Jane Ariel, Ph.D., is a Licensed Psychotherapist who teaches, consults and has a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Particularly interested in bringing the effects of systemic oppression into her psychological work, she has been engaged for many years in researching and implementing innovative educational policies for non-dominant groups in different cultures.
Valerie Batts, Ph.D., is Executive Director and cofounder of VISIONS, Inc. She leads the consultation and training components of the company. Author of Modern Racism: New Melody for the Same Old Tune, she is the originator of the VISIONS training model and experiential workshops. Dr. Batts earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Duke University. As a licensed clinical psychologist, she provides training to human service providers, educators, and managers in a variety of areas. Working both nationally and internationally, Dr. Batts works with people and with organizations to develop and maintain environments that support, respect, and appreciate differences.
Terry Berman, M.A., is a native of South Africa. She has been working as a consultant for community-based multicultural organizations and for the private sector for over 15 years. Skilled in the areas of conflict resolution, alliance building and anti-racism, she is particularly interested in exploring the meaning of whiteness and its impact on white people in this country.
Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and educator who has been focusing on diversity and social justice issues since 1981. She has taught and worked as a faculty and staff psychologist at several universities. Her specialty areas include teaching about world view, understanding the relationship between power, privilege and oppression and facilitating diversity and social justice dialogue groups.
Beverly G. Buston Ph.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Richmond, VA. She divides her time between private practice and organizational consulting. She is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Family Practice, at the Medical Center of Virginia, in Richmond, VA. She blends these with her nursing background to focus on issues of diversity, leadership training, teambuilding, conflict management and sexual misconduct.
Angela R. Bryant, J.D., is a Senior Consultant and Co-founder of VISIONS. She is a former Director and one of the developers of the Wright Center - VISIONS' multicultural adult daycare health project in Rocky Mount, NC. She was also the Project Director for an award-winning diversity and community care education project for elders, disabled adults, their caregivers, and service providers. Ms. Bryant has 30 years of legal experience and was a NC state administrative law judge for ten years. She earned her JD at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Since then, she has held several appointed governmental positions of significant responsibility. Ms. Bryant actively supports numerous community organizations and has been elected to City Council of Rocky Mount. Ms. Bryant has been consulting and training individuals and organizations in applying principles of justice to interpersonal problem solving and organizational development for over 20 years. She particularly focuses on the areas of equal opportunity, affirmative action, community economic development, managing transitions, collaborative problem solving, meeting facilitation, internalized "isms," train-the-trainer models, and global inclusion issues.
John Capitman, Ph.D., cofounder of VISIONS, is a social psychologist specializing in race, ethnicity, and gender, and life-course issues. His work explores the ways that people withinstitutional power -- whites, men, and other, in a variety of business sectors -- make decisions that sustain inequalities in health and quality of life.
Dr. Capitman helped to develop the modern racism theory highlighted in VISIONS workshops and consultations. He earned his doctorate from Duke University. From 1986 to 2005, he was Director of Long-Term Care Studies and Corrdinator of the Inequalities Concentration at the Heller School, Brandeis University. He continues to teach and to research healthcare disparities at Brandeis.
Currently Dr. Capitman is Executive Director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute and professor of Public Health at California State University, Fresno.
Dana N. Courtney, MSW, has over 25 years of administrative and direct experience in human services, social work services, training, organizational development, and human resources in large and small organizations. She now provides training and consultation with groups and organizations in the areas of cultural competence and leadership development. She has been recognized for lifetime achievement by the Training and Development arm of the American Public Human Services Association, based on her leadership in public human services. Dana has a passion for social justice work and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently continuing her professional development in group and family therapy at the Southeast Institute in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Leslie R. English, BA, is a Native American and African American woman working as a multicultural training consultant and business manager for VISIONS, Inc. She is a community and civil rights activist, children's advocate, and former member of the Cambridge Police Review and Advisory Board. Ms. English earned her degree in Community Service Management from the University of Massachusetts. The focus of her multicultural consulting is serving youth and her community, with a particular interest in empowering girls. For her own business, Robin's E.Y.E., Everything You Envision, Ms. English produces the Self-Image Workshop for Youth and designs Afro-centric children's clothing.
John Ferguson, PhD, He has provided consultation and training to industrial and corporate organizations, to university faculty groups, to social justice nonprofits, and to individuals. His work focuses on creating higher effectiveness through appreciation of differences among individuals and within organizations. Dr. Ferguson lives in Denver, CO, where he works to create change in racism, heterosexism, sexism, and classism/elitism. For the last several years, he has been Chair of the Board of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Denver. He earned his PhD from Northwestern University and his BEE from Villanova University. For many years, Dr. Ferguson was a professor of engineering. In addition, for 19 years he managed corporate marketing functions for the high-tech multinational corporation Hewlett Packard. While there, he was an advocate for creating change around multicultural issues.
Felipe Garcia, M.A., LMFT, a Mexican American, is a trainer, process facilitator, and psychotherapist. He has been an advocate for community building through cooperation for thirty years, in both public and private sector contexts. He has worked extensively in the United States, Europe, and Latin American with groups and organizations assessing levels of cooperation; and training in communication and team building skills. Being bilingual, Felipe has trained psychologists and trainers in Mexico City, Monterey, Caracas, and Santo Domingo in Spanish for many years. He is an active member of the International Transactional Analysis Association. Felipe has published several articles on communication, gender equality, cooperation, and parenting / counseling men. Some have been translated into other languages.
Renae Gray, is the Director of the Boston Women's Fund. As an educator and community activist, she provides training and consultation on issues of race, class, and gender. She is committed to issues of social and economic justice. The process of change and transformation inspires her. Ms. Gray has been involved with the issue of violence against women, women's issues, and empowerment issues for African-American women.
Thomas Shelden Griggs, Ph.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and has since 1978 worked in the area of organizational development training and clinical consulting to municipalities, as well as non-profit, public and private corporations. He uses a whole-systems perspective in his consultations on organizational effectiveness and has a special interest in creating environments in which differences are celebrated.
A. Jack Guillebeaux, MA, brings to this work a wide of experiences which began in the civil rights era with sit-ins and organizing aimed at desegregating public facilities in his home town of Asheville, N.C. His passion for empowering oppressed peoples and his exceptional skills for facilitating the work of groups led him to study and work in this field for more than 40 years. In addition to working in the U.S., Jack has trained groups with outstanding success in Australia, Europe, and Israel in organizations ranging from industry, local, and federal governments to primary, secondary, and higher education and community-based organizations. He is President of Connectors, Inc. For more than 35 years, Jack has shared an interracial, intercultural marriage with Farzaneh Guillebeaux, born in Tehran, Iran.
Farzaneh Guillebeaux, M.A., is a Licensed Counselor in private practice. She has conducted training both nationally and internationally since 1988 in the areas of empowerment for women, interracial / intercultural marriage, sexism, communication and conflict resolution.
Gerald Jackson, M.S., a consultant and trainer, has worked as a national consultant to universities, business and industry in the areas of multiculturalism and race discrimination since 1975. He has written more than twenty-five articles in the field of Black psychology and multiculturalism.
Vincent O. Johnson, M.B.A., is an African American consultant skilled in conflict resolution, process facilitation, and organizational effectiveness. He has expertise in many areas of effective business management from a multicultural perspective. He earned his degree in economics from Harvard College. Before joining VISIONS, Mr. Johnson was a Senior Human Resources Manager at Procter & Gamble. During his 22-year tenure at P&G, he had the opportunity to manage people, information, processes, and systems. Mr. Johnson is a Certified Materials & Resource Professional and currently serves as Director, Vendor Management, Corporate Records, & Supplier Diversity with the PNC Finacial Services Group, in Pittsburgh, PA.
Sidney Holloway, MA, MEd, focuses on cross-cultural issues in education and psychology. He serves as an internal consultant at Boston College and provides assessments and consultations on multiculturalism to universities and corporations. Mr. Holloway is the past director of an adolescent residential treatment facility in Boston and is the former President of Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts. His graduate studies at Boston College led him to his work in changing institutionalized inequalities.
Bill Kondrath, DMin, MEd, MA, MDiv, has been affiliated with VISIONS for six years, consulting with legal professionals, schools, colleges, local churches and dioceses. He earned his graduate degrees at the Andover Newton Theology School, Harvard University, and St. Michael's College. Rev. Dr. Kondrath is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Ecclesia Ministries, an organization working for and with homeless people in Boston. He consults in New Zealand and Australia, as well.
Jo Bowens Lewis, Psy.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has provided psychotherapy services to a wide variety of clients since 1976. She is also the mentor of VISIONS' Executive director and several other VISIONS consultants.
Jane Lynch, MEd, is a lead consultant for VISIONS, as well as a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice. She holds a graduate degree in counseling psychology from Lesley College. A deep commitment to personal liberation and social justice supports her focus on challenging oppression. Ms. Lynch empowers both individuals and organizations to embrace their uniqueness and to realize their full potential. She has extensive experience exploring these issues within educational, human service, community, government, and business settings.
Lorie A. Miller, MBA, has over 15 years of experience in leadership and management in large corporations. She did her graduate work at Boston College and is currently the fiscal administrator at VISIONS. A life-long advocate of social justice, Ms. Miller has been an organizational change agent around issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation. As a multicultural training consultant, she is particularly interested in exploring the emotional aspects of white racism. Most recently, she has been working with white gays and lesbians who have adopted children transracially. Ms. Miller has served on the boards of directors of numerous nonprofit organizations, including the American Friends Service Committee.
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