Al
VanArsdal
Associates:
Mary Ann Donahue
Mark Kinnich
Bill Parsons
Mary Stultz
Jim Theurer
 Al
VanArsdal
Al VanArsdal has
worked for over
20 years in helping
leaders be successful
in bringing about
the changes they
want and desire
for their organizations.
His change management
expertise has been
brought to bear
in a wide range
of settings and
projects - leadership
and executive development,
strategic planning,
organizational
redesign, quality
improvement, culture
change and transformation.
He has worked as
an internal consultant
and Organizational
Development and
HR executive for
Honeywell Aerospace
and Defense, The
Boeing Company,
Covenant Health
System, and Fairview
Health Systems.
His external experience
also includes healthcare,
nonprofit, and
public and higher
education clients.
In addition to
his management
and consulting
experience, Al
has served in leadership
positions on the
boards of social
service and educational
agencies.
Al works in collaboration
with his clients
to understand the
need for change,
and to identify
the outcomes they
want. His contributions
to any effort may
then include executive
and leader coaching,
change planning
and design (with
steering committees,
task forces and
executive teams),
executive team
development, change
management and
leadership skills
training/coaching,
Human Resource
and ‘people
system’ design,
and large-scale
interventions (getting
hundreds of people
together to plan
and commit to a
shared future).
He calls upon a
network of experienced
professionals to
collaborate on
specific projects
as needed.
Leaders who find
Al to be of value
to them understand
the need for change
and require assistance
and expertise in
getting the alignment,
attunement, and
action in their
organizations to
make it happen.
Al holds an M.S.
in Organizational
Development from
Aurora University,
and a B.A. in Social
Relations from
Colgate University.
He has benefited
from additional
training and learning
in Co-Active Coaching,
Leader Effectiveness
Training, 7 Habits,
Systems Thinking
and Learning, and
various quality
improvement and
organizational
development approaches.
He continues to
keep abreast of
new approaches
and technologies
to assist in organizational
change and transformation.
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ASSOCIATES
Mary
Ann Donahue
Mary Ann Donahue,
Ph.D. has had twenty-five
years of experience
in global, Fortune
500 corporations.
She served as Human
Resources executive
and Director of
Organizational
Development at
Honeywell, Inc.
and as Vice President
of Human Development
at Medtronic, Inc.
She has developed
and implemented
succession planning
and executive development
processes and has
done extensive
strategic planning
for HR globally.
Mary Ann is an
experienced national
and international
presenter and facilitator.
She is also Board
Chair for a privately-held
company in Minnesota.
Mary Ann holds
a Bachelor's degree
from Eastern Michigan
University and
a Master's and
Ph.D. in Adult
Learning from Michigan
State University.
She has been certified
as a coach by the
Hudson Institute
and she is a member
of the International
Coaching Federation.
After many years of living outside their native Michigan,
Mary Ann and her husband have fulfilled their desire to enjoy
life on the Lake Michigan shore on a full-time basis. Both
are now engaged in the integration of life and work from
a peaceful and beautiful home base.
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 Mark
Kinnich
Mark has over
twenty years of
consulting experience
serving small entrepreneurial
firms and Fortune
500 organizations.
This includes working
for a Fortune 200
organization as
its Director of
Organizational
Development and
Human Resource
Development. In
this capacity he
was responsible
for organization
development/design,
executive development,
management development,
and technical development,
as well as succession
management. To
implement these
programs he managed
staff across four
locations (three
states).
As an internal
consultant Mark
provided strategic
support in organization
design and executive
level team building/issue
related sessions.
In his responsibility
for executive/management
development he
designed and implemented
a succession management
system and leadership
development curriculum.
As an external
consultant, Mark
provided organizational
solutions in the
areas of strategy
development and
implementation,
organization design,
and management
and employee development.
Client organizations
have included;
The Kellogg Company,
Honeywell, Andersen
Corporation, Mann
+ Hummel, Bankers
Systems Inc., W.K.
Kellogg Foundation,
The California
Endowment, Alliant
TechSystems, Walker
Parking, and Sisters
of St. Joseph Hospitals.
He has continued to learn from leading experts in the areas
of organization design (Galbraith), competitive advantage
(Prahalad, Lawler) systems (Oshry), organization development
(Burke) and learning (Senge, Brinkerhoff).
Mark’s
broad experience
is coupled with
an bachelors degree
in Business and
Information Systems,
a Master in Human
Resource Development
and a Doctorate
(ABD) in Educational
Leadership.
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Bill
Parsons
Bill Parsons is
a human resources
professional with
20 years of experience
in organizational
development, team
building and process
improvement.
Bill worked in
healthcare for
11 years, most
recently at Covenant
Healthcare in Saginaw.
His responsibilities
included customer
service, leadership
development, organizational
change and process
improvement.
Prior to that,
he worked in human
resources at Central
Michigan University,
primarily in union-management
relations and process
improvement.
In the 1980’s
as a consultant
in labor-management
relations, he was
involved with some
of Michigan’s
largest employers
and unions. His
specialty was conflict
resolution and
developing cooperative
work relationships.
Based on his eight
years of assembly
line work for Oldsmobile,
Bill had developed
the ability to
work with a wide
range of people.
With his Master’s
Degree from Michigan
State University,
Bill has been speaking publicly since 1980 on leadership,
communication, conflict resolution, team building, and creating
positive change. He also is a certified facilitator for the
course Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
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Mary
Stultz
Mary, M.A., C.P.C.C.,
is an executive
coach and consultant.
She has worked
for Fairview Health
Services for six
years, where she
is actively coaching
dozens of Fairview’s
senior leaders.
In addition to
coaching, Mary
serves in the role
of facilitator,
educator and mentor.
Mary has been
in the human resource
development field
for over 20 years.
For ten years she
was co-owner of
the consulting
firm Stultz/Rodriguez
and Associates,
specializing in
team building,
diversity and culture
building.
She received her
Master of Arts
degree from the
University of St.
Thomas, where she
served on the adjunct
faculty in the
graduate school
of business for
eleven years. She
is a certified
co-active coach
and a member of
the Minnesota Coaches
Association and
the International
Coaching Federation.
Mary’s unique
style of coaching
makes her effective
with a diverse
clientele, ranging
from troubled teens
to CEO’s.
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Jim
Theurer
Jim Theurer,
MA, has 14 years
of experience in
local government
and nonprofit leadership.
He served as a
senior policy advisor
to elected officials
and Human Resources
executives. He
designed a citizen
engagement process,
developed an organization-wide
performance auditing
system, redesigned
the employee benefit
program and designed
a Human Resources
Management System.
He holds a Master’s
degree in Public
Administration
from Hamline University,
where he also served
as an instructor
in the graduate
school.
Jim is active
in volunteer work
including Board
Chair and president
for a nonprofit
professional association,
president of a
rural development
foundation, member
of the Minneapolis
Charter Commission
and board member
of an international
consulting firm.
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