Career Transition Services

Sandra is a career consultant, coach, and facilitator with over 15 years of experience focusing on career and life transitions. Areas of career consulting specialties include career transition, career change, career decisions, retirement, life, and career options. Clients appreciate her candor, humor, and support in moving into their next position or career. 

Sandra holds a BS and an MS from Southern Illinois University and is working on a coaching certification with CoachVille. She is a member of the North Texas International Coaching Federation and the Association of Career Professionals. In addition, she has been a member of the Development Advisory Board for the Cooper Institute.

Marilynn is an Executive Coach, High-Performance Consultant, and MentorRings Leadership Development Program Leader. She spent the first two decades of her career building success in the corporate world in banking and finance, where she focused on relationship management, leadership program design, and delivery for emerging leaders.

Marilynn is passionate about working with women and young professionals to help them advance and succeed throughout all stages of their careers. Her clients appreciate her strong business acumen and ability to help people drive business strategies and results. 

Marilynn holds an MBA with a finance concentration from DePaul Graduate School of Business and a BA from Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU). Marilynn is certified in Genos' Emotional Intelligence programs, assessments, coaching, and The Leadership Challenge® programs, assessments, and coaching. She currently serves as a Director of the IWU Alumni Board and President of the IWU Council for Women.

Terry Price has operated at the executive level for decades as a CEO and C-Suite executive. For the last 20 years, he's worked as a Partner with Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search and leadership advisory firm. A seven-time recipient of the firm's annual Lou Rieger Quality Award, Terry focused on recruiting board directors, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, group and divisional general managers, and other senior C-level operating executives.

Terry is in the unique position of having supported the successful transition of thousands of executives, both as a hiring leader and executive search professional. He is often referenced as a foremost authority on executive search and transition. In the role of CMP Executive Coach and Outplacement Consultant, Terry's areas of expertise include leadership assessment, leadership coaching and development, all aspects of executive transition and job campaign management, and executive consultation and advisement.

Terry graduated from Wagner College, where he earned a B.S. in economics and business administration. He has chaired and served on numerous technology industry-related associations and organizations. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. At UTD, Terry mentors MBA students as they plan their careers. Terry has also earned a certification with Hogan Assessments.

Brian has over 15 years of experience as a career development coach and consultant in both corporate and private practices and is passionate about helping individuals take control of their own careers. Prior to working in career consulting, Brian worked for Southwest Airlines' University for People, an innovative group charged with promoting the unique corporate culture of Southwest Airlines. Brian also worked as a career coach for Lockheed Martin, where he was responsible for creating an internal career coaching program and leadership programs. 

He is certified as a Global Career Development Facilitator by the Center for Credentialing & Education, Inc., a Job and Career Transition Coach from The Career Planning and Adult Development Network, and an Executive Coaching Certification from Lockheed Martin Leadership Center Planning and Adult Development Network.

Brian is a member of the National Career Development Association, the Association of Career Professionals International, and the Association for Psychological Type, who recognized him as an Outstanding New Leader at their National Convention in 2002.

Additionally, Brian in trained and experienced in leading corporate workshops around MBTI, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Strengths Finders 2.0, business etiquette, generations in the workplace, leadership training, and the Thoma Kilman Conflict Mode assessment and interpretation.

Frances (Frenchie) is currently leading CMP's Southern Louisiana presence. Previously, she was a member of CMP's talent management team and a senior consultant. As a human resources executive, she has more than 20 years of experience with small, medium, and large-sized companies and consulting firms, including Ameritech (now AT&T), Entergy, Navigant Consulting, eLoyalty, PepsiCo, Glazer's, JPMorgan Chase, Invensys, the American Heart Association, as well as consulting on her own.

With an extensive background in the organizational and talent development functions of HR, Frenchie focuses on corporate transformation, HR strategy development, change and communications, organizational development, leadership development, coaching, learning and development, and employee engagement. She has won numerous awards for leadership development and learning and development programs. In addition, she has coached individuals at all levels of organizations and in varied industries to guide them through exploring and successfully managing career changes and transitions.

She is bilingual in Spanish and earned a BA in psychology from the University of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has participated in Columbia University's executive development program, Principles and Practices of Organizational Development, Entergy's Wharton School of Business Executive Development Program, and PepsiCo's Latino Leadership and Women of Color Development Programs. She was adjunct faculty for Ameritech's Breakthrough Leadership Institute. She is certified in Korn/Ferry's Leadership Architect, Voices and Interview Architect, Hogan's Interaction Styles, and as a DDI and Achieve Global/Herman Miller Facilitator.

Frenchie recently moved to the greater New Orleans area from Dallas. She has been a long-time member of an all-women's Mardi Gras organization, supports numerous Down Syndrome associations, and is becoming involved in community initiatives and activities.

Bruce offers exceptional people-related insights based on his more than 20 years of experience in talent management, coaching, and change management. He has been a group leader and guest speaker at several local church and professional career transition groups. Bruce has worked for several international organizations in a variety of industries, including over 20 years in the oil and gas industry. He has provided coaching and competence development planning to all levels, including the executive level. 

Bruce holds a B.A. in English and history from the University of Houston.

Sandra has successfully transitioned through seven career changes. Her current passion includes the past 25 years of career coaching, utilizing her expertise as a job search strategist. Clients, colleagues, workshop participants, and her one-on-one coaching professionals recognize Sandra for her enthusiasm, motivational support, and unending dedication to career management development.

Sandra has worked with a wide variety of companies, from Fortune 500 to medium and small businesses, helping employees through the career transition process. She has coached professionals at all levels of organizations. She thrives on improving a resume and coaching on job search strategy, including networking, LinkedIn profiles, social media, interviewing, and negotiating processes.

Prior to her career coaching, Sandra taught at the university level. She concurrently served as Director for the Center of Learning at Texas Woman's University, where she trained teachers in the process of assessment, diagnostics, development, and implementation of instructional strategies.

Sandra's business acumen comes from her extensive experience as an entrepreneur, well-grounded in the business world as a co-founder and Associate Publisher of internationally recognized publications, including Aviation Quarterly and Aviation Travel. She has worked with curators at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to feature aviation pioneers in these publications. She was active as a private pilot, traveling extensively and marketing the publications at major aerospace events throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.

Sandra has actively mentored youth and rolled out Boundaries and Divorce Recovery workshops at her church. Sandra has served on the Board for Attitudes and Attire, helping women reenter the workforce.

Sandra earned her Ph.D. and MS from Texas A&M University–Commerce. Her BA is from the College of William and Mary.

Jan is a career champion with over 25 years of experience assisting her clients in finding fulfilling careers and experiencing happier, more rewarding lives. She provides insightful, inspiring, and pragmatic career coaching to individuals in job searches or career transitions and those looking for performance improvement coaching to excel in their current positions and careers. 

Her unique combination of business and organizational experience, coupled with her in-depth coaching background, sets her apart from many other career coaches. Jan's corporate background includes managing leadership and customer service training groups, including management consulting at JPMorgan Chase, The Dallas Times Herald, and Carlton Cards. 

Having survived her own downsizing early in her career, she has dedicated her life to helping people find meaningful jobs and careers. Her expertise includes helping her clients identify the "right" job target using various personality assessment tools, developing and improving resumes that will lead to interviews, developing powerful and targeted marketing and cover letters, improving critical networking skills, increasing job advertisement response rates, learning and practicing the secrets for interview success, and practicing negotiation strategies that work in this job market.

Jan graduated with a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received graduate training in human resource development, training in social work, and is an adjunct instructor at Brookhaven College in Dallas. She has served on the boards of numerous professional and civic associations, including ASTD, APT, ACP, and the Dallas Symphony Chorus.

Charlie has over 25 years of business experience with small, medium, and large-sized companies across multiple industries. His primary area of focus has been in staffing and talent acquisition, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and business process outsourcing (BPO). Although the primary focus of Charlie's business career has been in the area of staffing, he spent ten years at EDS working in operations as part of the company's Call Center organization. 

Charlie earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Dallas.

Sandra Lopez Garza combines her 18+ years of leadership experience with her solid bottom-line career coaching approach. Her own career has given her a series of administrative and coaching experiences, leadership training, mentoring, and conflict resolution training.

With Sandra's education and leadership development background, she has developed new leaders and worked with many individuals as an internal career consultant. Sandra's passion and mission guide job seekers and career changers as they navigate the waters of an ever-changing world of work. She works collaboratively with her clients to identify issues, match values with career choices, gain more self-awareness, explore options, overcome obstacles, and set goals with accountability.

Sandra has been a member of the United Way Leadership Society, Texas Principals and Supervisors Association, MANA Fort Worth, and The Hispanic Women's Network. She currently serves on various boards, holding leadership roles within the community. She has volunteered to mentor middle and high school students while assisting in raising over 1/4 million dollars in college scholarships.

Areas of career consulting specialties include career transition, career change, career decisions, retirement, life and career options, leadership development, program management, performance coaching, and training and development.

Sandra earned her MA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her post-graduate studies have been at the University of North Texas and the Harvard School Urban School Leaders Program.

Kathleen quickly creates robust coaching relationships built on empathy and trust. A sense of humor, keen perception, and active listening skills help her delve into candidates' abilities, skills, and desires for their next career steps. Kathleen is fearless in mentoring and becoming a trusted advisor.

Kathleen has professional experience in Executive and Management transition coaching and project management. She has worked with 80% of the Fortune 500, along with private equity, privately held, and nonprofit enterprises. Working nationally, she's been in all regions of the United States (plus Canada). In addition, she has held and advised in strategic planning for large RIFs and is considered to be a subject matter expert in career transition logistics.

Both as a Clinical Psychotherapist and career transition coach, Kathleen has met folks at an interesting juncture in their lives where a change is needed. She can work comfortably one-on-one and in group settings (seminars/workshops) or managing projects (up to 1,000 employees). 

Kathleen has worked with various industries, including banking, bio-renewables, CPG, engineering, high technology, food and beverage, legal, manufacturing, oil and gas, REIT and property management, and healthcare.
 
She earned her Bachelor of Arts in social work from Western Illinois University.

JD Gershbein is a specialist in the art and science of LinkedIn. He provides unrivaled strategic direction to individuals and firms—ranging from small to medium-sized businesses to Fortune 500 companies—in using LinkedIn to build brands and generate revenue. Drawing upon his background in marketing communications, psychology, neuroscience, and broadcast media, JD has become a trusted asset to senior executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, professional service providers, salespeople, and consultants. 

Considered one of the world’s top thought leaders on LinkedIn strategy, JD inspires opportunity-oriented professionals to step up, embrace their uniqueness, and achieve on the site. He is a nationally-known A-list speaker, who has been featured on FOX TV News, CBS TV News, and WGN AM Radio, and gained mention in print in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the Chicago Tribune, and Crain’s Chicago Business. JD is also a contributing writer for The Huffington Post, Forbes, and SUCCESS Online. Additionally, JD is an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business, where he is advancing social media marketing as an accredited field of study. 

Before launching his career as a LinkedIn expert, Terry Sullivan was Director of Marketing for Verizon Communications, where he launched many successful national marketing programs that gained more than 456,000 new customers and reduced churn by more than 6% annually, in spite of multiple price increases and competitor product launches. 

Terry realized most business owners and leaders were in the dark about how to use the latest online marketing tools to find and connect with potential prospects and clients. He also had a passion for sharing his unique marketing knowledge with others to help them achieve their business goals. So, to meet this need, Terry began his career as a contemporary LinkedIn resource in 2012. He has become a nationally recognized Integrated Marketing and Social Media Marketing expert. 

Widely considered to be a “Guru of Social Selling,” Terry has trained more than 6,200 business leaders, owners, and individuals across the nation on how to create a unique online brand that gets results. His inspiring training programs focus on keyword optimization, branding, and Social Selling strategies that help his clients tap into the unlimited world of Social Media to get better leads, more prospects, and more clients. 

Holder of an MBA from Texas State University, Terry received his Social Media Marketing Certification from Splash Media University, one of the nation’s premier Social Media training companies.