Faculty and Instructors

Leadership Institute faculty and workshop instructors are known for the high caliber of their professional expertise as well as their training and teaching skills. As practicing professionals, they are experts in shaping and directing the experiential learning process that is the foundation of a LIOS education.

The outstanding educators at LIOS are especially skilled in drawing illustrative examples from spontaneous, here-and-now classroom interactions. Institute students frequently rank our faculty—and their skill in creating an energized learning environment—as the most valuable element of their education at LIOS.

Along with real-world experience as private- and public-sector therapists, counselors, organizational coaches, and consultants, LIOS instructors regularly speak at professional conferences and facilitate workshops, and research and write books and articles that advance scholarship in their respective fields.

Dean

Diane Schachter, M.A.
M.A. Interim Dean

Leadership & Organization Development Faculty

Gloria Burgess, Ph.D.
Spring Program Lead
Pam Johnson, Ph.D.
Former Winter Program
Sherene Zolno, M.S.
LOD Department Chair, Fall Program
Jeff McAuliffe, M.A.
Fall/Spring Program

Core Faculty

Cheryl Cebula, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
Core Department Chair, Fall Program
Catherine Johnson, M.A.
Currently on sabbatical

Systems Counseling Faculty

K. Alexandra Onno, M.A.
Spring Program
Phyllis Romano, M.N., A.R.N.P., B.C.
Former Winter Program Lead
Diane Schachter, M.A.
Fall Program Lead
Tim Weber, Ph.D.
SC Department Chair, Fall Program

Systems Consultants

Rhys Clark, M.F.A.
Fall Program
Mark J. Goodman, M.A.
Spring Program
Carol A. Jakus, M.S.W., M.A.
Fall Program