Geri Lopker is a trainer and
performance consultant, and President of Geri Lopker &
Associates, an independently owned performance consulting, training and
instructional design firm. Geri Lopker focuses on organizational
performance improvement, and leadership and employee development. She
has over eighteen years of experience consulting and training in the
areas of systems, finance, change management, diversity, leadership
development, communication, strategic planning, team building, and
customer relations. Ms. Lopker excels at facilitating focus groups,
conducting needs analysis, designing interventions, training and
materials, and speaking to diverse groups. Ms. Lopker earned a Master
of Human Resources and Organization Development from the University of
San Francisco. She has also earned the prestigious Certified
Performance Technologist (CPT) designation. She is an adjunct professor
for Chapman University and ASTD teaching the Human Performance in the
Workplace Certificate Courses. She also has served on ASTD-OC's Total
Trainer Program faculty for 7 years. Since 1985, we have designed and
conducted hundreds of custom designed in-house workshops for a wide
range of industrial, non-profit, government and Fortune 1000 clients.
Denise Lamonte is experienced in building organizational, team, and individual capabilities through needs analysis, organizational effectiveness interventions, instructional design, facilitation, and program evaluation.
Her 20 years in training and development includes both external consulting and serving in a variety of roles within organizations. A flexible professional, Denise has worked in a variety of industries including biotech, education, telecommunications, finance and healthcare. During her career she has mastered her skills in facilitation, performance improvement consulting, instructional design, evaluation, needs assessment, team building and change management.
Denise effectively works with groups and individuals in all levels of organizations including executives, managers, and front-line staff. Her success in collaborating with these groups and individuals is due to her ability to build rapport, listen, ask questions, focus on organizational goals, and practice diplomacy while speaking the truth. She particularly enjoys helping teams improve their effectiveness through creative approaches to team building.
Denise has held the professional designation of Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) since 2003 and was one of the first 100 professionals to receive this designation. The CPT signifies that Denise has demonstrated skill in systematic and systemic analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of solutions for improved performance.
Denise is a DDI (Development Dimensions International) certified instructor and has served three one-year terms as a board member of the Orange County chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD-OC). She is a master trainer in the ASTD-OC Total Trainer program, and has presented workshops and keynotes for the Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego ASTD chapters. She earned her BA in Speech Communication from California State University, Fullerton.
Rhonda Askeland has a
twenty-year background in training and development working with leaders
at all levels – from C-level to individual contributors.
Rhonda brings her sales and consulting experience and blends it with
her ability to translate needs into a training design and experience
that gets immediate and outstanding results. Her approach to design is
to take the needs of the learner from awareness to application in a
creative and engaging way. Her creativity in design and delivery earned
her recognition in “Training” magazine for
innovative training and experiential learning techniques.She has worked
for training companies, Blessing/White and TRACOM. She has worked as an
internal learning partner for AMC Mortgage Services, Option One
Mortgage and McGraw-Hill and in her own consulting business. One recent
project was co-designing, developing and delivering a leadership
development program for senior leaders. This yearlong training provided
opportunities for senior leaders to work on real-world issues and
problems. She has worked with leaders in Fortune 500 companies like
Hewlett-Packard, Southland Corporation, and SC Johnson. Her work with
leaders has included a 15-day management development initiative.
Additionally, she designed and delivered a soft-skills program for
senior leaders at Option One that utilized custom video and an online
tool kit designed to increase performance of their associates with
follow-up support activities. She has worked with management in
organizations such as Kimberly-Clark, the New York Times and Taylor
Made Golf on sales leadership initiatives like improving sales team
performance, using communication styles to increase sales and applying
financial acumen to improve sales quality. Rhonda earned a
Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Whittier College and
has numerous certifications in training design and delivery. She is
completing her Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership. Rhonda is
the 2009 President of the International Society for Performance
Improvement, OC Chapter.
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