Executive Team
Lynn Cowart
Principal/Founder
Chief Operations Officer
About Lynn
Lynn’s career spans multiple industries working with senior leaders in support of their long term strategic goals in talent management and learning and development. Through the lens of retention, engagement and career development, her corporate experience with GE, Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin has helped propel her clients to consistently achieve operational success through value creation.
In her role as Chief Operations Officer, Lynn is responsible for global delivery and solutions development, along with ensuring organizational excellence for Talent Dimensions and its clients.
Lynn recently co-authored the book, ‘Up is Not the Only Way – Rethinking Career Mobility’ with Bev Kaye and Lindy Williams, challenging leaders and employees to re-imagine what it takes to achieve ultimate career success through a true mobility mindset.
Lindy Williams
Chief Creative Officer
About Lindy
Drawing on 25 years of corporate experience at American Express, Lindy offers a frontline perspective to discussions of needs analysis and potential solutions to organizational challenges. Her extensive background in training, human resource development and career development enables her to partner with clients and internal subject matter experts to co-create solutions that drive growth. Lindy’s specialty areas include: career development and coaching, leadership and organization development, engagement and retention strategy and succession process design. Lindy recently co-authored the book, Up is Not the Only Way, Rethinking Career Mobility.
Cile Johnson
Principal/Founder
About Cile
Cile has 20 years of experience helping organizations address their most important strategy…their talent development strategy. By focusing on the key drivers of retention and recognizing it is not a one-size-fits all proposition, she helps organizations discover how their strategic investments drive sustainable competitive advantage. In her role as Chief Business Officer, Cile is responsible for sales and marketing, providing strategic direction for global client solutions, and ensuring the organization’s continued growth and success, as well as global expansion.
Vice Presidents
Shelbie Bauer
Regional Vice President
About Shelbie
Shelbie joined the Talent Dimensions team in January of 2021 as Regional Vice President, Enterprise Solutions. Shelbie’s background includes educational development, recruiting and sales. She brings her passion for learning and behavior change to her work with clients designing solutions and identifying opportunities that position individuals to reach their potential and organizations to achieve their goals. She partners with her Mid-Atlantic territory clients to explore possibilities for maximizing talent retention, building and maintaining inclusive workplaces and creating environments where people thrive.
Donna Kohlbacker
Regional Vice President
About Donna
Donna is responsible for new business development and account management throughout the eastern seaboard and has worked in a variety of industries in the Talent Management and Learning and Development space. Her extensive experience in employee engagement, retention, career development and mentoring has aided her success in building long term client relationships.
Donna consistently aspires to partner with clients to understand their pain points and share her expertise and resources in order to help achieve long term strategic results.
Operations
Jennifer Papineau
Graphics Specialist
About Jennifer
Michelle Ward
Director of Finance
About Michelle
Michelle has over 17 years of experience in the deployment, logistics and accounting capacities of the company. She consistently utilizes her attention to detail and her sharp customer service skills to accommodate client requests and ensure satisfaction and these skills also support her role in managing the master training schedule and facilitation logistics. Additionally, she handles Account Receivable & Accounts Payable transactions, and processes all product orders from packing slips to invoicing. Prior to Talent Dimensions, Michelle was employed in the banking industry where. as Branch Manager. she was responsible for all branch functions and staff.
Consultants
Philip Berry
Consultant
About Philip
Philip brings a uniquely in-depth perspective to cross-cultural talent development, diversity and inclusion, executive coaching, and personal branding.
Through a career in senior positions at Colgate Palmolive, the Clinton Foundation, Procter & Gamble, Digital Equipment Corporation, and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Philip understands the critical importance of workplace efficiency and satisfaction in executing a company’s strategic goals. He has implemented organizational plans in over 60 countries around the world living abroad in Paris and working in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Russia. His contributions to business challenges such as strategic goal alignment, executive compensation, talent development, diversity and inclusion, and employee management following acquisitions are known as best practices across industries.
Philip’s many contributions to organizational effectiveness have earned him awards from Crain’s New York; the Feminist Press; Global HR News; the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce; and the National Hispanic Corporate Achievers, among others.
Philip holds an MBA from Xavier University, a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University, a bachelor’s degree from Queens College, and an associate degree from Manhattan Community College. He is certified by theInternational Coaching Federation and is a certified by New York City and New York State as a minority supplier.
Darrell Butler
Consultant
About Darrell
Darrell specializes in work environment productivity through personal empowerment and inclusion. He is recognized as a leading resource in the field of leveraging diversity and professional development. For more than 10 years he has assisted major companies, non-profit organizations and government and academic institutions with innovative strategies to transform relationships to high-performance results. Darrell has facilitated diversity, empowerment and work-life balance training courses to all levels of organizations across many industries. He has also motivated audiences through keynote speeches, leadership seminars and individual coaching.
Patricia Coleman
Consultant
About Patricia
Patricia is a gifted international public speaker, lecturer, facilitator, consultant, and certified coach. She specializes in Global Diversity, building cultural awareness and competencies in hospitality, travel, and aviation industries shaping multicultural teams, effective intercultural communication for virtual teams, and global inclusive leadership. She is multi-lingual and works globally mainly with North America, Latin America & the Caribbean, Western Europe as well as Northern and Western Africa.
Patricia has worked with individuals and organizations around the globe for over 25 years designing and implementing successful and sustainable programs, processes and procedures that respect, appreciate and bridge cultural differences aiming to ensure a satisfied client base and harmonious as well as inclusive workplace.
Tony Gilliard
Consultant
About Tony
Tony is a human resource executive turned consultant with extensive experience in Fortune 100 companies. Beginning his career in Training and Development with the Zale Jewelry Corporation, he has held increasingly more responsible positions throughout his career on a global scale.
Categorized as a businessman who happens to do HR, Tony earns his seat at the business table by understanding business and seamlessly integrating HR strategy into business strategy. Throughout his career he has focused on Diversity as a means of leveraging the best of what each person brings to their respective organization to create an inclusive work environment focusing on strengths.
Joann Gandhi
Consultant
About Joann
Joann has over 20 years’ corporate experience, which provides her unique perspective in the areas of operations, revenue generation, budget management and leadership. As an entrepreneur, Joann sharpened her skills in marketing, sales, business planning data analysis and operations. As a consultant for Talent Dimensions, Joann utilizes her talents in facilitating learning experiences that are engaging and results oriented. Her extensive business background allows her to connect with an array of participants to capture their attention and keep them motivated throughout the learning experience.
Steve Garrett
Consultant
About Steve
Steve has over 25 years of consulting and corporate experience in the organizational talent management and individual coaching arenas. As a consultant for Talent Dimensions, Steve provides guidance and support to organizations in the design and delivery of employee retention/engagement, mentoring, and career development programs. He is known for his insightful “systems thinking” around organizational talent management and for his energetic, passionate facilitation and coaching skills.
Theresa Heldt
Consultant
About Theresa
A forward-thinking strategist known for her business acumen and no-nonsense approach, Theresa has more than 20 years of experience both as a consultant and as an executive-level leader with Marriott. Theresa’s rapid progression ultimately led to her overseeing staff training programs for the company’s 150,000 associates. She also served as a trusted member of the executive team charged with new hotel openings around the globe and led branding efforts for more than 180 full-service hotels. As a consultant for Talent Dimensions, Theresa’s primary areas of expertise are strategic business development, brand positioning and organizational excellence.
Tammy Hodo
Consultant
About Tammy
Dr. Hodo earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Urban Studies, with a minor in Sociology in which she specializations in Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity.
She has worked in academia for over fifteen years in a variety of positions, to include faculty and university administrator. Her most recent Administrative role was as the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for a law school where she was responsible for policy development and overall institutional compliance for students, faculty and staff related to discrimination and harassment, including violations of the non-discrimination policy and the sexual misconduct policy. Dr. Hodo completed a Visiting Assistant Sociology Professor at the University of North Florida (UNF), where she taught courses on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Introduction to Sociology, Urban Sociology and Sociological Theory.
Andrew Jones
Consultant
About Andrew
Andrew brings over 20 years of consulting and facilitation experience to his work with Talent Dimensions. His career has included work with over 200 organizations in 30 different countries and regions including locations in Europe, North America, Middle East, Asia and Africa. He has designed and delivered leadership and management programs preparing individuals to maximize their potential and effectiveness. Andrew was instrumental in the implementation of an award-winning talent program in the Middle East. He brings his passion for professional growth and his deep understanding of cultural awareness to every project.
Bette Krakau
Consultant
About Bette
Bette has vast experience in the areas of leadership development and executive coaching, mentoring, organizational effectiveness and team and career development. Her tenure in Fortune 100 companies gives Bette a unique insight regarding the challenges and opportunities organizations face with their most important resource, their talent. As a consultant for Talent Dimensions, she consult with clients in the areas of career development, mentoring and engagement and retention.
Nancy Lewis
Consultant
About Nancy
Nancy J. Lewis is a leading motivational and inspirational speaker, trainer, author and registered corporate coach. She has extensive experience in coaching and training senior level executives and their teams for industries including utilities, hospitality, Fortune 100 & Fortune 500 organizations and government agencies. Nancy has facilitated executive coaching, diversity and inclusion, generational diversity, leadership, customer service training and initiatives for entry level to senior level executives helping them transform their organizations.
Jasmine Liew
Consultant
About Jasmine
Jasmine specializes in organization development, change management, employee engagement, leadership and team development. Her roles in the private and public sectors have included leading teams involved in strategic planning, mergers, reorganizations, job redesign, new product introductions and transformational culture shifts.
Jennifer Lodden
Consultant
About Jennifer
Jennifer Lodden has been serving in a variety of training, development and production capacities for more than 15 years. She has contributed to a diverse range of initiatives including employee engagement, retention, talent management, leadership development and technical/sales solution training.
As a consultant for Talent Dimensions, Jennifer has led customized training events for an array of client topics that include Love ‘em or Lose ‘em, Career Power, Belonging and Leadership Conversations.
Jennifer is known for her dynamic and authentic presentation style and her commitment to encouraging others to reach their full potential.
Joe Machicote
Consultant
About Joe
He coaches and consults leadership in creating an expansive and far-reaching vision and strategic plan for developing and enhancing a growth mindset, high performing culture that is positively experienced by employees, members, partners, suppliers, investors and the community at large.
He also serves to drive the development, implementation and integration of best practices, resources, and trends to ensure cultural proficiency and building and maintaining external relationships by creating forums to discuss best practices in organizational cultural development.
Jennifer Martineau
Consultant
About Jennifer
Jennifer helps individuals and organizations achieve their full potential through coaching, consulting and professional development. Jennifer’s experience as senior vice president of Research, Evaluation and Societal Advancement at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) prepared her to focus on evidence-based analysis and results driven solutions. Her design skills and her facilitation expertise have been instrumental in building powerful inclusive and equitable leadership development programs that enable diverse individuals to attain their unique definitions of success.
Carol Mercado
Consultant
About Carol
Carol brings over 20 years of Fortune 500 corporate experience to her work with clients. As a bilingual talent development professional; she combines astute business, analytical and organizational skills to drive effective outcomes within organizations. As a consultant for Talent Dimensions, Carol is a seasoned facilitator who functions effectively at both the strategic and tactical levels.
Mark Metoyer
Consultant
About Mark
A consultant, trainer, and facilitator, Mark Metoyer conducts training courses and workshops for corporations, government agencies, associations and universities. Mark has led numerous complex development programs within the Federal arena. These include emerging leaders, mid-level managers and senior executive leadership development curricula for the USDA, GSA, the Department of the Interior and Health and Human Services that incorporated Project Action Teams, various assessment tools, classroom and web-based instruction, cross cultural communication skill building, conflict management techniques and teambuilding.
Christine Michaels
Consultant
About Christine
Christine is an experienced consultant specializing in the areas of Career Development, Employee Engagement and Organizational Development. Her career spans both the public and private sectors and includes industries such as Financial Services, Investment Banking, Information Technology and Higher Education. As an executive coach, Christine has worked with leaders to maximize work effectiveness and strengthen leadership skills that drive business results.
Melanie Miller
Consultant
About Melanie
Melanie is a sought-after consultant and speaker offering organizations speaking and training services with a focus on optimizing organizational effectiveness. Having conducted hundreds of workshops and speaking engagements, Melanie consistently receives extraordinary reviews and outstanding evaluations.
Previously, Melanie served corporate America in a sales and advertising capacity. She uses her “business lens” to provide her inclusion proficiency throughout North America and internationally. Additionally, she has developed numerous programs incorporating the multi-facets of leading, managing and leveraging organizational strength through leadership and inclusion. Her professionalism, customer focus, quality, respect and integrity are the values she uses to achieve stellar results.
Paul Mottola
Consultant
About Paul
Paul has worked as a leader/trainer/facilitator/consultant in governmental and private sector organizations throughout the world. Paul was a lead consultant with the Office of Personnel Management during a transition to a new performance management system. Paul provided training across the federal government on all aspects of this new system to include planning, developing, monitoring, rating and rewarding employee performance. This new system was credited with raising individual performance, fostering ongoing employee and supervisor development and increasing overall organizational effectiveness throughout the federal government.
Darshana Nadkarni
Consultant
About Darshana
Darshana Nadkarni, Ph.D. facilitates training in areas of Diversity, Working Effectively with India, and a variety of other topics. Additionally, she consults on recruitment for medical device and biotech companies with her extensive network and her ability to match individuals with business requirements. Darshana offers a total package of recruitment that includes initial screening, complete reference checks, and all required follow-up discussions.
Robin Roberts
Consultant
About Robin
Robin Roberts holds a full-time faculty position at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Worldwide, On-line Campus, College of Business; Department of Organizational Leadership (now the Department of Leadership and Management). In her role, she facilitates graduate and undergraduate courses in leadership, organizational development, management, human resources, diversity and inclusion, complexity and change management and culture. Her research focus and expertise is based on how humans transfer and ignite human energy, performance and motivation. Her favorite quote by President Abraham Lincoln is, “the best way to predict the future is to create it.” This quote fits her research focus and passion – helping people to create their preferred futures and their resiliency to thrive.
Starr Shafer
Consultant
About Starr
Starr’s academic and hands-on leadership experience includes having developed innovative professional development programs addressing the needs of today’s business climate and guiding people through growth journeys that tap into their unique and individual strengths. Through her 30 years career in private and public organizations Starr has honed her business acumen in a variety of disciplines, including operations, sales, brand development, labor relations, human resources, engagement, retention, diversity and inclusion.
Wendy Tan
Strategic Alliance Partner
About Wendy
Wendy has more than 15 years’ experience as an international consultant, facilitator, writer and speaker. She is a Strategic Alliance Partner with Talent Dimensions serving the Asia Pacific areas delivering learning solutions in engagement/retention and career development. As a Senior Consultant, she partners with clients to develop and implement solutions to engage staff, increase retention, develop teams and increase productivity.
Kelly Thayer
Consultant
About Kelly
Kelly Thayer has extensive global experience consulting and facilitating programs on inclusion and diversity, unconscious bias, harassment and discrimination prevention, cultural dexterity and human resources.
As a senior consultant and facilitator for Talent Dimensions, Kelly has led training workshops and events for an array of professional business clients. In addition, she has developed and delivered programs designed to instill culture changes within organizations by modifying behavioral tendencies within individuals and organizations. She has conducted numerous train-the-trainer workshops and focus groups. Kelly is committed to assisting organizations be the Employer of Choice by promoting practices that demonstrate employees are valued and respected.
Hemant Taneja
Consultant
About Hemant
Hemantis a seasoned professional with experience working with varied industrial sectors including Banking & Finance, Life Sciences, Hospitality, Automotive, Media, Manufacturing, IT and Publishing.
Operating out of India, with his career spanning two decades, he has worked in various leadership roles managing Business Operations and Human Resources functions. Hemant’s significant experience in areas of Business Transformation, Consulting, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Facilitation, and Change Leadership will continue to be an asset to Talent Dimensions as it moves ahead.
Miguel Valenciano
Consultant
About Miguel
Miguel has twenty-two years of successful experience consulting, teaching, facilitating, mentoring and coaching. He has managed large international, national, state and private sector contracts and projects and has extensive experience with culture, race and gender relations, workplace diversity, leadership development, cultural audits and workforce development.
Recognized across the US and internationally for his extensive work in the field of cultural agility and cultural humility, Miguel has been a featured speaker at many local, state, national and international conferences. He has conducted approximately 3,500 training sessions for more than 800,000 persons in multinational corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations. Miguel is equally comfortable working with executive teams, individual business owners, senior management and first line staff.
