TAMMY L. BORMANN
114 Middle Valley Road • Long Valley, New Jersey • 07853
908.507.0127 • tlbormann@comcast.net
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996-Present TAMMY BORMANN CONSULTANTS, PRINCIPLE CONSULTANT
Middle Valley, New Jersey
Design and facilitate comprehensive, long-term dialogic learning
processes and research to advance cultural and racial justice,
reconciliation and inclusion by dismantling oppressive systems through
knowledge, dialogue and strategic systemic change. Work in partnership
with selected consultants across the country to create innovative learning
processes that empower individuals and organizations to pursue personal
and organizational growth. Work has expanded to include partnerships
with national and international history museums and historic sites to
develop meaningful learning processes that engage the public with the
historic and contemporary issues of social oppression and discrimination
represented by these historic sites. A selected list of clients includes:
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati)
The National Conference for Community and Justice (New York)
Cornell University
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York City
The International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington DC
The Field Museum, Chicago
CityLore, New York City
Urban Bush Women, Brooklyn
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
The Knight Foundation, Charlotte
The Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia
The Animating Democracy Initiative of Americans for the Arts, Washington DC
The Peyton Anderson Foundation, Macon, Georgia
The National Park Service Northeast Region, Philadelphia
New Detroit: The Coalition
The Bosque Redondo Memorial, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Matilda Joslyn Gage Center, Fayetteville, NY
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin
New Americans Museum, San Diego
Cliveden of the National Historic Trust, Philadelphia
Selected Highlights of Work
The National Conference for Community and Justice: Designed and codirected the National Leadership Summit on Race and America’s Public
Education System to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the integration
of Central High School; designed and directed two comprehensive
Professional Development Institutes for National Conference for Community
and Justice professionals across the country to build increased capacity for
their racial justice and anti-racism work; designed and directed 10 annual
Netter Labor-Management-Public Interest Seminars with Cornell University
to explore alternative workplace systems that support equality, diversity
and inclusion; directed and designed educational programs for corporate
and not-for-profit members of the national Workplace Diversity Network;
designed and directed a professional working conference that resulted in a
widely used co-authored a paper on the attributes, policies and practices
of an inclusive workplace, entitled A Framework for Building Organizational
Inclusion. (1997)
Lower East Side Community Preservationist Project: Designed,
facilitated and trained others to lead community-based dialogues in
ethnically diverse neighborhoods using New York’s last remaining church
“slave gallery” as a catalyst for dialogic learning about historic and
contemporary issues of oppression, resistance and freedom. (2001-2002)
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Served as the
Chief Human Relations Consultant to the national museum design team
from 1997-2000 and as a member of the Concluding Experience exhibit
design team from 2001 until August 2004 when this $160 million national
history museum about American slavery and the Underground Railroad
resistance movement opened to the public.
As chief human relations consultant, I was involved in all research and
decision-making regarding human relations concerns in the museum’s
organizational structure, on-site and public education programs, and
interpretive exhibit design. In this capacity, I conducted national research
on racial reconciliation and led a 10-month study group on racial
reconciliation with citizens of Cincinnati. From these two initiatives, I
compiled two comprehensive reports of research and recommendations
for the museum’s senior management team and Board of Trustees. I also
served as a dialogue consultant on the design team for the museum’s
unprecedented “Concluding Experience.”
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Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary: Served as lead process
designer and co-facilitator for a 12-month faculty Study and Dialogue
Group on Race that resulted in issuance of an organizationally historic
document, “Our Kairos Moment,” which identified structural and
systemic racism within the seminary community and proposed
mechanisms for remediation and systemic organizational change. At the
conclusion of the faculty study group, I designed and co-facilitated a daylong workshop to integrate Seminary trustees into structural change work,
and a second day-long program to engage Seminary students and staff.
(2004-2006)
The National Park Service, Northeast Region: Designed and cofacilitated a strategic planning process to “increase inclusion” in National
Park Service sites, staff and public programs throughout the Northeast
Region of the United States. (October 2005)
New Detroit: The Coalition: Selected to serve on a national team of 12
Master Facilitators hired to design and implement a three-day metroDetroit region conference of business, not-for-profit, government and faith
leaders to identify specific issues, priorities and strategies for systemic and
structural change regarding race and racism in their communities.
(October 2006)
Bosque Redondo Memorial: Served as the facilitator and process
designer for two planning and visioning retreats for Navajo and
Mescalero Apache tribal leaders whose historic internment camp, the
Bosque Redondo, seeks to become an historic site for public education,
engagement and action. (October-November 2007)
Urban Bush Women Summer Institute: Served as designer and facilitator
of three-day dialogue facilitation training workshops for UBW dancers,
community activists and artists from the United States and several
countries who attend the UBW Summer Institute to develop their capacity
to use art, particularly dance, as a mechanism for community-based social
change. (July 2003, July 2005 and July 2008).
International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience:
Currently serve as the dialogue consultant and and facilitation trainer for
the Coalition’s Immigration Network, a national project to develop
dialogue-based public engagement programs in museums and historic
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sites that explore contemporary and historic issues of immigration to the
United States. Museums in the Network include: Jane Addams HullHouse; Levine Museum of the New South; Angel Island Immigration
Station; Ellis Island; Wing Luke Asian Museum; New Americans Museum;
Japanese American National Museum; Lower East Side Tenement
Museum, among others. (August, 2008- December 2008)
1986-1996
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE, INC.
New York, New York
NCCJ is human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and
racism in the United States. NCCJ seeks to promote understanding and respect
among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution and
education.
National Vice President for Programs—1995 to 1996
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Led and coached a National Program Unit of three professional staff in
the research, design, development and implementation of leading edge
human relations programs in cross-cultural dialogue, conflict
management and communication for clients of 65 organizational
affiliates across the nation.
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Responsible for fund-raising and fiscal management of an annual Unit
budget of $1 million.
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Reported directly to the President and National Executive Board of
Directors.
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Worked collaboratively with the Program Committee of the National
Executive Board to make critical program content, policy and funding
decisions to be implemented throughout organization.
Co-Founder/Co-Director, Workplace Diversity Network—1994 to 2003
Co-founded and co-directed a national network for diversity practitioners
and policy-makers from the public, private and independent sectors to
learn strategies and policies that support diversity and inclusion in
workplaces across the country. The Network was jointly sponsored by
NCCJ and Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
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Director, Professional Staff Development Programs—1990 to 1995
Designed and implemented internal professional staff development
programs to ensure that National Conference programs and program
facilitation set the standard for excellence and effectiveness in the field of
multicultural human relations.
Director, National Workplace Diversity Programs—1988 to 1995
Designed, developed and trained National Conference regional
professionals and volunteers to facilitate learning processes and training
programs to support systems of diversity and inclusion in for-profit, notfor-profit and public workplaces.
Associate Director, Greater Boston Region—1986 to 1988
Conceived, designed, developed and implemented programs in
multicultural human relations, cross-cultural communication, prejudice
reduction and anti-oppression education for elementary and high school
children and adults in the Greater Boston community. Interfaced directly
with local Executive Board to make program and funding decisions.
Designed and directed the first National Conference anti-oppression
education program for high school students to include Deaf and
physically challenged participants. Functioned as Deputy Director.
1983-1985
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Assistant Director of Admissions and Freshmen
Conducted admissions interviews with 150-200 applicants annually,
served as member of Admissions Review Board; designed annual fourday orientation program for 450 new students; wrote program manual
and trained 400 Alumni Admissions Ambassadors to assist in the
identification, recruitment and selection of prospective students;
interviewed, selected and trained annually 100 student campus tour
guides; traveled with college President on fund-raising and alumni
volunteer recruitment visits throughout the country.
Guest Lectures, Presentations, Conferences
New York University: “Creating Inclusive Workplaces” Fall, 1999
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Baruch College, City University of New York: “Communicating Inclusion”
Fall, 1999
College of New Rochelle: “The Glass Ceiling Report: Where Do We Take It?”
Spring, 2000
Cornell University: “Race and Culture in the Workplace: Challenges and
Strategies” Spring, 2000
Muhlenberg College: “Don’t Build the Box: Mapping Your Personal
Development” Fall, 2000
Chief Facilitator and Design Team, “National Forum of Race Relations
Methodologies,” Sponsored by the Network of Alliances Bridging Race
and Ethnicity and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, February, 2002
Workshop Presenter, “Dialogic Learning in Museums and Historic Sites” at
the USING THE PAST TO SHAPE THE FUTURE: Addressing Civic
Issues at Historic Sites, Museums and Cultural Centers Conference,
Chicago, November, 2004
Master Facilitator and Program Designer, “The Leadership Summit on Race”
sponsored by New Detroit: The Coalition, October 2006.
Workshop Presenter, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis,
Museum Studies Class and Community Museums Workshop, “Using
Dialogue to Deal with Controversial Issues” sponsored by IUPUI, March
2009.
EDUCATION
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Graduate School of Education
Masters in Education, Counseling and Consulting Psychology, 1986.
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts, French and Communications, 1983.
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Vice Chair 2005-2008
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Chair, Campus Affairs Committee, 2003-2008
Member, 1996-2008; 2009-
URBAN BUSH WOMEN DANCE COMPANY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Chair, Board of Directors
2006-present, Member since 2004
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY
Chair, Administrative Board, 2003-present
NABRE: NETWORK OF ALLIANCES BRIDGING RACE AND ETHNICITY
NABRE National Steering Committee, Appointee and Co-Chair, 1998-2005
MYHELAN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, LONG VALLEY, NEW JERSEY
Chair, Board of Directors 2001-2004
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