The Team
Our leadership experiences are highly collaborative and dependent upon partnerships with colleagues, subject matter experts, consultants, facilitators and YOU, our clients!
Our Leaders
Prior to co-founding Experience to Lead, Dick was Executive Leadership Director at IBM, responsible for leadership curriculum for all managers and executives, Manager of Management Development for IBM in Asia, and Director of Leadership Development at ITT. He holds two patents for innovations in organizational learning at IBM. Dick was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in the 17th Annual American Business Stevie Awards. Dick also published his first book Apollo Leadership Lessons — Powerful Business Insights for Executives. which is available on Amazon.com.
Amanda has worked with some of the leading firms in the world, helping them continue to evolve their leaders to meet the demands of today’s complex business environment. Amanda’s eclectic background has involved sales, logistics, technology and operations, finance, public speaking, facilitating and management. A jack-of-all-trades, Amanda is a master of connecting people, concepts, and projects to enable our team to deliver on our promises to our clients.
Client Solutions Team
Jeff previously worked as the Executive Director of Leadership & Experiential Programs for The Conference Board. He was responsible for the delivery of over 100 customized executive and C-level leadership and best practice programs.
He’s held senior leadership, program and business development positions at Dale Carnegie and IDology, a UK-based leadership consultancy. Jeff has also held senior marketing and sales positions with Time Warner/Atlantic Records.
Morgan has been a part of Experience to Lead since 2016. She has been on the design team for Launch Point, Brace for Impact, as well as contributed to our European programs. She is passionate about tailoring each program to fit our client’s needs and making sure that each program has a lasting impact.
Robin brings a wealth of corporate event planning experience with a focus on details and customer relation. In addition to Robin’s extensive client focus, we are proud of her service in the U.S. Navy.
Subject Matter Experts
Jerome is a Gold medalist alongside David, and together the team obtained David’s world record in the 100m and 200m. Collectively, Jerome led his teammates to 10 national championships, 5 world championships, 4 American records, as well as 4 Paralympic Games.
He later served as spacecraft communicator in Mission Control during numerous Space Shuttle missions.
He also served as the Assistant Director and Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center.
When Lex is giving a motivational presentation on stage, his goal is to inspire audiences to realize a vision of who they can truly be, ultimately, teaching people to see. His mantra is “no need for sight when you have a vision”, and it is central to Lex’s outlook on life.
Harv worked as a part of the NASA team during the entire Apollo Program, giving him a front-row seat to one of mankind’s greatest adventures. As the Director of Human Resources, Harv played a key role in selecting and shaping NASA’s leaders. His other leadership experience includes service as a naval officer and as a leader in a variety of community and professional organizations.
He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and then went to flight school and earned his Wings of Gold. After several squadron tours and 3 operational deployments flying the F-14A Tomcat, he was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1980. He flew three space missions aboard the Space Shuttle. After retiring from the Navy as a Navy Captain, he was selected by NASA to be the Director of Flight Crew Operations. He later served as a program manager at NASA.
He has developed leadership programs for numerous clients including: the U.S. Navy Seals, Johns Hopkins University, Washington University, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Tony is a published author and college professor. He also served in the United States Navy.
Commissioned from the ranks, he has served on operations in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Mike is also the Chairman of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides and has a lifelong passion for military history. He has written two books and is a regular contributor to the Soldier magazine.
From All-American track star to amputee to Paralympic medalist, John has never allowed adversity to hold him back.
Leadership Facilitators
With a background in leadership development consulting, Anna has worked with executives at all levels in the public, private and nonprofit sectors and has honed her expertise in developing high performance in leaders and their teams. With a degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, she has assessed, developed, and coached high potentials for a broad range of organizations such as Whirlpool, Coca-Cola, Exelon Corporation, Amcor, The Federal Reserve Bank and its Board of Governors. Anna is bilingual in English and French, and brings a depth of experience developing and facilitating leadership programs both stateside and abroad provide allow her to provide unique insight and perspective to her programs.
Anna is certified to facilitate our Apollo, Launch Point, and Gold Medal Experiences.
Fred specializes in helping leaders navigate the competing pressures between demanding business goals, key stakeholder relationships and their own aspirational leadership goals to implement focused action plans. Prior to joining ETL, Fred has been a certified Executive Coach with over two decades coaching and facilitating in the leadership development space. He also benefits from 13 years of sales and management experience. Fred has developed a communication prototype for building strategic messages which influence others to take action. He also co-developed and facilitated a Leadership Development Academy for both a major healthcare provider and major hospitality company.
Fred has a dual role at Experience to Lead: he is certified to facilitate our Gettysburg, Apollo and Gold Medal Experiences and he leads our Design and Delivery Practice Area.
Dana thrives on helping clients find renewed inspiration on their leadership journey and in making deep connections to the stories and concepts they encounter. In addition to partnering with ETL, Dana develops and facilitates leadership development programs, creates and deploys customized team solutions, and provides one-on-one coaching to clients. Over the past twenty years, she has worked with audiences ranging from c-suite leaders to front-line managers. Her clients have come from a range of industries, including financial services manufacturing, aerospace and defense, architecture, and technology. Dana has a master’s degree in I/O Psychology and is an ICF-certified coach.
Dana is certified to facilitate our Gold Medal, Apollo, and Launch Point Experiences.
Mary Jo’s clients appreciate that she is a deep listener and meets them where they are without presupposing a specific solution or course of action. She is often commended on her innate ability to know when to facilitate and when to let the conversation take its course. She challenges leaders to lean in to their strengths and practice new skills to continually up their game.While her work of over 35 years has touched every aspect of optimizing team and organizational performance, Mary Jo has honed her focus to building skilled and compassionate leaders who create a desired culture. Other areas of expertise include strategy development and execution, process improvement and culture transformation. She has worked extensively with leaders across the Federal Government and quasi-governmental organizations, as well as non-profit associations, Federal advisory committees, and the private sector.
Mary Jo is certified to facilitate our Apollo and Gold Medal Experiences.
David is an author, business writer, and learning designer who has created communication solutions for The Coca-Cola Company, Wal-Mart, IBM, GE, Nike, and many others. He is a nationally recognized developer of innovative learning products.
Sheila has over 25 years of consulting and corporate experience that gives her an appreciation for the challenges facing leaders in the daily work lives. In her prior career with the Bell System, Sheila oversaw the implementation of the Enhanced 911 database for a tri-state area and also served as Director of Executive Development. As a leadership development practitioner, Sheila has worked with executives, mid-level managers, and supervisors in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in positive organizational change.
James brings an understanding of how to stimulate peak performance with his deep experience in high performance cultures and organizations. He is a dynamic leadership facilitator with over 25 years of experience spanning the sports, management consulting, retail, and financial services industries. He is attuned to the unique needs of world-class professionals, and is often called upon to help unlock potential or get high performers back on the path after a plateau or burnout state. He has served major brands such as Nike, and as the head of Talent and Rewards at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, James developed hundreds of leaders and served Team USA as a leader of the “Team Behind the Team” for three Olympic Games. James has provided culture and talent and rewards expertise addressing complex challenges.
James is certified to facilitate our Gold Medal Experience.
Jodi has a passion for enabling leaders to accelerate their development through learning and experience. She encourages leaders to embrace the practice of leadership by leveraging their strengths, testing new skills, and challenging their assumptions. Her clients appreciate her ability to ask powerful questions, listen deeply, and hear what is not said. Jodi is known for evoking thoughtful dialogue and empowering leaders to apply their learning in actionable ways.
Over the past 20 years, Jodi has built a depth of expertise in assessing, developing and coaching leaders in the U.S. and globally. She has worked with leaders and organizations from a wide range of industries such as pharmaceuticals, financial services, technology, defense, higher education, and manufacturing. Her Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology enables her to offer evidence-based approaches and solutions to leadership, team, and organizational development.
Jodi is certified to facilitate our Gettysburg Experience.
Event Management Team
Jenny has over 10 years experience in events logistics and has a bespoke event management company in London specializing in corporate event planning. Prior to this, Jenny worked as an event specialist for a UK FTSE 10 Property Developer, organizing over 40 events a year including conferences, hospitality and exhibitions.
Alex brings us over 20 years of experience in operations, and is also the director for our video projects.
Her event management experience spans multiple industries and includes media relations, social media, public speaking, and event planning.
Jennifer handles logistics for the Gold Medal and Gettysburg Leadership Experiences and on-site coordination for the Gold Medal, Apollo, and Gettysburg Programs.
Our Story
At Experience to Lead, we believe every business deserves to have great leaders. To achieve that goal, we design and deliver unique experiences that bring leadership to life through immersive, experiential leadership development programs in unforgettable locations. The purpose is to improve the leadership capability of individuals, teams and organizations, to lead through change and propel them to higher levels of success, performance, and growth.
We do this by engaging you in powerful leadership stories in the places where they occurred and facilitating dynamic discussions so you become emotionally connected to the subject matter. In this way, the learning is applicable, personal and deeply rooted, allowing you to improve yourself, your team and your organization.
