Dedicated People Behind Successful Organizations

About Us

Dynamic educational, governmental, and nonprofit organizations are vital to society and effective leadership drives their success. We help organizations identify and develop leaders, people, and programs to achieve superior results. Our work is guided by these philosophies:

  • Working in partnership with your organization.
  • Customizing our work to fit your organization’s culture and the challenges you face.
  • Establishing a reputation as valued experts who are fair, credible, and trustworthy.
  • Using emotional intelligence concepts and research to ground our work.

DA Staff

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Steve Straus
President and Co-Founder

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Heather Lee
Co-Founder and Senior Partner

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Holly Danford Bishop
Director of Operations

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Candice Walsh
Client Administration Coordinator

DA Consultants

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Andrea Surratt
Senior Consultant

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Cleon Umphrey
Senior Consultant

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Derwick Paige
Senior Consultant

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Ed Kerwin
Senior Consultant

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Eleanor Green
Senior Consultant

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Greg Grayson
Senior Consultant

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Jack Moorman
Senior Consultant

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Janice Jackson
Senior Consultant

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Joe Durham
Senior Consultant

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Kerr Putney
Senior Consultant

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Korrel Kanoy
Co-Founder and Senior Consultant

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Pam Pope
Senior Consultant

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Pat Bazemore
Senior Consultant

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Scott Clark
Senior Consultant

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Sharon Subadan
Senior Consultant

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Sherry Rogowski
Senior Consultant

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Tamara Kellam-Washington
Consultant & Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach