The BOLD group is an organization run primarily with the help of volunteers. Many thanks to the dedicated support of the following people: (listed in alphabetical order)
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Angie Barbary
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Jini Berman
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Birgit Hueglin-Wood
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Mary Ann Ireland, M.A.
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Ana Lucia Jardim-Evans
- Tina Lo, M.S.
- Danielle Olander
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Judy Parkman
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Sandra Poland, M.S.
Jini Berman has been with Jazz Pharmaceuticals since its early beginnings in 2003. She began her career in Human Resources in 1993 when she moved from New York City to San Francisco and joined Ziff Davis Publishing Company, first as the assistant to the VP, Human Resources, and then as an HR generalist supporting the new media ventures and specializing in recruiting. In NYC Jini spent over a decade as a community organizer working with inner city youth programs. Jini hold a BA in Social Sciences from C.U.N.Y..
Mary Ann Ireland is the Founder of BOLD and a Director with The Stratam Group, a consulting firm that uses Commitment-based Management methodology to improve the communication and coordination efforts of highly educated specialists to produce extraordinary business results. She is a certified coach, instructor and facilitator, working exclusively in the high tech/biotech industry whose focus is in supporting individuals and teams to achieve their highest level of performance and satisfaction. Mary Ann holds a degree in organic chemistry from Brown University and a M.A. in Organizational Psychology with coaching certification from JFK University, is a certified somatic coach through the Strozzi Institute, and is certified in management and leadership practices by the Institute of Generative Leadership. For more information click here for her coaching bio, or visit www.stratam.com.
Tina Lo is an accomplished workforce learning and performance leader with proven track record of establishing collaborative relationships at all levels and across functions. Adept at identifying opportunities and developing solutions for training and development interventions, leveraging innovative ideas and best practices to improve organizational effectiveness. Tina works as a Learning Consultant at Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Kaiser, she held a position as the Training and Organization Development Project Specialist / Executive Assistant at Bayer Healthcare. She also served as the board president for the American Society for Training & Development, Mt.
Diablo Chapter. Tina graduated with a M.S. in organization development and B.S. in public administration from University of San Francisco.
Danielle Olander is the Director of Human Resources for Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Portola, she held positions as a generalist with SuperGen, Inc and Sugen, Inc., she currently has over fourteen years of human resources experience, with nine years in the biotech/pharma industry. Danielle holds a BS in human resources from Colorado Technical University. Danielle's main focus centers around continuous process and communication improvement by understanding the roadblocks that keep employees from communicating with their managers and achieving their goals. A BOLD member since 2005, Danielle now volunteers on the BOLD core team and programs committee.
Sandra Poland turned her focus to organization development consulting after 20 years of leading large-scale change in complex multinational companies. Working with leaders at all levels and across multiple industries, Sandra acquired significant experience in implementing corporate restructuring, merger and acquisitions, cultural transformation, organization effectiveness and process improvement initiatives. Now, as a consultant, trusted advisor and change agent, she leverages her extensive background to partner with senior business and HR leaders to design organization development solutions that build capability and enable business strategy. Prior to establishing Sustainable Change, LLC in 2009, Sandra worked at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, BOC Gases and AT&T in a variety of senior HR roles including: Organization Development, HR Business Partner, and Learning and Development. Sandra earned an MS in General Management from Stevens Institute of Technology and a BA in Human Resource and Organization Behavior from the University of San Francisco.
