Holly Latty-Mann, Ph.D.

drlatty@leadershiptrust.org

Dr. Holly Latty-Mann is the president and co-founder (with the late Dr. Jim Farr) of The Leadership Trust^®. She specializes in facilitating leadership workshops, performing comprehensive leadership impact studies, corporate assessments, onsite team-building workshops, and strategic culture studies for diverse businesses and industries.

Latty-Mann completed her post doctorate in clinical psychology at Kent State and Duke University Medical Center. She earned a doctorate from the University of South Carolina in experimental psychology (social psychology/personality). She served as Executive Professor of Leadership at the Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management and later formed alliances with other major North Carolina universities including Duke's Fuqua School of Business, their Coach K Center of Leadership and Ethics.

Doc Holly has served on boards for the study of interpersonal relationship dynamics, published work in both academic and non-academic journals, and presented her research findings across the United States and abroad. She now devotes full time to running and growing The Leadership Trust^® while making time for pro bono workshops for non-profit organizations.

Holly's serious passion is animal welfare; semi-serious passion, piano, and her lighthearted passion is foreign travel, having traveled extensively and mostly for fun to more than 50 foreign countries. When in North Carolina, you'll find her on tennis courts or hiking and biking her favorite trails. She promises it's no exaggeration that cycling a good trail creates a huge childlike state within her. "Total freedom, total joy, one big smile!"

Theodore G. Ryan, Ph.D.

Dr. Ted Ryan serves The Leadership Trust^® as senior adjunct faculty, executive coach and organizational consultant. With leadership as his core passion and underlying theme, he focuses on both personal and organizational transformation through in-depth coaching, organizational analyses and change initiatives, leadership workshops, and university teaching.

Dr. Ryan has worked with such organizations as Accenture (Andersen Consulting), American Museum of Natural History, Bank of America, Banc of America Securities, Central Park Conservancy, Deutsche Bank, Dun & Bradstreet, Federal Reserve Bank NY, General Electric, Getty Oil, JP Morgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, McGraw Hill, Merrill Lynch, Mastercard International, Morgan Stanley, The New York Times, PepsiCo, Standard & Poor's, Swiss Bank, The U.S. State Department, and Young & Rubicam.

Dr. Ryan led the creation and implementation of 360 performance evaluation programs at Banc of America Securities, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. He created and helped deliver hiring processes at Accenture, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. At Merrill Lynch Ted was their primary trainer for over 20 years helping their managers recruit and select financial consultants. Dr. Ryan helped lead the integration of the corporate and investment banking platforms at Deutsche Bank and Banc of America Securities. At JP Morgan Chase, he helped develop a "best in class" employee communication capability and helped to "operationalize" Chase's vision into its management practices. Ted offers these same services to management teams across a diversity of industries.

Dr. Ryan earned a Ph.D. in Counseling/Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, did graduate work in the humanities at Princeton University and has a master's degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a Managing Partner of Tarxien Partners, LLC, a holistic leadership enrichment practice. Dr. Ryan has taught on the secondary, university and graduate levels. Currently, he is teaching a course on "The Ethics of Leadership" at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia.

Ted enjoys hiking in the mountains, and kayaking and boating in the coastal waters of SE Georgia. Tennis, basketball and biking are three of his favorite activities. He has never been defeated by Roger Federer. Ted loves music and his two sons try valiantly to keep him aware of today's music.

Marina Amat, Ph.D.

Dr. Marina Amat serves The Leadership Trust^® in the performance of strategic culture studies and leadership impact studies. Specializing in qualitative research methods and in-depth interviews, Dr. Amat's core competencies center around narrative research, analysis, and interpretation. Dr. Amat earned a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from American University, Washington, D.C. and a MA in English from Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

Dr. Amat is the former principal of a 10-year-old information technology company. She combines interdisciplinary academic training as a linguist, writer, and social scientist with nearly 20 years of professional experience in the areas of corporate communications and information technology for large, not-for-profit, and start-up companies.

Dr. Amat is founder and president of AMATEA, LLC, The Change Brokers^™, an interdisciplinary consulting firm guided by its mission to apply technology for social change. The firm integrates the latest social science theories and methods with state-of-the-art technologies to reach optimal solutions for all stakeholders.

For fun, Marina enjoys running in 5K road races with her husband Greg and daughter Catarina. Great training for the family's penchant for climbing to mountain tops. Their sights are set on Machu Picchu, next.

Leslie D. Bessellieu, Ph.D.

Dr. Leslie Bessellieu serves The Leadership Trust^® with executive coaching services with a specialization in the areas of stress and time management, resolving conflict in the workplace and developing more effective styles of communication and problem-solving. Leslie's level of caring and compassion is evident in her interactions with others, whether it's one-on-one, in small group sessions, or large audiences. Her practical, results-oriented approach is often met with relief and satisfaction as clients/ workshop participants are able to gain valuable insights and leave with life skills that can immediately be put into practice.

Bessellieu obtained her doctorate and masters degrees in Psychology from Auburn University in Auburn, AL. A licensed, clinical psychologist, Dr. Bessellieu currently teaches in the psychology department at the University of South Carolina and brings over 15 years of clinical experience, public speaking and facilitating workshops and seminars to individuals and businesses seeking more effective and meaningful avenues to reach their highest potential.

Dr. Bessellieu is President and Founder of Transformations, a consulting company which assists corporate executives, project managers and potential leaders in the areas of organizational growth, leadership development, and cooperative conflict resolution strategies.

When Leslie wants to unwind, she heads down to her home town, Pawleys Island, to visit those family members who still reside there. She will tell you that there is no better place to enjoy the unbeatable combination of sunny beach and delicious seafood, unique only to the low country.

Cindy Valliere, BS CPAA CPVA CPBA

Cindy Valliere serves The Leadership Trust^® through her specialization as an executive life coach. Because work affects home and home affects work, Valliere's "soul work" fully considers both strengths and challenges and takes on a holistic approach to total wellness as she acknowledges mind, body, emotions and spirit in what makes each of us the unique individuals we are. Cindy Valliere is founder and president of Invent Your Life, a life coaching company whose mission is to empower others to live extraordinary lives. In keeping with her mission, she enjoys a proven track record to promote change in individuals based upon her ability to cut to the heart of the matter regarding what is working and what is not working. As a certified, credentialed analyst, Cindy Valliere's executive life programs draw upon a wide range of targeted assessments to create a customized assessment and coaching package and coaching plan known to expedite permanent, positive change. Given what we acknowledge as Cindy's exceptionally astute diagnostic skills, her high success rate is also due in part to her knowing when and how to employ our interdisciplinary support system.

Valliere has a BS from the University of Arizona, is a graduate of Coach U, www.coachu.com, and is a certified affiliate with The Highlands Company, www.highlandsco.com, student, adult and leadership versions. She is credentialed with TTI Performance Systems, Ltd, as a Values and Behavioral Analyst.

Working out is one of Cindy's fun passions - so you will find her in the fitness center as well as outside robustly walking her treasured friend, Brandy, an Australian Sheppard (meet Brandy, too!). She has traveled to Nepal with Habitat for Humanity International and looks forward to more adventurous treks. She loves young people (her son is a college student at NC State) and she mentor coaches a group of college women during the school year. This passion led her to establish an assessment and coaching programs custom designed for students and young professionals.