Leadership

Dev Ramcharan has worked in, built and managed Project Management Offices for over 20 years, in Banking, Telecommunications, Municipal Government and in Health Care. Dev has extensive experience as an organizational development consultant, focused on individual and organizational change. His services have included Emotional Intelligence advancement program development and Culture Change. Dev is a PMP, a CSM, and is certified as a Prosci Change Management Practitioner, a Career Transition Coach, a Corporate Trainer, and an Emotional Intelligence Assessor, Trainer and Coach.

Susanne Madsen is an internationally recognised project leadership coach, trainer and consultant. She is the author of The Power of Project Leadership (now in 2nd edition) and The Project Management Coaching Workbook. Working with organisations across the globe she delivers leadership development programmes and executive coaching to help project and change managers step up and become better leaders. Prior to setting up her own business, Susanne worked in the corporate sector leading high-profile programmes of up to $30 million for organisations such as Standard Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. She is a fully qualified Corporate and Executive coach, an NLP Practitioner, DISC accredited and a regular contributor to the Association for Project Management (APM).

Author and international keynote speaker David Dye gives leaders the roadmap they need to transform results. David works with leaders around the world who want to achieve breakthrough results without losing their soul (or mind) in the process. He gets it because he’s been there: a former executive and elected official, David has over two decades of experience leading teams, building organizations, and working with Boards of Directors to transform their effectiveness. He is the award-winning author of: Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul, Courageous Cultures (Harper Collins 2020), The Seven Things Your Team Needs to Hear You Say, and Glowstone Peak – a book for readers of all ages about courage, influence, and hope. Known for his optimism, for making difficult concepts understandable, and for moving leaders to immediate, practical action. David’s keynotes and training programs help leaders across industries to increase their influence, solve common leadership frustrations, and improve productivity through practical leadership inspiration. David has a BA in Political Science from the University of Colorado and a Masters Degree in Management from Regis University. He and his wife, Karin Hurt, are dedicated to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells, which provides clean water wells to communities struggling with access to safe water throughout Southeast Asia. David lives outside of Washington, DC. He loves the meditation of a hiking trail, the reward of high mountain peaks, and is proud of the impact his children are having around the world.

Author and international keynote speaker Karin Hurt inspires transformational change. Recently named on Inc’s list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers and American Management Association’s 50 Leaders to Watch, Karin Hurt helps leaders from around the world achieve breakthrough results without losing their souls. Karin has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources. She’s the award-winning author of: Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results-Without Losing Your Soul, Overcoming an Imperfect Boss, Courageous Cultures (Harper Collins 2020), and Glowstone Peak – a book for readers of all ages about courage, influence, and hope. A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin transformed customer service outsourcing (96M calls/year) to reach parity in quality with internal centers and developed a leading sales team that won the President’s Award for Customer Growth. Her keynotes inspire leaders with proven and practical leadership techniques developed over her rich career as an executive, speaker, and strategic advisor. Karin has a BA in Communication from Wake Forest University, an MA from Towson University in Organizational Communication, and additional graduate work at the University of Maryland, where she teaches in the Executive Education program. She and her husband, David Dye, are dedicated to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells, which provides clean water wells to communities struggling with access to safe water throughout Southeast Asia. Karin lives outside of Washington, DC. She knows the stillness of a yogi, the reflective road of a marathoner, and the joy of being a mom raising emerging leaders.

Marquise Vilsaint, MBA, PMP® is known for partnering with organizations to help them find clarity in the midst of chaos. As featured in the online published profile “Celebrating Women in Project Management 2020”, her superpower is Harmony. Harmonious Project Management is an approach which factors emotional intelligence, leverages soft skills, and the fostering of genuine relationships with project teams. Her method of leveraging productive personality traits has resulted in the success in the deployment of several complex and involved enterprise initiatives across the nation.

Rick is the owner of R2 Consulting and is an evangelist for project management. He is an internationally sought-after speaker delivering keynote presentations for conferences and PMI events around the world. At the age of 11, Rick was a Walt Disney World Performer. In high school, he worked on the New Mickey Mouse Club. Taking the experience of his youth and blending it with the knowledge he attained throughout his career, Rick has been able to inspire and mentor many project managers. His blend of experience and delivery style makes his passion for the profession contagious.

Ilene Wasserman, President of ICW Consulting Group, has been on the cutting edge of consulting, research and publishing in strength-based methodologies, capacity building, and inclusive leadership. She has worked with both private and public-sector organizations to build and strengthen diverse leadership teams, staff relationships, and effective communication strategies to help them achieve their goals. Ilene uses an action learning approach and specializes in developing peer coaching teams that support learning and development as a part of everyday work. In addition to consulting and coaching, Ilene teaches courses related to organization development and leadership, communication, and diversity and inclusion at the graduate level. Ilene serves as a Senior Fellow at the Wharton Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is faculty and executive coach for various executive programs. She has also served as an Executive in Residence and on the Board of Governors for the Center for Creative Leadership. Ilene holds a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems. She is the author of the recent book: Communicating Possibilities: A Brief Introduction to the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM), Peer Coaching at Work: Principles and Practices and several articles and book chapters. Ilene also serves on several professional and community boards.

Sarah Robinson is a CEO, best-selling author and international speaker. Drawing upon her twenty-five years of experience and research with hundreds of teams, businesses, organizations, brands and C-level executive leaders, Sarah created a model to build, engage, lead and inspire a 360 degree culture of Fierce Loyalty throughout any organization. Using up-to-the minute research and real-time data, her model can pinpoint exactly where any leader and any organization is along the Fierce Loyalty path. In addition to her business experience, Sarah trained at the National Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC and uses this training not only as a speaker, but also as a background for understanding and improving communication, group dynamics and leadership. (Yes, Shakespeare was a genius at that, too.). Sarah is a regular guest expert at MSNBC and is ranked by both Forbes and Dun and Bradstreet as a top Twitter expert on entrepreneurship and small business. Her international client list includes Microsoft, CUES, the National Press Club, Aileron, M-Wise, The International Business Women’s Conference, Nextiva, and Higher Logic. Sarah lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her two sons and her two big dogs, loves photography and travel, is a trained Shakespearean actress, drinks absurd amounts of coffee and is Fiercely Loyal to The Crimson Tide.

Lisa Walker, Ph.D. is a psychologist, executive coach, speaker, relationship strategist, mediator and facilitator of difficult conversations. Dr. Walker coaches and advises leaders across industries. She works with leaders to gain clarity on their mission and goals, push through obstacles, enhance leadership skills, build positive work relationships and boost productivity. Her specialties include customized presentations and training program for developing strong leaders, building positive workplace relationships, personalized coaching plans to assist in determining and achieving goals, as well as customized support for corporate initiatives for maximizing success. Dr. Walker uses the power of Emotional and Conversational Intelligence, Neuroscience, Behavioral Science and Mindfulness to help leaders get better at what they do. She earned her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and her Leadership & Executive Coaching Certification from Columbia Business School. She served on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin and is a Mentor for The IC² Institute, an interdisciplinary research unit at The University of Texas at Austin, which works to advance the theory and practice of entrepreneurial wealth creation. When not working she enjoys gardening, cooking, traveling, the outdoors and extreme hiking. Her most recent epic hiking adventure led her to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the world’s tallest mountains. Her book, Living Beyond Your Limits: The Key to Exceptional Leadership will be published later this year.