Email: deannar@designgroupintl.com
P: 877.771.3330 x8
F: 888.845.9996
Deanna believes in the power of walking alongside leaders to grow and thrive. She supports business owners, non-profit and education leaders by utilizing an inquiry-based approach to support change that the leader is seeking. Deanna begins working with clients via a discovery conversation that taps into natural creativity, enthusiasm, and knowledge.
Deanna's competency areas include:
Deanna brings more than 22 years of experience and expertise supporting clients and partners, from CEOs and teacher teams to Superintendents and Managers, in leadership development, process facilitation, adult learning, team engagement and development, and K-12 educational and nonprofit systems change.
Education
Deanna earned a B.A. in Psychology, Sociology and Social Work from Calvin College and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Grand Valley State University.
She is a certified Advanced Process Coach credentialed by the Society for Process Consulting. Deanna is a Certified Cognitive Coach credentialed by the Thinking Collaborative and she holds a Systems Mapping credential from Michigan State University.
"Deanna is a great leader and thought partner. I had the pleasure of working with her for several years at Partners in School Innovation. I would describe her as passionate, thoughtful, and hard-working. I'm impressed with her ability to create systems, build capacity and lead inclusive teams."
"Deanna is a strategic and thoughtful process facilitator. Her ability to think through problems and develop comprehensive, inclusive solutions in a collaborative manner is uncanny. I have been incredibly grateful to work with her on various projects in our community as she brings forth a perspective that is capable of viewing problems and solutions from multiple angles from a trauma-informed and equity-based lens."
"Deanna is a dynamic organizational leader. I worked with Deanna in her role at ICCF where she was instrumental during a critical transition period. Deanna was very strategic in her approach to continually improve housing services in an outcomes-oriented way. Deanna has my highest respect and she would have a positive impact on any organization that associates with her."
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