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The WOMEN Unlimited leadership team is constantly striving to ensure that our programs meet the evolving needs of corporate partners and their key talent. Committed, passionate and experienced, we have what it takes to develop the diverse pool of executive talent your organization needs for sustained growth and increased profitability.

Corporate

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Rosina L. Racioppi, Ed.D.

President & CEO

Rosina L. Racioppi has more than 25 years of experience in organizational planning and development, compensation and benefit, training and development, safety, quality management, staffing and employee relations. She comes from a background of executive management positions in human resources at Degussa Corporation, Nextran and Beechwood Data Systems.

As President and CEO of WOMEN Unlimited, Dr. Racioppi is actively involved in helping organizations meet the challenges of a continually changing global economy. Working with leading organizations, she assesses and updates offerings to their high-potential women, and spearheads her organization’s initiative to help companies cultivate the talent they need for ongoing growth and profitability.

Dr. Racioppi is an active member of the Society of Human Resources Managers, The American Society of Training and Development and The New Jersey Human Resources Planning Group. She also serves on the Advisory Council for the University of Pennsylvania CLO Alumni Network.

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Nina M. Dougar, CPA

CFO

Responsible for directing and coordinating WOMEN Unlimited’s financial objectives and obligations, Nina M. Dougar executes the organization’s strategic initiatives and growth opportunities. Prior to her position at WOMEN Unlimited, Dougar was the only female partner at Charles Hecht and Company, a distinguished New York accounting firm. She then founded Nina M. Dougar, Certified Public Accountants in 1996.

Amy Gonzales

VP Global Learning & Development

Amy Gonzales oversees the development and management of WOMEN Unlimited’s programs globally to ensure they align with and support the corporate partners’ strategies to advance women in a continually changing environment. In addition to her work with WOMEN Unlimited, Gonzales runs a consulting practice, AG Leadership, which focuses on leadership effectiveness and communication. Possessing the ability to build rapport and powerful dialogue with both new managers and senior executives, Gonzales’ coaching style is direct, perceptive and always practical.

Ann Calello Groccia

VP Corporate Partner Relationships

Ann Calello Groccia spent 20 years at Fidelity Investments where she excelled in numerous leadership roles before founding Calello Groccia Consulting. Groccia’s diverse background strongly influences her clients’ successes in the corporate world. At WOMEN Unlimited, Groccia has a passion for working with newly appointed managers and their teams.

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Audrey Goodman

National Corporate Partner Relationships / The FEW

Audrey Goodman, National Corporate Partner Relationships / The FEW

Prior to establishing her leadership development consulting practice, Audrey R. Goodman Consulting, Audrey Goodman spent 22 years as VP of Organization Development at Medco. Well-versed in designing and developing leadership programs, Goodman serves as the Executive Development Consultant at WOMEN Unlimited. Goodman is also the board president of The Center for Modern Dance Education.

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Val Williams

Executive Coach / The FEW

Val Williams, Executive Coach / The FEW

Val Williams is an Executive Leadership Consultant and Master Certified Coach. Val started her own executive development business, Influential Presence, LLC, in 1994, after being a corporate executive at Prudential Financial, where she led organizations of more than 700 people in multiple locations in the healthcare industry and managed an operating budget of over $25 million. She has authored six books on leadership, including “Get the Best out of Your People and Yourself,” “Virtual Leadership” and “Executive Time to Think.” Williams specializes in helping senior corporate leaders develop and strengthen leadership skill unique to the senior executive ranks.

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Northeast - NY

Whitney Siavelis

Area Manager

Whitney Siavelis, Area Manager

Whitney Siavelis brings 20 years of leadership experience in companies ranging from Fortune 100 to early-stage startups. She owns and operates a leadership coaching and consulting company, helping companies and individuals realize their full potential and maximize success through her inspirational, strength-based approach. Siavelis has been recognized with numerous awards for revenue generation and leadership. She is a devoted philanthropist, holding mentor and advisory positions with various women’s and children’s organizations including AWARE, The Child HELP Partnership, Bloomberg Women’s Community and Cornelia Connelly Center.

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Crista Salvatore

LEAD Program Manager

Crista Salvatore, Program Manager

Crista Salvatore is a New York LEAD Program Manager for WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. and a seasoned leadership coach known for her expertise in helping executives, high-potentials, and professionals tap into their authentic style. Her clients produce exceptional results through leveraging their strengths and increasing their capacity to take action. For 10+ years, she has worked in talent and organizational development. Her experience has fostered proven results for her clients where she delivered practical learning solutions focused on leadership and team performance.

Crista takes an intuitive approach to coaching. Her strong insights and instinct foster self-awareness in individuals and teams. Clients receive a holistic view of themselves and leverage that understanding to improve their presence and performance. Crista’s coaching engagements enhance clients focus on their inner game: increasing their own confidence and maximizing their ability to make a meaningful impact in their organization. She coaches leaders on their self-management, emotional intelligence, presentation, and leadership/management skills.

Crista graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and a Business Studies minor at Providence College. She completed an Executive Education Program in Change and Consultation: Principles and Practices of Organization Development at Columbia University in 2011. She also completed a Professional Coaching Program from CoachNewYork at Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business in 2014.

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Vicky McGrath

LEAD Program Manager

Vicky McGrath, LEAD Program Manager

Vicky brings her passion for leadership and learning to her role as Program Manager for LEAD. Throughout her thirty years in leadership development Vicky has partnered with leaders at all levels in to develop and implement learning and development strategies that work. Her experience includes key leadership and talent development roles with General Electric and American Express, entrepreneurial experience as a partner in an award-winning training and development consulting firm and as an independent consultant and executive coach. Currently, as owner of Vicky McGrath Consulting, LLC, Vicky coaches and facilitates learning of individuals and teams to build leadership effectiveness and increase engagement in the workplace. Her goal is to help others enjoy their work as much as she does.

Vicky creates a safe environment for learning by encouraging participants to discover, explore, reflect and learn. An engaging, personable facilitator, she is skilled at creating memorable learning experiences through experiential training, group facilitation and individual coaching.

While her style is inclusive and collaborative, she is also known for challenging participants to increase their self-awareness and build critical capabilities. As an ICF certified coach, Vicky focuses on co-creating the coaching experience with her clients, assuring that the client’s needs remain front and center. Throughout her corporate and consulting roles, Vicky’s blend of enthusiasm, humor and integrity has made her a valued and trusted partner.

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Cristina Heta

IMpower Program Manager

Cristina Heta, IMpower Program Manager

Cristina Heta is Founder and CEO of Manager on Call, a human resources consulting organization that provides on call coaching and consulting to leaders. Through Manager on Call, Cristina is fulfilling her passion and purpose for helping leaders advance their management skills and has successfully coached and trained hundreds of managers, from small business owners to corporate leaders.

As an executive, with over 20 years of experience managing operations, change and HR implementations, from startups to Fortune 100, in the United States and Europe, Cristina relates to the managers and business leaders whom she works with at WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. Cristina balances her highly energetic and vibrant facilitation style with her direct and demanding coaching style, pushing participants through slight discomfort, but providing them in return a great sense of accomplishment and reward. She is an avid speaker on human resources topics, and an instructor for The Rutgers University, for whom she designs and facilitates leadership development, human resources and project management workshops.

Cristina holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from College of Saint Elizabeth and professional certifications in coaching (Coach U CEP), human resources (PHR, SHRM-CP) and project management (PMP), among others.

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Northeast - NJ

Ann Mokris

Area Manager

Ann Mokris, Area Manager

Ann is an effectual facilitator and coach with over 25 years of experience supporting individuals, teams, and systems in understanding and leveraging their strengths to achieve their professional and personal goals. Her guiding principles for working with clients are to meet people where they are; find out where they want and/or need to go; and co-create a plan for getting there. Ann’s background extends to a variety of industries including Healthcare, Financial Services, Education, Non-Profits and Food Services. She specializes in Leadership Development, Teambuilding and Executive Coaching and brings these skills to support the mission of Women Unlimited.

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Carey Albertine

LEAD Program Manager

Carey Albertine, LEAD Program Manager

Carey brings fifteen years of strategy, business development and general management experience to Women Unlimited, Inc. She is currently Co-Founder and Creative Director of In This Together, a digital publishing company with the social mission of improving the representation of girls and women in the media. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Carey worked as an Executive Recruiter at the Capstone Partnership where she focused on Strategy & Corporate Development assignments for Fortune 500 clients. Before business school, Carey managed a multi-million dollar P&L for Kaplan, Inc. Carey began her career at NBC where she worked for Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Saturday Night Live and NBC News. Carey holds an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. Personally, Carey is a certified Yoga teacher and a former stand-up comedienne. She lives in Colorado with her two small hilarious but exhausting children.

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Allison Barnes

LEAD Program Manager

Allison Barnes, LEAD Program Manager

Allison Barnes is a New Jersey LEAD Program Manager for WOMEN Unlimited. She is an energetic trainer, facilitator and executive coach with 15+ years of experience driving custom solutions help to build both current and future generations of leaders. An expert in the global space, she has a cumulative 20 years of living and working in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Latin America and draws on this unique background in her coaching and consulting approach. This real-world experience forms the foundation of her style and enables her to provide clients with the strategies, tools, and inspiration to thrive and lead with vision, values, and purpose in complex, global environments.

She uses her IFC Coaching Accreditation to enhance the effectiveness of her training programs. Through supportive connection, she guides participants to minimize their resistance to change and challenges their assumptions, resulting in enhanced resilience, self-awareness and behavioral change.

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Rebecca Feder

LEAD Program Manager

Rebecca Feder, LEAD Program Manager

Rebecca has 20 years of experience in consulting and in-house executive HR positions, plus operations and business development line management roles. She is currently a LEAD Program Manager in New Jersey, In addition, she is Principal Consultant of Princeton HR Insight LLC, a Human Resources consulting firm focused on talent strategy, talent management, coaching, leadership and team effectiveness, strategic business partnering, interim coverage and start-up company support. Rebecca is an International Coach Federation (ICF) certified coach and has worked with over a hundred executives and teams to understand how motivation and different management styles can positively affect performance to accelerate effectiveness. Previously, Rebecca worked at Tyco International where she led HR for a $3B portfolio of Product businesses and Bristol Myers Squibb in Talent Management and Business Partner roles. She holds a MBA in Strategy & Finance from the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University and a BA in Psychology from Dartmouth College. On a personal note, Rebecca lives in Princeton, NJ with her family and is on the board of the Princeton Charter School.

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Sydney Davis

IMpower Program Manager

Sydney Davis, IMpower Program Manager

An inspirational force of energy, humor, and authenticity, Sydney is a committed life changer. Sydney is a natural coach with a deep curiosity within herself and a natural ability to help cultivate it in others. Throughout her professional journey, Sydney has worked with various populations from young children to senior citizens and a wide variety of environments from corporate, to non-profit and community and educational settings. It is her wealth of experience that has helped her develop a strong appreciation for our multi-generational workforce and deepen her understanding of human development. Celebrating our connections while appreciating our differences is a deep core value Sydney operates from and challenges others to do the same.

She is the Founder and Executive Director of Girls on the Run NJ where she has been inspiring and empowering girls and women for over 17 years. With a national mission to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a curriculum that creatively integrates running, Sydney has discovered her entrepreneurial spirit and built a team of board members and staff that now serve over 2,500 girls/year in NJ.

Sydney holds a Masters in Counseling and a certification as a Life Purpose Coach and a specialized training as a Conscious Living Coach from the Hendricks Institute. Sydney has over 26 years of professional experience as a teacher, counselor, entrepreneur, trainer, coach, leader and visionary. She has worked in the corporate sphere as a trainer and coach customizing workshops for various sized companies and their leadership teams since 2009 when she founded her own coaching practice. What sets Sydney apart is her commitment to her client, her ability to truly presence herself and her powerful intuition. Sydney’s direct but supportive approach inspires clients to do their work and learn how to stay accountable to their instincts, experiencing results that are both meaningful and lasting.

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Northeast - Boston

Carol Agranat

Area Manager

Carol Agranat, Area Manager

Carol Agranat, Area Manager for WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. in Boston. She has served as an executive mentor for the WOMEN Unlimited LEAD Program from 2014-2016, and is actively engaged with several professional organizations, including the National Association of Professional Women and Women’s Business Group (WBG). With a successful 30-year track record in the financial services, professional development, and technology industries, Agranat brings a level of expertise, breadth of experience and passion that is uniquely aligned with the WOMEN Unlimited mission.

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Laurie Witt

LEAD Program Manager

Laurie Witt, LEAD Program Manager

Laurie Witt is a marketing and communications consultant with over 20 years’ experience in marketing, sales and sales management. Prior to founding Marketing Innovations, LLC, Witt held several leadership positions at leading organizations including Nike, Cole Haan and Towers Watson. Before joining WOMEN Unlimited as a program manager, she participated in WU programs as a panelist and as a Mentor for the Boston LEAD program.

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Vicky McGrath

LEAD Program Manager

Vicky McGrath, LEAD Program Manager

Vicky brings her passion for leadership and learning to her role as Program Manager for LEAD. Throughout her thirty years in leadership development Vicky has partnered with leaders at all levels in to develop and implement learning and development strategies that work. Her experience includes key leadership and talent development roles with General Electric and American Express, entrepreneurial experience as a partner in an award-winning training and development consulting firm and as an independent consultant and executive coach. Currently, as owner of Vicky McGrath Consulting, LLC, Vicky coaches and facilitates learning of individuals and teams to build leadership effectiveness and increase engagement in the workplace. Her goal is to help others enjoy their work as much as she does.

Vicky creates a safe environment for learning by encouraging participants to discover, explore, reflect and learn. An engaging, personable facilitator, she is skilled at creating memorable learning experiences through experiential training, group facilitation and individual coaching.

While her style is inclusive and collaborative, she is also known for challenging participants to increase their self-awareness and build critical capabilities. As an ICF certified coach, Vicky focuses on co-creating the coaching experience with her clients, assuring that the client’s needs remain front and center. Throughout her corporate and consulting roles, Vicky’s blend of enthusiasm, humor and integrity has made her a valued and trusted partner.

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Nancy Horwitz

IMpower Program Manager

Nancy Horwitz, IMpower Program Manager

Nancy Horwitz, is the Boston area IMpower Program Manager for WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. A seasoned professional with a 25-year history of successful Human Resource Management and Leadership Development/Coaching work, Nancy founded NLH Development Associates, a Personal and Professional Coaching firm, in 2005 with the mission of expanding her ability to help clients to bridge the gap between where they are now and where they want to be. Her work combines her extensive knowledge and experience in Leadership and Management Development, Human Resources, Counseling, Coaching and Diversity. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, Non-profits and individuals with the common goal of seeking greater effectiveness and satisfaction in their organizations, careers and lives.

Prior to starting her own Coaching Practice, Ms. Horwitz served as a Senior Program Manager of Leadership Development at Microsoft Corporation, where her responsibilities included designing the Next Generation Leadership Development framework for the company and designing/implementing the Leadership Development Program for Microsoft North America’s emerging leaders. She has extensive experience coaching employees and leaders at all levels within the organization with a particular focus on enhancing leadership and management effectiveness. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ms. Horwitz held a variety of Human Resources Management positions at Integris (Subsidiary of Bull Worldwide), Fidelity Investments, AGFA Corporation and General Electric. She was trained as an Outplacement Consultant at Lee Hecht Harrison where she also developed and delivered career development seminars and coaching to a subset of clients.

Nancy is committed to the advancement of women into leadership roles in both the private and public sector. She has served on the board of the Women’s Center in Cambridge MA, worked as Associate Director of Career Services at Wellesley College, and supports organizations that are committed to training and electing more women into offices at all levels of government.

Ms Horwitz is qualified and experienced in the administration and interpretation of numerous assessment instruments including Myers-Briggs and FIRO-B as well as the Center for Creative Leadership’s Benchmarks 360 assessment. She’s a graduate of the WOMEN Unlimited LEAD Program, a selective development program for high potential senior female leaders.

Ms. Horwitz holds an MS in Education from University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education in Philadelphia, PA where her educational focus was Counseling Psychology and a BA from Colgate University in Hamilton, NY where she graduated with Honors. Her undergraduate experiences included studies in London and Haifa, Israel. Nancy is a graduate of the Coach Training Institute (CTI) Co-Active Coaching Program and holds the ACC Coaching Certification through the International Coach Federation.

Nancy is an avid cyclist (a 6 time Pan Mass Challenge rider), studies Improvisational Acting and spends a good portion of her free time volunteering for causes that she cares about. Nancy resides in the Boston area.

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Midwest Region

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Brenda Knapp

Area Manager

Brenda Knapp, Area Manager

Brenda Knapp is President of Knapp Development Group LLC, which provides cross-industry leadership training, coaching and facilitation. As an executive coach and trainer, Knapp has particular expertise in persuasive communication, leadership presence, consultative selling and work/life Integration. Through her executive coaching practice, Brenda is privileged to support her clients through transformations, both professional and personal. Knapp’s coaching programs focus on improvement of interpersonal skills, collaboration, influence, selling and leadership. Helping clients gain a heightened awareness of their own strengths and style and that of their colleagues, results in tangible impact to effectiveness, outcomes and the bottom line.

Brenda is also the Midwest Director for WOMEN-Unlimited, Inc., a nationally-recognized resource that helps organizations attract, retain, and develop emerging, high-potential talent. She is a proven motivator and inspiring facilitator. Clients cite Knapp’s sense of humor, energy, intuition and ability to simplify complex concepts, among her key attributes. Partnering with Fortune 500 companies, Knapp provides a safe yet challenging environment for participants to try out new behaviors and skills. In her business development role, Knapp also works with the corporate partners to align the participant selection with corporate strategy.

Brenda is a certified facilitator in Everything DiSC communication style assessment, The Five Faces of Genius, creative thinking and team innovation curriculum, a professionally trained and accredited coach and a member of the International Coaching Federation.

Knapp began her corporate career at a global advertising agency, where she learned the power of branding. She transitioned her media and advertising experience into sales and marketing of national consumer media and marketing platforms with Time Inc. and Conde Nast . At Conde Nast, she was recognized for her leadership, ability to drive revenue growth, and selected as a National Salesperson of the Year

She has lent her expertise to several not-for-profit organizations, assisting them with marketing strategy, leadership development and fundraising. To channel her passion in front of an audience, Brenda attended and graduated from the Players’ Workshop of the Second City and the Second City Training Center.

She is an avid runner, aspiring yogi and resides in the Chicago area with her husband, three children and Portuguese water dog, Vinny.

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Angela Walterscheid

LEAD Program Manager

Angela Walterscheid, LEAD Program Manager

Angela Walterscheid is dedicated to helping companies develop their human resources. With over 18 years of corporate and consulting experience, Angela’s focus is on design, development, and facilitation of custom learning experiences in management, leadership, customer service, time management, team development and many areas of professional development that result in improved business unit and individual performance.
Angela earned her BBA in Personnel and Human Resource Management from Texas Tech University and was selected to attend the Leadership Development Program at the Center for Creative Leadership in October 2000. Angela is a member of American Society of Training and Development (ASTD).

Design and Development
Angela has designed and developed various programs over the years. Her specialty is clear and concise participant and leaders guides, and train-the-trainer manuals. She is also experienced at creating and producing custom e-learning modules that grab the participants’ attention.
Angela has custom designed programs such as Customer Service Basics, Management Fundamentals, Improving Communication, and Time Management.

Facilitation and Coaching
Angela is a natural at training delivery and coaching. Angela gained a reputation as being professional and dynamic. Acting as a HRD training specialist, internal consultant, coach and manager, Angela performed needs assessment, design/development, class delivery and follow-up. Angela has trained audiences all over the world including China, Finland, Poland, Mexico and South America, from Admins to Executives and Engineers in many different industries including restaurant, telecom, insurance, financial and the medical/pharmaceutical fields.

Angela is certified in many nationally recognized and respected programs such as Stephen Covey’s: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, What Matters Most, Power of Understanding and Building Trust. She is also certified in the training modules by DDI (Development Dimensions International) and Technical Leadership by Blessing White. Some of the current programs Angela facilitates regularly include Inspiring Leader, Management Fundamentals, Behavioral Interviewing, and team development sessions.

While at Metromedia Restaurant Group and Nokia, Angela developed and delivered national Train-the-Trainer programs for managers and HR staff. She has also customized many team building events delivered to 180+ employees at large company events.

Angela is currently coaching leaders and managers at all levels as well as other trainers on many skills including, presentation skills, 360 feedback, and many leadership topics.

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Gina McClowry

LEAD Program Manager

Gina McClowry, LEAD Program Manager

Gina McClowry is a LEAD Program Manager for the Midwest region of WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. Gina has spent her career working at high- growth companies, developing and deploying solutions rapidly to meet the people needs of the business. She has nearly 20 years of HR/OD experience working for both a global market research consultancy and one of the leading hearing healthcare organizations in the world. She launched her consulting practice in 2018 to help companies design and execute organizational strategies to develop, motivate, train, and retain staff while positioning themselves for growth and success. Her solutions include work around performance management, talent and succession planning, supervisory training, leadership development, and support for emerging leaders.

In addition to working with businesses, Gina is also passionate about helping individuals better understand their skills, strengths and achievements so they can explore career choices. As a career coach, she helps clients showcase their value to employers in clear and dynamic ways through professional branding (resumes, cover letters, LI summaries), sharpened interview skills, and networking strategies. Her clients describe her as high-energy, engaging, and fun with an ability to quickly build rapport and establish safe and challenging learning environments.

Gina married her college sweetheart, Mark, after graduating from North Central College in Naperville, IL with a degree in Organizational Communication. They have three daughters (Juliana, Elena and Hannah) and live in the Chicago suburbs. Gina is a voracious reader who knows her library card number by heart and reads a book per week. Her secret talent is the ability to recommend any title, from any genre, to any person looking to lose themselves in a good book.

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Kate Temple

LEAD Program Manager

Kate Temple, LEAD Program Manager

  • Strategic Human Resource and Organizational Development expert with 30 years of business experience.
  • 22 years in the advertising industry working at world class Agencies such as Foote, Cone & Belding Worldwide and DDB Worldwide.
    • Executive Vice President, Director of Talent Development for the FCB’s North American network. EVP, Director of Human Resources for FCB Chicago for almost 8 years.
    • Key member of the FCB Chicago Executive team, responsible for development of the organization’s Leadership Institute, and took the organization from zero recognition for its people practices to being awarded one of the Best Places to work in Chicago and Illinois.
  • Strategic HR/Organizational Development consultant for the last 9 years.
    • Diverse range of industries including Professional Services, Healthcare, CPG, Technology, Manufacturing, and Aviation.
    • Private Equity experience - assessment and optimization of portfolio companies.
  • Specialty in Executive/Team coaching, Leadership Development, Organizational Development and the design/execution of Leadership programs for all levels within an organization.
  • BA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and MS, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
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Michelle McBride

IMpower Program Manager

Michelle McBride, IMpower Program Manager

Michelle launched her career at Hewitt, then spent 22 years in a variety of human capital and leadership development roles at Accenture, a global management consulting firm. In 2016, she launched an independent coaching and consulting practice focused on developing leaders and teams.

Michelle is also an adjunct faculty member at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business where she is a Leadership Coach for MBA candidates. Additionally, she volunteers as a leadership mentor for Women Unlimited, a renowned provider of leadership development programs for emerging women leaders.

As a talent development program expert and certified coach, her career experience includes a focus on individual and team performance coaching, strategic program design targeting developing leaders, talent strategy, coaching program design and implementation, performance management, and capability development.

Michelle holds a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s of Science in Organization Development from Loyola University Chicago and a graduate certificate in Organizational Leadership and Coaching from Northwestern University. She leverages certifications in Gallup StrengthsFinder, Hogan Assessments, and the Human Synergistics Communications Styles Assessment.

A passionate and engaged facilitator with a calm presence and warm sense of humor, she draws insight from her background as a global corporate executive and leadership development consultant. Her clients benefit from many different perspectives that foster simple, practical changes leading to positive outcomes for individuals, teams and organizations.

Michelle and her husband, Mickey, have two teenaged children, Conor and Bridget. This crew lives in the Chicago suburbs with their beloved golden retriever, Lilly. In addition to spending time with friends and family, Michelle enjoys music, running, biking and traveling.

Top 5 Strengths:

Maximizer | Positivity | Developer | Individualization | Empathy

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Southern Region

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Peggy Jackson

LEAD & IMpower Program Manager

Peggy Jackson, LEAD & IMpower Program Manager

As principal of Thrive Development Partners, LLC, Peggy serves as trusted guide to organizations, teams and individuals seeking higher levels of performance.

Throughout her 20+ year career in management consulting and human resources, she has consulted with leaders in industries as diverse as banking, legal, utilities, entertainment, travel & hospitality, and real estate management. She is pleased to be affiliated with Rollins as an executive leadership and career coach serving the Crummer Graduate School of Business. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at Rollins College and the University of Central Florida.

Peggy earned her Master’s degree in Human Resources from Rollins College and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration specializing in Organizational Behavior & Management, from the University of Houston. As well as certifications or qualifications in LIFO®, DiSC ® and FIRO-B®, she has earned the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Professional) designations and is currently completing her Certified Professional Coach certification.

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West Coast - San Francisco

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Ginger Braun

San Francisco Area Manager

Ginger Braun, San Francisco Area Manager

Ginger brings her expertise in managing relationships from her 14 years in the healthcare industry where she handled all aspects of supply chain and distribution for hospitals and outpatient facilities.

She is also a Certified Life Coach and Yoga Instructor and the Founder of A Spirited Life which offers private and group Life Coaching and Yoga to facilitate positive change and outcomes with clients including Bank of America, Google and New Enterprise Associates. Ginger is passionate about giving all women a voice and recently developed and launched an SEL (Social Emotional Learning) Program for girls called My Body My Friend designed to inspire girls in Elementary Schools to develop a nurturing, loving, and supportive relationship with their body so they can experience self-love and self-confidence thus igniting a foundation for full self-expression. She is an active volunteer in her community and brings enthusiasm to her role at Women Unlimited.

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Leslie Rubin

LEAD Program Manager

Leslie Rubin, LEAD Program Manager

Leslie Rubin comes to WOMEN Unlimited with deep executive and strategic communications having worked with technology giants such as Oracle, SAP and Cisco. Most recently she led executive communications at EMC, working closely with the President of Products and Marketing. In 2006, Rubin started Image Matterz. Since then, she has been working with executives and communication teams to be the best they can be, both on and off the stage. Her involvement with WOMEN Unlimited began in 2012 as LEAD program participant. She has continued her support as guest speaker with both the LEAD and IMpower groups speaking to them about the importance of personal branding and mentoring.

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Brenda Rossi

LEAD Program Manager

Brenda Rossi, LEAD Program Manager

Brenda Rossi is a certified John C. Maxwell Life and Leadership Coach with a passion for coaching others to find their true voice and leadership abilities. Her desire to see people succeed in life is what characterizes her management and leadership style. After a self-imposed “time-out” to be a stay-at-home mom, Brenda re-entered the work force determined to help women succeed in life, professionally and personally.

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Samantha Raniere

IMpower Program Manager

Samantha Raniere, IMpower Program Manager

Samantha Raniere is President of Raniere Consulting and a consultant with Strayer Consulting Group. She brings more than 18 years of experience in leadership coaching, team effectiveness and change management. Prior to founding Raniere Consulting, she worked with a multitude of companies, from startups to Fortune 500 firms. Through in-depth analysis and assessment, Raniere enables leaders and their teams to maximize their strengths and achieve peak business performance. Raniere is passionate about improving performance in leaders and teams. She holds certification in Gallup Strengths Coach, MBTI, William Bridges’s Managing Organizational Transition Workshops, and numerous 360 feedback tools.

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Lorri Elder Dyner

IMpower Program Manager

Lorri Elder Dyner, IMpower Program Manager

Lorri is owner and principal of Return To Home Interiors, an interior design firm that is committed to creating beautiful homes without breaking the bank. She helps busy parents and professionals take their homes to the next level by using affordable, clever, down-to- earth design ideas.

Prior to launching her business, Lorri was an Executive Recruiter at the Capstone Partnership, where she focused on high-level Wall Street assignments and Strategy & Development roles for Fortune 500 clients. Before joining Capstone, Lorri was Director of Individual Giving at Teach For America, where she cultivated major donors in New York City. Prior to business school, Lorri served as a foreign policy aide in the US Congress, advising a member of the House International Relations Committee on Middle East and South Asian issues.

Lorri earned a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Stanford University and holds a Masters in Public Policy from the London School of Economics.

Lorri lives in San Francisco with her husband and two small children.

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