Angus MacIntyre:

Angus is an experienced human relations trainer who has worked with a wide variety of organizations throughout Canada and the United States. He has designed training events in interpersonal skills for senior managers in government and private industry, for the unemployed and for individuals of Aboriginal ancestry. He has conducted organizational development training for co-operatives, community development corporations, government agencies and First Nations. Angus served as a Public Participation Officer for a Canadian demonstration project for NATO.

For ten years Angus has been a professional member of National Training Laboratories (NTL) Institute of Applied Behavioural Science located in Alexandria, VA. Founded in 1947, NTL is an innovative group of selected behavioural science experts dedicated to understanding and developing solutions for productive change globally in every facet of personal, organizational, and social life. Angus conducts numerous laboratories in the areas of Human Interaction, Team Building, Leadership Training, Complex Systems Change, Group Process, and Management Work Conferences for Senior Executives of Fortune 500 companies. He is a certified Program Leader for the Kepner Tregoe Planning, Problem Solving and Decision Making System.

Angus has studied under Karl Rogers the founder of non-directive counselling and person centred therapy. He received his BA from Notre Dame in Indiana, USA, is a graduate of the Coady International Institute and obtained his Masters in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S. He has his designation as a professional Economic Developer (Ec. D.) from the University of Waterloo and the Economic Development Association of Canada (EDAC). Angus was one of the first people in Nova Scotia to receive his designation as a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP).

Reniati (Reni) Han:

Reni is originally from South East Asia and has spent the past 20 years in Canada working with various sectors, including the federal and provincial governments, private sector and community (multicultural communities, persons with disabilities, womens groups and Aboriginal peoples).

Her work with these groups has given her a broad based and holistic foundation on a number of issues faced by organizations and communities, and the interpersonal relations required for productive solutions and growth.

Through her experience, she is able to offer groups a unique perspective on issues related to working with diversity, inclusive practices, processes and cross-sectoral linkages, often serving as a bridge-builder between diverse groups and concepts.

She is recognized for her ability to design interactive and holistic training programs, and assist groups with synthesizing complex concepts for practical applications. She is committed to building a greater sense of community through the synergy of our individual and shared experiences. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Guelph, Ontario.

Marion S. Vittitow, Ph.D. and Dick Vittitow, M.A.

Marion S. Vittitow, Ph.D. and Dick Vittitow, M.A. are life/work partners who conducted their first annual meaning-centered workshop in 1986. They began their professional work together in 1970 as Organization Development consultants and trainers to nonprofits, governments, and organizations in the United States and other countries such as Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Their focus was on the training of grass-roots leaders in the processes of social change and human development. They served on the staff with Carl Rogers in offering international person-centered training programs for counselors, educators, and community leaders. From 1990-95 Marion and Dick lived and worked with US/Mexico border communities in strengthening partnerships between business, government, and community organizations. In 1993, they received the NTL Institute’s Ken Benne Scholars Award for their contributions, as applied behavioral scientists, to social change and humane values. Marion received her M.A. in Human Relations from New York University, and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Michigan. Dick has an M.A. in Sociology from Brandeis University. Currently they are Directors of a nonprofit action research and educational organization with its major program The Center for Personal Meaning.

Kathy M. Lippert, Ph.D

Kathy M. Lippert, Ph.D. heads up the consulting firm of Lippert & Associates. She is an Organizational Consultant who consults nationally and internationally to a wide-range of individuals, groups, teams, and organizations to improve their effectiveness, satisfaction, and the bottom line. She frequently deals with the issues of globalization of the workplace, creating teams that produce outstanding results, empowering relationships between management and employees, and fostering true learning environments.

Dr. Lippert received her doctorate in Organizational Behaviour and Consultation and has been in private practice for the past twenty-seven years. She is a long time professional member of the NTL (National Training Laboratory) Institute, headquartered in Washington, D.C. The NTL Institute public programs that she regularly Deans and staffs are Team Building Skills: Developing and Maintaining Excellence in Teams, Advanced Team Building, and Management Work Conferences.

Besides consulting and training, Dr. Lippert has taught at the under graduate and graduate level at a number of universities including American University where she currently teaches Consultation Skills. She also has written and published articles and chapters on group process and change. Her current publishing work is a book, The Secrets of Team Building. She and her family reside in Cincinnati, Ohio.