Dr. Dean Elias
Dr. Elias founded a school within a college, Antioch University Seattle, in 1976. He served there for over 12 years and then transitioned to Goddard College as Provost to support a new President dedicated to rebuilding Goddard, and thence to CIIS, where he was invited to develop a new school of Transformative Learning and Change, developing MA and PhD. programs. After a brief stint with WASC, he became the Dean of Saint Mary’s School of Extended Education.
Ed Kang
Ed Kang has served as the Executive Vice President for SynergyWorks global operations and manager of ISODC China and the RODC certification program. He is the founder of the startup MDNA Cloud which is an employee engagement and analytics platform which was acquired in 2017. Ed is a certified executive coach and has been a teacher for private academies and universities. He has been the COO for a publicly traded venture incubation company. He is the first certified professional for the PeopleBest AI analytics platform in China. Ed is also responsible for the technical development of the global education platform and a student of the Doctorate of Organization Development and Leadership program.
Dr. Yongming Tang
Dr. Yongming Tang is the CEO and founder of SynergyWorks. Dr. Tang is recognized as the first person from mainland China to study management and organization development. He has a MA degree in management from Antioch University, a Ph.D in Organization Development and a leadership certificate from Harvard. He has also completed all requirements for a second doctorate degree in Chinese Philosophy and Culture from CIIS. Dr. Tang has over 25 years of consulting experience, serving 1,000 plus companies, including over a hundred of the Fortune 500. He has coached and facilitated over 20,000 employees in workshops and presentations across twelve different countries. Dr. Tang is also the published author of six books in Chinese and English and a host of other papers and articles for international publications.
Hendre Coetzee
Hendre Coetzee is a Global Executive Coach and Executive Development Professional. As a Futurist he focuses on the Human part of the Future of Work and the exciting new possibilities in organization development, especially when it comes to digital transformation. Hendre is the founder and chairman of the Center for Advanced Coaching (CAC) that works with High Performance Athletes, Artists and Professionals and also designs and develops coaching frameworks and tools for people developers globally. Hendre’s experience varies from working as a facilitator for the integration between black and white youth in post-Apartheid South Africa, to negotiating mergers for large financial institutions, to developing performance-training modules for High Performing Traders on the NYSE and NASDAQ. His clients have included Microchip Technologies, API, Disney, ESPN, Estee Lauder, Revlon, New York Life, FedEx, NoRedtape, World Vision, Compassion International and Kershner Trading Group.
Dr. Roland Livingston
Dr. Roland Livingston is is currently an adjunct associate professor at The American University (Washington, DC) and at Colorado Technical University. He is also an on-call faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership. Dr. Livingston is an active member of several professional societies, including The International Society for Organizational Development and Change (ISODC), where he serves as President, The International Leadership Association, and The Academy of Management. His most recent publication is “The Future of Organizational Development in a VUCA World” in The NTL Handbook for Organizational Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives (2014). Dr. Livingston received his doctoral degree in Organization Change from Pepperdine University where his research is focused on evaluating the effectiveness of leadership development training and education. He received his Master of Arts Degree in Human Resource Development from American University. He has also done graduate study at New York University and has earned numerous professional certifications.
Dr. David Jamieson
David W. Jamieson is department chair, organization learning and development, University of St. Thomas. President of the Jamieson Consulting Group and a distinguished visiting scholar in other OD programs, he has 40 years experience in leadership, change, strategy, and HR. A past president of ATD (formerly ASTD) and past chair of the Management Consultation Division and Practice Theme Committee, Academy of Management, he is a recipient of OD Network's Lifetime Achievement Award. Dave is co-author of Managing Workforce 2000; The Facilitator's Fieldbook, Third Edition; Consultation for Organizational Change; and Handbook for Strategic HR: Best Practices in Organization Development. He has been published in numerous journals and newsletters and serves as editor of Seasonings, an online journal; as associate editor for reflections on experience of Journal of Management Inquiry; and on the editorial boards for the Journal of Organization Change Management and The Organization Development Practitioner.
Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon has managed over 120 global business partners under contract for design, merchandising, manufacturing and sales, including firms like Germany based Otto Group and Hong Kong-based Li & Fung. Michael started his career with GE Capital in New York, where he was recognized early in his career as a high-performing finance and marketing expert. During his time with GE he was trained at the GE Management Development Institute at Crotonville, led a successful team of business development executives and analysts on the east coast. Michael has served as a director on many boards and holds a BS degree from the University of Maryland and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity & Philosophy from the United Graduate College and Seminary.