Leadership Council

Leadership Council Members

Orell Anderson. Orell is the President of Bell Anderson & Sanders, LLC, a nationally recognized consulting firm that specializes in real estate damage economics.  He is also the President of the International Right of Way Association.  Orell holds a Master's Degree from California State University at Long Beach.

Web site: www.realestatedamages.com

Neil Balholm.  Founded in 1988, Comteam Consulting is a management consulting and training firm specializing in building effective organizations, leadership and communications.  Neil Balholm is its co-founder and has been senior partner since Comteam’s inception. Comteam’s mission is to provide timely, practical advice and solutions to organizational and management problems. Mr. Balholm engages with his client’s to help optimize the assets required for organizational success including technology, leadership, people, innovation, and processes.

In his role as managing partner, Mr. Balholm has successfully advised many organizations from high profile non-profit groups to Fortune 500 companies in North America as well as overseas.  His approach consists of applying organizational, human, and communication effectiveness principles to build the commitment and capability required to excel in an ever-changing work environment.  He has a Bachelors degree in Human Resource Development and a Masters Degree in Organizational Communication from Brigham Young University and is fluent in Spanish.

Web site: www.comteamconsulting.com
 

Randall Bell. A graduate of UCLA's Anderson School of Business, Randy is the CEO of Bell Anderson & Sanders LLC.  Randy founded and directed the Real Estate Damages practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest consulting firm, and today sits on the advisory board of Bureau of National Affairs in Washington DC.

Web site: www.randallbell.com

Denise Brown. Denise is the founder of the Nicole Brown Foundation, which educates and assists victims of domestic violence.  Under Denise's leadership, the United States Congress has enacted new laws to protect victims of domestic violence. Denise is frequently seen on national television.

Web site: www.nicolebrown.org

A. Terrance (Terry) Dickens is a well experienced and successful commercial real estate professional.  He is the Managing Member of Dickens Properties, LLC, an owner of self storage properties and a developer of industrial and retail projects.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of Bixby Land Company where he was President and C.E.O. for nearly ten years.  Bixby is a flourishing private Real Estate Investment Trust that develops, owns, and operates industrial, retail commercial and office properties.

Prior to joining Bixby Land Company, Dickens was Vice President at Pacific Theatres Realty Corp. where he redeveloped former drive-in theatre properties throughout Southern California.  As Senior Vice President at Downey Savings, Terry developed numerous retail and office projects and oversaw an active joint venture program.  He started is real estate career doing site acquisition and development for Bank of America and for a major supermarket chain.

Terry currently teaches in the School of Business and Economics at California State University, Fullerton where he received his degree.  He is also a guest speaker at professional organizations. He is a member and former State Director of International Council of Shopping Centers and also a member of Urban Land Institute.
 

Robert Griswold. Robert is a three-time graduate of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a BS, MBA and MSBA.  Mr. Griswold is the President and owner of Griswold Real Estate Management and recognized expert on management of all types of residential real estate.

Web site: www.griswoldremgmt.com 

Kevin Hall is the Chairman of the Statue of Responsibility Project- a $200 million project inspired by Dr. Viktor Frankl.  He is a highly sought after business consultant, speaker and author on the subjects of sales, leadership, goal achievement and health and wellness.  Kevin has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Restaurant Business, Nation’s Restaurant News and Worth magazine. He is co-authoring a new book series titled The Power of Words.  The first book, The Power of Words for Leaders, will be available in book stores in 2007, followed by The Power of Words for Health and Healing in 2008.

Kevin was a partner in Franklin Quest, makers of the Franklin Day Planner.  As Vice President of Sales and Training he helped orchestrate Franklin’s worldwide growth, achieving over $400 million in annual sales and was an integral part of the executive team that engineered Franklin’s successful initial public offering in 1993.

Kevin is a Leadership Advisory Council member of the Elliot Leadership Institute, a powerful and diverse group of restaurant industry leaders dedicated to developing and advancing leaders in the hospitality industry.  He is actively involved in the Institute’s mission of developing the next generation of hospitality leaders

Kevin is a founding member of the Brigham Young University Entrepreneurial program and has served as a member of the MBA Advisory Board for Westminster College in Salt Lake City.  He has been recognized as a Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Community Leadership Institute of Johnson & Wales University in Denver, Colorado.

Kevin is an avid endurance athlete who competes in marathons and ultra-distance cycling events. His hobbies include; cycling, running, fly-fishing, cooking and reading.  Kevin and his wife Sherry are the proud parents of six children and reside in Orange County California.

Web site: www.sorfoundation.org
 

Greg Madsen, Principal & Executive Director, Consulting Services Greg is responsible for creating and delivering our consulting-based solutions that extend and reinforce Mandel’s core training offerings.  He has an extensive background in organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and strategy execution, having held senior positions with The RBL Group, Catalyst Consulting, and Interaction Associates.  Greg was previously Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and SVP of Strategy and Culture at Cybersource Corporation.  Greg regularly lectures at Stanford University and is often asked to speak to client groups and industry conferences on important issues of leadership effectiveness and strategy execution.

Web site:  www.mandelcom.com 

Don Phillips. A best selling author of major works of nonfiction, Don Phillips is known for his ability to tell stories and bring history alive with crisp compelling prose.  His trilogy on American leadership (The Founding Fathers on Leadership, Lincoln on Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership) has won worldwide acclaim.  His first book, Lincoln on Leadership, paved the way toward the creation of an entire new genre of books on historical leadership.

Web site:  www.ripkenleadership.com

Curtis Reese. Curtis received his MBA in Pharmaceutical Marketing from St. Joseph's University, and for the past 17 years he has been a Senior Sales Manager for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. He has both been trained and has been a trainer in many corporate team building and leadership workshops.

Curtis is credited with developing a leadership tool called the E's of Excellence that allows everyone, from the new employee to the CEO, to understand and apply key leadership skills.

Michael Sanders. Mike is a Partner at Bell Anderson & Sanders LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in Real Estate Damage economics.  Mike has personally overseen the analysis of over two billion dollars of property damages.  Mike holds a business degree from California State University at Fullerton.

Web site: www.realestatedamages.com

Troy Tate. A graduate of UCLA Law School, Troy, after trying cases before judges and juries for many years, he became intrigued about how to turn his talent for understanding and influencing people from the courtroom to the boardroom.  Troy was the COO of The Abraham Group, the flagship company of Jay Abraham.

Web site: www.torquesolutions.com

John N. Zarian is managing attorney of Zarian Midgley & Johnson, PLLC, a boutique law firm specializing in intellectual property matters and litigation. His legal practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation and complex business litigation. John has served as lead counsel in matters involving unfair competition, trade secrets, patents, trademarks, copyrights, class actions, contractual disputes, business torts, securities, antitrust, real estate, commercial and wrongful death claims. He is an experienced trial lawyer.

John received his Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Finance from the University of Utah, where he was appointed a Marriner S. Eccles Fellow in Political Economy. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California, where he was on the staff of the Southern California Law Review.

Web site: www.zarianmidgley.com
 

Ank Stuyfzand is a seasoned and result driven executive coach with over fifteen years of experience with individual and organizational effectiveness. Her areas of expertise include executive and organizational coaching, leadership development and organizational culture and change.

Ank has extensive experience in -large-scale- organizational change processes and she’s known as a positive and dynamic change agent. Prior to founding InsideOut enterprise LLC, Ank worked as a senior consultant for a Dutch based consultancy firms and worked for many years in the banking industry. She worked internationally for small, medium and large organizations in different industries, varying from governmental, utilities, banking, retail, and not for profit.

Ank is adjunct professor at Chapman University, teaching graduate classes in the field of Leadership.

Ank’s extensive education includes a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University in Irvine, and a Master’s degree in Law of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. She is a certified coach via the International Coach Federation and she also holds a graduate certificate in Organization Development and a certification as a communication consultant.

Ank serves on the board of the Healthcare Business Women Association, a global organization for the advancement of women leadership in the healthcare industry.

Web site: www.insideoutenterprise.com

Books by the Leadership Council

The DNA of Highly Successful Leaders

By Troy Tate

Available at

The Eight E's of Excellence

By Curtis Reese

Coming Soon!

Disasters -

Wasted Lives Valuable Lessons

By Randall Bell & Donald T. Phillips

Available at