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Ilene R. Gochman, Ph.D.
Practice
Director, Organization Effectiveness
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Ilene Gochman is Watson Wyatt’s National
Practice Leader of Organization Effectiveness. For more than 20 years, Ilene
has been helping organizations improve their business performance through
their people. She has extensive experience with:
• Individual, team and organizational assessments to identify performance
barriers
• Providing feedback and coaching to individuals and teams
• Developing and implementing strategies for enhancing individual and group
performance
• Creating processes for building accountability and measuring the
effectiveness of changes
Before joining Watson Wyatt, Ilene worked at another top HR consulting firm
in a variety of leadership positions. Before that, Ilene served as Director
of Organization Planning, Development and Quality at International Paper and
as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University.
Ilene completed her undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University and
received a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Washington. She is a
member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Terence M. Gallagher
President
Battalia Winston International
Terence Gallagher joined Battalia Winston International in 1991 as Senior
Vice President and General Manager of the New Jersey Search Practice, which
he started. Terry was later promoted to Executive Vice President and Partner
in 1994. In recognition of his contributions to the growth of the firm,
Terry advanced to become President of Battalia Winston International in
January of 1997. On November 25, 2008, Terry was selected by Business Week
as one of the 150 Most Influential Headhunters in the World.
Terry’s more than 20 years of broad-gauged experience in executive search
came from his affiliation with two other prominent executive search firms
including KPMG, where he was Partner in Charge of the Northeast Regional
Search Practice and National High Technology Industry Partner.
Terry’s primary focus has been in recruiting Board Directors, CEO’s, General
Managers and all C Suite executives for a broad range of industries
including: Business and Professional Services, Industrial Products,
Insurance/Financial Services and Technology. He has frequently been
interviewed and quoted in the national news media and publications such as
The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Consulting Magazine
regarding trends and issues in executive recruitment, management
development, organizational effectiveness and succession planning. He has
also appeared on television with CNBC regarding CEO trends in leadership and
compensation.
Preceding Terry’s career in executive search, he worked for American
Hospital Supply Corporation (Cardinal Healthcare), advancing through their
financial management training program to become Eastern Area Financial
Manager responsible for overseeing all of the financial matters for nine
business units.
Terry is a graduate of Duquesne University where he received an
undergraduate degree in Accounting. He is a member of the Americas Advisory
Council for the AESC and is active in promoting the best practices for
client service for member firms of the Association of Executive Search
Consultants. He is also an active member and past speaker regarding
management consulting recruiting issues at the Association of Management
Consulting Firms (AMCF). Terry leads the Global Professional Services
Industry Practice and the North American Board Director Practice for The
Amrop Hever Group which has 300 Consultants in 84 offices and 52 countries.
Terry also serves on the Advisory Committee for the National Association of
Corporate Directors, New Jersey Chapter.
Jay Liebowitz, Ph.D., SPHR
Associate
Professor of Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
Duquesne University
John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business
Jay Liebowitz is an Associate Professor in the John F. Donahue Graduate
School of Business at Duquesne University. Prior to coming to Duquesne, he
was a Trainer/Management Consultant at an international training firm,
called the Wilson Learning Corporation. Before coming to Pittsburgh, he
worked in the Division of Personnel for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Since coming to Duquesne, he has done Human Resource consulting on a
part-time basis, with two small consulting firms, as well as on his own. He
recently has conducted a series of team building and strategic planning
workshops for a small business in Pittsburgh. He has also recently conducted
management training programs for a large government contractor in
Pittsburgh, and a non-profit organization in Pittsburgh. Prior to that, he
conducted a survey research project for the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance.
Before that, he completed a Performance Management consulting and training
project for the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport. Prior to that, he
completed a team-building project for Starbucks Coffee store managers in the
Pittsburgh district.
Jay earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the State University of
New York, College at Cortland, and his doctorate in
Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville. He has written many articles for business magazines and journals,
including HR Magazine, Human Resource Planning, Human Relations, and
Business Horizons.
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