Dawn Y. Graber 

Dawn Yoder Graber brings her experience of being a woman leader with a background in education and nursing to now help leaders create workplaces where women thrive, and organizations win through the lens of Process Consulting.

She works with senior leaders, women executives, and male allies to create organizational cultures where women don’t just survive—they lead, rise, and stay. Through a process consulting approach grounded in listening, equity strategy, and leadership development, she partners with organizations to:

✔️ Uncover the hidden barriers holding women back

✔️ Engage leadership and employees in culture change

✔️ Create policies and practices that support women at every level

✔️ Equip men to be intentional, effective sponsors and allies

✔️ Elevate women leaders through powerful coaching and peer cohorts

This work is not about blame—it’s about bold partnership, real change, and shared responsibility. Equity benefits everyone. Let’s make it real.

Dawn holds a master’s in education focusing on curriculum and instruction and is equipped to facilitate and deliver applied learning for organizations targeting their unique needs. She is certified as an Executive Process Consultant, an International Coach Federation Executive Coach, an Integrative Enneagram Provider, a Mygrow Emotional Intelligence Champion, a Positive Intelligence program provider, and as a Women in Leadership designee. She earned Honorable Mention in the 100 Women to KNOW awards in 2025 and is featured in the 2025 Tampa area Women to KNOW publication. She facilitates and is the founder of Women Leading Boldly Cohorts.

📈 If you’re ready to transform good intentions into inclusive action in your culture, let’s connect.

   Dr. Ron Mahurin

Ron Mahurin is a Senior Consultant with Design Group International. He is an Executive Process Consultant credentialed by the Society for Process Consulting and a trained coach through the International Coaching Federation.

With a bachelor’s degree in political science from Gordon College (MA) and a master’s and Ph.D. in Political Science from Miami University (OH), Ron brings more than four decades of executive leadership experience in higher education for profit businesses and nonprofit organizations to his work in culture change leadership.

Whether facilitating strategic visioning with a university board, coaching a senior leadership team through cultural alignment, or advising nonprofit leaders on governance dynamics, Ron is known for bringing clarity, wisdom, and relational insight.

   Peter A. Schein 

Peter is a strategic partner with Design Group International and the co-founder and head of the Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute (OCLI.org) in Menlo Park, CA.   

Prior to OCLI.org, Peter was a strategy and corporate development executive at large and small technology companies in Silicon Valley, including Apple, SGI, Concentric Network (XO), Packeteer (Blue Coat), Sun Microsystems, and other start-up ventures. Peter was educated at Stanford University (BA, Social Anthropology), Northwestern University (MBA, Kellogg Graduate School of Management) and University of Southern California (HCEO). 

Peter is a contributing author of Organizational Culture and Leadership, 5th Edition (2017), co-author of The Corporate Culture Survival Guide 3rd Edition (2019), Humble Leadership (2018), the 2nd Edition of Humble Inquiry (2021), Career Anchors Reimagined (2023), and the 2nd Edition of Humble Leadership (2023).  

    Lon L. Swartzentruber 

Lon is Managing Partner of Design Group International. He is a graduate of Goshen College (BA Business) and earned an MBA from George Mason University. He is an Executive Process Consultant credentialed by the Society for Process Consulting and a trained coach through the International Coaching Federation.

Lon L. Swartzentruber has nearly 30 years of professional experience in strategic planning, organizational transformation, and leadership development. Lon has walk alongside leaders in privately held & family-owned business, and leaders of Fortune 100 and 500 companies. He has supported leaders of international aid organizations, national and international associational systems, and elder care facilities. His non-profit experience also includes guiding leaders of private, Christian, and Montessori schools, private foundations, community foundations, social service organizations, colleges, and universities. 

Together, Peter and Lon lead Design Group International’s Culture Change Leadership practice area. They walk alongside Clients to help them have a deep and broad understanding of their organization’s culture, what forces influence and shape culture, and how they can understand their culture in the present moment and envision something different. 

Building on this understanding, they help Clients craft and co-create a culture change initiative that embraces the socio-dynamics of transformational change and honors your organization’s past, present, and future.