PRINCIPAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES



KATHLEEN P. MACY is the president and principal of the MACY LEADERSHIP GROUP.  She is a highly experienced and recognized leader.  She has been a successful superintendent, deputy superintendent, associate principal and principals of public schools.  Kathleen is a writer and public speaker.  She has served as a member and leader of boards of directors of several civic and not-for-profit organizations.  Her training, credentials, experiences, and her personal purpose are brought to the growth and development of others.   click for Kathleen Macy's biography

In addition, the MACY LEADERSHIP GROUP includes independent,  professional associates.

• M.L. Rice...is a certified executive coach with clients from public and private sector.  With an M.A. in organizational leadership and 20 years of public sector leadership she is expertly skilled in custom designed group facilitation including multi-day off site events created for team and organizational development.  M.L. is a certified Myers Briggs expert with extensive experience in the impact of style differences everyone brings to their work.  She is skilled in non-verbal communication, body awareness, gender communication and generational differences.  M.L. provides great depth and extraordinary experience in serving leaders and their teams.   ML@riceworks.com

• Holly Johnson... is a highly effective facilitator and consultant who collaborates with individuals, teams and organizations in both public and private sector organizations.  She has worked across a broad range of industries including senior health care and housing, medical devices and therapies, brokerage/investment, natural resource management, manufacturing, non-profits, state government, and education.  Holly earned her MBA from Duke University ’s Fuqua School of Business which included study abroad at the SASIN School of Management, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand .  She is also certified in Technology of Participation Group Facilitation Methods from The Institute of Cultural Affairs.  She has planned, developed and led merger and integration teams as well as large cross-organizational programs for global organizations.  She has worked with executive leaders to assess and redesign their team structures, services and relationships to better serve organizational mission as well as integrate and amplify individual leadership strengths. She has a deep commitment and passion to building stronger, healthier individuals, teams, and communities. Her approach is to truly partner with clients to define and clarify their strategies and missions and then translate those strategies into clear, actionable plans to successfully transform plans into meaningful results.   hollyjo2005@msn.com

• Nancy Kracke...  believes in the power of communication. Using the insight gained from 30+ years in education and health care public relations, Nancy specializes in helping clients build internal and external support through strategic communications planning. As an associate of the Macy Leadership Group, Nancy offers an array of communications and public relations skills, including focus group facilitation, publication development, communication planning and referendum consultation. She is a member of the executive board of the National School Public Relations Association, twice president of the Minnesota Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association and the recipient of its Professional Leadership Award. She has worked as a magazine editor, public relations director of a large Minnesota medical group, and as a consultant to business and non-profit organizations. Nancy will help your organization listen and respond to your publics in a way that builds lasting public support. nancykracke@msn.com

• Dr.Vic Cottrell has an extensive and successful track record of assessing, recruiting and developing school and government leaders.  Vic has more than a generation of experience and learning about the characteristics that define the most effective leaders.  Most recently he has developed on-line assessments used in developing growth plans for leaders and their teams.  www.venturesforexcellence.com

• A software developer and technology leader, Dan Schwarz has over 15 years of professional software development experience.  Dan uses technology with great facility to help effectively market organizations and also assist them develop unique products and services.  He understands and has developed some of the most powerful applications of technology in business.  Contact him though his website.

These experienced and credentialed professionals have demonstrated the same values and commitment to client development as Kathleen Macy.  They are available independently and may also be a part of an expert integrated and interdependent team to serve you.