DONNA C. READ, MA, CCTP, CCP
Managing for Wellness, LLC
2851 South Parker Road, Suite 990
Donna.read@managing4wellness.org
Aurora, CO 80014
571-217-1434
SUMMARY
Ms. Read is a certified coach professional and organizational consultant who works with leaders and
teams to develop emotional agility and leadership skills. Ms. Read supports leaders in their personal
development and growth with a focus on creating an understanding of themselves, and how their
own emotions, thoughts, perceptions impact the working environment. She has coached and
mentored more than 300 people in international and U.S. agencies, foreign and humanitarian
assistance and in the private professional sector. Her work includes fostering employee engagement,
satisfaction, focused performance, retention and decreased occupational stress. She is expert in
organizational and team values identification, using these to develop values-based vision, mission,
goals, and action steps. Ms. Read has extensive experience with the U.S. Agency for International
Development, the U.S. State Department and the World Bank. Her coach training covers executive
and leadership development, adult development, health and wellness, social and emotional
intelligence. She is expert in Acceptance and Commitment Training, an evidence-based program to
build psychological flexibility through strengthening emotional agility, situational awareness, and
values-based action. Ms. Read has coached and trained leaders and teams in crisis both in the U.S. and
overseas. She is a certified in Korn Ferry’s Lominger Leadership and Team Architect Suite, Vangent’s
Leadership Assessment (Campbell and LH-STEP), Social and Emotional Intelligence coaching a
Human Systems Dynamics Professional. She is highly trained in Integral and Transformation
Leadership, two of the high forms of leadership. Ms. Read has strong cross-cultural and
intergenerational skills having lived abroad most of her life. She has native fluency in English and
French and has some command of Arabic (Moroccan dialect). Her professional experience spans the
United States, Africa, Asia (Afghanistan), and Europe. Ms. Read is a Ph.D. Candidate in Organizational
Psychology.
Education:
PhD Candidate, Organizational Systems – Leadership Transformation and Sustainability, Saybrook
University, degree anticipated 2016.
MA, Clinical Psychology, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT, 2005.
BA, Psychology, Vermont College, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, 2000.
KEY SKILL AREAS
Executive Coach
Certified Stress and Trauma
Professional (IATP)
Leadership Coach
Resilience (Adaptive Capacity)
Specialist
Leader Development as Adult
Development
Assessment
Acceptance and Commitment
Workplace Training (ACT)
Expert
Coaching Leadership Skills in
Self-Managed Teams
Building Team Dynamics
(PROSOCIAL)
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Work History:
Managing Systems for Wellness (MS4W), LLC, Washington, D.C. (2008-2011) and Aurora, CO, (2011present), Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business; Organizational Consultant, Certified Coach
and Professional Counselor.
The Wolterstorff Group, (TWG) LLC, Executive Director, Washington, DC and Denver, CO (20122013)
Tetratech/ARD, Inc., Burlington, VT (1991-2005), Director, International Consultant Services,
Washington, D.C. (2005-2010), DC Liaison and Staff Psycho-Social Care Specialist
DAI, Inc., Washington, D.C. (1989-1991), International Staff Specialist
The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (1987-1989), Operations Analyst, Africa Region
Read, Donna C., 5APR2014, Coaching Resume.
Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Washington, D.C. (1982-1987), USAID Desk Officer for Africa
Prior to 1982 various long-term assignments in Europe and Africa working with USIA, USAID, UNDP
Functional History:
Coaching:
Executive and Leadership: Worked with short-term overseas project team leaders and
long-term chiefs of party to develop better team management skills and emotional agility
(TWG, LLC, 2011-2012 and MS4W, LLC, 2010-present). Provide assessment services and
coaching to leaders and staff in social and emotional intelligence. Provided ACT
training/coaching and Social and Emotional Intelligence coaching to health sector executives.
(MS4W, LLC)
Team Resetting: Worked with expatriate and local staff in Afghanistan to identify causes for
lack of engagement and staff attrition, provided stress management training and crisis
intervention (ARD, Inc.). Supported AusAID team in Indonesia to examine causes of team
dysfunction and assisted in helping them to return to higher cohesion and synergy (TWG,
LLC); worked with team of doctors to re-establish trust, identify practice values and develop
renewed mission statement (MS4W, LLC, 2014). Coached head of National Center for State
Courts, International Division, in marketing services to USAID and the State Department
(MS4W, LLC, 2011).
Organization/Team Values Identification – Work with health sector in facilitating values
identification tied in to visioning and mission statements. Trained groups to establish
values-based goals and action steps leading them closer alignment with their values and
organizational visions and missions. (MS4W. LLC, 2010-present)
Career: Assessed staff for engagement and job satisfaction, provided dream management
coaching, helped individuals to identify new passions and pursue new professional paths,
coached in goal setting and identifying deep internal blocks to advancement, supported staff
through change transitions and lay-offs; provided extensive coaching to international
consultants moving into new positions or coming off of projects (ARD, Inc. 2005-2010).
Supported Foreign Service Career Transition Center in advising retiring State Department
and USAID staff interested in entering the field of international consulting. Provide
individual coaching and counseling in career transition (MS4W, LLC 2010-present).
Health and Wellness: Provided coaching in stress management and resilience to
international foreign assistance teams working in high conflict areas (i.e. Afghanistan, Sudan,
Iraq and Haiti); also provided individual life and wellness coaching for private pay clients
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needing support with life style change, transitions and re-integration (MS4W, LLC, 2010present).
Training and Certifications:
Expert in Acceptance and Commitment Training/Therapy – 150+ hours of training
The Paper Room, Career Transition Methodology, Denver, Colorado, 2014
Korn Ferry Lominger Leader and Team Architect Suite, Denver, CO 2013
Social/Emotional Intelligence Re-ceritifcation, ISEI, ICF Accredited, Denver, CO 2011
Certified Coach Practitioner, Canadian Certified Coach Federation, 2011
Coaching for Health and Wellness (ICF certified course), Saybrook University, 2011
Executive and Leadership Coaching (ICF course), Saybrook University, 2010-2011
Professional Training, Health and Wellness, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, 2010
Professional Certification, Human Systems Dynamics, HSD Institute 2010
Building Trust in the Workplace, Reina Trust Building Institute, 2003
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