Board of Governors

Kathy H Blanton, CMF

Brentwood, TN–USA
Chair, Board of Governors
615-837-2897
kathyblanton@regencycg.com

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Kathy has served on the ICC International Board of Governors since 2005, holds an M.Ed in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University and a BA in Psychology from the University of South Carolina.   She and husband, Steven live in Brentwood, Tennessee, adjacent to Nashville.

Celeste Calfe, CMF

Natrona Heights, PA–USA

ACF International Liaison
412 760 1619

cmcalfe@calfeassociates.com

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The President and founder of Calfe & Associates, Celeste was the visionary and entrepreneur who built Calfe & Associates from a dream into one of the most successful independent providers of human resource consulting in the area. Celeste is noted for her “thousands of success stories” which cite examples of how candidates have made truly remarkable career changes throughout her 25+ years experience in the career management industry.

She is an active facilitator, executive coach and organizational consultant known for her innovative and successful strategic business solutions. In 2008 she was named Career Management Fellow (CMF) in recognition of her contributions to the field of Career Management including Leadership Coaching and Executive Career Transition by ICC International, the not-for-profit and independent certifying body for professionals in the career management field. Over the last three years, Celeste has been interviewed by many national and regional publications including: Forbes.com, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, WSJ.com, and South Florida Business Journal where she discussed the benefits of providing professional outplacement services to displaced employees.

Prior to founding Calfe & Associates, Celeste worked at an executive level for Bizet Human Asset Management, Right Management Consultants and Performance Group Associates securing major accounts and working with executive and senior level candidates. Before she entered this exciting industry, Celeste worked as a teacher on the elementary level and was an executive liaison for a state representative.

Celeste received her undergraduate education from Carlow University and completed select courses within the Masters/Continuing Education Programs at Penn State University. She is a featured guest speaker at various industry events from the regional Society of Human Resources Management groups, to Baby Boomer organizations, universities and international organizations. Celeste is working with several public libraries on creating career development and job search workshops for their members.

She is the current President of the Association of Career Firms North America, Treasurer of the Association of Career Firms International, Governor for ICC International, Former Board Member, Membership Chair and Conference Chair-WHRA, Former Board Member and Network Committee Member-PHRA, Former Membership Chair PHRPS, Carlow Alumni Board Member, Professional Member SHRM and Professional Member National Association of Female Executives.

Calfe & Associates is headquartered in Natrona Heights, PA which is 22 miles from the City of Pittsburgh. Ms. Calfe opened a second office in June, 2009 in Charleston, WV.

John Lees, CMF

Knutsford, Cheshire–UK

01565 631625

johnlees@dsl.pipex.com

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John Lees is one of the UK’s best-known career strategists. How To Get A Job You’ll Love regularly tops the list as the best-selling careers book by a British author, and along with Job Interviews: Top Answers To Tough Questions has been selected as WH Smith’s ‘Business Book of the Month’.

As a career and outplacement coach, John has presented at the world’s largest international career conferences and at events in the USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. John Lees Associates helps career changers across the UK, and John is a regular keynote speaker at UK events (including One Life Live and Forum 3).

John is the author of a wide range of career titles, all published by McGraw-Hill Professional. He has a regular careers column in People Management and writes regularly for The Times and The Guardian. His appears regularly in the national press and also in Management Today, Real World, Company, Cosmopolitan, Prospects, Psychologies, Eve, Red, Marie Claire and She. His work and case studies have been profiled in Coaching at Work and The Sunday Times. He featured in the Cavendish Films DVD ‘The CV Experts’, broadcasts widely on radio, and his work has been featured on TV (he has featured on the BBC interactive ‘Back to Work’ programme and on BBC 2’s ‘Working Lunch’).

John is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London and Liverpool, and has spent most of his career focusing on the world of work. He has trained recruitment specialists since the mid-1980s, and is the former Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now the IRP). He has worked with and a large range of organisations including British Telecom, The British Council, Career Management Consultants Ltd, CIPD, HBOS, HSBC, Orange, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, The Association of MBAs, Marks & Spencer, NAPP Pharmaceutical, and business schools across the UK. He has been elected as a Career Management Fellow (CMF) by the Institute of Career Certification International and serves on its international board.

For free tools and tips visit www.johnleescareers.com.

Diane L. Moore, B.A., M.Ed., CMF

Toronto, Ontario–Canada
Professor, George Brown College
416 415 5000 ext 2496
wryter6290@aol.com

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Diane Moore is a professor at George Brown College in Toronto teaching in the Career & Work Counsellor Program. She is also editor of The Office Professional newsletter, a monthly publication for office support staff, and author of Career Ability: Skills Office Professionals Need to Succeed in the 21st Century. She has worked in the field of career counselling, adult education, consulting, outplacement, writing and editing for the past twenty-five years.

An experienced keynote speaker and published author, Ms. Moore has written more than 1800 articles and conducted workshops for thousands of people on topics such as job interview skills, career management, dealing with change, presentation skills, conflict management, assertive communication, balancing work and family, and working with different personality styles. Ms. Moore has completed Life Skills I and II certification and also holds certifications in Career & Employment Information Specialist, Personality Dimensions, Survivability and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. She has also completed the Constructivist Counselling certificate at George Brown College.

Ms. Moore has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from York University, and a Master of Education in counselling psychology, from the University of Toronto. In 2009, she was awarded the designation of Career Management Fellow by the Institute of Career Certification International, and was voted one of the top 20 professors at George Brown College by students. She is currently a member of the board of the Toronto Chapter of the Association of Career Professionals International.

Bill Pitcher, CMF 

London, England–UK
+44 20 3043 8640
billcpitcher@aol.com 

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Bill has a Master of Arts Degree from the University of De Montfort and is a qualified Career Management Fellow of the Institute for Career Certification International (ICC International).He was elected as a Governor to the worldwide Board of ICC International in January 2007.

He is an active member of The Association of Career Professionals International, a global association for career practitioners and executive coaches. Bill has held various offices within ACP including International Board Member (1996-2004) and Global President (2000-2002). He is also a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development in the UK, and has held various offices over time.

During the period 2002 to 2006 Bill developed links with The University of Bremen, and with The University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany, and delivered programmes on Diversity, Multi-Cultural Teamwork and International Communications (2004-2006).

In his early career Bill worked in management in the retail and telecommunications fields, and subsequently in human resource management in the public sector and utilities. In his mid career he worked in human resources consultancy for KPMG and then joined Moores Rowland, at the time the number 10 worldwide accounting/management consulting firm, where he established a human resources consulting practice. In 1990 he led a management buyout of this function and renamed it CEDAR International. Under his guidance CEDAR grew to become one of the UK’s leading independent consulting practices, with eight offices throughout the UK and strong global links.

After a period of living in Spain & Germany, Bill is now based back in London and is the Managing Director of Pitcher Solutions Ltd, an independent UK wide Human Resource consulting practice. He provides coaching and career management services to a range of corporate client organizations, and to executives in transition. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at West London College, teaching Human Resources on a senior level Chartered Management Institute Course.

Maribeth D. Renne, CMF

Medford, NJ–USA

Secretary & Chair of Communications and Engagements Division

609 953 8853
Maribeth@MaribethDRenneCMF.com

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Maribeth D. Renne, C.M.F., a Leadership Coach and internationally certified Career Management Fellow, brings more than 15 years experience coaching and empowering individuals on paths to greater career and leadership success. With 25 years of accomplishment in the corporate and non-profit sectors, Maribeth has collaboratively directed professional teams in providing coaching and counseling services and in ensuring effective operations and quality standards, and has developed and led various career development seminars, meeting the varied needs of individuals as they move up to next levels in their careers. She is Past-President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Career Professionals International (ACP International), and Chairman of the Career Management Committee for Tri-State Human Resource Management Association (Tri-State HR). She is a 2009 Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year Nominee.  Her practice is headquartered in Medford, NJ, and she serves the Greater Philadelphia, Manhattan, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware regions.

Sheryl Spanier, B.A., M.S., CMF

New York, NY–USA
Sheryl Spanier & Company
646 217 2095
Sheryl@sherylspanier.com

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Sheryl Spanier has been assisting executives to enter, excel in and exit organizations for over twenty years. Her combination of quick insight, energy, nurturing, and pragmatism has enabled those with whom she consults to develop strategies designed t o implement successful personal and professional change. Sheryl’s unique experience spans business development, proposals, project planning and management, platform delivery and individual service. Her practice focuses on senior level career management, leadership strategy, team engagement and executive coaching.

Sheryl has been instrumental in building organizational consulting, executive coaching and career management/transition practices at four premier human capital services firms serving Fortune 1000 companies. She has worked with individual executives and their staffs to develop and deliver programs for leadership strategies, team engagement, career management, the psychology of success, crisis intervention, managing change, assessment, coaching techniques, and performance. In addition, she has launched and executed marketing and sales initiatives that have significantly expanded brand recognition and business results. Sheryl’s professional experience also includes executive search, public sector programs, (including the Reagan/Bush transition team and equalization of opportunity programs) and academia.

Often quoted in the media (The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Newsday and National Business Employment Weekly), Sheryl is the co-author of three Executive Career Guides www.notime4 theories.com, has published numerous articles, and has appeared on television, radio (NBC, CNBC and ABC). She is a founding member of the Association of Career Professionals International, and is certified as a Fellow by the Institute of Career Certification International, is a member of the Financial Women’s Association, New York Human Resources Planning Society, The National Career Development Association and the YAI Business Advisory Council. Sheryl has an undergraduate degree in English from Hunter College, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and holds a Master of Counseling obtained at Columbia and LIU.

Michael Alan Tate, CMF

Birmingham, AL–USA

CFO, Board of Governors

205 879 0501

mtate@vantageassociates.com

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Mike Tate has been a Partner of Vantage Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm, in Birmingham, Alabama since 1997. Described by his clients as is an insightful and compassionate executive coach, he has concentrate his work in career development and leadership transition. He is the author of Design a Life That Works, a book that illustrates and guides successful executives and entrepreneurs to develop a personal strategy to Move in to a new job, Move up to a higher level of influence or Move on to their next chapter in life and work.

He holds a BS degree from the University of Alabama and a Masters from Southern Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is recognized with several professional certifications which include: The Center for Creative Leadership, The Birkman Method® , Compression Planning® / Executive Decision Making System® facilitator and 10 year member of National Speakers Association.

In 2008 Tate was awarded Fellow designation by the Institute for Career Certification International (ICCI) for his professional contributions to the field of career management. He is currently serving as a Governor on the ICCI worldwide board.

Ian van Lidth de Jeude, CMF

Amsterdam–The Netherlands
060 50695256
ivldj@online.nl

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Jhr Drs Ian S. van Lidth de Jeude, Psychologist NIP, RL, CMF, trained as a Clinical and Developmental Psychologist in The Netherlands and the U.K. He started his career in 1984, first in management and later in consultancy (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Berenschot Management Consultants). In 1992 he continued his career in outplacement, executive - and career coaching (Director of Phoenix Career Consultants in Amsterdam), project managing and consulting with a wide range of companies.

Besides coaching clients individually and in groups, he was involved in setting up in-company career centers, which included training management, employees and career professionals. He developed and delivered a coaching curriculum for mediators.

Presently Ian works as an independent Management and Career Consultant, is closely associated with Van Ede & Partners and chairman of their Amsterdam offices. He is a Board member of the Career Management Institute (CMI) in the Netherlands, supervising its mentor-coaches and he represents CMI internationally as Governor on the Board of ICC International. Ian is dedicated to his profession and has always shown a keen interest in traveling and serving the community, meeting many kindred spirits both professionally and socially.

Kristina Vohma, CMF

Richmond Hill, Ontario–Canada

905 737 4903

kvohma@vohmaconsulting.com

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Kristina Vohma specializes in "revitalizing careers and refining leadership potential." She works with professionals and executives within organizations reshaping internal careers and coaching new and seasoned leaders to build high performance teams. Her unique approach combines insights gained from latest research on the brain and over 25 years of business experience.

Jean Erickson Walker, CMF

Portland, OR–USA
Past Chair, Board of Governors
503 221 8747
jwalker@oipartners.net

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Jean Erickson Walker, Ed.D., CMF, has extensive experience in career management services gained over twenty years in Career Counseling, Leadership Development, Management Consulting and Outplacement. Her practice is focused on Executive Coaching and Leadership Team Development.

Jean has been internationally certified as a Career Management Fellow (CMF) since 1996 by ICC International and has served as Past Chair of the Institute.

A featured presenter and keynote speaker providing insights and innovative strategies for turning today’s workplace challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities, she is also the author of  The Age Advantage: Making the Most of Your Midlife Career Transition (Putnam/Penguin, Sept. 2000).

Beth Ann Wilson, CMF

Media, PA–USA
Chair, Application Review Division
610 566 7734
workworth@comcast.net

Specializing in career planning, transition and management, Beth advises people of all ages from diverse fields and backgrounds.  With over thirty years of experience counseling individuals about career and life decisions, she also conducts workshops for corporate, government, non-profit, professional and community organizations. 

In 2004, Beth earned recognition as a Career Management Fellow from the Institute of Career Certification International.  As a current board member and past president of the Association of Career Professionals International - Greater Philadelphia Chapter, Beth has a strong local and global network of professional colleagues.  She co-facilitates a Career Management Forum with the Philadelphia Society of Human Resource Management, is a Work in Retirement guide for ComingofAge.org and is on the Steering Committee for a local job search forum.  She earned a M.Ed. in Counseling from Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. from Dickinson College.