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DAVID BAUM, Ph.D., DMin: David’s passion is to bring together indigenous wisdom with the latest in personal and organizational change principles. His work projects have included conflict mediation in Belfast, Northern Ireland, facilitating President Clinton's “Summit for America's Future” and post-conflict transition in Bosnia.

Diverse clients include Fortune 50 companies, non-profits and Nobel Prize winning organizations. Among them are Barclays Bank, The California Institute of Technology, Conde Nast Publications, Johnson and Johnson, the Landmine Survivors Network, the Philadelphia Flyers, Shell Oil, Subaru of America and Women for Women International.

He is the author of the best selling, Lightning in a Bottle: Proven Lessons in Leading Change and The Randori Principles: The Path of Effortless Leadership. He has been featured in Fortune, Business Week, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the London Times.

David holds a doctorate in organizational psychology from Temple University and a second in divinity from UCS-Naropa.

He worked his way through graduate school as a clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey circus. David is one of the few people to teach at two of the top ten business schools in the world (Wharton and the Richard Ivey School) with a background in fire-eating, juggling, and magic.

phone #: (603) 924-7831

DAVID KNUDSEN: At the age of sixteen David worked on a Danish freighter bound for Argentina and two years later worked as a cowhand in southwestern Colorado. He taught biology and environmental science in Pennsylvania and directed an alternative school for two public school systems. Three times he received An Outstanding Educator of America Award. David has directed 20 summers of adult workshops throughout the US and Canada. He is the founder of Langskib and Northwaters Wilderness Programs, internationally recognized for the development of outstanding young leaders and has led five canoeing expeditions to the shores of the Hudson Bay. He has trained with numerous Native elders and for the past 25 years has facilitated Vision Quest programs which integrate Jungian psychology with Native philosophy. He is the executive producer of 'Temagami', a documentary focusing upon adolescent rites of passage and the need for environmental consciousness. When not at home, you can usually find him on the other end of a fly rod.

phone #: (610) 469-4661

ROD NAPIER, Ph.D is a teacher and facilitator who has been studying small group, team and system behavior for forty years. His early work as a professor at Temple University placed him in the formative years of the group dynamics movement where he was both a learner and contributor to this rapidly expanding area of human behavior.

In l975 he founded the Athyn Group, which focused on leadership development and introduced the first prototype for 360 degree feedback which is now central to most programs of leadership development. Attempting to translate theory into practice in relation to leader/facilitator effectiveness has been a primary concern. To that end he has authored or co-authored a dozen books in the field including the seminal text in the field of group dynamics, Groups: Theory and Experience - now in its seventh edition. His most recent book, The Courage to Act provides insight into the creation of high performing teams where the development of candor, trust and risk taking are central to spawning both individual and team courage.

He has worked with diverse client organizations including businesses, colleges and universities, hospitals, convents, restaurants, the United States military, prisons and peace organizations.  Currently his attention has turned mostly to the fields of higher education and health care. His clients have included: Cornell University, Exxon, Jefferson Health Care, Wellesley College, The Princeton Health System, IKON, Outward Bound USA, The United Nations, and The University of Pennsylvania. Most recently he spent five years teaching Executive Team Dynamics at The Wharton School.

He and Dave Knudsen co-founded The Temagami Experience twenty-five years and, during that same time period he has been involved in The Group Leadership Intensive (GLI), a total emersion training program for group facilitators and team leaders.

phone #: (610) 469-3850

JULIE ROBERTS, Ph.D is an independent consultant, specializing in leadership development and individual change. She works with leaders and organizations wishing to develop their full potential.

Dr. Roberts provides executive coaching for leaders and individuals wishing to understand their personal impact and create personal change. She also provides ways for assessing and understanding the workings of the organization, and provides support for creating change in the individual and work place.

Dr. Roberts conducts workshops in leadership and individual change, team development, group process and small group facilitation. She also runs workshops and has individual sessions in personal development and change using Energy Therapies. She has taught leadership and group dynamics using outdoor initiatives, ropes courses, and rock climbing. She teaches graduates Leadership and Ethics at Immaculata College.

Clients have included Emma Willard School, Wellesley College, Cornell University, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans and Doyle Law Firm, CIGNA Systems, The City of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Zoo, The Philadelphia School System, and Planned Parenthood--Western Region.

phone #: (610) 469-2160