 President
Lisa Toenniges, CPT
Chief Executive Officer
Innovative Learning Group
514 E 4th St
Royal Oak, MI 48067-2847
lisa.toenniges@innovativeLG.com
Lisa Toenniges, CPT, is owner and CEO of Innovative Learning Group, a company that provides custom learning and performance support services to Fortune 1000 companies. A dynamic and respected leader, Lisa has more than 20 years of experience in the performance improvement industry and has consulted with many Fortune 1000 companies about their learning and performance strategies and solutions. ILG was born out of Lisa's passion for building a business, providing for her employees, and doing what is right for clients. Her entrepreneurial spirit, positive outlook, and hands-on leadership style have been the drivers behind ILG's rapid growth and tremendous success. As a result of her efforts, Lisa was named one of the 2010 Top 10 Michigan Business Women and Rainmaker of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners of Greater Detroit. She also was declared an Entrepreneur of Distinction by Corp! magazine in 2009. Lisa just completed a two-year term as a board member and treasurer of the organization. She also is a past president of the ISPI Michigan Chapter and past chair of ISPI’s 2010 annual conference. |  President-Elect
Mary Ellen Kassotakis, CPT, EdD
Director, Leadership & Professional Development Center
Oracle
PO Box 60805
Sacramento, CA 95860-0805
maryellen.kassotakis@oracle.com
Mary Ellen Kassotakis, CPT, EdD, serves as the Director of the Leadership & Professional Center within Oracle's Global Organization and Talent Development Group (Human Resources). She has more than 20 years of experience in large, global companies; her areas of expertise include leadership development, organization development, talent management, consulting, diversity, leadership coaching, change management, and strategic planning. Mary Ellen's academic background includes a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California, a Masters of Business Administration degree from San Francisco State University with a focus in international business, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Certified Performance Technologist. Additionally, she earned the Co-Active Professional Coach Certification from the Coaches Training Institute and maintains the Associate Coach Credential from the International Coach Federation. Mary Ellen is the co-author of Social Media at Work: How Networking Tools Propel Organizational Performance (2010, Jossey-Bass). |  Immediate Past President
Jack Phillips, PhD
Chairman
ROI Institute Inc
PO Box 380637
Birmingham, AL 35238
jack@roiinstitute.net
Jack Phillips, PhD, works as a corporate executive and internationally recognized expert in measurement and evaluation, and has served in corporate positions over a 27-year period, including learning and development manager, human resources executive, general manager, and president. He has also served in board leadership positions for organizations such ASTD, National Management Association, and Glenwood Mental Health Services. Jack founded and cofounded two consulting firms. Currently serves as chairman of the ROI Institute, which provides workshops, consulting services, benchmarking, and research to 4,000 organizations in 50 countries. A former adjunct professor for ten years and three years as full-time professor, he has degrees in electrical engineering, math, physics, quantitative methods, and a PhD in human resources management. Jack has authored, co-authored, and edited over 300 articles and 100 books with major publishers on performance improvement issues, and served as editor of Elsevier Publishing's Human Performance Improvement Series, with 40 titles in the series. Jack joined ISPI in the 1980s and has served in chapter leadership roles. | 
Director, Treasurer
Bonnie Beresford
VP Client Services
Capital Analytics
8935 Huron Bluffs Dr.
White Lake, MI 48386
bberesford@capanalytics.com Bonnie Beresford, MBA, has more than 20 years of experience in the field of human performance technology. She is Vice President of Client Services at Capital Analytics, a consultancy specializing in measuring the impact and optimization of human capital investments. Her ROI and business impact work earned the Excellence in Practice Award and three Chief Learning Office Business Impact awards for her clients. Bonnie is currently a PhD candidate in Human Capital Management at Bellevue University. She has served on Michigan ISPI Board of Directors for the past six years as VP Finance (twice) and President (including president-elect and past president) and volunteered at the international level as a conference track chair, proposal reviewer, and member of the Chapter Partnership and Honorary Life Member Award committees. Bonnie co-authored "The Development and Evolution of Human Performance Improvement" with Harold Stolovitch (in Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology) and was a contributor to Fundamentals of Performance Improvement, 3rd edition. |  Director
Catherine S. Brown, MS
3482 County Road 19
Newell, AL 36280-2708
BrownCS@INPO.org
Cathy's involvement with ISPI has helped her to forge lasting relationships and gain knowledge and experience that contributed to her professional success. She is pleased to give back to the Society to which she owes so much, and honored by the invitation to run for ISPI Board Director. Cathy understands that in working with volunteers, success is achieved through influence, collaboration, and staying open to new ideas. Cathy is the Senior Program Manager/Instructional Architect for Industry Leadership Development at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta, GA. Prior to that, she served as curriculum manager for The Home Depot University and was an internal performance consultant at Sabre, Inc. She has a MS in instruction and performance technology from Boise State University. |  Director
Janet A. Buckenmeyer, PhD
Professor and Program Chair
Purdue University Calumet
2200 169th St.
Hammond, IN 46323
drjanetbuckenmeyer@gmail.com
Janet Buckenmeyer, PhD, has been an educator for more than 15 years, including the last nine years as Program Chair of Instructional Technology and Design at Purdue University Calumet where she is the Chair and Founding Member of Instructional Technology Program Advisory Committee. Janet has authored and co-authored numerous publications on effective instructional design in the online and digitally enhanced environments. Articles have appeared in such journals as The International Journal Learning of E-Learning, The Internet and Higher Education, The Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, and Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. She holds leadership positions at Purdue University Calumet, including an appointment by the Chancellor to the University Forum--a leadership team that is comprised of faculty and administrative leaders. Janet was elected by her peers to be a member of university-wide Faculty Senate. She was also elected to be Chair of the Senate's Faculty Affairs Committee. Her accreditation experience includes serving as a member of the Academic Quality Improvement Program (regional university accreditation) Committee. Janet also has significant national accreditation experience with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). |  Director
Brett D. Christensen, MSc, CPT, CTDP
737 Windsor Lane
Gananoque, ON K7G 2X8
CANADA
christensenbd@yahoo.ca
Brett has been in the learning and development field in the Canadian Forces (CF) since 1993, shifting to performance improvement in 2006. My experience serving the Armed Forces Chapter has shown me the value that each group holds for the other. The chapters are the grassroots of the Society and one of the main sources from where we draw future leaders. Improving the mutual support of the chapters and ISPI through improved strategic alignment and a simplified governance structure will contribute to the long-term sustainability of our Society. The amount of support and learning I have received through ISPI is immeasurable. It is my professional home. To be given the occasion to serve ISPI on its Board of Directors is an opportunity to pay forward a small portion of what I have received. |  International Director
Lucy S. Newman, CPT, DBA
Managing Director/CEO
FITC-Financial Institutions Training Center
164/166 Murtala Mohammed Street
Yaba - Lagos
Lagos, 00 POBox 1013
NIGERIA
234-802-306-0969
lnewman@fitc-ng.com
Lucy has over 24 years of experience derived from a development finance institution, four banks in Nigeria, the Performance Improvement Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria, and FITC where she has been CEO since May 2009. Lucy is also chairman, FSS2020 Human Capital Development Implementation Committee; member, Sub-Committee on Ethics & Professionalism of the Nigerian Bankers' Committee; and member, Executive Committee, West African Bankers' Association. Over the past 10 years, Lucy has written over 15 articles, two books, and a book chapter. She has facilitated many local and international seminars and workshops. Lucy had 79 ISPI recertification points in 2011, even though she needed only 15. She enjoys travelling and meeting people across cultures. Within the past 10 years, Lucy has visited Amsterdam, The Czech Republic, United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa officially and for leisure. Within the U.S., she has visited Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs, St. Louis, New York, Washington, DC, and New Jersey. | Executive Director
April Davis, CAE
ISPI Headquarters
PO Box 13035
Silver Spring MD 20910 USA
Office: (301) 587-8570
Email: april@ispi.org April S. Davis, CAE, has worked for ISPI for 15 years. During the earlier parts of her career, she served as Director of Periodicals, and after serving in various capacities for the organization, was promoted to Senior Director in 2005. April became the Associate Executive Director when she earned her Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in January 2006. In that role, she was instrumental in developing and launching several new programs, including the SkillCast webinars, ProSeries workshops, and Career Center. She also led several strategic partnership efforts, including those with John Wiley & Sons. In November 2007, April was named Interim Executive Director, a role which led to her current position as Executive Director in September 2008. Prior to coming to ISPI, she worked for Time Life Books, served as Communications and Political Director for a non-profit association, and managed her own editorial and design services business. |
|