Team Members

Bettina Straight

I once told a colleague, ”I don’t just want to get up in front of people and lecture about things they can find on Google.  I want to help them dig into the real stuff, the challenging stuff, the things that will reach them and help them grow.”  My goal is to help people discover the path to their success, on their own and as part of a team.  As a trainer and speaker, I have worked with government agencies, human resource associations, corporations, and schools on issues of diversity, inclusion, unconscious bias, belonging and trust.  I strive to help participants see a subject from a new perspective, to engage them in respectful, honest, and productive conversation, and to leave them with a sense of connection and new understanding. 

My strength is in creating a space that is safe and welcomes openness,  with a good dose of humor thrown in for good measure.

LISA GRIFFEE

As a professional educator, speaker and facilitator in process improvement for fifteen years, one learns that respect of each individual, their experiences, and listening to what they have to teach is essential for progress. I’ve spent a career in healthcare bringing the voices of diverse patients together with organization leaders to result in co-designed improved experiences. I’ve been involved in LGBTQ community organizations for 25 years and bring this passion to my professional career advocating for inclusion, participating in diversity councils and founding an LGBTQ employee affinity group.

I believe in open and honest communication infused with a dose of humor and compassion as a way to continue in our journey of greater understanding.

MARSHA WESLEY COLEMAN

As an organizational development and leadership practitioner and executive coach, Marsha is currently the Director of Leadership Development and Training for Friends Services for the Aging (FSA).  In this role, Marsha designs educational programs for employees in FSA member organizations and works with leadership teams to assess and diagnose issues impacting organizational performance and designing aligned strategies to improve performance at individual, group and organizational system levels.  In her consultant practice Marsha conducted a Diversity workshop for the Center for Creative Leadership and has an upcoming workshop for the National Children’s Advocacy Center’s Leadership Exchange and Coaching Project (LEC).  Marsha is a member of the National Training Lab and an active member of the coaching, appreciative inquiry and diversity steering committees.  Marsha has over 18 years experience in executing marketing programs at companies including KPMG and Black Entertainment Television (BET).  Marsha also has a passion for mentoring and was the administrator for the L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program for the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), a non-profit trade organization focusing on diversity.  In this role, she matched NAMIC members with Senior Level Executives for a nine-month formal mentoring program.  Marsha is a professor in the Organizational Development and Leadership Program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).  Marsha’s education includes M.S. in Organizational Development and Leadership from PCOM, M.B.A. from Penn State University and B.A. in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University.  She is also certified to administer the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator, Barry Oshry’s Where Cultures Meet and Organization Workshops and other individual and group assessment instruments. An avid learner, Marsha is an active contributor to the PCOM community of practice and is a member of the Philadelphia Regional Organization Development Network (PRODN).