Jeanne S McPherson, PhD
Professional Experience with the Federal Government
(Highlights)
- US Forest Service (USFS), Acquisitions Management, Executive Managers’ Quarterly Meeting; Phoenix: Conducted an interactive, leading organizational change program
- USFS Public Relations Managers Conference, Atlanta: Plenary speaker for 100+ attendees, and workshop leader
- USFS Colville National Forest: A test public collaboration project; helped design a tri-county collaborative performance plan; facilitated the commissioners’ design meeting (100 + people) and two public meetings
- Department of Transportation: Worked with executives responsible for environmental restoration of land near Washington, DC; wrote the draft restoration plan
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a US DOD educational organization in Washington, DC: Served on a team that provided strategies for restructuring; wrote report
- US Navy, Civilian Workforce, Alexandria, VA: Served as lead facilitator for change management seminars; trained an individual in change management facilitation
- General Services Administration Annual Chief Information Officer Conference, San Diego, “Creating the Future—Opportunities for the Millennium:” Facilitated small-group work for federal IT Managers (about 100) in groups of about 20
- Lowery Air Force Base, Denver, CO: Facilitated employee focus groups—change/conflict management surrounding the closing of this regional processing center (pre-closing)
- Pentagon, Air Force: Helped facilitate a 2-day program on leadership and team development for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Personnel Support, Families and Education, Washington, DC: Facilitated program for Manager, Office of Family Policy, on leadership and team development
- Pentagon, Army CPAC: Served on a team that provided training on building customer-focused, integrated service teams
- Senior Executive Service (SES), Washington, DC; part of seminar series: Leadership development, high-impact briefings
- Labor and Management Employee Relations (LMER), Washington, DC: Team building, change management, conflict management
- Washington Headquarters Services, Consolidated Adjucations Facility (CAS), Washington, DC: Led program on team development, conflict management; provided executive coaching
- Government Services Administration, Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, MD: Served on team providing leadership, team development, change management
- US Coast Guard Legal Staff, Washington, DC: High-impact communications, leadership development
- HRSC/SCOO, Washington, DC: Team development, change management
- General: Helped facilitate seminars in various locations on team development, change management, leadership development, high-impact communications
