Barry Brewster, CMF
Evans & Peck (Hong Kong) Ltd., Change Management Specialist
Director of Global Relations
bbrewster@evanspeck.com

Barry specializes in facilitating change in a wide-variety of business environments by working as an advisor, management consultant, coach and confidant. With over twenty years of practical experience, he works alongside executives to help them move their companies forward by adapting to and profiting from emerging trends. Barry facilitates the collaborative analysis, development and customization of a change strategy to help employees experience a smooth transition during change. His various consulting assignments have allowed him to work in over 12 Countries across Asia Pacific, the USA and Canada. Barry holds a Master Degree in Change Management (Applied Science) a Graduate Diploma in Innovation and Service Management both from RMIT University in Australia, and an Associate Diploma in Civil Engineering from Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Barry is a founding executive of the Institute of Facilitators Hong Kong and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Value Management. In addition he holds accreditation for providing several Psychometric instruments. Barry works out of Hong Kong.

Eileen Dowse, Ph.D., CMF
Human Dynamics, Inc.
Board Chair
Director Assessor Recruiter and Development
edowse@human-dynamics.com

Eileen is a Certified Master Facilitator and a Certified Professional Facilitator. She is an international consultant, writer and speaker whose work focuses on improving workplace dynamics. She works with individuals, teams and large-scale systems to facilitate strategic change. She is president of Human Dynamics, a consulting company specializes in organizational health and effectiveness working in key industries including, high-tech, manufacturing, non-profit and government agencies throughout the world. Specific areas of service include, Organizational Development Consulting, Facilitation, Personality Assessments and Educational Programs. She teaches human dynamics and consults in North America, Europe and Asia. She is among the national leaders in facilitation. She is one of the founders and board member for the International Institute for Facilitation, a Certified Professional & Master Facilitator. She is also a Founding Partner of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting LLC. and award-winning author of “The Naked Manager”.

Dan Hogan, CPF, CMF
Lord & Hogan LLC
Director of Administration
dan.hogan@lordandhogan.com

For more than twenty-five years as a performance consultant, facilitator and coach, Dan has strongly advocated that organizations deal with, instead of avoid, the reality that human interactions are as important as work processes.In 1990 after working with two other consulting firms, he founded Lord & Hogan LLC.He has been instrumental in advancing the practice of behavioral change management by creating new tools like Lord & Hogan’s Choice Model and Action Agreement process.He has also created new organizational strategies like Teams That Work – an enterprise-wide solution for implementing the organization’s strategic plan.

Additionally, he has written training and performance consulting programs in change management principles as well as two books: Teams That Work – unleashing your power; growing your business, and Individual Choice: the decision for personal accountability and the key to personal mastery. Dan’s work experience has primarily been in the following industries: oil & gas, chemical, energy, engineering & construction, computer technology and utilities. He has worked with a wide range of people and job functions…from the operation’s floor to the CEO’s corner office. With an innate ability to assess the linkage between business needs and destructive interpersonal patterns, he and his clients have successfully improved overall performance of individuals, teams and departments alike.

Michael Wilkinson, CMF, CPF
Leadership Strategies, Inc.
Director of Certification
mwilkinson@leadstrat.com

Michael Wilkinson is the Managing Director of Leadership Strategies, a firm that specializes in providing organizations with professional facilitators to lead sessions in strategic planning, process improvement, information needs analysis, and issue resolution. The organization also teaches training classes in group facilitation, consulting skills and leadership development. Michael is one of the national leaders in the facilitation industry. He is Past President of the Southeast Association of Facilitators (seaf.org), Chair of the International Institute for Facilitation (inifac.org) and founder of the National Facilitator Database (NFDB.com). He is a Certified Master Facilitator (CMF) and a Certified Professional Facilitator. Michael is a much sought after facilitator and trainer both in the U.S. and abroad. He has completed international assignments in Bangkok, Brisbane, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Milan, Singapore and Sydney.

Blake Woosley, CMF
Mitchell Communications Group, Inc.,
Director of Marketing and Communications
blake.woolsey@mitchcommgroup.com

Blake is the vice president of organizational and leadership development for Mitchell Communications Group, and under her leadership, this practice area offers a wide variety of customized services including: corporate training, facilitation, and executive and individual coaching.

Blake is a Certified Master Facilitator through the International Institute for Facilitators. Upon receiving her certification in 2007, she was the first in the state of Arkansas. In addition, she has received her coaching education through Results Coaching Systems, a leading human performance organization with operations in more than 15 countries. Prior to joining Mitchell, she was partner and co-owner of Executive Communications Consultants, LLC with Elise Mitchell.

Blake has also been involved in the fundraising program at the University of Arkansas since 1997, a program which recently completed its goal of $1 billion through the Campaign for the 21st Century, a seven-year capital campaign. In this capacity, she was responsible for cultivating relationships with alumni, corporations, foundations and individuals throughout the nation to increase private funding. Her greatest achievement was participating in and receiving a gift of $50 million from The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc. in 1998. At that time, it was the largest gift ever to an American business school.

Prior to entering the development profession, Blake worked in public relations orchestrating national and local publicity for Riviana Foods Inc., The Home Depot, Coca-Cola, the American Red Cross, Community Blood Center of the Ozarks and St. Luke’s Hospital.

In addition, she has been recognized and selected as a community leader. As president of the Junior League of Northwest Arkansas in 1999, she was instrumental in the organization affiliating with the Association of Junior Leagues International. She was chosen as one of Fayetteville’s Young Top Five 1999 and one of the Top Ten Young Arkansans by the Arkansas Jaycee’s and one of the Top 20 Young Americans by the Junior Chambers of Commerce. In 1999, she was recognized by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal as one of the community’s “40 Under 40.” Also, she was recognized in 2001 by the Northside ISD in San Antonio, her alma mater, with the Pillar of Fairness Award. She is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Northwest Arkansas and Fayetteville Junior Civic League.