Dan Fisher, PhD
EdgePoint Founder
Dan is a consulting psychologist and Managing Partner at CLA, trusted advisor to C-Suite executives, boards, and investors. He has extensive experience assessing executives for selection and development and works with senior leadership teams to align around vision, mission, and strategy. A former faculty member at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dan holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from UC Santa Barbara. With Steve Garcia, he co-authored The End of Leadership As We Know It (Wiley, 2023).
Christyl Lucille Murray
Executive Director
Christyl is an executive leader in HR, talent, and organizational strategy with experience at Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Accenture, and Deloitte. She helps global enterprises activate culture, build leadership capability, and translate strategy into operating models that scale. She teaches leadership and organizational development at Brown and NYU's School of Professional Studies. A voice in the future-of-work and applied-AI community, she contributes to GAI Insights and is a founding member of Women Applying AI. BS, UC Berkeley Haas; MBA, Wharton; MA, The Lauder Institute.
Natalie Baumgartner, PhD
Faculty
Natalie is a Partner at CLA and Chief Workforce Scientist with Achievers. An engagement and culture thought leader, she has spent her career translating engagement and culture research into SaaS software. Co-founder of RoundPegg, later acquired by Achievers. PhD Clinical Psychology (Strength-Based Psychology), University of Denver and UCLA. Regular contributor to Forbes and HBR; TED speaker on culture fit.
Mazher Ahmad
Faculty
Mazher is Senior Advisor at CLA with over twenty-five years of experience as a business executive and management consultant. He most recently served as Chief Talent Officer for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, leading global talent acquisition, talent management, leadership and organizational development, learning, culture, workforce planning, and DE&I. A seasoned team and executive coach across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, Mazher holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and BAs from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jennifer Paylor
Faculty
Jennifer, master executive coach, was most recently Head of Global Talent Innovation for Vontier. A member of Marshall Goldsmith's exclusive MG100 coaches, scholar, and patented inventor of a coaching system, she uses art and science to help leaders create innovative cultures and exponential growth. During a 20-year tenure at IBM she created the largest internal coaching practice and designed the IBM Blue Core Coaching program. BS, Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University.
Matt Golden
Faculty
Matt is an Associate Partner at CLA bringing over 25 years of organization and talent strategy experience to help leaders and enterprises navigate complexity and scale. He works with boards and executive teams across Fortune 100 and growth-stage firms on leadership, culture, and talent. He has deep expertise in building capability and driving performance through thoughtful people strategy and executive development. BA, Indiana University; MA, Columbia University, Organizational Psychology.
Dan Flowers
Faculty
Dan is an Engagement Manager at CLA who brings expertise in organizational effectiveness and talent development to help leaders, teams, and organizations maximize their people power. He applies a consultative approach and systems thinking to large-scale interventions across leadership development, talent management, culture, and engagement. Prior to CLA, Dan held roles at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, primarily on the Organizational Effectiveness team. MSW, Columbia University.
C. Evan Smith
Faculty
Evan is a change and transformation practitioner and executive coach with CLA, focused on the personal 'last mile' of behavior change for leaders. In addition to CLA, he has worked with Kotter, Inc. and Box of Crayons, bringing a structured, data-based approach that helps leaders shift their patterns. He has served as an operating leader running quality, talent, and systems functions. MBA, Yale; BS Industrial & Management Systems Engineering and BA General Arts & Sciences, Penn State. He has taught at Wharton, SUNY, Cornell, and Tufts.
Robyn McLeod
Faculty
Robyn partners with senior executives to build and support high-performing managers, leaders, teams, and organizations. Her work spans organizational effectiveness, leadership development, change management, strategic communications, and people management. A former operations leader, she believes strong leaders create environments that engage, challenge, and develop employees. BS, Syracuse University; MBA, Columbia University.
Jeff Hurwitz, Esq.
Faculty
Jeff is a Senior Consultant at CLA and founder of CoreChoice. For over 35 years he has helped executives, teams, and organizations achieve breakthroughs across life sciences, health care, financial services, energy, real estate, entertainment, professional services, and government. Formerly SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Dun & Bradstreet and Covance. BA magna cum laude, University at Albany; JD magna cum laude, Boston University School of Law. Faculty at Rutgers, American University, Seton Hall's Buccino Leadership Institute, and UVA Darden EMBA.
Daniel Dworkin
Faculty
Daniel helps organizations achieve top priorities and build the capabilities to adapt and thrive. He is an Organizational Development leader at Google supporting Search, Payments, and YouTube. Previously a Director at Kotter, where he led the executive coaching practice, and a Partner at Schaffer Consulting. Columbia-certified executive coach. MA Industrial/Organizational Psychology, NYU; MS Bilingual Education, City College of New York; BA Political Science, University of Michigan.
Greg Collins
Faculty
Greg is a change management consultant and leadership effectiveness coach who helps clients develop growth strategies and build teams to implement them. He works with leaders and teams both in the workplace and in offsites, combining Strategy, Organization Development, Adult Learning, and Coaching. Master's in Public and Private Management, Yale School of Organization and Management; BA Economics, Cornell. Continuing work in Change Leadership and Adult Learning with faculty from Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
Scott Slipy
Faculty
Scott is a Senior Faculty member at CLA with 25 years of global operating experience across Fortune 100 and mid-sized private firms. He works with boards and executive teams to scale through superior leadership, culture, and talent practices. Former global HR leader at Honeywell and Microsoft, VP Total Rewards at Cisco, and CHRO at four private tech firms. His firm Momentum Global was acquired by CLA in 2025. MA Human Resources and BA Psychology, University of Minnesota.
Alessa Natale, PhD
Faculty
Alessa is an Engagement Manager at CLA who brings an industrial-organizational psychology lens to leadership development, team effectiveness, and organizational culture. Previously in Talent Management at Johnson & Johnson and Learning & Development at Pfizer, she coaches across levels with a focus on assessments and science-backed practices. She holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from CUNY, where she has also taught, and her research integrates leadership, positive psychology, and inclusion.
Michael Lipson
Faculty
Michael is a senior advisor and executive coach at CLA specializing in leadership, peak performance, relational dynamics, and business mastery. Over 40 years of business and coaching experience includes ten years in investment banking at GE Capital, over 20 years building venture-backed companies, CEO of three businesses, and time inside Paul Allen's think-tank. Since 2008, he has focused on coaching C-Suite executives and teams and facilitating growth groups and retreats.
Evelyn Rodstein
Faculty
Evelyn is a recognized pioneer in Leadership Development, combining experience as Global Managing Director of Leadership and Talent at four Fortune 100 companies with an early career as a supervising family therapist. Former Managing Director of Leadership at JP Morgan, JP Morgan Chase, Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, and Chief Talent & Development Officer at KPMG. Elected to the MG100. Wharton Advisory Board for Executive Education; The Conference Board Executive Development Council; New York City Leadership Academy.
Jeff Hull, PhD
Faculty
Jeff is CEO of Leadershift, Inc., a leadership development consultancy in NYC and Amsterdam, and Executive Director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate. Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School for over a decade. Author of The Science of Leadership and FLEX: The Art and Science of Leadership in a Changing World (Penguin Random House, 2020). PhD Analytical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute; MBA Phi Kappa Phi, University of Maryland; post-doctoral work at Columbia.
Sara Roberts
Faculty
Sara is an executive consultant, facilitator, and leadership coach focused on purposeful companies, culture transformation, and organizational change. Founder of Roberts Golden, acquired by EY in 2016. Former Director and Head of Organization Development and Talent at Google for Ads, Assistant, Maps, Payments, Search, and Shopping. Author of Nimble, Focused, Feisty: Organizational Cultures that Win in the New Era and How to Create Them.
Jennifer Brown
Faculty
Jennifer is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, author, and DEI expert, and Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting. She is the bestselling author of Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace and The Will to Change (2017) and How To Be An Inclusive Leader (2019; 2nd Edition 2022), and co-author of Beyond Diversity: 12 Non-Obvious Ways To Build A More Inclusive World, a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Reese Haydon
Faculty
Reese is Director of Executive Talent and Succession at Salesforce, focused on elevating capability for the company's top leaders. Formerly Director of Executive & Team Development at Dropbox and Cisco's global executive talent team. He completed master executive coach training with David Peterson and David Goldsmith (Accelerating Coach Excellence: Journey to Mastery). ACC (ICF); MS Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Based in San Francisco.
Thor Legvold, PhD
Faculty
Thor is a strategic leadership expert specializing in cross-cultural communication and global business acumen, with 20 years of consulting across industries. He employs evidence-based, scientifically validated tools to design tailored programs that produce real behavior change. Formerly with Bjørnson Organizational Psychologists, Assessit, and Norwegian Royal Mail; Adjunct Faculty at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. PsyD, University of Bergen; BA, Cal State Northridge.
Toni Booker
Faculty
Toni is an executive coach and HR strategist with deep experience as a business partner and trusted leadership advisor. Former CHRO for Kaleida Health, a 10,000-employee, $1.7B health care system, and senior HR roles at Time Warner, The Worth Collection, Citigroup, Bankers Trust, and Electronic Data Systems. BA Psychology, Swarthmore College; Executive Coaching Certificate, Baruch's Zicklin School of Business.
Jignasha Amin, JD
Faculty
A former CHRO with senior HR experience at premier technology companies, Jignasha has deep expertise in leveraging top talent, innovative technologies, and optimized processes to help companies grow while managing risk. Most recently CHRO at DISCO, and previously CHRO at Epicor. Earlier senior HR leadership roles at Cisco Systems, Dell, and NXP (Freescale Semiconductors). BA, Emory University; JD, University of Miami School of Law.
Steve Garcia, EdD
Faculty
Steve is a Managing Partner at CLA, working at the intersection of technology and organizational effectiveness. He co-founded CLA after leadership roles at AlixPartners' Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness practice and Philosophy IB, where he led Human Capital Consulting. MBA, University of Virginia; EdD Adult Learning, NC State. Co-author of The End of Leadership As We Know It (Wiley, 2023).
Liz Weglarz, ABD
Faculty
Liz is an Engagement Manager at CLA focused on leadership development, organizational development, talent management, and team and individual coaching. Formerly in HR and talent management at Compass Workforce Solutions, Yext, and Koios Medical. PhD candidate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Baruch College, CUNY, researching leadership, motivation, and emotions. BA Psychology and Sociology; MBA HR Management, Stony Brook University.
Carol Kauffman, PhD
Faculty
Carol is founder of the Institute of Coaching and a leadership coach with 25+ years of experience and over 40,000 hours of client contact. She works with multinationals including Ahold, AstraZeneca, Baker & McKenzie, BCG, Egon Zehnder, Linklaters, McKinsey, Unilever, Vanderbilt, and Wellington Management. Founding editor of the first academic peer-reviewed journal dedicated to coaching. Co-author of Real Time Leadership. Member and examiner for ABPP.
Doug Riddle, PhD
Faculty
Doug is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership with a distinguished career leading organizations and coaching senior leaders globally. Recognized by the Harvard Institute of Coaching and APA. Curriculum director for the Carol Emmott Fellowship, advancing women in senior healthcare leadership. Architect of leadership systems for the Massachusetts Healthcare Leadership College, California Healthcare Leadership College, and UCLA Health System.
