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Appendix
Meet the Experts – cont’d
Holly Minch, Project Director, SPIN Project (San Francisco, CA)
As part of her role in leading the SPIN Project, a nonprofit communications consulting firm, Minch directs
the SPIN Academy, offering training and coaching in communications strategy and tactics to help progressive
organizations become more media savvy. She is also editor of the book, Loud and Clear in an Election Year. In
an average year, Minch leads 75–100 trainings across the U.S. www.spinproject.org
Lorraine Monroe, President & CEO, Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute (New York, NY)
Dr. Monroe was the founding principal of the Frederick Douglass Academy in Central Harlem. She has
drawn on her deep experience in New York City’s public school system – from teacher to principal to deputy
chancellor for Curriculum and Instruction – to develop leadership principles that are now taught through
her institute. She is the author of Nothing’s Impossible: Leadership Lessons from Inside and Outside the Classroom,
and her work has been featured in The New York Times, Ebony Magazine, Fast Company, and on 60 Minutes and
Tony Brown’s Journal. www.lorrainemonroe.com
Peg Neuhauser, President, PCN Associates (Austin, TX)
Neuhauser launched her management consulting firm in 1984, and now speaks widely on such topics as
organizational effectiveness, avoiding burnout, and conflict resolution within organizations. She is the author
of several books, including Corporate Legends and Lore, Tribal Warfare in Organizations, and I Should Be Burnt Out
by Now … So How Come I’m Not? In a typical year, she’ll deliver 100 presentations. www.pegneuhauser.com
Eda Roth, Eda Roth & Associates (Boston, MA)
An actress and consultant who brings theatre-based skills to business communications, Roth has coached
corporate clients at AT&T, Coca-Cola, and Hewlett-Packard, as well as public interest professionals at
California Health Care Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows Program,
and the UCLA Medical School. She has been on the faculty of Boston University’s School of Management
Leadership Institute since 1989, and recently joined the faculty of Spitfire Strategies’ Communications
Leadership Institute. www.edaroth.com
Gerry Tabio, President, Creative Resources (Bixby, OK)
Tabio teaches a proprietary process in creative problem solving to media and marketing professionals.
His client list includes America Online, National Association of Broadcasters, Turner Entertainment,
and Toyota Motor Sales. Prior to launching Creative Resources, Tabio served as senior vice president of
Chancellor Media Corporation. www.gerrytabio.com
Scott Ward, Senior Vice President, Widmeyer Communications (Washington, DC)
Ward provides training, strategy and counsel for nonprofit, business and government clients at Widmeyer
Communications, a public relations firm with offices in Washington, DC and New York. He also conducts
classes for nonprofit professionals at the Social Action and Leadership School for Activists (SALSA) of the
Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. www.widmeyer.com
Jerry Weissman, Founder, Power Presentations, Ltd. (Foster City, CA)
As a corporate presentations coach since 1988, Weissman has worked with executives at companies including
Yahoo!, Intel, Cisco Systems, Microsoft and Dolly Labs. He is the author of Presenting to Win: The Art of
Telling Your Story and In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions … When it Counts. www.powerltd.com