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Dr.
Patricia Romney |
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Dr.
Patricia Romney is President and Founder of Romney Associates. For
the last thirty years Pat has consulted with individuals and organizations
throughout the US and Europe. Her clients have included elected officials,
Ivy League and Seven Sisters colleges and universities, and prestigious
independent schools, as well as arts and cultural organizations, grass-roots
human service organizations, and state public sector agencies. The
focus of Dr. Romney's work is change. Using her finely honed assessment
skills as a starting point for change efforts, she has assisted organizations
in the areas of diversity, community building, conflict resolution,
and leadership development. She is also a much sought after speaker
and dialogue facilitator.
Dr. Romney received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the City
University of New York where she won the Bernard R. Ackerman Award
for Outstanding Scholarship in Graduate Psychology. She was a pre-doctoral
fellow in consultation and education at the Yale University of Medicine,
and is currently doing post-graduate study at The College of Executive
Coaching. Currently, Dr. Romney teaches part -time at Mt. Holyoke
College where she is Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology. She
is a member of the Division of Consulting Psychology of the American
Psychological Association. She is also a member of the American
Family Therapy Academy.
Dr. Romney has authored over 20 articles and papers. Click here to view the most recent selection!
promney@romneyassociates.com
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Paul
H. Wiley |
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Paul H. Wiley is a conflict
resolution and dispute management consultant/trainer with the Romney
Associates, Inc. consulting company. He has over 26 years of experience
in the field. He has a wide range of consulting, training and intervention
experience with organizations, including state and local public
agencies, universities, and public and independent schools. He
has consulted to individuals and organizations on conflict resolution
models and strategies, conducted leadership and team-building training
for staff and middle managers in schools and human service agencies,
and mediated disputes within the workplace.
Mr. Wiley attended Bowdoin College as an undergraduate and received
his Masters in Counseling from the University of Southern Connecticut.
He received his formal training as a mediator and mediation trainer
through the Parent/Adolescent Mediation Training Program, the Center
for Dispute Settlement and the National Institute for Dispute Resolution
in Washington, DC. Mr. Wiley served for three years on the National
Board of Directors for the Association for Conflict Resolution
(ACR), and chaired their Education Sub-Committee. He was also a
member of the Committee on Conflict Resolution Standards and Practices
and Co-Chaired the March, 2000 National Symposium on Conflict Resolution
Education Research held in Washington, DC. Mr. Wiley currently
is an Advanced Practitioner member of ACR.
Mr.
Wiley also served for 36 years in public education in the New
Haven, CT, West Haven, CT, and Amherst, MA school systems. He
was a teacher, program director, guidance counselor, athletic
coach and, ultimately, a school principal. He retired in June,
2008 after 18 years as principal of the Crocker Farm Elementary
School. Mr. Wiley is currently participating as a new trainer
for the National Institute of School Leadership and serves as
a professional coach to new principals under the Massachusetts
Education Alliance. He is a member of the Massachusetts Elementary
School Principals and the National Association of Elementary
School Principals Associations and sits on the Amherst ABC Board
of Directors.
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Dr.
JoAnne Silver Jones, Senior Consultant |
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Dr.
JoAnne Silver Jones has worked as an educator and consultant throughout
North America and Europe for the past 30 years. She is recognized
for her skill in facilitating cross-cultural dialogue, diversity education
and organizational change. Her clients include public and private
post secondary institutions, not-for profit organizations, and state
and local organizations and corporations.
Dr. Jones received her Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. She has served as full time faculty at The University of
Calgary and Springfield College. She is also a fellow in the Center
for Reflective Community Practice at M.I.T. She is the author of numerous
articles and book chapters, primarily focused on the application of
multicultural knowledge in various workplace and educational settings.
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Dr.
Rita Hardiman, Senior Consultant |
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Dr.
Rita Hardiman has a broad range of consulting experience with organizations
throughout the US, including Fortune 25 companies, federal, state
and local public agencies, colleges and universities and professional
organizations. The focus of Dr. Hardiman’s work with organizations
is on the management of diversity. She has guided client organizations
through long-term change efforts, conducted numerous training programs,
and consulted with managers at all levels of organizations.
Dr. Hardiman received an Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of
Organization and Management, Antioch/New England Graduate School,
in Keene, New Hampshire and at the School of Education at the University
of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. Dr. Hardiman is a member
of the Organizational Development Network, and the American Society
for Training and Development. She has published articles on managing
diversity in the workplace, racial identity development, and multicultural
organizational development. She is one of the designers of the Multicultural
Organizational Development Assessment Model and Survey.
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Imani
Romney-Rosa |
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Imani
Romney-Rosa is a trained mediator and workshop facilitator. She is
also a member of the Romney Associates Board of Directors. Ms. Romney-Rosa
began her study of mediation as a junior high school student and served
as a peer mediator during her high school years. Since then she has
gone on to expand her education and training experiences to include
academic tutoring, mediation facilitation, and cultural competence
training. She specializes in topics regarding gender, sexuality, youth
issues, and cross-cultural communication. Imani has a Master's Degree
in Spanish Philology from Middlebury College and is currently on the
faculty at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sudha Wadhwani, PsyD. |
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“HAP, Inc. – the Region's Housing Partnership, has employed Sudha Wadhwani for cultural competence consultation and case review for the past several months. We are extremely pleased with her work. Our homeless family shelter staff, and the staff from our transitional housing for domestic violence victims have told us they have learned a lot from Sudha.
She has given them a general understanding of cultural competence skills primarily through specific case consultations, which has helped them directly apply their learning. The staff have found her very easy to share cases, and ask questions. Sudha’s excitement and commitment for this work has also infused a real sense of the meaningfulness for the staff.” Dr. Wadhwani is a diversity trainer and diversity
consultant with Romney Associates. She has conducted trainings and workshops in a variety of organizations and presented at numerous conferences
around topics of diversity. Dr. Wadhwani is also a licensed psychologist in private practice and on staff at the Mount Holyoke College Counseling
Service where she serves as Multicultural Coordinator.
She obtained her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Rutgers Graduate School of
Applied and Professional Psychology where she was awarded the Robert D. Weitz Award "for commitment to professional psychology and the community." Sudha has obtained advanced training at Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School. Her specialties include working with individuals, groups,
and organizations in building multicultural competency. In addition, Dr. Wadhwani has specialized interest and training in acculturation and
adjustment challenges faced by international populations.
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