BEST Project Consultant Roster

Ted Amsden
The Leadership Group
30822 Hickory Ln
Franklin, MI 48025
amsdener@yahoo.com
313-885-0500
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training, Diversity and Inclusion, Conflict Management and Resolution, Team Building, Executive Development

BEST Participation:

Christine Andrysiak
Plante & Moran, PLLC
27400 Northwestern Highway
Southfield, MI 48037
christine.andrysiak@plantemoran.com
248-223-3330
Skills & Expertise: Information Technology, Organizational Development/Change, Financial Management

BEST Participation:

Sarah Bannon
Lakeview Consultants, LLC
12951 Chartreuse Dr
DeWitt, MI 48820
Bannon_S@msn.com
517-669-5532
Skills & Expertise: Financial Management, Fundraising/ Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation and Training

BEST Participation:

Gerry Barrons

19545 Roslyn
Detroit, MI 48221
gerbarrons2@att.net
313-345-6992
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Training

BEST Participation:

Meg Blinkiewicz
Quad Quality Evaluation, LLC
2258 South 4th Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
blinkiewicz@earthlink.net
269-353-4120
Skills & Expertise: Organizational Development/Change, Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

Al Blixt
Dannemiller Tyson Associates
905 W. Eisenhower Circle, Suite 105
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
alblixt@@aol.com
734-662-0282
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change

BEST Participation:

Carol Breen
Sedona Partners
1542 Southfield Road
Birmingham, MI 86336
carolbreen@sedonapartners.com
800-875-4839
Skills & Expertise: Human Resources Organizational Development/Change

BEST Participation:

Cassandra Brooks
Cassidy Professional Consulting Services, Inc.
PO Box 4334
Flint , MI 48504
cassidyconsulting@yahoo.com
810-252-6044
Skills & Expertise: Advertising, Event Planning, PR/Media Relations, Decision Making/Communication, Leadership Training, Team Building,

BEST Participation:

Maria Coolican
TransForum Consulting, Inc.
1130 W. Washington St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
infor@transforumconsulting.com
734-417-6806
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Marge Cramton
Clarivant
2269 Westaire Court
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
mcramton@comcast.net
734-665-2902
Skills & Expertise: Communications/Marketing

BEST Participation:

Lolita Cummings Hendrix
Cummings Communications
8460 Cranbrook Drive
Grand Blanc, MI 48439
lhendrix@emich.edu
810-694-4389
Skills & Expertise: Communication/Marketing and Fundraising/Development

BEST Participation:

Greg Eason
Visions Unlimited Consulting
1534 S. Franklin Street
Flint, MI 48503
macman1956@mac.com
810-232-8573
Skills & Expertise: Financial Management; Organizational Development; Interim Director and Transition Management; Diversity and Race Relations

BEST Participation:

Shannon Easter
THA Architects Engineers
817 East Kearsley St
Flint, Michigan 48503
seaster@tha-flint.com
810-767-5600
Skills & Expertise: Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

John Foster
Convergent Technology Partners, LLC
801 S. Saginaw Suite 505
Flint, MI 48502
mthomas@ctpartners.net
810-720-3820 ext.113
Skills & Expertise:

BEST Participation:

Jean Golden
Jean Golden Consulting
418 Rosewood Avenue
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
jean.golden@yahoo.com
517 449 2476
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Communications/Marketing, Financial Management, Fundraising/Development, Human Resources, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

Joan Hanpeter
Leadership Group
41150 Fox Run Drive
Ste. 522
Novi, MI 48377
hanpeter@aol.com
248-960-1737
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Conflict Resolution, Assessment/Coaching, Team Building, Group Facilitation

BEST Participation:

Alice Hart
Alice Hart, Consultant
5412 Pinnacle Ct.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
alicehart@comcast.net
734-429-4142
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Amy Hovey
Protogenia Group, LLC
11673 Hidden Springs Trail
DeWitt, MI 48820
amyhovey@protogenia.com
517-668-0099
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Communications/Marketing, Fundraising/Development

BEST Participation:

Mathwon Howard
Mathwon Howard
611 A Country Club Road
Vestal, NY 13850
Mathwon@hotmail.com
734.330.7667
Skills & Expertise: Fundraising/Development, Organizational Development/Change

BEST Participation:

Melanie Hwalek
SPEC Associates
615 Griswold
Suite 1505
Detroit, MI 48226-3992
mhwalek@specassociates.org
313-964-0500 ext 202
Skills & Expertise: Feasibility Studies, Logic Modules, Needs Assessment, Outcomes Measurement, Program Analysis, Training Implementation, Train-the-Trainer

BEST Participation:

John Ibbotson
Technical Edge, Inc.
G-3237 Beecher Road
Flint, MI 48507
john@tedge.com
810-230-0300
Skills & Expertise: Financial Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Debbie Jackson
Jackson Consulting
6057 Carpenter Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
jacksondebl@aol.com
248-255-2713
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Communications, Organizational Development, Management Teams, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training, Executive transition and Succession Planning, Advocacy Development

BEST Participation:

Jeannette Jackson
TransForum Consulting, Inc.
1130 W. Washington St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
infor@transforumconsulting.com
734-417-6429
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Lynda Jeffries
Leadership Group
41150 Fox Run Drive, Suite 522
Novi, MI 48377
ljeffries2@prodigy.net
313-872-6339
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Human Resources, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training and Performance Improvement

BEST Participation:

Lorri Johnson
Dannemiller Tyson Associates
905 W. Eisenhower Circle, Suite 105
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
lorrijohn@aol.com
734-434-1304
Skills & Expertise: Board and Leadership Development, Human Resources, Organizational and Process Redesign, collaboartions and Mergers, Communication, Consensus-Building, Culture Change, Strategic Planning and Implementation

BEST Participation:

Wendy Johnson
WSJ Consulting
210 Welch Blvd
Flint, MI 48503
wndywendyj@aol.com
810-238-4858
Skills & Expertise: Executive Transition Management, Coaching, and Special Projects

BEST Participation:

Lu Kalaj
New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Michigan
2947 Eyde Parkway Suite 210
East Lansing, MI 48823
vtaber@nhmichigan.com
517-318-4030
Skills & Expertise: Organizational Development/Change Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

Dale Keipert
Creative Web Spinner, Inc
P.O. Box 927-A
Fenton, MI 48430
dalek@creativewebspinner.com
810-750-8658
Skills & Expertise: Communications/Marketing, Fundraising/Development, Training, Other, e-Business and e-Donations Expertise along with strong Intenet usability resulting in superior website ROI

BEST Participation:

Dean Keipert
Creative Web Spinner, Inc
P.O. Box 927
Fenton, MI 48430
deank@Creativewebspinner.com
810-750-8658
Skills & Expertise: Communications/Marketing, Fundraising/Development, Training, Other, e-Business and e-Donations Expertise along with strong Intenet usability resulting in superior website ROI

BEST Participation:

Jenean Klienedler
Technical Edge, Inc
G-3237 Beecher Road STE H
Flint, MI 48507
jenean@tedge.com
810-230-0300
Skills & Expertise: Program Planning and Evaluation, Training, Dan has been working with networks (LanTastic, Netware, Windows and Linux) and virtually every version of Microsoft Windows since 1991. Dan is currently working with MS Visual FoxPro, Microsoft Office (specializing in Access), SQL Server, Paradox, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Servers and Workstations as well as Linux. He is also the team lead of our web hosting group responsible for maintaining the web server and mail server.

BEST Participation:

Cynthia Koch
CK Consulting, L.L.C.
545 Sixth Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
cynthia_koch@ameritech.net
734-546-8303
Skills & Expertise: Communications/Marketing, Fundraising/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Phyllis Lewis
SmartWORKS, Inc
7550 South Saginaw Street Suite 3
Flint, MI 48439
plewis1121@smartworksinc.org
810-603-0000
Skills & Expertise: Dunraising/Development, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation and Training

BEST Participation:

John Lindholm
Winegarden, Haley, Lindholm & Robertson, P.L.C.
G-9460 S. Saginaw Street, Suite A
Grand Blanc, MI 48439
lindholm@winegarden-law.com
810-767-3600
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Fundraising/Development and Organizational Development/Change

BEST Participation:

Julie Lubbers Hordyk
Mind Over Marketing, LLC
PO Box 191
Grand Haven, MI 49417
Julie@mindovermarketing.net
616-296-1886
Skills & Expertise: Communications/Marketing

BEST Participation:

Yolanda Lyles Johnson
Yolanda Lyles Johnson
1836 Manchester
Ypsilanti, MI 48198
ylylesjohnson@yahoo.com
734-546-0607
Skills & Expertise: Mission Review and Development, Strategic Planning, Fundraising Events, Annual Funds, Curriculum Design

BEST Participation:

Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy Healthcare Consulting, LLC
2107 Chaucer Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
mccarthyhc@comcast.net
734-662-0777
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

James McHann
Bloomfield Consulting Group, LLC
24 Barbour Lane
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
jamesmchann@msn.com
248-506-3196
Skills & Expertise: Board Recruitment, event planning, managing change and growth, mission review and development, executive and management coaching, case for support, program analysis, curiculum design, executive coaching

BEST Participation:

David Medema
Pondera Advisors
678 Front Street NW Suite 250
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
dmedema@ponderadvisors.com
616-581-3230
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

Amy Meister
Amy Meister
1242 Baldwin Road
Lapeer, MI 48446
amymeister@hotmail.com
810-245-5650
Skills & Expertise: Novell GroupWise, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, FrontPage, Microsoft Publisher, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, Macromedia Dream weaver, Microsoft Works, and AS400

BEST Participation:

Michael O'Donnell
Sorensen Gross Construction Co., Inc
3407 Torrey Rd
Flint, MI 48507
modonnell@sorensengross.com
810-767-4821
Skills & Expertise: Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

Keith Payne
DMS Solutions
9456 Country Club Lane
Davison, MI 48423
KFPayne@charter.net
810-730-0905
Skills & Expertise: IT Needs Assessment, IT Planning, Software Support, Hardware Implementation, Database Design/Construction, IT Systems Implementation, IT Training, Software Recommendation, Hardware Inventory, Protection Security, Information Management

BEST Participation:

Carole Pence
Pence Consulting
102 W Washington Suite 232
Marquette, MI 49855
cpence@aol.com
906-228-2972
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development Fundraising/Development Organizational Management Training

BEST Participation:

Paula Prisby
The Leadership Group
346 Aberdeen Court
Saline, MI 48176
prisbygoblue@comcast.net
734-429-8162
Skills & Expertise: Human Resources, Organizational Management

BEST Participation:

Jose Reyes
Prism Solutions LLC
42243 Ann Arbor Rd
Plymouth, MI 48170
jreyes@prismsolutionsllc.com
248-351-4802
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Communications/Marketing, Financial Management, Fundraising Development, Human Resources, Information Technology, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation & Training

BEST Participation:

Lynda Ronie
Leadership Group
30822 Hickory Lane
Franklin, MI 48025
lmr8855@aol.com
248-647-5090
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Communications/Marketing, Human Resources, Organizational Management, Executive Coaching

BEST Participation:

Randall Rosebush
RM Rosebush & Company
4201 Summer Place
Shelby Township , MI 48316
rmrosebush@aol.com
248-245-3185
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Financial Management, Fundraising/ Development, Organizational Development/ Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Ralph Rumsey
Magill and Rumsey, P.C.
First National Bldg, 201 S. Main St., 7th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
rrumsey@rc.net
734-995-2500
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change

BEST Participation:

Artina Sadler
ATS Consulting
1054 E. Kurtz Ave.
Flint, MI 48505
atsconsult@comcast.net
810.610.4392
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Human Resources, Organizational Development/Change, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Julie Schumaker
Evaluation Associates
7619 Kingfisher Court
Dexter, MI 48130
jschumak@umich.edu
734-426-0175
Skills & Expertise: Strategic Planning, Organizational Assessment, Feasibility Studies, Logic Modules, Needs Assessment, Outcomes Measurement, Program Analysis

BEST Participation:

John Seeley
Formative Evaluation Research Associates (FERA)
1810 Cooley
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
jaseeley@aol.com
734-994-9060
Skills & Expertise: Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

Beverly Seiford
Dannemiller Tyson Associates
905 W. Eisenhower Circle, Suite 105
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
bseiford@mindspring.com
734-662-1330 x-204
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Human Resources, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management

BEST Participation:

Polly Sheppard
Sheppard Consulting, LLC
117 N. River Street, Suite A
Fenton, MI 48430
sheppardconsult@aol.com
810-938-3020
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation

BEST Participation:

Neil Sheridan
C. Sheridan Management
P.O. Box 1001
Ortonville, MI 48462-1001
neil@neilsheridan.com
248-840-3402
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/ Development Communitcations/Marketing Financial Management Fundraising/Development Human Resources Information Technology Organizational Development/ change Organizational Management Program Planning and Evaluation Training

BEST Participation:

David Shevrin
New Perspectives Group
7364 Oak Tree Dr.
W. Bloomfield, MI 48332
davidshevrin@yahoo.com
248-788-9511
Skills & Expertise: Organizational Development/Change, Organizational Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Lynn Smith
The Marketing Link
8315 Sherwood Drive
Grand Blanc, MI 48439
lsmith.themarketinglink@comcast.net
810-423-2321
Skills & Expertise: Event Planning, PR/Media Relations, Business Planning, Organizational Assessment

BEST Participation:

Sue Southon
Strategic Planning Services
1885 Wingate
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
ssouthon@earthlink.net
248-851-2918
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Communications/Marketing, Fundraising/Development, Human Resources, Organizational Development/Change, Program Planning and Evaluation, Training

BEST Participation:

Joanne Sullenger
Sullenger Consulting
4510 Hawkcrest Drive
Grand Blanc, MI 48439
jsulleng@umich.edu
810-695-1094
Skills & Expertise: Fundraising/Development

BEST Participation:

Lisa Tepatti
Tepatti Consulting Services
2003 North Rosevere
Dearborn , MI 48128
lisatepatti@sbcglobal.net
313-277-5705
Skills & Expertise: Board Assessment, Board/Staff Relations, Constituency Development, Advocacy and Lobbying, Event Planning, Communications Planning

BEST Participation:

Martin Thomas
Convergent Technology Partners, LLC
801 S. Saginaw Suite 505
Flint, MI 48502
mthomas@ctpartners.net
810-720-3820 ext.113
Skills & Expertise:

BEST Participation:

Linda Wasche
LW Marketworks, Inc.
1668 S. Telegraph Rd., Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
lindaw@lwmarketworks.com
248-253-0300
Skills & Expertise: Communications/Marketing

BEST Participation:

Terry Wisner
Partnering To Success, LLC
PO Box 328
Grand Blanc, MI 48480-0328
terry@p2s.us
810-569-5858
Skills & Expertise: Business Planning, Managing Change and Growth, Mission Review and Development, Organizational Assessment, Executive & Management Coaching, Interim Directorship, Leadership Training, Team Building, Diagnostics, Needs Assessment, Curriculum Design, Training Implementation, Train-the-Trainer, Executive Coaching, Mediation/Conflict

BEST Participation:

Susan Wood
Susan Wood - Consultant
3783 Santa Fe Trail
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
swood3644@comcast.net
734-213-1336
Skills & Expertise: Board Governance/Development, Communications/Marketing

BEST Participation: