The Spitzer Team

Robert Spitzer, Ph.D., S.J. - President

Robert Spitzer, Ph.D, S.J. is the founder and president of the Spitzer Center for Ethical Leadership. A scholar, author, and seasoned leader. Recently retired as president of Gonzaga University, Spitzer’s expertise spans such fields as management science, finance, ethics, physics, philosophy, and theology. His work on the principles of successful leadership, derived from extensive research on four continents, forms the basis of his book The Spirit of Leadership: Optimizing Creativity and Change in Organizations (New York: Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2003).

A much sought-after speaker, Spitzer averages more than 100 presentations per year to corporate, academic, scientific, religious, and governmental audiences. He has addressed senior leaders at the Pentagon, Tony Blair’s Cabinet in London, and leaders of both sides of the Northern Ireland conflict.

Spitzer is also the founder and chairman of the Magis institute and was formerly affliated with the University of Seattle, where he was a trustee and the founder of both the Institute of Professional Ethics and the Institute on Character Development.

James Berlucchi, M.T.S. - Executive Director

James Berlucchi helped co-found the Spitzer Center after packaging and delivering Fr. Spitzer’s insights as an individual consultant for a number of years. He has served as the executive producer and editor for all the Center’s media and written resources, personally facilitated multiple seminars and workshops, and trained all of the Center’s certified associates.

Prior to co-founding the Spitzer Center, Mr. Berlucchi served for ten years as the Executive Director of Legatus, an international association of Catholic CEOs. In that capacity he directed a six-fold growth of membership with a corresponding expansion of member services, conferences, publications, and educational resources.

An author, publisher, composer, emcee and educator, he has hosted a national television series, founded a faith-based educational organization, launched a public relations campaign with major league baseball players, directed a performing arts company, and coordinated a graduate program of individualized instruction at the University of Michigan.

Certified Associates

The Spitzer Center for Ethical Leadership engages Certified Associates who facilitate our curriculum. They are highly qualified individuals dedicated to making an optimal positive difference for the individuals and organizations they serve.

Deborah L. Bowman – Veritas Consulting Group – Tucson, Arizona
One of our original associates, Deb helped develop some of the instructional materials. She is the founder of Veritas Consulting Group focusing on personal and leadership development. She has 7 years experience as the lead facilitator and corporate trainer for the largest RV dealer in the Southwest.

Phone: 520-240-4893 Email: deb@spitzercenter.org

Peter C. DeMarco – Institute 4 Priority Thinking – Fairport, New York
Peter is the founder of the Institute 4 Priority Thinking, a thought-leadership firm focused on organizational development. His passion is helping to develop strong leaders and teams to recognize, learn, practice and keep their priorities straight.

Phone: 585-478-8489 Email: pdemarco@prioritythinking.com

James L. Funk – Indianapolis, Indiana
Jim is a designated Senior Professional in Human Resources, a Certified Compensation Professional, and is certified in Organization Development. The primary focus areas of his work include organizational development, leadership formation and development, leadership assessments, executive coaching, and change management.

Phone: 317-460-8638 E-mail: jfunk@indy.rr.com

David W. Hewett – davidwhewett, inc. – Portland, Oregon
With his 30+ years of experience in the business world, Dave currently acts as a consultant to the industry, focused on leadership development, change management and vision, both at the corporate level and throughout the industry.

Phone: 503-970-9047 Email: dave@davidwhewett.com

Dale J. Hintz - Excellent Cultures, an affiliate of The Pacific Institute – Plano, Texas
In more than 20 years of experience Dale has taken on tough business issues, generated creative solutions, motivated action teams and influenced cultures to produce profitable results. He is a strategic and creative leader with expertise in Culture Measurement, Organizational Development and Leadership Coaching. Dale’s expertise in cultural change has helped clients all across North America increase their leadership effectiveness and drive cultural transformation.

Phone: 972-824-6923 Email: dale.hintz@oneaccordcorp.com

Caroline Jayne – Indianapolis, Indiana
With an extensive background in learning and development and consulting, Caroline is currently the Organizational Development Administrator for St. Vincent Hospital System. Her work focuses on leadership formation and development, change management, technology implementation and consulting.

Bill Lam – Wrestling with Life – Brighton, Michigan
Bill has a Masters in Psychology and special education. He is the winningest wrestling coach in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference, dedicating his career to transforming the lives of young men and, along the way, developed lessons for success. He has been named National Coach of the year and National Man of the year. Since his retirement, Bill has been teaching these principles to both the athletic and corporate world including such companies as Rubbermaid, Paychex, and Black and Decker.

Phone: 919-923-6586 Email: wlam4860@sbcglobal.net

Laural Manegre – Inside Results, LLC – Scottsdale, Arizona
Laural has 18 years experience as a highly-trained Master Facilitator and Public Speaker. She has an exceptionally broad base of experience working with corporations large and small, government organizations, community associations, colleges and schools.

Phone: 602-738-5058 Email: lmanegre@aol.com

Robert A. Poklar – Robert A. Poklar & Associates, LLP – Cleveland, Ohio
Robert has been an invited speaker and instructor throughout his law career. He is an experienced attorney with over 30 years of complex business litigation, negotiation and transactional experience. This entails the ability to negotiate and manage complex issues and differing personalities to accomplish common goals.

Phone: 216-696-4200 Email: rap@poklarlaw.com

Tim Ryan – Flint, Michigan
Tim has over twenty years of growing dedication to the exploration and practice of integrating mission and purpose into organizations and individual careers. He is experienced in working with and guiding leaders and executives in the development of vision, strategy and organizational leadership.

Fritz Seyferth – Fritz Seyferth & Associates – Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fritz has a passion for aiding individuals and organizations find alignment so that “all are on the same page” and once those identities and alignments are surfaced and reinforced, natural success follows.

Paul M. Vance – Institute 4 Priority Thinking – San Antonio, Texas
Paul is a Senior Consultant and Executive Coach where he puts his experience as a former CEO and his rigorous academic training to use helping executives and their teams to align their daily activity with the greater good of the organization.

Lori Wiebelhaus – Inside Results, LLC – Queen Creek, Arizona
Lori has over 7 years of experience as a specially-trained Master Facilitator, Leadership Coach and Consultant. Her caring and sensitivity to every group ranging from corporations, government organizations, community associations, and schools allows her to intuitively meet the needs of participants in her presentations.

Phone: 425-269-9777 Email: lwiebelhaus@insideresults.com

Collaborators

Dr. Kim Cameron
Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
Co-founder, Positive Organizational Scholarship
Dr. Christopher Peterson
Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Training, University of Michigan
Co-author, Character Strengths and Virtues, handbook and classification

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