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Anna Maravelas • Founder • Thera Rising, Inc., St. Paul Minnesota

Anna Maravelas has improved productivity and profits, resolved conflict and restored trust in client organizations for more than 25 years. She is the author of “How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress” (Career Press) rated a five star “must read” by readers on Amazon.com.

Across industries and around the world Anna is recognized for her ability to transform negative cultures into climates of respect, fiscal responsibility and pride. She has a graduate degree in psychology with additional training in system thinking and process mapping. Anna studied conflict resolution at Harvard Law School’s Negotiation Project.

Her groundbreaking strategies have appeared in The New York Times, HR Magazine, Forbes, The American Bar Association Journal, Harvard Management Update, O: The Oprah Magazine, Franchise Times, Healthcare Risk Management, the American Management Association Journal, Training Magazine and Continental Air.

Karen Borre
Karen Borre is a certified trainer in Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People® and has over 30 years of experience in organizational development. Karen has used Thera Rising principles and concepts since 1990 in both her practice as an internal and external organizational development consultant and trainer. Borre has worked in a wide-range of industries including insurance, finance, manufacturing, non-profit. Karen’s expertise includes Systemic Performance Management, Middle Management and First Line leadership development.

Winston Owen
Winston Owen is a certified trainer in Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People® and has been practicing as a Management Consultant and Training Facilitator in S. Africa for more than 15 years. His fields of expertise include conflict resolution, leadership development and labor negotiation. His international clients include Shell Oil and Gap Clothing. He is an accomplished musician and a Cum Laude graduate.

Sue EckMaahs
Sue EckMaahs is a certified trainer in Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People® and has over 20 years experience in evidence-based practices in corrections. EckMaahs has rich experience in bringing about individual change using cutting edge methodologies and she has been practicing Motivational Interviewing across many client populations since 1993. Sue is nationally sought for her dynamic and highly effective training and coaching skills.

She is an expert in evidence-based practices, particularly in corrections; a background that has provided rich experience for applying and coaching “change-gentry” across many client populations and agency settings.

Benjamin Martin
Ben Martin is the research and marketing coordinator at Thera Rising, Inc. He conducts market and industrial research, collaborates on the development of marketing and design, and writes, researches, and edits articles. The International Association of Business Communicators, Society of Human Resource Management, and others have published his articles. Additionally, Ben oversees web development and outreach, and is involved in content deployment and strategic planning as well as performing various IT duties.

In addition to his duties at Thera Rising, he works odd jobs (and often even odder hours) at Minnesota Public Radio News in St. Paul. He always uses the Oxford comma.

Alice Woog
Alice Woog, Ed.D., is the Education Specialist for the Thera Rising Institute. She has 25 years of experience in the educational field including positions as a high school and middle school principal and professional development director. Woog is also an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas in the Education Leadership and Policy Department, where she currently serves as an assessor for the National Association for Secondary School Principals’ Assessment Center. Alice has been president of the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals and a certified trainer for Breaking Ranks in the Middle. Combined with her work as a certified life coach, Alice provides training to middle school principals and teacher-leader teams working towards meaningful reform and change in their learning community. Alice is a member of the Licensure Advisory Board for the Department of Leadership, Policy and Administration at the University of St. Thomas.

Julie Sampson
Julie Sampson is a certified trainer with Thera Rising, in Self-defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People® Over the past 13 years, she has been partnering with companies by coaching employees for excellence in people skills and leadership skills. Since 1998, Julie has been a certified trainer with Dale Carnegie Training and coached hundreds of executives in strengthening presentation and communication skills. She has been an executive trainer for many in-house projects throughout the Saint Paul / Minneapolis area to develop the skills of employees and teams for better business productivity.

Mike Gregory
Mike Gregory is a trained and experienced mediator with a strong background in management. As a consultant and affiliate with Thera Rising, he leads strategic planning and partnership agreements. As a mediator Mike has resolved disputes between corporations and the IRS with tax differences ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars to nearly a billion dollars. Mike also initiated, assessed, and led the mediation effort to address over 300 unfair labor practices, EEO complaints, and grievances in another geographic over a five-month period resolving over 90% of the cases.

As an energetic, personable facilitator Mike trains front-line and experienced managers in leadership, conflict resolution, team building, coaching, ethics, meeting management, leading quality process improvement and building engaged workgroups. He worked as an engineer and manager at the US Army Corps of Engineers from 1979 to 1983, and served as a territory manager, engineer, valuation specialist, research team leader, and controller for the Internal Revenue Service from 1983 to 2011

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