Meet our Consultants
Our Grow Your Impact team is here to partner with you as you navigate the sometimes-tricky tasks related to organization development and strategic workforce planning. View our Services Offered page to learn more about ways we can help.
Angela is your Chief Learning Officer and is the director of the People & Organization Development team at UC Berkeley People & Culture. She is always available for a conversation or planning session to help campus leaders envision how their unit can be enhanced by working with one of our Grow You Impact consultants. Angela has over 20 years of workforce planning and development experience, and is a certified coach and credentialed organization development expert. In addition to working with you to build your people and organization development plan, Angela’s campus offerings include:
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Korn Ferry 360®
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DiSC®
Keith is the UC Berkeley Technology and Systems training program manager on the People & Organization Development team. Keith has over 20 years of experience in teaching, management, and information technology.
His portfolio of campus-wide professional development services includes:
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Instructor-led workshops in productivity software, database development, business intelligence, project management, and web design.
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Instructional design and training delivery consulting.
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Process improvement and automation consulting.
For more information, contact Keith directly or visit the Technology and Systems training home page
ksamsell@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-7973
hr.berkeley.edu/tech
Colin (he/him/his) is a Learning Design & Organization Development Consultant on the People and Organization Development team in UC Berkeley People and Culture. He has a passion for organizational performance improvement at the intersection of employee engagement, project and change management, experiential learning, and mindfulness. His areas of focus include:
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Coaching (for upskilling / reskilling, executive / senior leaders, and team)
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DiSC® assessment via organizational retreats
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Learning strategy, design (in-person, online, hybrid), delivery and facilitation consulting
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Korn Ferry Leadership 360® assessment and coaching
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Performance development consulting and coaching (individuals, managers, organization leaders)
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Retreats, strategic planning, team development
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Succession planning consulting
Lisa (she/her/hers) serves as the Career & Professional Development Lead on the People & Organization Development team within UC Berkeley People & Culture. Lisa’s focus on campus is to support staff career growth and mobility with the goal of helping people to love the work they do and do the work they love within a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. Lisa is also a board certified coach (BCC). Her portfolio of staff career and professional development programs and services includes:
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Campuswide career and professional development workshop offerings for staff - Check out the current workshop offerings linked here
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Confidential, 1:1 career coaching for staff- Schedule a 30 minute coaching session linked here
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Consultations on supporting a coaching culture
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Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP) - UC Berkeley Location Coordinator and Assessor
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NOW Conference Co-chair
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Staff Fellowship Program (in development)
For more information and/or questions you may have about these or related services, please reach out to Lisa at lrykert@berkeley.edu. Grow Bears!
Pam (she/her) is an organization development consultant who furthers the organizational mission, builds teamwork and supports strategic thinking for any and all groups on campus. Her customized, collaborative approach incorporates employee knowledge to identify and implement actionable strategies for creating an efficient and effective workplace. Pam specializes in strategic planning, team development, cross-functional collaboration, retreats and meeting facilitation. Please also ask her about customized workshops.
Read more about the services offered here. For more information and specific questions, please contact Pam at richpamela@berkeley.edu
Meet Your Korn Ferry Coach
In addition to our consulting services, we also offer products and support that will help you continue growing as a people leader. The Korn Ferry Leadership 360® provides you an opportunity to gather feedback from those who work most closely with you as you strengthen your skills related to people leadership. An important part of the journey is selecting a coach that you can trust to help you along the way. The People & Organization Development team has several certified coaches who can help.
Pam Rich(she/her) is an Organization Development Consultant for UC Berkeley People & Culture’s People & Organization Development team, specializing in strategic planning and team development. She is an active member of the Cal Coaching Network and coaches regularly for the Berkeley People Management: Executive Coaching Program as a certified Korn Ferry 360 Coach. As your coach, Pam will start by first acknowledging the courage that it takes to engage in this assessment and then trusting her to discuss it with you. She seeks to understand what information is important to you in this process and to provide a clear perspective on how to understand the data. Pam’s approach is rooted in asking powerful questions that can catapult conversations into opportunities for transformative self-discovery. If appropriate, she is also always willing to offer resources or suggestions on how to optimize your leadership journey.
Angela Stopper (she/her) is your Chief Learning Officer and is the director of the People & Organization Development team at UC Berkeley People & Culture. She has over 25 years of workforce planning and development experience and is a certified coach and credentialed organization development expert. Angela’s style of coaching has been described as no-nonsense, impactful, and insightful. She will help you unpack the massive amount of data that you receive as part of the 360 experience and be there as you determine what steps you might take to grow in areas that will most benefit you, your team, and our campus. As a senior leader and recognized workforce development expert, Angela is ready to partner with you, push you a bit out of your comfort zone, and then help you as you fulfill your fullest potential as a UC Berkeley people leader.
Ying Kuah(she, her) is a People & Organization Development Lead on Berkeley People & Culture’s People & Organization Development team. In her work, she acts as a program manager, instructor, instructional designer, and coach who is passionate about helping people grow, both personally and professionally, through fun and interactive workshops, e-Learning, 1-on-1 coaching and group coaching. Ying serves as the co-chair and is a coach for UC Berkeley’s annual Next Opportunity at Work (NOW) Conference, designed to support UC staff with career and professional development. Ying is also the co-founder of the Cal Coaching Network, a campus Community of Practice with the mission of furthering our efforts to build a coaching culture at UC Berkeley. Ying has helped hundreds of people managers and HR professionals grow to be better communicators, consultants, change managers, trainers, facilitators, and coaches through engaging workshops and thought partnership. She is passionate about supporting all staff as they individually grow their coaching skills and would love to partner with you as you discover data and build a plan forward through your 360 experience.
Colin Gerker-Junsay(he/him) is a Senior Organization Consultant and coach on the People & Organization Development team in Berkeley People & Culture. He is also the Co-Chair of the Cal Coaching Network Community of Practice. In his work, he focuses on training, e-learning, team building, strategic planning, retreats, UC Experience Conversations, team coaching, and leadership coaching. What’s his coaching approach? You are in the driver's seat; he is your road-trip buddy. Colin uses unconditional positive regard, humor, and BIG questions to facilitate conversations about growth, change, and self-love. Colin brings gratitude, grit, and a bit of getting focused on figuring out what you want and need to do to get you where you want to go (even if that’s right where you are).