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ELSIE CROSS, CEO EMERITUS

Widely respected as one of the nation’s top organization development and diversity consultants, Elsie Cross built her reputation on a personal commitment to ameliorate oppression as it affects the productivity and profitability of organizations and society as a whole. For more than 30 years Ms. Cross guided critical change initiatives in major corporations, government agencies, universities and financial institutions in the U.S., Europe and the Caribbean.

Ms. Cross contributed to President Clinton’s Initiative on Race and Harvard Business School’s case study collection. She is a founding member of the Women’s subgroup in the Organization Development Network; an advisory board member of The Poynter Institute, and; former chair of the National Training Laboratories Institute for Applied Behavioral Science (NTL) board of directors. Ms. Cross also led managing diversity seminars at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Executive Education Center and has been a speaker for many professional organizations.

Often quoted by the media, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Los Angeles Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, she has also been featured in television and radio shows, including The Today Show. She is editor of The Promise of Diversity and The Diversity Factor: Capturing the Competitive Advantage of a Changing Workforce. Most recently, Ms. Cross authored Managing Diversity – The Courage to Lead.

BARRY CROSS, JR.
PRESIDENT & CEO

With more than 20 years experience in the field of human resource development, Barry Cross consults to corporations, institutions and non-profit organizations. As President and CEO of the firm, he helps organizations assess their readiness for change and recommends organization development processes that drive the progress of diversity culture change initiatives. Working in partnership with the Elsie Y. Cross Associates extensive network of consultants and trainers, Cross delivers a strategic approach to solving diversity issues in organizations.

A seasoned trainer, facilitator and account manager, he also designs and delivers workshops that support client’s business objectives. He specializes in facilitating issues related to differences among and between various diverse groups of people. He conducts team building, strategic planning, leadership development, customer service, continuous improvement and train-the-trainer programs. As an adjunct professor at the Community College of Philadelphia, he has taught students about Group Dynamics.

Cross was a contributor to President Clinton’s Initiative on Race and received the 1996 Fielding Institute’s Annual Social Justice Award for his participation as an advisor and trainer for a joint research project sponsored by the Fielding Institute, the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission, the Balch Institute and the Kaleel Jamison Foundation. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Diversity Leadership Forum and is also an active member of the National Training Laboratories Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, the Organization Development Network and the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.

Cross served previously as Chief Financial Officer of Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Inc. Prior to his career in organization development, he worked for Raytheon Service Company, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of the Navy and served in the U.S. Navy for six years. He also was a social worker at a community mental health center in Philadelphia.

He holds his Masters degree in Human Service from Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the Organization and System Development Program at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.

THE ELSIE Y. CROSS ASSOCIATES
NETWORK OF CONSULTANTS

Elsie Y. Cross Associates', network of more than 50 consultants provides clients with over 800 years of collective experience, plus diversity of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, nationality, style, career and work experience, and a broad range of domestic and international experience. Our consultants hold Masters and/or Ph.D. degrees in organizational development, organizational behavior, psychology or education, and are members of and active in the National Training Laboratories Institute for Applied Behavioral Science (NTL), Gestalt Institute or Organizational Development Network. The fact that most of our consultants have been affiliated with the firm for ten or more years speaks to the stability of our resources and the cohesiveness of our approach.

Once we have assessed your organization’s needs we take great care in selecting a team of consultants who can bring to bear the right mix of experience, skills and talents to help you achieve your objectives. The team will be led by one of our project managers – a senior, seasoned member of our network -- who will be assisted by experienced trainers.

We pride ourselves in the fact that we hold our consultants accountable for the Firm’s standards of excellence, including delivery of quality consultation and training. By insisting that all those working for and with the firm meet specific standards of excellence, we hire only those consultants whose experience and background compliments our approach to the work and fulfills the mission of Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Inc.

Together we share the hope that our work within corporations will have some effect in the community at large and the people we serve.