With more than 35 years of experience that spans business and education, I provide consulting, executive coaching, instructional and program design, and education to scores of organizations across industries and in higher education. I am a seasoned leader, experienced in driving measurable organizational change through blended learning programs utilizing alternative and technology-enhanced formats. Based in Westchester County, part of the New York metro area, I am an expert in adult learning and leadership, eLearning, and leveraging technology to provide cost-effective, scalable, and global solutions. I am a certified facilitator and coach for Dale Carnegie and a certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewer.
My career includes roles as an executive director at Columbia University’s Teachers College where the Columbia Coaching Certification program was started under my leadership as well as the first online master’s degree in collaboration with the Center for Computing and Technology; an area practice executive for eBusiness and eLearning at IBM Global Services where her team designed and delivered the first global asynchronous learning program to 10,000 leaders; and a vice president of Ernst & Young's eLearning Financial Services Practice where her team designed, delivered, and implemented large scale blended learning solutions for up to 210,000 global client employees including a CFO university, a Bank Wide Credit Certification, Six Sigma Certification, and a Financial Advisor (FA) Specialist Certification Program for 13,000 financial advisors. I am a certified IBM consultant and a confirmed IBM principal.
Today I am core faculty at Capella University in the Instructional Design for Online Learning program. I am a doctoral mentor at Capella as well. I am widely published in peer-reviewed journals.