Andréa Bradford
Andréa Bradford is an Executive Coach for CareerCentral and the Chief Diversity Officer for JBK Associates, Inc. Her joint responsibilities in the sister companies provide Andréa a unique opportunity to leverage the firm's commitment to diversity and inclusion while coaching her candidates to successfully articulate their special brand.
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Andréa joins CareerCentral from Right Management, where her ten-year tenure included positions as Senior Vice President for Career Management and Senior Organizational Consultant.
Highly effective in assisting individuals to recognize how their unique qualities and contributions add to the richness of an organization, Andréa has coached professionals in various industries and functional backgrounds. She is particularly adept at delivering innovative workshops that challenge the participants to master critical leadership skills. Andréa has experience working with the corporate, non-profit, and academic communities, having created and directed programs at Columbia Business School, where she served as Director of Minority and Multicultural Affairs; KPMG Peat Marwick, where she was National Director, University Relations; Bain & Company and Xavier University of Louisiana. At Columbia University, she infused diversity at all levels of administration, faculty, students and alumni, all within two years of pioneering a highly interactive information and resource center committed to enacting inclusiveness.
A leader in the field of diversity innovation, Andréa has been profiled by media outlets ranging from Black Enterprise Magazine to CBS Marketwatch and has served as panel moderator for the Women of Power Summit national conference sponsored by Black Enterprise Magazine and State Farm.
An accomplished musician, Andréa holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Boston University and Oberlin College. She resides in Newark, New Jersey.
Diane Briggs
Diane Briggs is a talented human resources consultant with extensive experience in career development, staffing strategy, and executive search. She has worked in the Professional Development industry, providing career counseling, personalized assessments, skills training, and job search strategies to individuals across all industries and functions.
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Diane's significant accomplishments include managing full-service Career Center operations and developing customized career transition programs, interviewing skills training modules, résumé development and self-marketing programs for career management firms and for her private practice.
As a senior HR professional in the corporate environment, Diane designed and implemented global staffing programs, workforce plans and interviewing skills programs, for internal domestic and international clients at Andersen Consulting Digital Equipment and Hoffmann-La Roche, and provided HR services to Financial Services, Engineering, Scientific and Information Technology business units.
Leveraging her valuable experiences in corporate talent acquisition, Diane shares market-focused insights with individuals and corporate groups to support their varied career choices. Diane's unique perspectives borne from her stints as an external recruiter and as a corporate hiring professional assure that each of her clients is thoroughly prepared to effectively manage their job search.
Diane holds a Master's degree in Industrial Relations from Rutgers University and a BS in Marketing from Rochester Institute of Technology. She has earned certifications in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Holland Self-Directed Search, Campbell Interest and Skills Survey (CISS), and Personal Profile System (PPS).
Deborah Broatch
Deborah Broatch is an accomplished human resource professional with extensive experience in providing the full spectrum of human capital management services. Her talent acquisition expertise has benefited numerous global Fortune 500 clients as well as many small to mid-sized companies.
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Deb's strength in understanding the essence of an individual's unique brand allowed her to successfully satisfy her clients' talent needs. To ensure long-term career success, Deb works with newly hired individuals on assimilation to their new role/team and smooth integration to the overall organization.
On the client side, Deb functions as a strategic HR business partner consulting on topics such as succession planning and organizational design. She has been engaged to provide leadership coaching both for performance and development to individuals and entire teams. Her work with many high potential performers resulted in their exceeding company goals. During her tenure as Human Resources Consultant for Aetna Information Technology, Deb developed, certified and facilitated a program which enhanced the organization's ability to become a less hierarchical, more self-empowered company.
Currently, in addition to consulting on strategic planning, talent identification, succession planning and organizational design, Deb leverages her valuable corporate experience to coach individuals to achieve maximum career success.
Deb has a Master's in Education, a BA in Speech Pathology and is certified in Myers-Briggs. Deb is a past Chapter President of Northeast Region Board of Directors of the Association for Applied Psychological Type.
Vicki Coffin
Vicki Coffin, PhD is a professional industry consultant and career coach, who brings 25 years experience in psychology, neurology and pharmacology. She founded Career Centered Coaching to empower the individual who strives to achieve the best from their career.
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Career Centered Coaching is a natural extension of VC Pharma Consulting, which she founded in 2005 with a mission to work with Pharmaceutical Industry leaders to identify and support goals and communications, to bring science to the marketplace.
Vicki specializes in coaching individuals who are re-entering the work force, those in transition and those with a strong desire for a new career or to energize a current one. Vicki's unique approach to coaching helps one prepare for success through connections, knowledge and passion.
During her career at Schering Corporation, Vicki bridged communications between research, clinical and marketing to review, implement and negotiate new products. Her last corporate role prior to becoming an entrepreneur was as Senior Director for Business Licensing.
Vicki's coaching expertise has been honed through training she received at the Special Projects Consulting and Coachville organizations. Vicki graduated with High Honors from Pennsylvania State University and earned a PhD in pharmacology from Oklahoma University Health Science Center. Vicki did a post doctorate in the psychiatry and psychobiology departments at Harvard Medical School.
Vicki actively volunteers with the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA), currently serving as Director of Volunteers. Mentoring is an activity in which she takes great pride, performing the service for the HBA and the licensing Executive Society, where she is also an active member. Vicki has membership in numerous scientific organizations where she has contributed over 100 publications in scientific journals on behavior and the workings of the brain.
Vicki lives in Basking Ridge, NJ with her son, who is attending college. Her personal passions include writing, observing nature and kayaking at the Great Swamp National Forest.
Jennifer Leonard
Jennifer Leonard is the Principal of Impact HR, LLC, a Strategic Human Resources consulting firm focused on providing organization development and talent management expertise to small and mid-sized organizations; as well as Executive Coaching to both mid and senior level professionals.
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As a Senior Human Resources professional for organizations such as Novartis, Biovail, Pharmacia/Pfizer, Boston Scientific and Silicon Graphics, Jennifer has honed her coaching skills with numerous C-Suite level executives, as well as their leadership teams. Throughout her corporate career Jennifer has developed the following areas of expertise: organization effectiveness, leadership, employee and team development, employee engagement, performance and talent management, merger/acquisition/culture initiatives and group facilitation and training. Jennifer's leadership breadth spans from the design and implementation of customized HR solutions in a corporate setting to leading a mid-size company Òstart-upÓ HR organization. Her functional experience includes all corporate functions, with particular depth in Commercial (Marketing and Sales), Research, Development and Engineering.
Jennifer holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Masters Degree in Organizational Development and Human Resources from The University of San Francisco. She is currently a Mentor volunteer with the Healthcare Businesswomen's Associate (HBA) and is actively pursuing her Professional Coaching Certification through the iPEC coaching program.
Jennifer is married and lives in Flanders, NJ with her two young children.
Francis Rode
Francis Rode began coaching executives while working on large reengineering projects in the US and Europe as a management consultant. He served as Chief HR Officer for an insurance company reporting directly to the CEO. In this capacity, Francis coached numerous executives including the CEO, his peers and direct reports.
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After the company was acquired, Francis joined a global Human Resources consulting firm, as senior vice president of career transition services. Francis has extensive experience coaching C-suite executives, especially in the financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and non-profit industries.
Francis began his career with a New York City money center commercial bank selling products and services. Next he joined a global management consulting company that worked with Global 1000 companies. In this endeavor, his specialty was organizational effectiveness and implementation efficiencies working with individuals and groups. Francis joined a national property and casualty insurance carrier where he successfully led its company-wide cultural change initiative.
Most recently Francis launched PeopleScope, LLC, a consulting organization supporting companies and individuals as an organizational effectiveness consultant, leadership coach and career counselor.
Francis earned his MA in Psychoanalysis from the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis, Centenary College, his MBA in Finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and his undergraduate degree with honors in Economics from Drew University. He has served on the Boards of six insurance companies and one school of psychoanalysis. Francis was President and CEO of Crum&Forster Solutions for Business which provided a variety of support services to the clients of insurance agents. Francis is a member of the American Counseling Association, the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and the Society of Modern Psychoanalysts.
Linda Trignano
Linda has spent more than 22 years facilitating workshops and coaching both teams and individuals. As a career coach, she has helped her clients identify their career goals and develop strategies to land their ideal job. Utilizing her expertise and knowledge as a former corporate recruiter with AT&T, she understands what employers are looking for in a candidate. One area of specialty for Linda is preparing her clients to excel in the job interview.
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As a member of the CareerCentral faculty, Linda's expertise is in working with teams and individuals, utilizing the DiSC® insight assessment. The DiSC® assessment is an extremely valuable tool in understanding an individual's communication style. Through DiSC® workshops, Linda has been effective in helping participants adapt their communications styles to achieve desired outcomes.
Linda is a member of the American Society of Training & Development, the Advisory boards of the American Red Cross of Bergen County Executive HR, and the Career Networking Group of NJ, and a member of the NJ Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO). Founder of HR Performance Solutions, Linda is also a certified corporate recruiter and trainer.
Linda holds an MS in Training - Management & Supervision, from Montclair State University, a BA in Communications from Ramapo College and Human Resources Certification from Rutgers University, Project Management Certification from Steven's Institute of Technology as well as a coaching degree from Coach University. She resides in Montvale, NJ.
