THE TEAM

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Cathy Harris	Dorothy "Dot" Waldrup, JD
Ted Quant, BA	Suzanne Antone, MBA
Michael P. Kane, Ed.D	Leo E. Solomon, BSBA
Julianna Padgett, Ph.D	Thomas Walker, MA
Jeff Gingerich, Ph.D	Sonia Aranza
Dian Lusher	Kevin McNulty, BS

Julianna Padgett, Ph.D.  - is an experienced facilitator and trainer who specializes in letting groups collectively gather their thinking, confirm their common strengths and launch their energies toward strategic progress. As an assistant professor of social work at Southern University at New Orleans, she teaches in the areas of organizations and groups, emphasizing participatory methods designed by the Institute of Cultural Affairs. She has been a part of facilitator teams in major planning and training projects such as the multi-year development of the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Project, Louisiana Alliance for Education Reform, the New Orleans Elder Action Coalition, Southern Strategy for Energy Renewal and other community-based organizations. She has been a long-time advocate for the needs of the elderly and is co-author of Longevity Therapy: An Alternative Approach to Nursing Home Care as well as co-producer/writer of several related videos. Dr. Padgett is on the board of several local New Orleans organizations, including ERACE, a group dedicated to increasing person to person communication between persons of all colors. She is also a co-founder of the New Orleans Storytelling Guild. Let Dr. Padgett guide you through a prove strategic planning process.