As an organization of volunteers, ATD NNJ appreciates the hard work of members who give their time, talent, and expertise to make our chapter a success. |
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Scott Gingold President As an Enterprise Partner at WJM Associates, Scott combine an uncompromising commitment to customer service with a sweeping knowledge of coaching theory, research and practice. A continuous learner, Scott’s clients appreciate his contagious enthusiasm as a thinking partner. Scott partners with internal and external teams to deliver customized solutions to meet client’s strategic objectives, which has resulted in building and maintaining long-term client relationships. During his 20 years in the industry, Scott has been fortunate to work with national and global organizations across many industries. Since joining NNJ ATD approximately 15 years ago, it has been a major force in his career development. As talent development was a second career for him, Scott found the relationships he formed within the chapter extremely valuable to his personal and professional development. Early on, some of the more seasoned members were informal mentors to him, and he greatly appreciated their guidance. Scott wants to ensure that this support is available to the next generation of talent development professionals. Scott’s first role was a volunteer on the Finance team. Then, he served on the Marketing team, eventually becoming VP, Marketing. Credentials: B.A., History, Cornell University; M.A., Organizational Behavior, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Executive Coaching Certification, Columbia University; TypeCoach Certified Professional |
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Maurice Ford VP Technology Maurice Ford, an L&D professional has held the position of Instructional Designer for several global pharmaceutical companies in the tri-state area. He has held the position of Lead eLearning Developer for the City of New York on an L&D - Change Management project involving 83 NYC government agencies, encompassing over 90,000 users (employees). He has also held the position of Senior Instructional Designer for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. \ MOL-IT (America). Mr. Ford currently holds the position of Senior eLearning Developer / Instructional Designer at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., a national law firm with a primary focus on health care and life sciences; employment, labor, workforce management, litigation and business disputes. At EBG Mr. Ford develops eLearning products designed to help employers in jurisdictions with mandatory training requirements, as well as those in locations without them, encourage behaviors that foster a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. Mr. Ford has a Master’s degree in Information Technology from Mercy College(NY), a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Baruch College, and an Associate's degree in Marketing from Bronx Community College. Mr. Ford has also worked as a Part-Time Adjunct Professor for the City University of New York teaching web design and development. He also served as a Communications and Logistics Officer in the US Army. |
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Pamela C. Sammarco VP Leadership & Talent Development As CEO, Green Training Associates LLC (2009), Pam develops exceptional people to solve the world’s challenges and build sustainable organizations. We accelerate business growth through Training, Talent, and Coaching Solutions. Pam is a trusted advisor for her clients’ talent development priorities, helping people and businesses perform at their highest potential. Pam's high energy style, courage, and whole-person approach makes every facilitated program feel like a conversation, inviting you to interact with the learning experience. Pam has deep experience as a strategic leader of complex training strategy to execution, leadership, future readiness capabilities, organizational development, culture change, sustainability and STEM professional development. Pam's strength is to transform learning into business impact with extensive expertise as a solution architect. She designs performance-based learning experiences using a cognitive science-based model. Pam holds her Certified Professional in Talent Development (2007) demonstrating her lifelong dedication to advancing people's performance. Pam is an NNJ ATD Past President and Board officer since 1999. Past President 2004 (executive 2003-2004-2005); VP, Programs 3 years; current role VP, Leadership & Talent Development where she creates a thriving volunteer community that connects people with activities to run our organization. She joined in 1985 to talk with professionals who are passionate about the work we do. Our community is filled with terrific friends and colleagues. Pam’s training career: Citicorp, American Express, Alcatel-Lucent and Medco Health Solutions. For leadership development and succession planning, certified to deliver Hogan Leadership Assessment Systems. Pam earned her M.S. degree in Applied Psychology, HR Management, Stevens Institute of Technology; B.A. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, math and statistics minor, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi Psychology National Honor Society, Douglass College, Rutgers University. |
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Melody Kombo VP Administration For over 15 years, Melody has worked in the learning & organizational development field, leadership development, across public, private and government entities. She has extensive experience creating, managing, evaluating, and supporting teams at leading institutions like Anthem Health, Morgan Stanley and Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Her take has always been that employee development is the ultimate competitive advantage in the marketplace. Melody deeply understands how to harness talent as both an in-house leader and external consultant. She has overseen strategy, delivery and implementation of L&D solutions, managed departmental budgets, delivered OD interventions that reduced employee attrition, created leadership and career progression courses, and administered psychometric personality profiles. She joined ATD (both National and NNJATD) to be part of a community that “speaks” her language. It presented a chance for her to continue to grow and learn, meet new people in the industry, network, and give back by volunteering. She is pleased to be part of a strong and active association. Board Volunteerism History: 2019 - NNJATD Volunteer: Programs, Finance, Administration |
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Carrie Ballone VP Communications Carrie is a Learning & Development Professional with broad experience in Financial Services, Franchising, Education, and Non-profit. Passionate about learning & fostering professional growth. Carrie currently holds a dual role as a Training Leader with Lakeland Bank and Founder & Principal of the Leadership Distillery Consulting Practice. She is looking forward to supporting the continued growth and reach of NNJ ATD to equip learning professionals within our community. Carrie is a Non-profit Trustee and volunteer with organizations that care for and assist families in transition and individuals to combat addiction. She holds the following credentials: AAS – Recreation and Leisure Service Management, BS – Sociology, MS – Management, Concentration on Org. Change. Minor in Human Resources, Executive Coaching Certification from Kaplan University, DISC Certification, Driving Forces Certification, HD Certification, EI Certification. |
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Christine Grazio VP Membership Christine Grazio is a Chapter member since March 2018. After a 10-year sales career in the Yearbook division of Herff Jones, she transitioned to a training and development role for the company. Over the course of 6+ years, she focused on training the sales team and implementing a blended learning strategy. She designed and facilitated sales, product, and account management training, and rolled out a new mobile learning platform. Most recently, she has accepted a position with Philips and will be joining their Global Quality & Compliance Education team as an eLearning Instructional Designer. Christine is passionate about lifelong learning and have experienced first-hand how valuable an engaged professional community can be to career development and professional growth. She’s eager to give back to the NNJ ATD community and to help others connect and discover the value. She brings a BA in English, River University, Nashua NH and a certificate in Instructional Design, ATD. |
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Cynthia Roman VP Programs Cynthia Roman bring 20 + years in the Learning and Development Industry. Started as a technical writer, moved to instructional design, training delivery, and now training management. She currently works for IQVIA, since 2011. Her prior work experience includes: Pershing – BNY Mellon 2006 – 2011 and Cendant Corporation – 2002 – 2006. Cynthia likes the idea of having other professional in my field as a resource. We all have different experiences and backgrounds and the ability to share thoughts, ideas and strategies is exciting. She also volunteered for Morris County 4H – Board 1992-1995 Events Chair, VP and Friends of Lord Stirling Stable – 1996 – 2010 – Board member, Vice President, President. She’s dedicated to being a Girl Scouts NNJ Leader, since 2014. She has a BA of English 1991. |
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