann, Vergara, Murphy, Barker and Warrenfeltz. The Manchester Review, 2001. Volume 6 Number 1. In 2004, she served as Chair of the RFP committee for the annual conference, and in 2003, she delivered the highest-ranking presentation at this conference, titled Victory in the War Room: How ROI Saved OD.

WENDI E. ELDH

Wendi Eldh is a high-energy, dynamic trainer who helps participants realize "what's in it for me and my organization" while also showing them how to apply training beyond the classroom. Wendi believes training must be fun and provide long-term results. A consistently top-rated trainer (averages 4.9 out of 5), she received the Graduate School, USDA's "Faculty Excellence Award" in 2001, a prestigious honor given to the top 10 trainers among thousands nationwide.

Wendi has been a trainer, curricula developer, facilitator and editor for the public and private sector for more than 10 years. Clients include the United States Senate, House Commerce Committee, Air Force, Navy, Army, Agency for International Development, Defense Information Systems Agency, Peace Corps, Veteran's Affairs, Voice of America, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, The Optical Society of America, United Air Travel Plan, and Pedigree Petfoods. Wendi has conducted training throughout the United States, as well as in England, Italy and Germany.

Before becoming a trainer, Wendi was a journalist who worked in both print and broadcast journalism. Her 10-year journalism career included the following positions: disc jockey, radio news reporter, TV news reporter for a CNN affiliate, Gannett daily newspaper reporter, and editor for a U.S. military magazine in Europe. Wendi also served as the Internal Communications Manager for Merchants National Bank in Germany.

WILLIS E. GAY

Willis Gay is a senior consultant with Morris Associates, Inc. He has a background as a human resources professional/executive with extensive experience in diverse environments. He began his human resource management career position in aerospace, command and control, transportation and industrial equipment divisions and industrial equipment divisions of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Additionally, he was assigned twice to Westinghouse's corporate headquarters, that last time as the Director of Career Development and Succession for the corporation's human resources function.

Mr. Gay left Westinghouse to purchase and operate a temporary help business which he did for approximately two years before returning to the human resources function as Vice President, Human Resources and Administration for the Visiting Nurses of Baltimore after which he held the position Assistant Vice President, Human Resources, Washington Hospital Center.

After leaving healthcare, he was a Vice President for Service Delivery and Quality for Manchester Career Partners International, Inc., a career transition/outplacement firm and has consulted in career transition for more than 10 years.

NANCY C. GOBER

Nancy Gober is a Human Resources Manager and Organization Developer with expertise in human resource disciplines & functions, organization culture & culture change, management & employee development and career transition. Throughout her career she has shown a strong eye for talent identification, selection and development. Also, she possesses an acute sense of an organization's mission, focus and strategic direction and ability to link and channel human resources as an integral part of that strategy and to the bottom line.

Her Human Resources Management experience includes Performance Appraisal, Recruiting, Employee Relations and Communications. With such companies as NASBP, Magnavox, McDonnell Douglas and Quad Graphics, Nancy assisted with organizational development and culture change. Her career transition coaching experience includes the advising, coaching and counseling of thousands of clients and the managing of a relocation and outplacement project. She is a member of the National Association of Women in Construction, the Society for Human Resource Management, the American Society for Training. Development.

PETER MORRIS

Peter Morris is a senior leadership consultant and executive coach who specializes in the Leadership Development of executives and high potential individuals, at all levels in an organization. He is an expert in one-on-one coaching and leading small groups of individuals to develop their leadership skills and optimize their personal performance and leadership potential through greater self-awareness and a personal commitment to change behaviors. In his work, Peter utilizes his extensive background and experience in performance management and leadership development, executive coaching, mentoring, Myers Briggs Preference Indicator, 360° Degree Feedback, team building and team facilitation.

He is co-author and creator of "The Leadership Awakening Experience," a powerful leadership development model targeted at executive management and corporate "high potential" employees. The model is built around the premise that today's managers will develop into tomorrow's leaders if they are awakened to the need to develop and/or change their personal behaviors.

GLORIA R. NORMAN

Gloria Norman is a passionate and lively instructor who helps participants focus on their personal and professional development. Her methods are learner-centered and participants report that her non-threatening (it's up to you) approach to adult learning makes the learning process easier and more rewarding.

She is a corporate education and performance management consultant with over 25 years of hands-on and academically based experience. She started her professional life in Sales and Marketing with The Washington Post. Her extensive career with the Post included managing the Post's Advertising Professional Development department where she trained all levels of employees representing all departments within the company. She is an experienced consultant and trainer for government, corporate, profit, and non-profit organizations such as The Department of the Interior, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Veterans Affairs, The American Press Institute, The American Council on Education, and The Washington Post.

Gloria brings real-world experience to her classes and commands instant credibility when helping others solve their business issues. She is committed to helping others achieve personal and professional excellence along their "roads to success."

NAN SIEMER

Nan Siemer is a career strategist specializing in the area of negotiations. Nan works with individual clients to maximize their interviewing, networking, resume writing and negotiating skills to ensure smooth and profitable transitions between careers. She assists and trains individuals and groups from the private and government sectors, helping each person achieve his/her professional goals.

She has spoken to a wide variety of government, business and professional groups about negotiating in the workplace and has had several articles published on the topic of negotiation. Nan has extensive experience as a Radio News Broadcaster and is the Immediate Past President of the National Association of Women Business Owners - Capital Area Chapter (NAWBO-CAC).