Over 200,000+ Hours of Fortune 500 Leadership Development Experience.
MPact Partners Culture Statement: We are a diverse group of relationship-builders, organizational change-makers, and growth-enablers. We translate our clients’ visions for learning, teamwork, leadership, and organizational effectiveness into reality through customized, actionable, and impactful solutions. We embrace the power of our diversity and collaboration. Our culture is built on a foundation of trust, integrity, and fun.
COURTNEY SALATI
Managing Partner
Courtney Salati
Managing Partner
Courtney Salati has 20 years of Human Capital and Talent Management experience with highly matrixed, global companies such as General Electric, Ingersoll Rand, and Roche. Courtney led Talent Management for a $2B+ organization and lived abroad for an assignment rolling out Talent Strategy, Tools and Processes to 13 different European country P&Ls. Courtney’s work has spanned 20+ countries across industries including consumer products, healthcare, financial, manufacturing, advertising, pharmaceuticals, diversified industrials, not-for-profits, government contracting and other consulting agencies.
Courtney is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Purdue University.
MELANIE OLIVER
Partner
Melanie Oliver
Partner
An accomplished leader in the field of workplace learning and development with proven skills in implementing enterprise-wide learning programs, Melanie spent 12 of those years managing teams comprised of facilitators and instructional designers.
Melanie’s background includes project management, sales, call centers, technical and procedural writing, and extensive experience creating and facilitating learning programs. Melanie holds a Master’s degree in secondary education, and has earned the Certified Project Manager (CPM) designation. In addition, Melanie is certified in Talent View of Performance and Achieve Global leadership and customer service curricula.
Melanie’s areas of specialty include:
- Designing and developing leadership and professional development courses.
- Writing ‘near-real’ business simulations that capture a client’s culture and language.
- Facilitating leadership and professional development programs.
- Developing training activities and tools to facilitate reflection and application of learning.
- Writing scripts for eLearning courseware.
- Recording voice-overs (in a delightful Southern accent) for eLearning courseware.
- Delivering instructional design services for technical and professional courses.
GWEN CRIDER
Partner
Gwen Crider
Partner
Gwen is a leader in the diversity and inclusion field with over 20 years of experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors. She is a coalition-builder, skilled at helping clients to establish and sustain diverse workplaces and relationships, as well as multicultural collaborations. Gwen specializes in designing and delivering innovative, strategic, and transformative interventions that build engagement and optimize organizational performance at all levels; training in the areas of cultural competency, EEO laws, building a respectful and inclusive workplace culture, personal and social identity, dynamics of power and privilege, implicit bias and micro-messages, and other areas; and strategic planning for diverse workplaces and other strategy-related initiatives.
Gwen became actively engaged in strategic planning, leadership development and diversity, equity and inclusion work while holding senior level positions in the museum field including Executive Director of the Austin Children’s Museum, Executive Director of the Science and Technology Center of Atlanta and Deputy Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air & Space Museum. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Public Administration degree from The George Washington University.
SHANNON STUDDEN
Partner
Shannon Studen
Partner
With over 25 years of experience providing education and coaching to leaders in such fields as health care, mining, and public utilities, Shannon uses a personal, practical approach focused on measurable outcomes. Areas of specialty include employee engagement, change management, conflict management, collaboration, organizational culture, performance management, informal leadership, 360-degree feedback, and teambuilding.
In past roles, Shannon advised rural health leaders across the United States, managed the Talent Management and Leadership Development functions for a Fortune 500 company and served on the faculty in the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She holds her Master of Science degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
AMBER GALOU
Senior Consultant
Amber Galou
Senior Consultant
Amber is an authentic, dynamic, and passionate facilitator and executive coach who is effective in pushing the barriers to bring leaders to a new level of authentic leadership. An accomplished HR Business Leader, she has over 20 years of experience and a successful track record of driving change and serving as a trusted confidant to leaders at all levels. Amber’s expertise spans a wide array of business-wide programs including leadership coaching and development, team effectiveness, culture and employee engagement, organizational development and effectiveness, onboarding, and talent management.
Amber’s work as a coach and consultant has served a broad range of industries, including biopharma, automotive, retail, client services, healthcare, off-shore logistics, financial services, engineering, and technology. Prior to consulting, she served as a Director in both HR Business Partner and Organization and Talent Development specialties at Shire Pharmaceuticals. Some of her duties, which served a global client group, included 1:1 coaching of leaders and employees, facilitating leadership team workshops, and training teams on team effectiveness, transition management, and conflict resolution. In addition, her work on developing an onboarding program was published by the Corporate Executive Board. Amber also grew and maintained the HR department at the corporate headquarters of Coley Pharmaceutical Group, a start-up global biotech firm, and spent her early HR career providing HR generalist support in high-tech start-up companies.
MARK HEYDT
Senior Consultant
Mark Heydt
Senior Consultant
Mark Heydt’s career has including leading organization development, leadership development, talent management and talent acquisition at large national multi-billion-dollar companies including two Fortune 500 companies. His revolutionary approach to driving effective organizational engagement has been essential to assisting organizations driving transformation within their industries. In Fall 2020, Mark published his approach with ForbesBooks/Advantage with his book “Rescuing the Corporate Exhausted Hero.”
Mark works with clients to help them improve business performance through leadership coaching, establishing high potential development programs, implementing new manager training programs, and creating executive collaboration and trust. His client base includes large national organizations, start-ups, and organizations experiencing transformation and growth. Mark believes in Strengths-Based Leadership and is a certified Strengths Coach through Gallup. He leads StrengthsFinder Team Workshops that results in more effective teamwork, elevated collaboration, and customized team strategies to increase effectiveness. His alignment in Strengths-Based Leadership is also incorporated to other organizational effectiveness work he completes. Mark also utilizes the Leadership Circle Profile for in-depth 360 degree feedback gathering and analysis.
As a certified coach through Gallup and the International Coaches Federation, Mark has experience coaching countless C-suite executives, divisional leaders, entrepreneurs, and middle managers. Mark also has completed training through CTI Coaches Training Institute and Zenger Folkman.
COLETTE PELLISSIER
Senior Consultant
Colette Pellissier
Senior Consultant
Colette brings more than two decades of Fortune 100 senior leadership experience to her executive coaching, leadership development and organizational development consulting engagements.
Combining a deep background in operational excellence in large globally matrixed organizations, with experience across all functional disciplines, organization levels, and a variety of industries, Colette specializes in advancing matters of personal, interpersonal and system-wide integration and effectiveness.
She holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University, an MA in Spiritual Psychology with an emphasis in Consciousness, Health and Healing from the University of Santa Monica, and a BS degree in Institutional Management from Purdue University.
Coaching for more than a decade, Colette holds a PCC credential through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and currently serves as an officer on the Indiana ICF Chapter Board of Directors. She has also earned certifications in Myers Briggs, DiSC, Conversational Intelligence & Positive Psychology, and has experiential depth in many other instruments, tools and models.
In her free time, you’ll find Colette in her studio or garden engaged in some sort of creative alchemy, enjoying family & friends, or volunteering for heart-felt causes that make the world a brighter place.
MATT DICKERSON
Senior Consultant
Matt Dickerson
Senior Consultant
Matt believes that all good leaders encounter times in their careers where they cannot find answers on their own. He is convinced that his purpose in life is to help people through those moments.
Matt has enjoyed a 20-year career in sales and management that serves as the foundation of his skills for coaching and mentoring. He has worked in multiple industries with the majority of his experience in Pharmaceutical/Vaccines. During his time with a global pharmaceutical company, Matt was instrumental in developing and executing new tools for people development. He coached coaches in how to be more effective people developers and managers. He also created curriculum that supported skill growth in coaching for performance.
Matt has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Purdue University and a Masters in Business Administration from University of Indianapolis. He is recognized as a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He is the former Board President for Family Promise of Greater Indy and the current President of the new Indiana Chapter of ICF.
He enjoys spending time with his wife and two teen daughters and working in his recently built workshop. He’s a lover of music and an avid reader. To stay active, he plays tennis and runs (although not as often as he should).
MOLLY CLARK
Senior Consultant
Molly Clark
Senior Consultant
Molly Clark is a Human Resources Professional, Coach and Consultant.
In her 20-year human resources career, she has cultivated best in class cultures, achieved high
ranking service and employee engagement awards, led human resource initiatives in opening and
start-up situations and developed high performing individuals and teams within human resources,
operational and executive groups.
Molly’s expertise includes development and implementation of human resources practices, policies,
systems and structure, ensuring that they align with mission/vision/values of the organization and contribute to the business objectives. She partners with organizational leaders to identify key
components of the people strategy that positively impact the business strategy and leads them through activation of these processes.
Molly is SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Professional) certified as well as holds a coaching certification with the iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching), accredited by the International
Coaching Federation (ICF). She serves on the IndySHRM board overseeing Workforce Readiness,
serves as the Secretary for the board of the Indiana Chapter of ICF and is a member of Minorities in Hospitality and the Howard County Suicide Prevention Coalition. She also co-chairs the Speaker
Selection Committee for the 2022 HR Indiana SHRM Conference.
TONI MCEWAN
Senior Consultant
Toni McEwan
Senior Consultant
Toni McEwan is passionate about partnering with executive leaders to elevate the health of the organization and the amplify impact their mission.
For over 20 years, Toni has worked globally in executive leadership, sales, project management, marketing, and HR for companies including Dow Chemical, Corteva Agriscience, and Prolific.
Toni began her career at Dow Chemical in corporate sales and spend the next 10 years in strategic project management and product marketing in a breadth of markets including Healthcare, Appliances, Automotive, and consumer goods.In 2009, Toni made a significant decision to pivot her career and work in Agriculture. For the next 12 years, Toni provided significant thought leadership and strategic focus to launching global products in the Seed, Chemical and Biologicals business. A highlight of her career was a 4-year stint in the England, where Toni led the $75MM UK & Ireland business unit for her company.
Most recently, Toni has the privilege of leading the consulting practice at Prolific, a growth firm headquartered in Indianapolis. She lead a team of researchers, designers, project managers and strategists to develop audacious and high impact strategic plans for high vision leaders.
In addition to her corporate endeavors, Toni is dedicated to serving the local community. She has spent over a decade serving on nonprofit boards focused on supporting grieving children, bi-vocational ministry and discipleship around the world, and STEM outreach for children in low-income areas of the city. Toni also volunteers in the local church leading discipleship groups, teaching kids’ ministry, fitness classes, and mentoring young female leaders. Toni’s passion for service come from a deep desire to all organizations (corporate, non-profit, churches) thrive through leadership alignment and mission clarity.
JASON BARNABY
Senior Consultant
Jason Barnaby
Senior Consultant
Jason Barnaby specializes in igniting sustainable change in individuals and corporations. A 25-year veteran of the adult education world, he has taught in universities around the world—much of that alongside a 10-year career in the financial services industry. He believes that growth begins when we leave our comfort zones and subscribes unapologetically to the hashtag #comfortablebeinguncomfortable. He is passionate (some might say fanatical) about personal branding and believes we all have a brand–whether we are aware of it or not.
Jason fell in love with public speaking while running for president of his junior high after making his “stump speech” in front of the entire school. That experience sparked a desire to continue to seek the stage to entertain, challenge and empower audiences from coast to coast. While on stage, Jason’s “product” is actionable inspiration that is practical and easy to implement and help align his audience’s gifts, goals and talents with their daily life.
Jason is a native Hoosier and graduate of Indiana University. While there, he was a founding member of Indiana University Dance Marathon—a student-led organization donating to Riley Children’s Hospital for over three decades. Jason has been a professional ski bum in Colorado, lived in Europe for 8 years with his wife where they owned a coffee shop and he worked as a college professor before moving his family back to Indiana in 2004. For the majority of his time back in the US, Jason worked for a financial services company. HIs 10 year career spanned Learning and Development, Internal Sales, Field Sales Transformation and HR. He has also worked as an adjunct professor for DeVry University and University of Indianapolis.
Outside of professional pursuits, Jason is a devoted husband of over 25 years, a proud father of 3, a writer (author of two books), reader (more of an Audible fan, really), musician, singer, and serious coffee junkie.
SHARON LUCIUS
Senior Consultant
Sharon Lucius
Senior Consultant
An experienced Executive Coach, OD practitioner, and Meeting Facilitator, Sharon is known for a light-hearted style combined with the ability to get the very best result from all attendees. Her experience includes military service in the United States Air Force, work in two major corporations (Sony and General Electric), and co-owning/managing a leadership development consulting firm for over 20 years. She is degreed in Instructional Design and Business Management.
Since retiring from full-time consulting, Sharon sits on two not-for-profit boards, is writing a book, travels extensively, and enjoys the sunrise every morning at home in Neptune Beach, Florida. She still very much enjoys team coaching and facilitation for select clients.
KRISTEN MILLER
Senior Consultant
Kristen Miller
Senior Consultant
Kristen offers more than 30 years of experience in all areas of Human Resources, with direct experience in a wide range of industries, including high-tech, independent schools, broadcasting, and healthcare. She led Training & Development, Leadership Development, and Performance Management initiatives while with Tivoli Systems, a 5,000-employee division of IBM, and later with Peregrine Systems. During her tenures in high-tech and broadcasting industries, Kristen was an integral part of transition teams that managed acquisitions, mergers, and multiple divestitures, with a strong emphasis on change management and the establishment of high-performance cultures, including performance management.
Kristen’s most recent experience was in the role of Culture & Development Director for Traders Point Christian Church, leading them through significant growth, establishing a well-defined staff culture, and building a foundation for a formal Human Resources function. In this role, she also built the strategy and staff for TPCC’s Leadership Development and Cultural Intelligence initiatives. During Kristen’s tenure, the organization was named a Best Christian Workplace three years in a row, including special recognition in the area of Talent Excellence.
Certifications include the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SHRM-CP) designation, Franklin Covey facilitator, Graduate of Coach U’s Core Essentials program, accredited facilitator for the Insights Discovery system, DDI (Development Dimensions International) facilitation, Predictive Index Assessment, Optima Talent Optimization, and ELI certification for Civil Treatment training modules. Kristen maintains membership in the national SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) organization. Her education at Purdue University, with a concentration in Supervision, laid the foundation for her career in Human Resources.
CAMERON DOLBEE
Senior Consultant
Cameron Dolbee
Senior Consultant
Cameron is a multi-faceted engineer bringing his passion for engineering, problem solving, and helping others take steps to achieve their goals to every project he leads.
Cameron is a Principle Mechanical Engineer with nearly 20 years of engineering, continuous improvement, and facilitation experience at a DOE government contractor for the Navy, applying his skills to improve process and provide leadership development.
He is a Certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner and holds a Green Belt (internal) qualification. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University.
Cameron spends most of his time running after his 2 daughters, 5 cats, and the dog or helping his wife with the random craft idea she has. He does get to play with his 3D printer or do some woodworking projects on occasion.
SAMANTHA HAHN
Online Business Manager
Samantha Hahn
Online Business Manager
Samantha thrives in helping streamline processes to make companies and organizations more efficient in order to better support their mission-based work. Her work with MPact Partners keeps our systems running smoothly. Whether it be coordinating proposals and SOW for the great work we do with clients, producing events (virtual and live), or getting clients the resources they need – Samantha is there to lend a helping hand.
Samantha spent the beginning of her career working in the non-profit world with a primary focus on engagement and philanthropic endeavors. Her work involved multiple organization-wide launches of new programs, recreating longstanding system structures, and securing multiple national partnerships.
She has a Bachelor’s in Communication Studies with a minor in Leadership and Civic Engagement. She is a Midwest transplant originally from the west coast but loves calling Indy home. Outside of work, she loves to cook and bake, try out local restaurants, and go for hikes with her husband.