About Signature Resources
Associates
Les Wallace, Ph.D.
President
Les Wallace, Ph.D. (Communication and Organizational Behavior, University of Oregon) founded Signature Resources in 1982 and has grown the company into a 40 person consulting consortium of individuals and partner organizations providing governance and leadership strategy and development to public and private-sector enterprise globally, through three domestic offices and three international offices. During his 30-year career as a strategist to business and government Dr. Wallace has also served as university professor and administrator at the University of Oregon and Colorado State University, and as hospital administrator at a large urban teaching hospital.
Dr. Wallace is recognized for tracking business environment and workplace trends and their impact on business and government. His workshops, seminars and speaking engagements reach 20,000 people a year, mixing practical solutions to today’s organizational challenges with leading edge ideas that stretch thinking about designing our future. Dr. Wallace’s publications have appeared in Leadership Excellence, Personnel Journal, Physician’s Assistant, Leader’s Digest, Vistage View, and Nation’s Business as well as numerous research and conference proceedings. He is co-author of three business books, Influence in the Workplace: Maximizing Personal Empowerment (Kendall-Hunt 1992), Speak With Credibility™ (Signature Resources, 3rd Ed. 2002) and A Legacy of 21st Century Leadership (iuniverse 2007). Signature Resources programs “Performance Engagement Competencies”™ and “Xtreme Breakthrough Performance!”™ are recognized as benchmarks in the organizational performance arena. A new program, “Personal Success in a Team Environment” was recently rolled out to 3,000 employees of the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Dr. Wallace is a frequent consultant and speaker on issues of organizational transformation and leadership, strategic thinking, board of directors development and governance, coaching, and teamness. His clients have included Fortune 100 businesses such as Hewlett-Packard, Dupont, ARCO Coal, Aetna, Kodak and Johns Manville. Government clients include the Internal Revenue Service, FBI, United States Postal Service, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as numerous state and local government entities.
Dr. Wallace is active in the World Business Academy, and the World Future Society. He recently served on the Board of Directors of Security First Bank in the Midwest and now serves on the Board of Counterpart International, a 40-year old global community development and humanitarian aid organization based in Washington, D.C. Wallace is also on the faculty of the Institute for Global Chinese Affairs at the University of Maryland.
Dennis Phillips, Ph.D.
Partner
Phillips has been affiliated with Signature Resources Inc. since its founding. He has recently retired as Chair of the Communication Department at Colorado State University and has become more active in consulting interventions with Signature Resources Inc. clients.
Dennis’s professional background includes management and staff positions in the broadcasting, education and steel industries. His workshops and keynote presentations are recognized for their upbeat and supportive approaches and for preparing participants for immediate application of the skills and concepts covered. His unique blend of humor and realism makes the content come alive to virtually all types of audiences.
Denny has co-authored with Les Wallace, Influence in the Workplace and Speak With Credibility™ , texts used in both academic and corporate settings. His other publications have appeared in such diverse outlets as Personnel Journal, Broadcast Financial Journal, Nation’s Business, Studies in the Social Sciences and Popular Music and Society.
Senior Consultants
Alan Beckley
Alan Beckley’s 30-year career in law enforcement in the United Kingdom led to a private consultancy in law enforcement, leadership, quality, and performance management. He founded two companies in the UK that provide management consultancy and training services: Abdab Ltd (1997) and Baddiley Associates Ltd (2004). The firms have grown to a 50-person consortium of experienced consultants and trainers. Beckley works with Signature Resources as a consultant on leadership competencies, leadership development, joint command leadership, simulations and after action learning for law enforcement clients.
During his career as a sworn law enforcement officer Alan worked jobs from beat constable to senior manager. He successfully completed internal consultancy in the police service on Operations Management, Change Management, Training & Development, Quality Management and Performance Management projects. His consulting work with nine UK police forces and law enforcement in eleven other countries has been recognized for its 21st Century approach to leadership, performance management, emergency and crisis response and ethics and human rights.
Alan’s professional and academic credentials have been recognized through his involvement in helping to create the first set of leadership competencies in law enforcement in the UK. Alan is a qualified European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) / Business Excellence Model Assessor and has worked as an Assessor with Midlands Excellence and the West Midlands Local Government Association Best Value Scheme. He is a Fellow Certified Management Consultant (FCMC), Institute of Management Consultancy and Licentiate of the Chartered institute of Personnel and Development (LicCIPD)
Alan earned a Master of Science in Educational Management and Leadership from University College Worcester in 2003. LL.B (Bachelor of Laws,) and LL.M (Master of Laws) from Wolverhampton University.
He achieved NVQ Level 5 in Strategic Management from the Institute of Leadership & Management and earned a post-graduate diploma in police ethics from Teesside University. Alan attended the 160th Session of the FBI National Academy in1990.
Alan’s publications and professional Affiliations inlcude: Policing, Ethics and Human Rights (2000); The Human Rights Guide for Police Officers and Support Staff (2000); Operational Policing: Liabilities and Entitlements (1997); Managing Journal Editor: Police Research & Management; Managing Journal Editor: Professional Consultancy; Managing Journal Editor: Policing Futures.
Alan Beckley’s awards, Honors and Citations include: FRSA – Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; MCMI (Member of the Chartered Management Institute); MILM (Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management); Past President, Police Futurists International (PFI);Member Institute of Management Consultancy (IMC); IMC Managing Council Member, and Chairman of the Professional Board, Chief Assessor, Institute of Management Consultancy; Trustee for ICMCI (International Council for Management Consultancy Institutes); Police Futurists International Working Group with FBI on the future of law enforcement.
Frank Benest, Ed.D.
Frank Benest is a noted consultant and trainer on rightsizing public organizations, entrepreneurial government, public sector marketing, organizational learning, and rebuilding confidence in local government.
Benest has been the City Manager of Palo Alto, California since April 2000. Prior to his appointment in Palo Alto, he served as City Manager in Brea, California for 11 years; and three years as City Manager of Colton, California. Previously, Frank served as Human Services Director in Gardena, California.
Published widely, Frank’s most recent publication, a professional guidebook entitled Commit to Learn – Transforming Government from the Inside Out, published by the Innovation Group, is based on experience from his consulting practice. He is also author of Marketing Your Budget – Creative Ways to Engage Citizens in the Bottom Line.
Frank has a doctorate in management from Brigham Young University, a Masters in Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University.
Maurice O. Brice, MPA
Maurice brings to the consortium his expertise in labor management and work life enrichment. A former Social Security Administration (SSA) Associate Commissioner, he served as an advisor to the Commissioner and other SSA executives on personnel management and administrative issues, and as the personnel officer for the Agency’s over 60,000 employees. “Mo” has also served as the Director of Personnel for the National Labor Relations Board, as a part-time Adjunct Professor at the University of the District of Columbia, and as a Visiting Professor, University of Ohio. He serves on the Advisory Committee to American University’s Key Executive Masters of Public Administration Program. His various leadership roles have included boards of directors, advisory boards and committees such as the Federal Section of the International Personnel Management Association; Co-Chair of OPM’s Federal Steering Committee for Human Resources (HR) Technology Council; Black HR Network; President of an International Customer Advisory Board for HR Information Technology; and the Steering Committee to Reengineer SSA’s Accounting and HR Systems.
Mo has received recognition for his numerous contributions including being recognized by the Vice President for his role in the Welfare-to-Work Program, the Congressional Achievement Award, and the Commissioner’s Citation for his leadership in the Independent Agency Implementation Team initiatives. In addition, SSA has been cited for their outstanding work life enrichment programs. Two such awards were the OPM Director’s Award for Outstanding Work and Family Programs (1994) and the OPM Director’s Award for Outstanding Employee Health Services Programs (1991).
Tony Buon
Tony is a leading contributor to Signature Resources multinational expertise. For sixteen years Tony was a Director and owner of one of Asia-Pacific’s largest Human Resource and Corporate Psychological Services companies. Tony has worked with some of the world’s leading multi-nationals including American Express, Cisco, DuPont, Exxon, and Microsoft. He was also a senior consultant to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Tony was born in Scotland and having spent the last 25 years in Australia, returned home last year. He has based himself in the Scottish Highlands where he and his wife Caitlin operate the Eastburn Partnership, a bespoke business consultancy operating throughout the U.K and Europe. He is also a lecturer in Human Resource Management and Psychology at Aberdeen University.
Sharon Buttress, M.D.
Dr. Buttress, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, brings to the consortium a sophisticated set of competencies in dealing with health care systems and clinical leadership. Dr. Buttress has been a practicing physician and health care executive during her thirty-year career. As Medical Director of a large clinic and hospital practice on the East Coast. Buttress has led the transition into managed care, instituted award-winning programs on patient quality improvement, and coordinated major immunization initiatives within her state as liaison with the Center for Disease Control. In addition to her busy teaching and preceptor commitments, Dr. Buttress has also found time to serve on the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners and two terms as President of the prestigious Clinical Directors Network.
For her efforts in patient satisfaction, clinical teaching, association leadership and pediatric immunization, Sharon has been honored by awards from such diverse entities as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the New Jersey Primary Care Association, the HHS Bureau of Primary Care and the US Public Health Service.
Christy Crosser
Christy’s academic background in public administration and organizational development has been applied to a 20 year career in all phases of health care systems management and delivery, community development, and social marketing. She has led a community health care clinic “startup,” organized and directed community based efforts for women and at risk youth, managed “social marketing” campaigns for health related causes and served as Director of a regional consulting and technical assistance enterprise with a budget of $ 1.75 million. Christy’s wide range of experience and savvy interpersonal skills makes her at home in the boardroom, community meeting hall or client counseling session. Christy brings strong skills in program evaluation, project management, community development and organizational development to Signature Resources, Inc. clients.
Cheryl Ellegood, MBA
Cheryl has recently entered the organizational consulting arena after a distinguished career in retail business operations and healthcare administration. She is known for values based decision-making, delivery of solutions to business problems and demonstrated expertise in strategy development. She has an MBA degree from the University of Colorado, and a bachelor’s degree in health care administration complemented by extensive experience business development and management. She also has extensive training in dialogue skills.
For fifteen years she was Chief Operating Officer of a national franchise retail system where she managed full operations, training, franchise development and purchasing for a nationwide network. During her tenure Cheryl oversaw growth from 11 stores to 140 stores in 40 states.
Cheryl’s most recent experience was Director of Systems, Staff and Organizational Development for a 340-bed hospital. She directed the supervision of four departments grossing $12M and managed 110 employees, developing and directing initiatives for system changes, providing leadership for the organizational development activities, and creating an enterprise-wide learning system integrated with the strategic goals of the organization. During this time she developed a customer satisfaction program, an employee competency development and assessment system, a productivity improvement process, and a program that fosters entrepreneurship in the workplace. Under her leadership her departments achieved benchmark status in productivity for the Rocky Mountain region and reduced patient complaints by 40%.
Cheryl brings to the Signature Resources consortium seasoned management and leadership competencies, superb training and facilitation skills and a strategic perspective of benefit to senior management and boards of directors. Her demonstrated competencies in dialogue and facilitating conflict resolution has resulted in frequent demand for her consultation on the most challenging of organizational and constituency conflict situations.
Kathy McClurken Hanson, R.N.
Kathy brings a creative perspective to every phase of organizational management, from groundbreaking and initial growth to reevaluation and expansion. An excellent facilitator, Kathy’s strengths include fostering clients’ effectiveness in defining and implementing successful solutions and in helping individuals and groups realize their contributions to the larger organization’s goals. She frequently applies her skills and experience in helping small business clients and professional associations develop marketing and self-promotions strategies.
With a strong background in business and technical writing and journalism, Kathy writes Web content, marketing materials, public relations pieces and training materials for business clients. As a freelance journalist, she is a regular contributor to The Des Moines Register and The Ames Tribune.
Kathy has also been instrumental in developing health care consumer education products for Signature Resources. As a registered nurse, she brings more than twenty-five years of experience in health care delivery, management and marketing, bridging the gap between health care consumers, providers, businesses and corporations, and third party payors.
Jamie Hartshorn, MS
A frequent award winner in communications and public relations (e.g. Public Relations Society of America; National Agri-Marketing Association), Jamie brings to the consortium twenty years of practical experience formulating strategic public relations programs for organizations and managing the editing and production of magazines, newsletters, membership materials, media kits and corporate displays. Through her own firm, Jamie K. Hartshorn Communications, she serves a broad spectrum of clients from agribusiness and health care to public utilities and educational foundations. A prolific writer and placement specialist, Jamie’s own personal work has been published in a range of publications from the Los Angeles Times to Landscape Architecture magazine.
Linda Hoskinson
Hoskinson is a Principal with Hoskinson Associates, a London based HR consultancy group and also a Director of People Resolutions Grout Ltd., a human resources risk management company. She spent 10 years as director of an EAP provider and is CEAP qualified. Linda served as the first UK president of EAPA and currently chairs the UK standards committee. Her 14 years as a HR consultant puts her in the forefront of independent HR consulting work in the UK and Europe. Linda is widely known for her expertise on workplace policies, protection from harassment in the workplace and resolution of workplace conflicts.
Kenneth Hunter
Hunter is a retired senior executive of the U.S. General Accounting Office and a certified public accountant who currently leads the professional programs of the University of Maryland’s Institute for Global Chinese Affairs. Serving groups of Chinese executives who are directing China’s institutional reforms and international relationships, these programs provide advanced public and business management development and facilitate collaborative research. Ken’s current emphasis is emergency and risk management and regional and community development. He serves as an international advisor to the Government Management and Reform Research Center, China Renmin University’s “National Public Emergency Management System Study.” Ken brings to these innovative projects 45 years of pioneering work in institutional change and futures research.
Ken also serves as Co-chair of the Board of Directors of the World Future Society where he works with futures researchers in business, government and nonprofit organizations on developing the knowledge, skills and practices for providing early warning and decision-making support for organizations. He has given particular attention to the long-term dimensions of globalization, human capital, communities, and emergency and risk management.
Ken’s prestigious publication records includes proceedings, monographs and articles in the following:
Futures Research Quarterly, International Review of Administrative Sciences; 2nd Sino-American Public Administration Conference, Remnin University, Beijing; National Intelligence Council; Forecast: The Magazine of Demographics and Business Statistics; Annual International Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics; XXII International Congress of Administrative Sciences; GAO Journal;
Jim Kercheville
Kercheville draws on more than 30 years of public relations and business experience to help organizations build communications programs to reach its key constituencies. Before joining Signature Resources, Jim was director of Editorial Services for the Denver and Los Angeles offices of Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, with responsibilities for a staff of up to nine writing and broadcast specialists.
With Alexander Ogilvy, Jim provided creative, strategic and media-training support to a diverse range of high-tech businesses - among them Qwest Communications, EarthLink, MyCFO, eToys, Xerox printing division, eBags, TeraBeam Networks, InfoUSA.com, DataPlay and Metro Denver Network’s Convergent Corridor initiative.
Previously, Jim worked for U S West (now Qwest) in Denver and AT&T in New York City, handling every phase of public relations work: media relations, financial communications, executive speech writing and employee communications. He also had five years of experience in human resources with U S West—including two years as director of its technical/management training center—and was a facilitator for a national AT&T top-management seminar.
He has written scripts for marketing and training videos and has been a contributing writer to several publications, including Network Magazine, for which he wrote in-depth, technical case studies.
Jose I. Marrero
Jose recently completed a 21-year career as a sworn law enforcement agent in the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS. Jose began his career as a revenue agent and then, after becoming a Criminal Investigation agent, moved through CI management and analyst positions, concluding his career with appointments as Special Agent In Charge, Miami Field Office and finally, Deputy Director, Office of Strategy at IRS CI Headquarters. As Deputy Director for Strategy, Jose directed activities including the National Operations Center, Finance and HR, Legislative Affairs, Business Systems Programs, & Knowledge Management programs. In 2001 and 2002 Agent Marrero received the coveted annual career award as “Outstanding Special Agent in Charge” in recognition of his impact on leadership development, joint task force law enforcement activities and work with the US Attorney’s office. Jose’s career has been distinguished by his contribution to leadership learning that has left a mark on all his duty stations and in the IRS leadership program where he has served as faculty. His law enforcement expertise has been recognized and cited for contributions and teaching in the following areas: gambling and bookmaking crime, undercover operations, DEA offshore investigations, international money laundering, tax evasion and joint task force efforts. Jose is experienced in developing cases to support prosecution in complex criminal and financial arenas and has logged many hours in undercover work, depositions, grand jury testimony, summons enforcement and trial testimony. He also has experience working with International law enforcement agencies through IRS financial crimes and DEA joint task force activities on the ground in South America.
Fluent in both English and Spanish, Jose is a past Hispanic IRS Employees Chapter President, St. Paul, MN, and Chair, National CI Diversity Council. Jose served as Faculty for the National Criminal Investigation Training Academy, and has been OPM Executive Seminar Lecturer for Management Information Systems, at Georgia Tech. His awards, honors and citations include: Outstanding Special Agent In Charge Annual Award, 2001; Outstanding Special Agent In Charge Annual Award, 2002; CI Chief of the Year 1995. Jose’s educational credits include a BA Degree in Accounting from InterAmerican University, in Puerto Rico and CI Career training and development: special agent, law enforcement, management and leadership.
Nancy Pindus, MBA, CPA
Nancy has over 30 years of experience in research and consulting aimed at improving the effectiveness of services to low income families and other vulnerable populations. She has worked with a wide range of public health and community-based providers, including: Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Family Planning Clinics, Community Mental Health Centers, substance abuse treatment programs, nutrition programs, and programs serving the elderly. Her areas of expertise include:
cost analysis and financial management, program evaluation, organizational analysis, health care workforce development, including training and career advancement , grant writing and review.
Nancy is a Senior Consultant with Signature Resources and a Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC. She is especially interested in service coordination and workforce issues. Recently completed policy studies include a paper on skills shortages in nursing; a study of advancement opportunities for low-wage workers in the health care, child care, and hospitality industries; a study of the coordination between welfare and workforce development systems; and a paper on the privatization of social services. Ms. Pindus conducted a three-year evaluation of the Health Passport demonstration project for the Western Governors’ Association. Health Passport uses “smart card” technology to facilitate coordination, information sharing, and client empowerment in health and social services programs for pregnant women and children. Ms. Pindus regularly serves as a grant reviewer for the Health Resources and Service Administration, Bureau of Primary Care, and has reviewed grant applications for Community Health Center expansions, Expanded Medical Capacity, and the Health Care Access Program.
Ms. Pindus holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Health Care Management Program of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Maryland.
Frank M. Reed, MD
Dr. Reed has enjoyed a 25-year medical career that has included primary care, teaching, research, administration and governance. A family physician by training and instinct, Dr. Reed is an active advocate for primary care, teaching and patient centered practices. For the past several years, he has been actively involved in health care administration as Medical Director, interim CEO and acting Chief Medical Officer for a regional integrated health care system. He has also served on the governing boards of a managed care organization, the AMC Cancer Research Center and the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network as well as being associate editor for the Journal of Family Practice. From his experiences and his values, Dr. Reed brings an uncanny ability to speak to the complex and integrated needs of patients, providers and payors.
Frank has received several awards for achievement in teaching and practice , including being named Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Academy of Family Practice in 1997 and Superhero of Colorado Family Medicine in 1998. Superhero aside, Frank is a likable and crafty consultant who brings to the consortium, deep industry –based experience and knowledge, and an ability to draw out the most fascinating and visionary perspectives on health care systems.
Janet Schliefert
Schliefert has her own consulting firm, Performance Improvement Products and Services, based in the Midwest. From that base she travels internationally providing management, customer service and selling workshops to clients ranging from British Airways to DuPont, Deloitte Touche and Citicorp. Her training background and contributions evolved from positions in financial services, manufacturing and sales organizations and have been recognized by awards from National Association of Banking Women, ASTD and International Society for Performance Improvement. Janet has worked common client consultation and training implementation programs with Signature Resources for the last ten years. She is certified to teach programs provided by The Forum Corporation, AchieveGlobal, and DDI.
Jim Smith
Smith is President of Smith Dawson & Andrews (SDA), a public affairs & government relations firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The firm provides strategic government relations and public affairs counsel to State & local governments, trade associations, private companies and non-profit foundations. Prior to forming SDA Jim served in the US Department of Commerce, the Department of Public Affairs for the Governor of Illinois and in the White House Office of Scheduling and Advance where he coordinated the official travel for the President of the United States including several international summits. Jim also served as Director of Intergovernmental Relations at the Department of Transportation. In the private sector he has served as counsel to such clients as the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones, San Francisco International Airport, George Washington University and Haarmann & Reimer Corporation.
Jim brings to the consortium a sophisticated knowledge of legislative and governmental affairs and an enviable track record assisting clients in strategically positioning their enterprise for success.
Marilyn Soulsburg
Marilyn is a veteran of more than 33 years with the Federal Government, most spent as an Executive in the Internal Revenue Service where she was recognized as an accomplished leader and role model. As a successful project director she has demonstrated strategic thinking skills and an ability to influence the organization, to execute project plans and develop and monitor budgets. Well known for her skills in dealing with Labor Management issues, unions and contract negotiation, Marilyn has established workplace programs to ensure diversity and improve quality of work life.
Marilyn is widely recognized for her ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and to coach, mentor and teach. She has taught courses including Strategic Initiatives, Conflict Management, Leading Change, Performance Management, Empowerment, Diversity and Quality Management. She was the Lead Instructor for the Executive Development Program for two years. She has also collaborated with various universities, institutions and private sector companies to provide up to date executive leadership training. Her clients include Signature Resources, Brookings Institute, and Gettysburg College.
A graduate of Indiana University, Marilyn has completed post-graduate work and has attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Hammer Business Reengineering, Aspen Institute and Brookings Institute. She is the recipient of the IRS Commissioners Award in 1992. She received both the Meritorious and Distinguished SES Presidential Rank Award in 1996 and 1999 respectively.
Robert M. Tobias
Tobias is a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at American University, where he teaches public policy. He also serves as Director of the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation. Mr. Tobias writes a bimonthly column forGovernment Executive magazine on current federal sector public policy implementation issues. He was nominated by President Clinton to serve on the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board with seven members from the private sector, the Secretary of Treasury, and the Commissioner of the IRS. The Board had broad strategic and budget oversight responsibility. Prior to his work at American University, Tobias served for 31 years with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and from 1983-1999 as its President.
As NTEU’s General Counsel from 1970-1983, Tobias focused on creating employee rights through aggressive negotiation and litigation. After becoming NTEU’s President, Tobias used the newly created employee rights as the infrastructure for establishing a more cooperative and collaborative labor management partnership with federal agencies. His work led to a major role working with Vice President Gore and union leaders in recommending to President Clinton that he issue an Executive Order mandating the creation of labor management partnerships in the federal sector.
As a result of the partnership initiative, many federal sector labor management relationships have become less adversarial and more focused on improving agency efficiency and productivity, and employee satisfaction. Agencies have at the same time experienced fewer grievances and unfair labor practices, less time spent in bargaining, and proven cost savings.
Tobias was appointed by President Clinton to the National Partnership Council, created to support and nurture partnership throughout the federal government. He also served on partnership councils at other agencies represented by NTEU — Health and Human Services, IRS, U.S. Customs Service, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. For his work on partnership, Tobias received a Hammer Award from the Vice President.
Tobias received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Michigan. He graduated from the George Washington University School of Law, where he was on the adjunct faculty for 22 years. He is a member of the District of Columbia bar.
Robert Villarreal, Ed.D.
From his roots as the child of migrant farm workers to his completion of a doctorate in education and winning many national honors, Dr. Villarreal has shown that personal commitment, putting people first and setting high expectations will produce success. “Dr. V’s” long term leadership success as Principal at a multicultural elementary school has garnered individual honors as an IDEA Academy of Fellows Distinguished Educator, a Milken National Educator Award winner and the first recipient of the prestigious Terrel H. Bell Leadership Award from the U.S. Department of Education. His school was recently honored by designation as a “Blue Ribbon School” by the U.S. Department of Education He travels nationally representing the award winning Cherry Creek Schools systems at conferences, University programs and public forums. Bob brings to the consortium strong and dynamic messages on diversity, energizing ideas about educational excellence, and a personal coaching warmth that has benefited many developing leaders.
