President

Sharon Seivert serves concurrently as President of The Coreporation, Inc. (TCI) and Core Learning Services, Inc. (CLSI). She also serves as a CLSI Director. Sharon has been the CEO of a Group Health Plan, Vice President of a think-tank, Director of a regional health center, advisor to political campaigns, organizational consultant, and an executive career coach. Her clients range from large and small corporations in diverse industries (financial services, high tech, bio-tech/pharmaceutical, retail, professional service firms, and manufacturing) to organizations in the non-profit sector (federal and state governments, healthcare, research or service organizations, and universities), to entrepreneurial start-ups, to private executive clients.

Sharon is co-author of the recently released Knowledge Leadership: The Art and Science of the Knowledge-based Organization (2005, Elsivier). She is author of The Balancing Act: Mastering the 5 Elements of Success in Life, Relationships and Work (2001), Working from Your Core: Personal and Corporate Wisdom in a World of Change (1997), and co-author of Magic at Work (1995). Seivert is also the designer of The 5 Step Career Compass Program, an innovative life skills and career preparedness course for which CLSI received a W. K. Kellogg Foundation award to deliver in Boston area high schools.

Seivert’s books and their related workbooks, testing instruments, consultations, and certifications are proprietary products and services that are available through TCI and CLSI.

Sharon, who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is also an accomplished musician.

Contact Sharon directly: sseivert@thecoreporation.com

Vice President, Business Planning and Development

For over 20 years, Patricia Campbell has held professional and management roles within BankBoston (now Fleet Bank). As Director of Leadership Practices, Pat was responsible for leadership and staff development in the Technology and Operations division (over 4000 employees).
Now Pat serves as The Coreporation's VP of Business Planning and Development. Pat's specialty is improving business results through planning and performance improvement. She received her BS in Economics from the University of Massachusetts and her MBA from Babson College.

Vice President of Finance

Richard serves as Vice President of Finance for The Coreporation, Inc. He also serves as Treasurer and a Director for Core learning Services, Inc. In his capacities he delivers business, financial and IT services.

Richard’s background includes over 10 years in the financial services industry having served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President. Recently, since 2000, he has worked as a software engineer for Analogic Corporation in Massachusetts, and since 2001 provided part-time management consulting services for small companies.

Contact Richard directly: rburritt@thecoreporation.com

Steven A. Cavaleri, Ph.D. is currently professor of management at Central Connecticut State University. He is a co-author with Sharon of the recently released Knowledge Leadership: The Art and Science of the Knowledge-based Organization. Steve served until recently as Editor of the Learning Organization Journal and Senior Executive Vice President of Knowledge Management Consortium International (KMCI), a Washington, D.C. based research group and professional association. Dr. Cavaleri is co-developer of a patent-pending knowledge management process. He has written three books on the subjects of systems thinking and organizational learning, as well as numerous journal articles on these subjects. Dr. Cavaleri is formerly a Visiting Scholar in the System Dynamics Group at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He has consulted with such well-known firms as IBM's Knowledge Management division. Steven holds a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a Certified Systems Integrator and a Certified Knowledge Manager.

Contact Steve Cavaleri directly: cavaleri@sbcglobal.net

Dr. Michael A. Raphael has spent over twenty years in top-level management positions in manufacturing, high tech aerospace, and financial service organizations. Positions he has held include: Corporate Manager, Management and Organizational Development for Easco Hand Tools, where he designed and managed the implementation of the function; Management Development Specialist for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, where he forged a variety of programs for a new Division; and Director, Training Research and Development, for the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association, where he developed programs for the entire life insurance industry.

Dr. Raphael holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron. He received a M. A. from Western Michigan University, and a B. A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is listed in Who's Who in the East, Who's Who among Human Service Professionals, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, and the National Faculty Directory. Dr. Raphael is a Licensed Psychologist in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

Dr. Raphael has over ten years of distant learning experience, having been the Faculty Chair, Masters Degree Programs, School of Psychology at Walden University, with enrollment increasing over 300%. He has been adjunct faculty at the University of Phoenix Online, Central Connecticut State University, Central Michigan University, Troy State University. He is the author of 15 articles on effective management practices which have appeared in publications such as Personnel Journal, Training and Development Journal, and the Personal Report for the Executive.

Contact Mike Raphael directly: mikeraphael@comcast.net

Arlene Reed-Delaney is a Board Certified Psychiatrist with an extensive and diverse background in delivering both inpatient and outpatient treatment to populations ranging from pediatric to geriatric. She has treated the full range of mental disorders, including developmental disabilities. Her experience includes supervising physicians and psychologists, analyzing and reviewing medical records of disability applicants, mentoring medical students, and teaching third-year residents. Dr. Reed-Delaney received her Doctor of Medicine from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. She completed her psychiatric residency in both Roosevelt Hospital and Bellevue Hospital (of New York, NY) as well as a pediatric Internship in Albany (NY) Medical Center Hospital. She has had private, hospital, and clinic-based psychiatric practices.

Dr. Reed-Delaney’s distinguished career also includes being a member of the prestigious Delta Honor Society International, and serving as a Trustee of the University of Notre Dame, a Regent of the New York State Board of Regents, and a board member of the Albany City School District and the New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct.

Dr. Reed-Delaney is making several contributions to The 5-Step Career Compass Program. She has developed a protocol for helping students improve their studying and test-taking habits. She also brings to the 5 Step Career Compass course her experience as a member of multiple boards dealing with psychological disabilities that can limit people’s capacity for handling normal workplace stress.

Contact Arlene Reed-Delaney directly: delaney2@verizon.net

Mr. Reed has over 20 years experience in research and development of complex intelligent systems—both natural and artificial. He presently is engaged in human-computer system analysis and design at Ternary Software Inc., a company that successfully embodies principles of self-organizing adaptive systems throughout its management, organization and culture. Previously, he was Manager of the Human Performance Group at CHI Systems Inc., where he was responsible for conducting and overseeing development and application of advanced technology incorporating intelligent systems and agents for the Department of Defense. He is also a Co-founder of Autognomics Corporation, created to develop and commercialize a revolutionary form of synthetic intelligence called the Autognome, and has served in several management and technical positions in AC, including COO. He is the principal inventor of the current implementation of the Autognome on which a number of patents have been granted.

Mr. Reed served as a nuclear submarine Division Officer in the US Navy and has a broad background in a variety of engineering disciplines.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Virginia where he attended on a full Navy ROTC scholarship, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Karen Johnson, Karen is the Managing Director, Product Sales for DebtX, based in Boston, MA. Ms. Johnson is responsible for the company's product sales. In this capacity, she leads DebtX's efforts in providing products and services that complement its Loan Sale Advisory services. Ms. Johnson was most recently Director of Sales for the Real Estate Finance Group of Standard and Poor's. At Standard and Poor's she managed client relationships for financial institutions with an average of $20 billion in assets under management. Prior to Standard and Poor's, she was Vice President of Sales for Global Link, an electronic commerce division within State Street Corporation. At Global Link, Ms. Johnson was responsible for sales to Fortune 500 institutions. In her previous posts, Ms. Johnson has held various institutional sales and trading positions with leading investment banks, specializing in corporate, government and structured debt products.
Ms. Johnson received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree from Yale University. She also attended the New York University Stern School of Business. She is Series 3, 7 and 63 licensed by the NASD. Ms. Johnson is also a licensed Real Estate Salesperson in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of The National Center on Family Homelessness.

Howard Seidel, Ed.D., J.D., is a member of the CLSI board of Directors. He is Partner in Essex Partners of Boston, MA. Howard holds a Doctorate in Education from Harvard University and a law degree from The George Washington University where he also received his Bachelor of Arts. Dr. Seidel has over 15 years experience as a career and executive coach, guiding hundreds of senior executives in all aspects of career development and change. Dr. Seidel provides clients with an in-depth knowledge into the strategic and tactical elements of the transition process, along with a special expertise in advising senior executives exploring career change. Before joining Essex, Howard was Vice President of Keystone Associates, where he consulted on career transitions with senior executives from leading organizations spanning a variety of industries, including financial services, biotechnology and life sciences, health care and higher education.
Prior to Keystone Associates, Howard served in several consulting roles at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) where he helped build the company's first external practice in Change Management, and provided executive coaching. He also led the company's development of a proprietary performance consulting methodology, spearheading the introduction of the system to the market. Additionally, Howard worked at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) where he managed the development and delivery of a worldwide training architecture for a new business initiative.

Glenn Koocher is a member of the CLSI Board of Directors. He is Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc. A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Glenn Koocher served on the Cambridge School Committee from 1974-1986. An active parent of two public school students, Koocher has combined a career of educational advocacy with professional duties in health care and programs for older people. Most recently he served as the Northeast US Regional Manager for Programs and Advocacy for the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), covering New England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. He was responsible for program implementation and management, lobbying, political activity, and economic security initiatives. Koocher is also the former Director of the Belmont, Waltham, Watertown Mental Health Association and its children's behavioral health program, Beaverbrook Mental Health Center.
On the public affairs front, he served as Chief of Staff to a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Cabinet (1979-83) and since 1989 has collaborated with MediaOne as a volunteer to produce and host a public affairs weekly cablecast that earned a national Cable Ace nomination for programs on education, local politics, and censorship in the arts. Koocher graduated from the Cambridge Public Schools and earned a BA at Harvard College (1971). He is an alumnus of the Kennedy School's Program for State and Local Government Executives. He also holds a MPA from Suffolk County.

The Goodwin Group is responsible for publicity and public relations for TCI and CLSI. The Goodwin Group members who work directly with TCI and CLSI include Tara Fryer, President of the group, and Margrette Mondillo.