is a full professor and psychologist with over 25 years experience as a practitioner, trainer, and consultant in relational practice with leaders worldwide. She has held faculty appointments at the Universities of California, Utah, Oregon, Wisconsin, and currently at Antioch University. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and was one of five faculty chosen for the prestigious Leadership Fellow program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has achieved the highest practitioner distinction for psychologists—Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. She has written several books, numerous research articles, and consults internationally on systemic interventions that intersect mentoring, coaching, and difficult personalities in the workplace. She is currently writing a book with co-author, Mitch Kusy, Toxic Workplace, based on their national study of leaders who have dealt with toxic persons in their organizations.