Advisory Board

Members of the WIAL Advisory Board include internationally recognized thought leaders and proponents of Action Learning.

 
  1. Nick Hixson, Chair (UK)
  • CEO, (38 years) Hixson Business Consultants, which provides strategic planning and business growth as well as auditing, accounting services to many UK businesses
  • Member, Peter Drucker Global Forum
  • Past Executive –Southern Quality Services, Starspire Limited, and Smith & Williamson
 
  1. Agata Dulnik (Poland)
  • Worked and consulted at Accenture, Microsoft, Dell,, Intel, United Technologies, Ernst & Young, Cisco, and Shell
  • Lecturer at Warsaw University, University of Connecticut and University of Hartford
  • Author of 2 books and several articles on leadership, management, organizational behavior and learning
 
  1. Jane McConnell (France-USA)
  • Advisor-Facilitator: 20 years with healthcare, industrial, service organizations, UN agencies
  • Author: Book “The Gig Mindset Advantage – A Bold New Breed of Employee”. 2021. Articles: HBR, MITSM, Drucker
  • Researcher: 10 annual surveys & reports 2006 – 2016: Organization in the Digital Age (300-400 organizations around the world),
  • Video podcast host: Imaginize.World: activists, scifi visionaries and pioneering organizations about the future we need to be building and how to do it. 2023-present (ASTD)
 
  1. Kimo Kippen (USA)
  • Past Chief Learning Officer (CLO) for Hilton International Hotels and Marriott
  • Names CLO of Year in 2018 by CLO Magazine
  • Past Vice-President Renaissance Hotels and Resorts
  • Past Chair of Board of Directors of American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
 
  1. Luciana Rabay (Brazil)
  • CEO of Braziliant, which has provided marketing and business consultation to large corporations and small businesses throughout Brazil and in Europe and the US
  • Past Marketing Manager, Tridion
  • Professor, ICSP University
 
  1. Magdalene Mook (Poland-USA)
  • CEO and Executive Director of International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • Vice-President of American Association of Business Executives
  • Past Director of Council of US State Governments
  • Graduate of Warsaw School of Economics and Copenhagen Business School
 
  1. Mary Kay Vona (USA)
  • Principal, Ernst & Young, People Advisory Services
  • Past Executive Vice-President, Aon Consulting
  • Past Partner, Global Learning, IBM/Price Waterhouse
  • Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University in Consultation/Leadership
 
  1. Mike Marquardt (USA)
  • Co-Founder of WIAL
  • Author of 25 books and over 100 articles/chapters on action learning, team development, and global leadership
  • Professor Emeritus, George Washington University
  • Senior advisor to numerous Global 100 corporations and national governments
 
  1. Rita Meyerson (USA)
  • Organizational Change Consultant and Leadership & Team Coach to Fortune 500 companies, hedge funds, leading non-for-profits, think tanks, higher education, and PE/VC funded start-up enterprises
  • Previously Director in corporate communications and human resources at the American Express Company and Change Management Consultant at Willis Towers Watson and Accenture
  • Adjunct Professor at George Washington University in the Organizational Leadership and Learning Masters Program
 
  1. V. Ganesh Varatharajoo (Malaysia)
  • 29 years of experience in Supply Chain Management. Head of Supply Chain for Dome Cafe Malaysia
  • Director and advisor for Sree Sky Technology, and Life Timepiece company
  • Doctorate in Strategic Management