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DTG's
clients include small and large, public and private organizations.
A partial list includes Coca Cola, International Franchise
Association, Quest Diagnostics, and Liberty Mutual, Visa USA,
Association, General Electric Financial Assurance,
Hewlett-Packard, Humana Inc., IBM Canada, Lucent Technologies,
Merrill Lynch, National Institute of Standards & Technology,
Department of Interior, National Security Agency, National
Wildlife Federation, and Ryland Homes.
| Who is Mauricio
Velásquez? |
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Mauricio
Velásquez is the President of The Diversity Training Group (DTG)
in Herndon, VA. Mauricio serves as a diversity trainer, sexual
harassment prevention trainer, executive coach, mentoring trainer,
expert witness, and assists organizations with multicultural
marketing, selling, and customer service. |
Mr. Velásquez
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a graduate of
the University of Virginia (B.A. Economics and Psychology) and The George
Washington University (M.B.A. Human Resource Management).
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an expert
witness listed with the Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys (TASA).
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the first
diversity consultant/trainer on the internet, reaching millions with his
website DiversityDTG.com.
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a nationally
recognized author appearing in local, regional, and national publications
including American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Society
for Human Resource Management (SHRM) publications, the Managing Diversity
newsletter, and Profiles in Diversity Journal.
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a teacher at
American University, a past part-time faculty member with the Johns
Hopkins University, visiting lecturer with The George Washington
University, and instructor for Howard Community and Baltimore City
Community Colleges.
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a guest
commentator on Curtis Court T.V., a nationally recognized court T.V. show
and has been interviewed on over 30 radio stations nationwide.
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featured all
over the United States in magazines such as Landscape News, NM Pro, The
Scientist, Overhaul & Maintenance, Graduating Engineer, and Baltimore
Business Journal and newspapers such as the Baltimore Sun, Daily Record,
Washington Times, New York Times, and Supermarket News.
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the past Area
II Diversity Director for SHRM, and the editor of the newsletter,
"Diversity Alive."
very proud of the breadth of DTG's work in non-profit sectors, from law
enforcement agencies to Native American tribal organizations.
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bilingual and
has lived abroad in several foreign countries and traveled to nearly
thirty countries on three continents.
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Mauricio is a former
human resource generalist and also served as a demographic researcher for the
Internal Revenue Service where he first anticipated the rise of diversity inside
and outside the workplace. He has had the good fortune to work with Dr. W.
Edwards Deming, Peter F. Drucker, and Jerry Harvey. Mauricio credits much of his
interest in human resource management and the earning of his MBA to their
influences.
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Mauricio has trained
over 250,000 employees, managers, and executives in the areas of diversity,
gender equity, mentoring, and multicultural marketing and selling.
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Willard
W. Eng
Vice
President
Willard W. Eng has
extensive experience coaching senior executives and managers,
internationally and nationally, in organizational and management
development, organizational reengineering, change management, team
building, quality improvement and developing and implementing
corporate diversity initiatives.
Willard is…
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an alumnus of
the University of San Francisco (Ed.D. ABD, Organizational
Development), California State University, Hayward (M.S.,
Counseling/Educational Psychology), and the University of
California, Berkeley (B.A., Psychology). |
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a human
resources executive and management/organizational development
consultant with over twenty-five years experience. |
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a former Vice
President, Corporate Human Resources and Diversity, for Sony
Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The Corporate Diversity program
he developed at SPE received the 1999 HR Best Practice Award
from the Employers Group. |
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a past Vice
President of Human Resources for Koh-Operation Inc., former
Director of Human Resources for Deloitte & Touche and former
Director of Career Counseling at the University of San Francisco.
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Willard has
consulted for a variety of corporations, including AT&T,
Pacific Bell, Chevron, General Electric, The Prudential, Merrill
Lynch, Eastman Kodak, Procter & Gamble, Kaiser Permanente,
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Time Warner, Walt Disney, Viacom,
Ernst & Young, Arthur Andersen, Department of Energy, Lucent
Technologies, US Forest Service, Federal Aviation Administration,
Tribune/Los Angeles Times, and the Taiwanese Ministry of
Education.

Illysa
Beth Izenberg, M.B.A.
Illysa
Beth Izenberg, a diversity educator and strategist, conducts
diversity culture audits and needs analyses, devises strategies and
action plans, and facilitates diversity, sexual harassment
prevention, multicultural customer service, and inter-group
communication workshops. She works with each client to better
understand its employees, customers, and other constituencies for a
more productive and profitable future.
Illysa has consulted to corporations, government agencies, and
not-for-profit organizations in the U.S. and Canada. She has trained
employees from the senior executive suite to the factory floor.
Illysa is . . .
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A graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., General
Management) and Brandeis University (B.A., English and American Literature;
minor in Education). |
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Certified by A World of
Difference as a workshop facilitator. A World of Difference, a
not-for-profit project of the Anti-Defamation League, is dedicated to
fighting prejudice and bigotry through education. |
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Trained by the National
Conference Dismantling Racism Project. The National Conference focuses on
ending racism-particularly institutionalized racism. |
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Selected to the Clayton City
Government Subcommittee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. This task force
tackled community-wide diversity issues such as education, neighborhood
cultural composition, and business demographic changes and challenges, and
presented its findings and recommendations to city government leaders. |
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A capable and experienced
trainer and public speaker on the broad subject of diversity, as well as the
specific topics of gender, age, race, sexual and other harassment
prevention, team-development, and others. |
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Experienced in corporate
environments in a range of industries. Ms. Izenberg has had profit-and-loss
responsibility and understands the challenges faced by both front line
managers and headquarter staff. |
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A world and U.S. traveler,
having visited Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. She visited Europe as a
member of a contingent from Harvard Business School. The group's purpose was
to meet with business leaders to discuss the emergence of the European
Economic Community and its possible effects on relationships with American
business. |
Illysa has presented to or
trained over 6,000 employees, managers, and executives in a broad range of
industries including technology, health care, financial services, and retail.
Her practical knowledge in business management enables her to understand
corporate perspectives and business needs.
From the combination of business education and experience comes her belief that
managing and valuing diversity is part of a sound organizational development
strategy.

Kelly N.
Burrello, MSc.
Senior Associate

Kelly
Burrello's strengths lie in her ability to listen to clients and
assist them to assess, and implement resolution approaches that
effectively address their internal issues. She conducts extensive
research in organizational assessment, workforce demographics and
benchmark studies for corporate and government clients such as
Thomas Havey, LLP, ECMC Management Services Corporation, and the
Food and Drug Administration
Kelly is…
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a graduate of
George Mason University's Institute for conflict Analysis and
resolution (M.S. Conflict Analysis and Resolution) and Trinity
College (B.A., Human Relations). |
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a recipient of the
David L. Boren, National Security Education Fellowship (funded
by the Department of Defense). As an NSEP Fellow she traveled to
Lagos, Nigeria to design and implement a conflict resolution
skills training program for secondary school students. |
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an experienced
facilitator. She has co-facilitated residents of the District of
Columbia as part of the Mayors city-wide initiative to design a
vision for the future of the city's neighborhoods. In addition,
she has facilitated dialogue sessions with women NGO's
representing 13 African countries on topics related to conflict
transformation, and has facilitated dialogue with Ethiopian
youth to address conflict issues in their country and approaches
to resolution. |
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an experienced
mediator. Specifically, she has successfully co-mediated cases
between internal staff of the World Bank; juvenile
victim/offender cases; and has liaised for George Mason
University interns and corporate employers. |
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experienced in the
design and implementation of the workshops on basic conflict
resolution skills, and intercultural communication for corporate
clients, and the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy. |
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is a contributing
writer to the conference reader of the United Nations
Organization on Youth Annual meeting held in South Africa, and
has contributed articles to the Diversity Training Group website
related to diversity issues. |
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a volunteer in her
community, and a mentor to grade school children |
Kelly believes
companies that value diversity are better equipped to effectively
address a variety of workplace issues, such as co-worker disputes,
management and staff relations, and organizational change. She
effectively uses her listening, analysis, and people skills to
assist clients in creating positive work environments for all of
their employees.

Marty Brown
Senior
Associate |
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Marty Brown is a Senior Consultant/Trainer with Diversity Training Group.
Marty has decades of experience consulting and facilitating training
in diversity, team building, change management, leadership, and
organizational effectiveness that improves communication, morale,
productivity, and enhances organizational goal alignment.
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- a graduate from Central Michigan University (M.A. Human Resource
Management, GPA 3.9)
- experienced facilitator using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,
SELF, and DISC personal assessment instruments.
- provided diversity training for a wide variety of private sector
clients grounded in ethical behavior and building respect for all as
the primary focus.
- developed and deliver training curriculum for organizations
including NASA and eight top-level federal government departments,
all military branches, plus state and local governments.
- career coaching experience ranging from CEO’s to administrative
personnel.
- adjunct faculty at Christopher Newport University, Hampton
University.
Saint Leo University, and Thomas Nelson Community College.
- investigated racial, gender, age discrimination cases involving
civilian and military personnel.
- recognized for improving effectiveness and productivity of
non-profit agencies’ staff and management.
- provided training and consulting for a US Government premier
leadership program, Women’s Executive Leadership.
- assisted hundreds of individuals gain necessary confidence and
techniques to determine and achieve career goals.
- assisted NASA management in leadership and team building training
designed to capitalize on diversity and shared visions.
- awarded a special accommodation from the Assistant Secretary of
Labor for contributing to successful career transitions for
thousands of military, veterans, and family members.
- cited for leadership and bravery in combat, trained hundreds of
foreign government and military officials in their native language
in three countries.
- established and monitored mentoring programs as an instrument for
enhancing diversity in management positions.
- facilitated Violence in the Workplace seminars for US Coast Guard
military and civilians. After seminars, troubled participants,
suspected violence perpetrators, volunteered for assessment and
assistance.
- created a new diversity workshop for managers that was adopted for
an entire Marine Corps base population of 15,000.
- addressed, and helped bring to resolution, incidents of inept
management, harassment, and discrimination in the federal
government.
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Franky L. Johnson, M.B.A.
Senior Associate |
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Franky L. Johnson blends the business strategies with
practical solutions to diversity rated issues. His combination
of business ethics and professionalism has allowed him the
opportunity to create a winning partnership with corporate and
non-profit clients.
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Franky is . . . |
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a
graduate of Lindenwood University (M.B.A, Marketing) and Lincoln
University (B.S. in Agricultural Business)
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a
supporter of community activities to improve neighborhoods and
create a collaborative environment for diverse populations in the
inner city
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a past
chairperson of a Worldwide Corporate Diversity Initiative
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a
recipient of several corporate awards for innovative sales strategy
and creative marketing techniques for a Fortune 500 company
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a
community volunteer for urban development and planning
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a
corporate mentor
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a member
of the American Management Association and the American Society of
Training and Development
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experienced in managing global marketing projects including global
website development
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certified by University of Michigan, School of Business for
Strategic Marketing Planning
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trained
in Covey Leadership principles
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experienced with profit-and-loss; consistently exceeding business
objectives
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an
experienced international traveler, having visited Europe, Latin
America and South America
Franky
L. Johnson is a sales and marketing executive with over 20 years
professional experience dealing with a variety of diversity issues
related to business strategy and planning. Through hands-on
experience he understands the many challenges faced by both line and
staff functions.
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