BIOGRAPHIES

Jeanette N. Cleveland

Jeanette N. Cleveland, Ph.D., is a Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University. She earned her Ph.D from the Pennsylvania State University and has held faculty positions at Baruch College, CUNY, Colorado State University and currently serves as an external examiner for the University of Limerick, Ireland. 

She became an Academy member in 1987 and was elected Program Chair for the Human Resources and Gender and Diversity in Organizations Divisions, Division Chair for HR and GDO Divisions, and prior to this to the Executive committees for these Divisions. In addition, she served as chair or co-chair for the HR doctoral and junior faculty consortium, scholarly achievement award, Best paper Award, and the GDO Dissertation award Committee.  She is an elected Fellow of SIOP (Division 14) and the American Psychological Association.

Her research interests include personal and contextual variables in performance appraisal, workforce diversity issues including older workers and women, and work and family issues. She was consulting editor for Journal of Organizational Behavior and has served or is currently serving on the editorial boards of Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and International Journal of Management Reviews. She is the Co-Editor for the Applied Psychology Series for Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates now owned by Taylor Francis. Her books include: Understanding performance appraisal: Social, organizational and goal perspectives (with K. Murphy) and Women and men in organizations: Sex and gender issues (with M. Stockdale and K. Murphy, 2000).

DEAN J. DE MARCO

DEAN J. DE MARCO, Principal Dean, is one of the co-founders and a managing member of Premium Funding Group (PFG). At PFG, he has both strategic and operational responsibilities. His areas of focus include building client relationships, developing strategic partnerships, and designing new financing strategies. Prior to joining PFG, he held a series of positions with ever-increasing responsibility over 17 years at American International Group, Inc. (AIG). This culminated in leading the business development Group for A.I. Credit Corporation, an AIG subsidiary focused on insurance premium and other insurance related commercial loans. In this role, he was responsible for the development, maintenance and management of AIG's industry-leading life insurance premium financing program. Prior to his work at AIG, he was a Business Manager with Martin Marietta, and prior to that a Staff Accountant with Manufacturers Hanover Leasing Company.

kIMBERLY gRIFFIN, phd

 Dr. Kimberly Griffin's research interests are primarily focused in two areas: the access, experiences, and outcomes of underrepresented communities in higher education, and the influence of relationships on outcomes at critical time-points. These interests have led her to conduct work on a variety of topics, including the mentoring relationships Black professors form, the experiences and motivation patterns of high achieving African Americans students, and the influence of campus climate and interactions with diverse peers. Her doctoral degree is from UCLA's Higher Education and Organizational Change Program, and she also holds a Masters degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in Education Policy and Leadership, as well as a Bachelors degree in Psychology from Stanford University.

Donna Karlin

Donna Karlin CEC, founder of A Better Perspective™ has pioneered the specialized practice of Shadow Coaching™ with global political and senior organizational leaders in the public and private sectors.

 By entering the client’s environment, she works with them in translating awareness into practice, essentially fostering the emergence of the Shadow Coach™ in the clients themselves.  Donna uses an adaptable and comprehensive approach in working with her clients, a unique structure that enables her to understand individuals and their worlds sufficiently to design coaching that shifts their developmental level. Her coaching attends to the individual, social, relational and environmental aspects of her client's ‘world, an integral approach that results in the client developing a deeper, more comprehensive sense of themselves and their place in their organization and the world as a whole. 

Principal of A Better Perspective™, Ms. Karlin has worked for over 25 years as a coach and trainer with clients in Canada, the US and abroad in the business/corporate sector, political Federal Ministries, government departments and agencies and the medical and creative designer communities.

 Donna is an author, lectures internationally, and is a key player in 6 international think tanks and research and development teams.  In response to widely expressed interest to her highly successful and innovative approach to coaching, she established the School of Shadow Coaching™ to enable master level coaches to learn the practice.

 She is involved in numerous professional organizations including Vice President and member of the Board of the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations (ICCO), Member of the Board of Directors of The Coach Initiative, member of the International Coach Federation, and is a founding member and is a past member of the Board of Governors of the International Association of Coaching (IAC).

 Donna’s work has been written up in Fast Company Magazine, The National Post (Financial Post), The Globe and Mail, The New York Times Business Section, The Boston Globe, Personal Success Magazine, as well as in numerous online articles including BusinessListening.com, The Training Report, and SelfGrowth.com.  She has written two eBooks, has recently co-authored the best selling book ‘101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life’ and is currently working on a book on Human Based Leadership. 

 Her blog Perspectives™ is subscribed to by readers from 138 countries and territories. Donna is a leadership expert and writes the column “Jumping Into the Deep End of Leadership” for Fast Company, is a contributing author for The Coaching Commons, is an expert author for Evan Carmichael: Motivation and Strategies for Entrepreneurs, and is a frequent columnist for Canadian Government Executive Magazine.

 She has a proven track record in developing sustainable leadership.

Kristin Page

Kirsten Page is an Emmy nominated news anchor and reporter with 15 years of experience in television news. Ten of those were spent anchoring locally in Harrisburg.She now uses those skills as a media consultant training companies in media relations. Her clients have included The Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania Credit Union Association and Safe Kids Worldwide.

 Prior to coming to Harrisburg, Kirsten worked in Washington, DC for an independent news bureau that specialized in gathering news for dozens of television stations. While there, she frequently worked on Capitol Hill and at the White House to localize Washington stories for stations across the country.

 Kirsten came to Harrisburg in 1996 to anchor and report for WHP CBS 21. During her decade at the station, Kirsten covered national events from the inaugurations of two presidents, to local disasters such as Hurricane Ivan.

Her work has earned her Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations for both anchoring and reporting.

 Kirsten has a B.S. in Broadcast Communications from East Carolina University and a M.A. in Journalism and Public Affairs from American University.

Coquese washington

Coquese Washington, who helped lead Notre Dame to the 2001 NCAA Championship, was introduced as the fifth head coach of the Penn State women’s basketball program on April 23, 2007. Washington is the first female African-American head coach in Penn State history.

 In her first season at the helm, Washington and the Lady Lions picked up two nationally-televised wins on ESPN and CBS, downed two nationally-ranked foes and took home the 25th regular-season tournament crown in program history. The Coquese Washington era started in style as the Lady Lions won their first three games of the season, including a win over #20/21 Pittsburgh, to claim the WBCA Classic title. Just three weeks later, Washington guided the Lady Lions to their first-ever win over 10th-ranked Duke in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

 Washington came to Happy Valley after eight seasons as an associate head coach and assistant coach at Notre Dame. During Washington’s eight seasons, Notre Dame amassed a 188-69 record with eight NCAA Tournament appearances, including a National Championship in 2001.

 Washington attained “Double Domer” status from Notre Dame as she earned her bachelor’s degree in history in 1992 and earned her Juris Doctorate from the Notre Dame Law School in 1997.

 A native of Flint, Mich., Washington and her husband, Raynell Brown, have a son, Quenton (3). They reside in Port Matilda, Pa.