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Mary Buchel

ON THE NIGHT STAND August 2003

Accelerating change

Mary Beth Thornton is a talent development professional passionate about helping others achieve their highest potential. She currently works in organization development and enjoys focusing on employee engagement, learning and development, process improvement, employee coaching, change management, project management, and more. She functions as a business consultant, instructional designer, and corporate educator. Mary Beth enjoys content creation and facilitation and has delivered presentations to groups ranging from two to 500 attendees. Her favorite topics include leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence.Mary Beth has a bachelor’s degree in international relations and a master’s in educational leadership. She is an ATD Master Trainer and a certified Associate Professional in Talent Development. She also holds a Consulting certificate from the Association for Talent Development along with a Diversity and Compliance Specialist certification from HR Unlimited.

Mary Beth Thornton

John Zorbini has spent his career helping organizations understand the strategic link between effectively managed human capital and successful business results. John’s unique background and experiences as a senior executive, professional speaker, and certified leadership coach, combined with his collaborative and results-focused approach, makes him ideal to consult, coach and facilitate all levels of leadership. For Stewart Leadership, John specializes in working with clients in such areas as succession planning, full-cycle strategy planning (business & talent review, succession review, leadership development review), human resources consulting, and executive leadership coaching.For 30 years, John held various leadership roles for three of Wisconsin’s largest employers, spending 25 of those years in the chief human resources officer position. Having an intimate understanding of the complexities and daily challenges of boards, executives, and other leaders, has enhanced his ability to quickly relate to and assist those with whom he works.As a professional speaker, John has delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations and continues to be a much-in-demand facilitator and speaker. Additionally, John has over 20 years of university-level teaching experience (undergraduate and MBA) as an assistant and adjunct professor at Marquette, Concordia, Cardinal Stritch, and Mount Mary Universities.John received his bachelor’s degree from West Liberty University in West Virginia and his master’s degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee. He completed his fellowship for executives at the Advisory Board in Washington, D.C.He has served as a board president or board member for governmental agencies, civic groups, and not-for-profit organizations, including former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Council for College & Workforce Readiness (where he represented all businesses in Wisconsin); current Governor Tony Evers’ Career Development Committee; the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s Workforce Development Council; the Mount Mary University Board of Trustees; and others. He currently serves as Chairman of the Washington County Ethics Board.John has always been an active member of his community. He has been the recipient of his community’s Citizen of the Year Award, and two school district’s Friend of Education Award. He and his wife, Pam, reside in Erin, Wisconsin.

John Zorbini

Holly Huntley leads Enterprise Learning & Talent Development for CSC, a leading global IT services company. In that role she serves as the CLO for a global workforce of nearly 92,000 employees. She sets the strategic direction for the learning solutions and development programs across CSC and directs their Learning Officer Council. During her career, Huntley has been involved with virtually all aspects of the training delivery cycle. In addition to developing business processes to ensure compliance with standards such as SEI/CMM, her areas of expertise include leadership development, executive coaching, organizational change, performance management systems, succession planning, conflict management, e-learning, and facilitation. Huntley earned her Master of Science in Applied Behavioral Science from Johns Hopkins University and graduated cum laude from St. Mary's College of Maryland with a Bachelors degree in Psychology. She also holds numerous professional certifications, including the SPHR certification. Huntley was the featured CLO in T&D magazine in February 2005. Under her leadership, CSC has received numerous industry awards such as: three ASTD BEST awards, two CLO Magazine awards for innovation and marketing, two Corporate University Exchange awards for technology and marketing, and SkillSoft’s Instant Learning Award.

Holly Huntley

Mary Smith is an associate consultant with IA Business Advisors and is a Kolbe Certified Consultant. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature with a minor in psychology from the University of Redlands. She is currently working toward her master’s degree in organizational leadership. Together with Brian Smith, she developed The I in Team Series to help leaders find, be, and build their positive influence. The newest title in the series is Individual Advantages: Be the “I” in Team.

Mary Smith

Mary Olson-Menzel has over 30 years of leadership across media, tech, healthcare, and many other industries globally. She is the Founder and CEO of MVP Executive Development, a national leadership, coaching, and organizational management consultancy with offices in Connecticut, New York, and Illinois. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups with a broad reach of industries from FinTech to Football (the NFL). As a seasoned executive leadership coach, Mary works with both companies and individuals to unlock the potential that improves business performance and catalyzes growth. Her coaching methods bring a fresh lens to business and a perspective that nurtures teamwork and helps drive results through grace, empathy, and "Humane Leadership". Before starting her company in 2012, Mary was a partner at two leading global executive search firms. She also spent a decade at Tribune Company in Chicago as National Managing Director of Talent, leading a team of 40+ human capital professionals. This is where her understanding and expertise in recruiting and coaching were honed. She worked closely with 20 newspapers, 27 television stations, and hundreds of digital assets across the country to attract and retain the best and the brightest. In her early years, Mary worked in both the tech space and media and entertainment where she started her career as a television reporter. Her innate curiosity and ability to connect with people paved the way for her life's work: helping leaders at all levels channel what “lights them up” and inspires them into more fulfilling and successful personal and professional journeys. Mary earned her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Public Relations from Illinois State University. She is a part of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, which brings together the world's leading executive coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, iconic leaders, and entrepreneurs. Her first book, What Lights You Up? Illuminate Your Path and Take the Next Big Step in Your Career, will be on bookshelves in early October 2024. 

Mary Olson-Menzel 

Nadine Rothermel is Director of Operations for the Global Learning and Leadership Development (GLLD) at Agilent Technologies, the world’s premier measurement company. Agilent operates two primary businesses – electronic measurement, and life sciences and chemical analysis – supported by a central research group, Agilent Laboratories. Its businesses excel in applying measurement technologies to develop products that sense, analyze, display and communicate data. The company’s 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Nadine is a member of the enterprise senior team for learning and development and in partnership with the CLO and her colleagues, Nadine manages the organization’s strategic financial operations, planning and processes, supplier management, benchmarking, and development for the organization. She is developing the social learning strategy and the social collaboration skills of the organization. Nadine’s background originates in the field where she was in sales and marketing in the semiconductor industry. Her work in training and development began when she joined a task force to develop and train customer call management for HP’s field offices for North America. Since then, she has served in all aspects of design, development, delivery and program management of training programs. She went to Agilent when the company was spun off as a start-up from HP in 1999 and managed different aspects of the learning and development function including teams across the globe. Nadine feels that GLLD has mastered the virtual workspace given Agilent’s use of technology to reach their distributed workforce and that many of her team members have worked successfully from home offices for more than a decade. Nadine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management from St Mary’s College of California and served as co-chair and advisory group member for the ASTD Forum.

Nadine Rothermel

Ashley Chiasson is an instructional designer and consultant based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with over six years of professional experience. She has a passion for creating meaningful learning experiences and holds a Masters of Education (Post-Secondary Studies) from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics and Psychology) from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax Nova Scotia.

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