Our Partners:
| In Europe |
Caroline Oliver’s experience spans over thirty years working with boards and organizations in the UK, North America, and beyond. She is also the author or co-author of three books and numerous articles on governance and accountability topics as well as being the current Managing Editor of the bi-monthly journal Board Leadership published by Wiley Periodicals Inc. As the current Chair of the UK Policy Governance Association and a board member of the International Policy Governance Association, Caroline is particularly apprised of the latest developments in one of the world’s most innovative approaches to accountability.
http://www.carolineoliver.co.uk
http://www.goodtogovern.com
Vijay Mistri is CEO and Founder of Rentadirector and has authored and developed leading-edge programs and toolkits on Executive Finance, Governance, and Progression To Excellence. Vijay has coached directors, executives and managers, and has facilitated workshops resulting in high growth performance and sustainability for many organizations in various sectors including steel, manufacturing, financial, mining, media, research, real estate, and hospitality. His company has received ‘Green Light Status’ from the Global Entrepreneurs Program as ‘technology of exceptional potential’ by the UK Trade and Investment. Vijay had an audit practice and was former Group Finance and Commercial Director for a media, research and training organization. He is a Policy Governance consultant, a conference speaker, and a board member of U.K. Policy Governance Association. http://www.rentadirector.com
John Bruce has worked with public sector boards as governor/director/chair/CGO and consultant. He has over 30 year’s board experience including nearly 20 as a chair. He has consulted on governance, spoken at many conferences on the subject and he comes from a background of management and organization development in the private and public sectors. John is passionate about boards governing well and is a director of both the UK Policy Governance Association and the International Policy Governance Association. He attended the Policy Governance Academy in 2007. He is a member of the Institute of Directors in the UK, is a college governor, a recently retired hospital chair and a former college chair. He also supports the work of the Centre for Health Enterprise at Cass Business School in London.
http://johnbruce.xylem-group.com/
| In North America |
Stacy Sjogren (“Show-gren”) has a wealth of experience in the public benefit sector including education, health care and human services. She has successfully assisted boards facing crisis situations and exceptional public scrutiny. Stacy is committed to facilitating client experiences designed to meet their unique needs by drawing on her creativity, observational skills, technical knowledge and natural ability to put people at ease while still challenging them to produce exceptional outcomes. Her special knowledge of the governance process makes her particularly valuable to boards of directors and CEOs who desire to maximize their collective productivity. Stacy is a 2001 graduate of the Policy Governance Academy and a trained facilitator. http://www.outofthewoodsconsulting.com
Linda Stier is an innovative, creative thinker with expertise in transformational learning, governance and owner accountability. Linda brings exceptional listening, communication and leadership skills as consultant, trainer and coach for boards of directors and executive management, enabling leadership that causes organizations to be accountable and successful. Board of directors are listened to as leaders, challenged to think beyond what’s predictable and called forth to be accountable to the organization’s owners. Management is empowered to create and to account for performance. Clients comment they are always left bigger than they know themselves to be. They own any engagement, process, results as theirs. http://lindastier.xylem-group.com/
Susan Mogensen is a Policy Governance® educator, consultant, and founder of Brown Dog Consulting, with 25 years of experience helping boards apply the Carver model in practical, real-world settings. Susan specializes in board governance, board-CEO relationships, delegation, accountability, Ends policies, Executive Limitations, and governance education for nonprofit and public-sector organizations. Through consulting, coaching, online courses, workshops, and educational resources, Susan helps boards strengthen strategic leadership and governance effectiveness using Policy Governance® principles. |
Dr. Sherry Jennings is the founder of Sound Governance and a longtime practitioner, educator, and thought partner in the field of Policy Governance®. Her work focuses on helping mission-driven organizations build coherent systems of accountability, leadership, and organizational purpose.
With academic training in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Services Management, Sherry brings a systems-oriented and deeply practical perspective to governance work. Before launching her consulting practice, she served as the chief executive of a national nonprofit organization and later led program evaluation initiatives for other national associations. Earlier in her career, she held sales, marketing, and management roles in a Fortune 500 industrial firm, where she was often the first woman in leadership positions within a traditionally male-dominated environment.
Sherry has worked with nonprofit organizations, professional associations, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, agricultural boards, and public-serving entities across North America and internationally. She is particularly known for helping boards and executives translate the principles of Policy Governance into disciplined, workable practice while preserving the integrity of the model.
A longtime participant in the Xylem group, Sherry is part of a second generation of practitioners committed to advancing thoughtful dialogue, publishing, and practical innovation related to Policy Governance. She is especially interested in expanding access to governance thinking for smaller and mission-driven organizations and in exploring the relationship between Policy Governance and emerging global governance standards, including ISO 37000.
For 20 years, Robert Ballantyne produced shows for three of Canada’s major planetariums including a decade as Director of the Manitoba Planetarium. He has played leadership roles in environmental and tourism organizations included a year as Interim CEO of the Marmot Recovery Foundation — to set up the organization to save Canada’s most endangered mammal, and terms as Chair of the Winnipeg Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Canadian Nature Federation (now called Nature Canada), and is currently the Chair of BC Spaces for Nature. He has been a management consultant since 1989 and has been trained in the advanced facilitation of Policy Governance® by John and Miriam Carver. His consulting practice is international. He lives on Bowen Island, near Vancouver, BC, Canada. www.ballantyne.com
http://governing.ca