OUR STAFF

John P. Keenan, Ph.D.
is President and CEO of Executive Leadership and Management Coaching, a firm presenting workshops, seminars, and providing consulting services to organizations throughout the world. He brings to his position over 29 years of experience and is internationally recognized as an organizational psychologist and as a leader in the design and development of leadership and management educational programs. He provides consulting services to organizations such as SONY, Inc., Caterpillar, Inc., Lucent Technologies (AT&T), Honeywell Inc., Lands' End, Inc.; Harley-Davidson, Inc., General Mills, Inc., American Airlines, Inc., Asia Inc. School of Management, Ersnt & Young, Posbanc of Singapore, Civil Service College of Singapore, Camcar/Textron, Inc., Eaton Corporation; Bell Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy; Ameritech, Inc., Fairchild Semiconductors, Inc., Alkar (a Division of DEC International); Sammons Financial Holdings, Inc., American Institute of Banking; and M & I Data Services, Inc.

John holds a Ph.D. in Sociology/Anthropology from United States International University in San Diego as well as an M. A . In Sociology from San Jose State University, and a B. A. in Sociology from the University of Santa Clara. John has held a tenured faculty position and been Founding Director of Leadership Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business, been a Dean of the School of Leadership and Human Development at St. Bonaventure University (Buffalo, New York) and Founding Director of their award winning Master’s in Professional Leadership Program, as well as been a faculty member at a number of Universities including Pepperdine University, Chapman University, College of St. Rose, and been a Dean at a Community College in South Carolina. In addition to conducting seminars throughout the US, he has made presentations to audiences throughout the world including Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Ireland, Norway,. Austria, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Cost Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico , Canada, and Spain. He is currently Executive Director of Leadership Programs at ACCEL-Medaille College in Buffalo, New York. He is the author of six books, “FASTSTART: An in-depth seminar for managers”, " Foundations of Leadership: New Manager Leadership Guide”, “Foundations of Leadership: A Facilitator's Guidebook", "Whistleblowing: Managing Dissent in the Workplace", “Whistleblowing Research: Methodological and Moral Issues” and "Cognitive Maps of Violence". He has published more than sixty articles in major journals such as "The Journal of Business Ethics", "Journal of Social Behavior and Personality" and "Management Accounting", "Futures Research Quarterly", and "Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal", and he has presented more than fifty research papers on such subjects as performance enhancement, team building, leadership, work stress, identity as a manager, management ethics, whistle-blowing, and terrorism. He is a favorite with audiences throughout the world because of his special skill of being able to translate new concepts and unique insights into practical learning experiences.

He also is President of the Association on Employment Practices and Principles (AEPP), Editor-in-Chief of the Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, Executive Vice President of the Council on Employee Responsibilities and Rights (CERR), and a member of the Academy of Management, American Psychological Association, American Society for Training and Development, The Institute of Managerial Sciences, The International Association of Conflict Management, Organizational Development Network, and World Future Society.

John is also listed in the Who's Who in the World, 1997-present and Who's Who In Finance and Industry, 1996-present. He can be reached at 2 Hillsboro Drive, Orchard Park, NY 14127; (716) 667-2516 (phone/fax); (716) 390-9657 (phone); and email: jkeenan945@aol.com.
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ASSOCIATES

Donald L. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.,is professor emeritus for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a well-known author and seminar leader. As a management and training consultant for the last 35 years, Don has conducted management seminars internationally, including classes in India, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Fiji Islands, Singapore, Venezuela, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Among the many organizations he has developed management programs for are Aid Association for Lutherans, Allen-Bradley, Eastman Kodak, Goodyear, Honeywell, IBM, Johnson Wax, Kemper Insurance, Mayo Foundation, State Farm Insurance, University of Disneyland and Wausau Insurance.

Rajeev Parikh, Ph.D. C.M.A., C.F.M. , is the Executive Vice President of Finance at Fertilitiy Acoustics in Buffalo, New York, and has held the posts of Dean of the Harold Siebens School of Business at Buena Vista University inStorm Lake, Iowa, and Founding Dean of the School of Leadership and Human Development and professor of Accounting and Finance at St. Bonaventure University. Dr. Parikh became a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) in 1986 by receiving the highest examination score in the nation, for which he received the Robert Beyer Gold Medal. He became a Certified Financial Manager (CFM) in 1997. Prior to coming to St. Bonaventure, Dr. Parikh held financial executive positions in two different manufacturing firms. At SBU, he has taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in accounting and finance. Author of numerous papers in both areas, Dr. Parikh is co-author of World Accounting, a three volume treatise on international accounting that is updated annually. His research interests are strategic planning, international accounting and the relationship between accounting information and financial decisions. Dr. Parikh served as Director of the MBA Program from 1989 to 1996 and founded the Weekend Graduate Programs at Hilbert College in Buffalo. As Dean of the School of Leadership and Human Development, he is responsible for the University’s graduate programs in Buffalo, summer school programs on both campuses, and for the development of new programs for the University. He founded the Master of Science program in Professional Leadership.

Mark Michaels, M.P.A., is a Financial Consultant at Merrill Lynch and has previously held the post of Director of the Business and Technology Center of Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. Mark also is the founder of The Chaos Network, an international association of people applying discoveries from the new science of chaos and complex systems to improve organizational effectiveness. He has presented his leading-edge work on management development at national conferences of associations such as the American Society for Training and Development and the Organizational System Designers Alliance. Mark is also president of People Technologies, a management consulting firm, and as adjunct professor teaches management at Illinois Benedictine College.

Jack McMahon, M.S., a management development consultant, works with a variety of private and public organizations in designing internal management development programs. Previously, he was director of worldwide management development at S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin. Prior to that, Jack worked in the human resources development areas at SmithKline Corporation and for a major division of Union Carbide.

Robert L. Witte, Ph.D. is a noted organizational psychologist and a retired professor of management from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. One of Dr. Witte's specialties is the psychology of well being. He has a Ph.D in applied psychology and has worked as a consultant to business and industry for more than 30 years. His career experience includes working with managers in Portugal, India, Venezuela, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia as well as the United States. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, Wisconsin Psychological Association, and the Division of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Roxanne Emmerich, CSP, president of The Emmerich Group Inc., helps organizations build a vision that gets their people moving toward a unified goal. She was co-owner of a business that received the highest national award within its industry, was vice-president of a $70 million organization by age 28, and did her graduate work in the field of organizational management. Roxanne is the coauthor of Finding Solutions to Workplace Problems and publisher of SAVVY newsletter. Successful Meetings magazine has proclaimed Roxanne as one of the top speakers in the country on organizational change. She is the youngest female business speaker to have received the highest designation of the National Speakers Association, the Certified Speaking Professional, which less than eight percent of its membership has attained.

Robin Pratt, Ph. D. is president of Enhanced Performance Systems, Inc., has 21 years of experience in management, psychology, education and athletics. Currently associate professor of organizational studies at the University of San Francisco, Dr. Pratt works with executives, managers and athletes in enhancing their performance under pressure and helping them increase their leadership effectiveness. He provides training and consulting services to private and public-sector organizations throughout the country.

Nancy J. Forsythe-Woods, M.A., corporate training specialist, is a private consultant and trainer for business and industry who develops customized management and employee training programs. Nancy has provided training for all levels of employees in workshops and seminars throughout the United States and Canada. She gains knowledge from a wide range of employment experiences, including teaching in secondary and higher education systems, consulting for government and public relations agencies in California, serving as a marketing assistant to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, owning her own business as a counseling therapist and serving as director of a business and professional development center. As a result she has valuable insights into the problems and concerns of management and other employee groups. Her seminars are rich with humor and well known for her keen perception of working relationships, as is her unique presentation style.

John M. O’Donnell, Ph.D., is founder and director of The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Wellness Resource Center. He also serves on the staff of St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee as a clinical psychologist. John specializes in preventive medicine, hypnosis, meditation, smoking and weight control, stress management, nutrition, occupational burnout and rehabilitation psychology.

John W. Link, M.S., has extensive experience in management team development, strategic planning, conflict intervention and customer service and process redesign. He is well known as a writer on chaos and complexity theory application to organizations, and a faculty member of the Graduate School of the USDA. A consultant and trainer for the last 14 years, John has worked with organizations such as George Mason University, OPM, American European Investment Co., Foreign Service, Inc., Spot Image, Inc., FHWA, Army Corps of Engineers as well as the EPA and the CIA.

Chris Hinrichs, M. A. brings more than 15 years of experience in human relations training to attendees of Management Institute programs. Chris has presented innovative seminars dealing with team work, innovation, power and influence and creativity. For the past seven years he has specialized in outdoor experiential education. Chris has designed, developed and implemented programs for such companies as Xerox, Kraft Corporation, Sears, Pillsbury and the Yale School of Business.