ANNE LOUISE BERMINGHAM
President, 2WA Consulting Inc.

Anne is an Applied Social Psychologist, which involves the study of how normal people work and interact in business and other social environments. She trained at the graduate level to take the social psychology theories and apply them in practical ways in the business world.

Education
•Masters Degree, Applied Social Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
•B.A., Psychology, University of Western Ontario

Summary of Professional Strengths
•Subject matter expert in proven processes and techniques to help people and companies change
•Experienced coach to individuals and teams on how best to change their behaviours to operate at optimal effectiveness throughout organizational and personal change
•Strong and effective facilitator to large groups (teams, boards, etc.) resulting in timely and effective measurable outcomes (i.e. key decisions and action plans)
•Highly perceptive in understanding individuals and how they impact organizational goals and objectives

Career History
2WA CONSULTING INC., President, 1996-Present
•Founded consulting firm in January of 1996 specializing in organizational development
•First runner-up in Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Ceremony sponsored by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce
Specialize in the areas of:
•Change and transition of the human resources in small and large organizations.
•Leadership development and coaching
•Team and partnering development
•Organizational assessments
•Facilitation

Satisfied, repeat customers include Region of Waterloo, City of Toronto, Nortel Networks; Bell Canada; YMCA of Greater Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara, Halton and Brant Community Care Access Centre, City of Guelph; Ministry of Health and Long Term Care; the Canadian Centre of Occupational Health and Safety, to name a few.

CHEDOKE-MCMASTER HOSPITALS, Chief of Organization Development and Education, 1996-1997
•Transformed former education department into a well respected “organization development and education” department that is highly effective in helping the organization address issues related to the human side of re-engineering
•As a respected member of the Senior Management Team, had overall responsibility for developing an effective change plan to transform the organizational culture
•Worked side by side with re-engineering teams to ensure all the people issues were addressed - from communicating about the change to outlining how everyone needed to change their behaviours to ensure changes could be implemented effectively.
•Led hospital to develop multi-media training curriculum that was directly aligned to the competencies outlined in the new re-engineered roles for hospital workers. Curriculum was based on the principles of self-directed learning and complimented by interactive group exercises and on-the-job feedback

MAINSTREAM ACCESS CORPORATION, Vice President, 1990-1996
•Responsible for marketing services of Mainstream Access to the Southern Ontario region
•Responsible for internal quality control of all provided services
•Provided leadership to rest of national team in both the obtaining of large business accounts and the development of research systems that could be used throughout Canada
•Grew office from 0 to 1 million in sales in a 3 year period

Extracurricular Activities
•2002 Hamilton Athena Award winner for professional excellence, community service, and for actively mentoring women
•Vice-Chair of the Hamilton Campaign for United Way of Hamilton Burlington for 2008-2009
•Assistant District Governor for Rotary District 7090 for 2007-2010
•Member of the YMCA of Hamilton Burlington Council of Governors
•Past Board Member, Hamilton Health Sciences Hospital Board of Directors
•Past President of the Rotary Club of Hamilton
•Past Chair of the Board, YMCA of Hamilton-Burlington
•Past President, Hamilton Gallery of Distinction
•Women of the Year Nominee for 1999