Bertram C. Edelstein, Ph.D.

Bertram C. Edelstein, Ph.D., is an Organizational Psychologist and has served as president of The Edelstein Group, an international consulting firm, since 1987.

Dr. Edelstein has served as Consulting Director for Executive Programs at the University of California, San Diego-Extension (UCSD) and as a Lead Faculty member in the Executive Program for Scientists and Engineers (EPSE). Also at UCSD, he taught in the Healthcare Executive Leadership Program (HELP). The Edelstein Group conducted a 360-degree assessment for the participants in both the EPSE and HELP programs.

He has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Industrial and Organizational Psychology doctoral program at the California School of Professional Psychology. Formerly, he was a consultant for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, and Management Assistant for the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration at the Argonne National Laboratory.

Dr. Edelstein is a member of the LEAD San Diego Class of 2009. Dr. Edelstein can be reached via email a bedelstein@theedelsteingroup.com

Associates

Peggy Hanley, M.B.A.

Peggy Hanley, M.B.A., is an Organizational Consultant with over fifteen years experience assisting executives implement major change efforts.

She has served as Vice President of Quality for SHARP HealthCare, a large integrated system, where she led five staff departments. She served as coach to the senior executive team and facilitated the re-design of over half the organization.

Ms. Hanley also served as the creator of an executive development program for the City of San Diego in her role as Senior Consultant and Supervisor for the Organization Effectiveness Program. She led numerous large scale change projects for the City and implemented plans to improve service to customers through both training and incentive programs.

Prior to joining The Edelstein Group, Ms. Hanley served as a consultant for Rensis Likert & Associates and taught graduate courses in Organization Theory at San Diego State University. She frequently serves as a speaker at national meetings and has recently appeared with Peter Senge in a video teleconference on building learning organizations.

Ms. Hanley can be reached via email at
info@theedelsteingroup.com .

Sharon R. Davidson, M.A., M.S.

Sharon R. Davidson, M.A., M.S. is an Organization Consultant with over 12 years experience consulting to technology, manufacturing and health care organizations.

Ms. Davidson has served as an Organization Effectiveness Consultant to SHARP HealthCare and UCSD Medical Center, which included consultation on executive and team development. She has also implemented major reorganization and work design efforts and has utilized organization surveys for organization diagnosis and problem solving for a wide range of clients.

Prior to joining The Edelstein Group, Ms. Davidson was a Consulting Associate with Rensis Likert & Associates and Jerry Franklin & Associates. She was responsible for the implementation of organization climate surveys during major downsizing and corporate restructuring projects.

Ms. Davidson can be reached via email at info@theedelsteingroup.com.

Keren Stashower, M.A.

Keren Stashower is an organization development consultant specializing in strategic organizational assessment and design of large-scale planning and change efforts. She works with clients at all organizational levels to support effective organizational growth. She has provided executive coaching, designed and conducted management development training programs, facilitated strategic planning and teambuilding retreats, designed customer service and employee satisfaction surveys and facilitated large group discussions. Keren has also facilitated key interdisciplinary or cross-functional organizational efforts to ensure project outcomes are timely and thorough.

Keren served as the Director of Organization Effectiveness for Sharp HealthCare. She provided services to 5 hospitals and 3 medical groups, including design of a physician/ executive leadership development program, a supervisory training program and redesign of several key departments. She also served as Director of Quality for a major medical group. As a member of the executive leadership team, she was responsible for design of organizational systems and structures that supported collection, dissemination and use of quality data to improve overall performance. She designed and implemented a large-scale change effort aimed at improving service delivery, with demonstrable results. She managed a diverse staff of 33 healthcare professionals.

Keren's clients have included Sea World, Nokia, the San Diego Zoological Society, Sharp HealthCare, UCSD Medical Center, Cal State San Marcos, Planned Parenthood, the City of Berkeley, the Commission for Children, Youth and Families, the County Water Authority, Children's Hospital, and the City of San Diego. She works is a trainer and speaker for Pfizer and Bayer Pharmaceuticals. She assisted the County of San Diego with redesigning their service delivery system for severely emotionally disturbed children. She continues to work with Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group implementation and measurement of their business plan.

Keren's graduate training is in clinical and administrative social work, organizational systems and human development.

Ms. Stashower can be reached via email at info@theedelsteingroup.com.

Julia Collins, M.B.A., SPHR

Julia Collins, M.B.A., SPHR, has been a member of The Edelstein Group since 1993. Ms. Collins coordinates large projects and specializes in data development and its statistical interpretation for a workplace environment.

Prior to joining The Edelstein Group, Ms. Collins was Director of Administration and Human Resources for Project Concern International, a not-for-profit healthcare organization, where she was responsible for leading the Human Resources, Administration, Information Systems, and Accounting groups.

She has more than ten years' experience working with organizations and corporations in Mexico, and has developed and implemented training and coaching programs for various Mexico-based organizations. Ms. Collins is fluent in Spanish.

Ms. Collins can be reached via email at info@theedelsteingroup.com.

Affiliates

Michael D. Madera, Psy.D.

Michael D. Madera, Psy.D., is a senior consultant and has been affiliated with The Edelstein Group since 1999.

Previously, he worked in business and clinical settings, specializing in adult personality and development, cultural diversity, and the integration of technology and groupware in organizations.

Dr. Madera serves as the president of the New England Society for Applied Psychology. Dr. Madera coordinates The Edelstein Group's Pre-employment Assessment and Executive Development programs on the eastern seaboard.

Dr. Madera can be reached via email at: info@theedelsteingroup.com

Lewis R. Stern, Ph.D.

Lewis R. Stern, Psy.D., is an organizational psychologist with over 25 years experience as an executive coach, organization development consultant and consulting psychologist.

Dr. Stern has served as president of Focus Consulting and Stern Consulting, vice president of ODI and senior vice president of Manchester Consulting. He is co-founder and past-president of the New England Society for Applied Psychology, chairman of the board of The Executive Coaching Forum, and director of the professional executive coaching certificate program at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.

Dr. Stern is a licensed psychologist in Massachusetts and a Certified Health Service Provider. He has served as an adjunct faculty guest lecturer in business, management, and organization behavior and development at many colleges and universities.

Dr. Stern can be reached via email at: info@theedelsteingroup.com

Robert Bonnevie, Psy.D

Robert P. Bonnevie, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist with over fifteen years’ experience consulting across a wide variety of industries from technology firms to manufacturing and financial services companies. These organizations range in size from Fortune 100 corporations to smaller entrepreneurial ventures. In addition to his clinical and career counseling background, Dr. Bonnevie's areas of expertise include management assessment, leadership development, executive coaching, conflict/change management, and workplace violence interventions. He is on the Management Division faculty at Babson College where he teaches Organizational Behavior and Leadership. Dr. Bonnevie has also been instrumental in the development and delivery of Babson’s unique Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program.

Over the years, Dr. Bonnevie has assessed hundreds of executives and managers being considered for selection or promotion/development. He has played an integral role in helping organizations address human resource needs during times of strategic growth and change. His extensive executive coaching experience has spanned the management ranks from work with CEO’s to mid-level managers. As a conflict management expert, Dr. Bonnevie has helped individuals and organizations realize the benefits of more effectively managing interpersonal and group conflicts. A noted authority in the field of workplace violence, he has assisted organizations in taking the necessary steps to reduce the risk of violence. On many occasions, he has been called upon to speak on the topic at conferences and in the media.

Dr. Bonnevie can be reached via email at: info@theedelsteingroup.com

Marnix Ryckaert, M.A., Lic. Psy.

Marnix Ryckaert is an Industrial Psychologist from the State University of Ghent, Belgium. He also enrolled in several management courses at INSEAD (Fontainebleu, France), IMD (Switzerland) and he is a fellow of the American Institute for International Studies in Management (Salzburg, Austria). He has been affiliated with The Edelstein Group since 1988.

He served as an expert in Human Resources for the Belgian Foreign office before accepting an international research assignment at the State University of Ghent. He subsequently became a senior consultant with the consulting firm RHR International with assignments all over Europe. He now manages his own firm, MACO International.

His management consulting practice is global in scope. His clients are multinationals as well as local, national companies. He serves different industrial sectors and he is frequently invited to give lectures in the business and university community. He operates in English, French, German, Flemish and he has a passive knowledge of Portuguese.

His consulting practice includes work on executive assessment, organisational change programs, leadership development, international team building, management issues related to intercultural differences. His approach is long term and process oriented.

Mr. Ryckaert can be reached via email at info@theedelsteingroup.com.

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