• More than 25 years experience in various leadership and team settings in both private and public sectors. Has led numerous diversity experiences for variety of clients including high tech companies, school systems, municipalities, and higher education.

"Thank you, Paula, for this wonderful workshop experience. I got a lot of great new insights that will help me at work in dealing with differences. I really appreciate the approach you took to this challenging topic."

• Paula Wilder  THE BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP

540 552-6834   540 776-9820   pwilder@biz-advisory.com   www.biz-advisory.com

• Presently working as a science education professor at Virginia Tech; obtained PhD from Virginia Tech in Curriculum and Instruction; doctoral student research focused on the influence of beliefs on diversity with particular interest in understanding of beliefs as they relate to the experiences that shaped them and the practices influenced by them.

Brenda helps create "the oppourtunity to ask questions that concern me and seek advice of other people."

• Brenda Brand  VIRGINIA TECH, ASSITANT PROFESSOR

540-231-5347   bbrand@vt.edu   Teaching and Learning Department

• "Realizing we are a community of learners ourselves, it was great to share ideas we can use in classes."
• "It was very communal and inducive to dialogue."
• I learned..."that I am more interested and involved and equipped than I had thought."
• Very useful--I am inspired to implement an 'impact box' in my classrooms"
• I learned..."to listen with respect" and "what my trigger points are."
• I learned..."more ideas of ways to include diversity/understanding" and that there is "a need for self-reflection and action/involvement."