Adrienne L. Anderson, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Adrienne L. Anderson is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Consortium, LLC, a human and organizational systems development firm located in San Diego, California. Anderson established the firm in 1989, when she conducted the first worldwide employee regression analysis for Deloitte Touché, New York. This study, along with her other business experiences, lead her to realize that the key areas businesses need to focus on are: change, diversity and leadership. These areas are what GCL is all about.

Dr. Anderson’s 29 years of global business experience includes work with companies such as the Chicago Tribune, General Foods, Zenith Radio Corporation, and American Express. She has designed, developed and implemented fully integrated training programs in human development, organizational development, diversity, economics and sociology. Her experiences in managing change, diversity and leadership programs encompass global assignments in countries throughout the world: Argentina, Bangkok, Hong Kong, England, France, Mexico, and the United States. She has conducted sessions in English and Spanish. Adrienne is a sought after public speaker and educator.

Dr. Anderson earned her Bachelor of English at Wells College for Women in Aurora, New York, where she was one of eight African American women on campus. She holds a Master of Human Development degree and an MBA in finance. She went on to achieve a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from The Fielding Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Her dissertation was on the integration of economics with sociology to develop an intersection between business behaviors versus human behaviors. Currently, she is working on a Master of Psychology in Marriage and Family Therapy.  Dr. Anderson is a life long learner who is committed to change management, diversity education, and leadership development in business and life. She accomplishes this through GCL with the help of a select group of other scholarly practitioners of whom she has personally selected.

Key Affiliations and Leadership Positions
 
Dr. Anderson’s professional memberships and leadership positions include:
• American Statistical Association
• American Economic Association
• American Scholars Association
• American Sociological Association
• Institute of Leadership and Change, Advisory Board

Publications and Programs

Along with having written numerous articles and manuscripts on economics and diversity in the workplace, Adrienne has written:
• “Frontiers in Diversity, Research and Economic Well-Being of a Firm: A scholarly Study on Diversity” for the Society of Human Resource Management in Pittsburgh, PA.

Dr. Anderson has been a keynote speaker for:
• Women’s Foodservice Forum Annual Leadership Development Conference in Chicago, IL, 2004.
• International Business Economic Research Conference in Acapulco, Mexico, 2003.

Adrienne’s programs have also reached out to young people:
• Mount Kilimanjaro: Challenge yourself; a non-profit group organized for teenagers from the slums. They climbed the mountain and learned to be leaders of themselves.
• Executive Director of a boy’s residential treatment program, New Hampshire. These boys learned that change and success are possible.
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Awards and Recognitions

Media Recognitions and Publications:
• Talk Show WORL in Orlando, Florida: Women’s Business Owner “Success of the Week”

Diversity Expert
Adrienne’s expertise allows her to effectively work with multi-cultural, multi-age and diverse groups to produce transformational change and organizational diversity initiatives through leadership training.

Rafael  Colon, BA

GCL invited Rafael into the company because of his ability to speak fluently in both English and Spanish to corporate, association and government groups throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. He is an author, master of ceremonies, management consultant, personal coach and certified facilitator. Rafael is a long-time meeting planner, organizer and coordinator of successful major conferences, workshops, seminars and training events. His experiences qualify him as an expert in GCL’s three human resource areas: change, diversity and leadership.  As a speaker, Mr. Colon is applauded for his ability to reach diverse groups through energizing deliveries. Mr. Colon was the first Latino to serve as the administrator of Washington State’s Management Education and Development program. Rafael earned his Bachelor of Science in Political Science at Washington State University. He went on to earn an MBA at City University and has one year toward his doctorate with Fielding Graduate Institute. He is a Certified Consulting Hypnotherapist and a Certified Facilitator. Rafael aligned himself with GCL because of their commitment to diversity education and leadership development in the workforce.
 
Key Affiliations and Expertise
Rafael’s distinctions and leadership positions include:
• National Speakers Association, professional member status
• Pacific Northwest Society of Government Meeting Professionals, past president
• Administrator of Washington State’s Management Education and Development Program
• Washington State Library Commission

Publications
Published works:
• Journey to Success: 8 steps to Avoid the Career Dormido Virus
Work in progress:
• The Making of Mama’s Sweet Potato Pie: Uplifting stories of professional women and men of African American and Hispanic cultures

Awards and Recognitions

Rafael has been recognized by:
• 1998 North American Book Exchange Best Business Book of the year
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame Book, second place
• Toastmasters International: Competent Toastmaster (CTM)
• Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources: International 
           Association of Personnel in Employment Security
• 1995 Solutions Conference for Women, first male presenter

Leadership Development Specialist
Rafael specializes in helping executive leaders and their management and sales teams to revitalize careers, achieve team unity and sustain peak level performance through performance coaching and team unity training.

Mark Nozaki, MS

GCL invited Mark into the company as a facilitation consultant because of his proven record of accomplishment in working effectively as a valued business partner at all levels of organizations: leadership and team development, strategic planning and implementation, merger integration and organizational transformation, HR metrics and benchmarking, change management, human strategies, conflict resolution, organizational cultural assessment and diversity, and inclusion training. His experiences qualify him as an expert in GCL’s three human resource areas: change, diversity and leadership. Mark's engineering and technical background allow him to provide quantitative and statistical analysis to ensure cultural alignment in the development of human resources and management.  He has worked with both public and private global corporations such as Exxon Mobil.  His industry leading experience is in offering innovative direction during times of change for organizations through restructuring, business process reengineering, and increased productivity for several major large-scale organizations seeking improvement through strategic initiatives. Mark is a graduate of the University of Southern California where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering. He then went on to earn a Master of Science in Operations Research. Mark aligned himself with GCL because of their commitment to diversity education and leadership development in the workforce.

Key Affiliations and Expertise

Mark's leadership positions include:
• Member of the National Training Labs Institute for Applied Behaviroal Sciences
• Adjunct faculty and executive coach for the Federal Executive Institute
• Professional in Human Resources from the Society of Human Resource Management.

Programs

Mark has been the featured guest speaker for:
• Organization Development Network
• American Society of Training and Development
• Bell Atlantic HR Executive Forum

Change Management Specialist

Mark's expertise lay in his development decisions that lead to major large-scale organizational change efforts and strategic initiatives.

Kari Schaeffler, MA: Human Resources Development (HRD)

GCL invited Kari into the company as a facilitation consultant because of her 18 years of experience in adult education, training and program development. Energizing and engaging audiences worldwide, her expertise lay in leadership training, change and performance management, conflict resolution, integrated team solutions and career transitions.  Kari’s experiences qualify her as an expert in GCL’s three human resource areas: change, diversity and leadership.  Kari’s passion for training was ignited when she served for three years as a member of the US Navy Return and Reunion training team. She met US fleets in Europe and crossed the Atlantic with them on their voyage home in order to present more than twenty unique classes related to reintegration after six-months at sea. Kari is a graduate of Webster University where she earned her Master of Human Resources Development degree. Kari aligned herself with GCL because of their commitment to diversity education and leadership development in the workforce.
 
Key Affiliations and Expertise
• US Navy Return and Reunion
Kari’s keynote speaker addresses include:
• The Advantages of a Multi-Generational Workforce
• Trust in the Workplace

Change Management Specialist

Kari has industry leading experience in facilitating Train the Trainer courses where she is also able to impart insights into contemporary corporate issues.

Joel Martin, Ph.D.

GCL invited Joel into the company as a facilitation consultant because of her established reputation as an author, international trainer, behavioral scientist, public speaker and award-winning communicator. Her experiences qualify her as an expert in  GCL’s three human resource areas: change, diversity and leadership. Joel changed the face of advertising when she became one of the first African-American women to own and operate her own full-service advertising agencies. Her diversity experience includes work as a trainer of one of the world’s top three global consulting firms. She used her industry leading experience to work with their partners, unit heads, and other employees in a 360-degree diversity and leadership development program. Joel also spearheaded the design and implementation of a culture-change program for a national healthcare company to help them achieve enhanced customer service, diversity and alignment goals. She established organizational achievement by tapping into the existing resources of their staff through the development of a bilingual English - Spanish training program that empowered their Hispanic/Latino employees to contribute more powerfully to the organization as ‘owners’ and managers. The organization went on to develop a Diversity University with Joel assisting in the development of curriculum and trainers. Joel is a graduate of Ohio State University where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She went on to earn a Master of Psychology and a Ph.D. in Communications. Joel aligned herself with GCL because of their commitment to diversity education and leadership development in the workforce.

Key Affiliations and Expertise
 
Joel’s leadership positions include:
• Wharton Business School Fellow
• Board Member of Sister Cities of Scottsdale, AZ

Publications and Programs

• How To Be A Positively Powerful Person
• The Training Industry Guide and Reference Book: A Study of an Integrated Experiential Training, Development, and Communications Program Designed for the Organizational Setting     
• “Women and Men Working Together: The Power of Effective Communication” 
• “Moving Beyond Race and Gender”

Awards and Recognitions

Joel has been recognized by:
• Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce Community Advocate of the Year
• National Alliance of Market Developers Entrepreneur of the Year
• ISTTD (Digital) Architects & Pioneers award for Entrepreneurial Development
• Who’s Who in the East
• International Who’s Who of Entrepreneurs
• Distinguished Alumni Award from Ohio State University.

Leadership Development Specialist
Joel’s expertise allows her to effectively work with multi-cultural and diverse groups, of both large and small numbers, from across the U.S., Latvia, Russia and Puerto Rico. Whether the group numbers 500 or 25, Joel’s message is educational, engaging and innovative.

Brenda Kitchen, MA

GCL invited Brenda into the company because she is a Certified Business Coach who has been a successful executive for 15 years in sales and sales management. She has eight years of successful entrepreneurial training, facilitation and development experiences with Fortune 500 companies.  Brenda's experiences qualify her as an expert in GCL’s three human resource areas: change, diversity and leadership. She has delivered and written curriculum for sales, organizational development and leadership programs for Xerox Document University.   Brenda led the implementation of the revolutionary MODUS sales program within Daimler-Chrysler Corporation. The program was featured in Newsweek for its results of 100% increased customer satisfaction during the sales experience.  Brenda also conducted new business certification assessment and training for IBM's Mentor Protege Partnership, which resulted in the creation of new minority business opportunities for retired military personnel.  Brenda is a graduate of------- . Brenda aligned herself with GCL because of their commitment to diversity education and leadership development in the workforce.
 
Key Affiliations and Expertise

 Brenda’s leadership positions include:
• Business Coach for the MBA Leadership Institute at Queens University in Charlotte, NC
• Xerox Document University: Certified Trainer

Publications and Programs

• Daimler-Chrysler Corporation: MODUS sales program
• IBM Mentor Protege Partnership: Certification and Training
 
Leadership Development Specialist

Brenda partners with businesses bringing vision and creativity to ensure that they not only identify but also meet their particular goals for success through key components: having a clear vision, with an undying passion, and the action plan and activity to support both.