Arts

Actor’s Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Civic Theatre of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Loek’s Theatres Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
North American Choral Company, Grand Rapids, MI
Opera Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI

Children’s and Family Services

Bethany Christian Services, Grand Rapids, MI
Boys and Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth, Grand Rapids, MI
Child 1st Publications, Grand Rapids, MI
D.A. Blodgett-St. John’s Home, Grand Rapids, MI
Early Childhood Children’s Commission, Grand Rapids, MI
Family Outreach Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Great Start Collaborative/First Steps, Grand Rapids, MI
Kent Regional 4C, Grand Rapids, MI
Kids Food Basket, Grand Rapids, MI
Literacy Center of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan’s Children, Lansing, MI
North Kent Service Center, Rockford, MI

Local, Regional and Global Community Development

Blandford Nature Center and Mixed Greens, Grand Rapids, MI
Christian Reformed Church, World Relief Committee, Grand Rapids, MI
Downtown Alliance, Grand Rapids, MI
FACTER, Flint, MI
Foreclosure Response, Grand Rapids, MI
Goodwill Industries. Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, Grand Rapids, MI
Habitat for Humanity Kent County, Grand Rapids, MI
Hello West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Junior League of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Latino Business and Economic Development Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Leadership Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Leadership West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan Israel Business Bridge, Ann Arbor, MI
Neighborhood Ventures, Grand Rapids, MI
Right Place Incorporated, Grand Rapids, MI
Talent 2025, Grand Rapids, MI
Tipping Point Community, San Fransico, CA
West Michigan Environmental Action Council, Grand Rapids, MI
West Michigan Strategic Alliance, Grand Rapids, MI
World Economic Forum, New York, NY

Education

Bar Ilan University, Lookstein Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Cook Leadership Academy at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
Fusion Academy, Grand Rapids, MI
Mind Meets Music, Grand Rapids, MI
Mindset Scholars Network
Teach for America, New York, NY
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Washington University, Olin School of Business, St. Louis, MO
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology, Grand Rapids, MI

Government

City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Lansing, MI
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD
U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C.

Health-Related Services

Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Grand Rapids, MI
Asthma Network of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
Clark Retirement Community, Grand Rapids, MI
Dental Health Professionals, Cadillac, MI
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Grand Rapids, MI
Disability Advocates of Kent County, Grand Rapids, MI
Disability Network of Michigan, Haslett, MI
Metron Integrated Health Systems, Grand Rapids, MI
MOKA, Muskegon, MI
Munson Health Care, Traverse City, MI
Network 180, Grand Rapids, MI
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, Grand Rapids, MI
Red Project, Grand Rapids, MI
St. Mary’s Health Care, Grand Rapids, MI
Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
St. Ann’s, Grand Rapids, MI
University of Michigan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ann Arbor, MI

Manufacturing and Retail

Alticor, Grand Rapids, MI
Butterball Farms, Grand Rapids, MI
Downtown Market, Grand Rapids, MI
Haworth, Holland, MI
Heinz Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Kichler Lighting, Cleveland, OH
Lacks Enterprises, Grand Rapids, MI
LDI, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Magna, Troy, MI
Masco Cabinetry, Ann Arbor, MI
Meijer, Grand Rapids, MI
R.W.Bakers, Norton Shores, MI
Steelcase, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Wolverine Worldwide, Grand Rapids, MI

Philanthropy

Council of Michigan Foundations, Grand Haven, MI
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Rapids, MI
Edward Lowe Foundation, Cassopolis, MI
Fremont Area Community Foundation, Fremont, MI
Frey Foundation, Grand Rapids. MI
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, Grand Haven, MI
Grand Rapids Student Advancement Foundation, Grand Rapids, MI
Heart of West Michigan United Way, Grand Rapids, MI
Wege Foundation, Grand Rapids, MI

Professional Services

Action Point Financial, Grand Rapids, MI
Aker Solutions, Oslo, Norway
Association of Legal Administrators, West Michigan Chapter
Black Truck Media, Grand Rapids, MI
Box Boom Creative, Grand Rapids, MI
Cynthia Kay & Company Media Production, Grand Rapids, MI
Dancker, Somerville, NJ
Farmer’s Insurance, Grand Rapids, MI
Feyen Zylstra, Grand Rapids, MI
Fitness and Sports Performance, Grand Rapids, MI
Foremost Insurance, Grand Rapids, MI
GMR Marketing, San Francisco, CA
Huntington Bank, Grand Rapids, MI
iStar Financial Services, New York, NY
Kent District Library, Grand Rapids, MI
Legacy Trust, Grand Rapids, MI
Miller Johnson, Grand Rapids, MI
Mindscape, Grand Rapids, MI
Norris, Perné and French, Grand Rapids, MI
Open Systems Technologies, Grand Rapids, MI
Petra Integrated Construction Strategies, La Palma, CA
Prudential Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
Williams Group, Grand Rapids, MI

Alliances

BravoEcho, Grand Rapids, MI
Center for Community Leadership, Grand Rapids, MI
Full Circle Group, Salt Lake City, UT
Minds at Work, Cambridge, MA
Mobius, Cork, Ireland
Right Management, Grand Rapids, MI
Suzann Foerster Leadership Coaching, Grand Rapids, MI
The Keynes Centre at University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

William James, the giant of American thinking in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, had a wonderful phrase for the ‘vision’ or ‘philosophy’ by which we each work and live: “one’s best working attitude.” This is what Barbara gives on every occasion. She exemplifies the ‘best working attitude’ and that in and of itself creates a space in which one’s working attitude grows and becomes better. Barbara had met me only briefly before she started working with me long distance by phone because we were in different continents and at a most difficult period in my working life when I was swamped by a number of complex professional and personal challenges. I am still, many years later, astonished at the extraordinary intuition and understanding – the whole feel of me as a person – that she brought to bear at every session and by which she found ways for me to move beyond the ‘stuckness’ that holds us in such situations. To be able to do this in phone sessions only is quite incredible. The best way I can vouch for that is to say that she could read even the long silences for their meanings and opportunities to point ways forward.

Connell Fanning, PhD - Director, The Keynes Centre and Former Professor of Economics and Head, School of Economics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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