Coach/Trainer
Carolina is the CEO and Founder of Conscious Leadership Partners, a firm that specializes in conscious leadership development through coaching,
training and speaking. Carolina is a certified Conscious Leadership Coach, a Professional Speaker, Trainer and a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practitioner.
Her firm partners with multi-generational organizations to enhance employee engagement by developing conscious leaders and inclusive workplaces that
improve collaboration, innovation and growth.
Directors
Nancy Carol or “NC” (LP Class of 2022) has a passion for community building. She has an extensive background in commercial television production, online marketing, business development, and managing volunteers. Highlights of her career include being a Production Manager on the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics where she oversaw the service of thousands of volunteers and championing public education as the Community Engagement Manager of the Pasadena Educational Foundation. She earned a B.A. in Mass Media Communications from North Carolina State University.
Karen Burgess (LP Class of 2022) is the former the Director, of Business Solutions, Corporate Alliances and Partnership Marketing at The Walt Disney Company. She has extensive experience leading the design and development of customer-facing operational and technical solutions. Karen holds an undergraduate degree in German and Psychology from Smith College and a Masters in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.
Board of Directors
Board Chair
Louis Teran
Members
Roberto Alvarez
Carol Calandra
Sara Goldman
Larry Hammond
Portia Harris
Justin Hester
Nancy Carol Inguanzo
Jeff Kean
James Ku
Valerie Mendoza
Katerina Mesesan
Nely Meza
Jaeda Snow
Mary Spellman
Howard Tan
Louis Teran
Members
Roberto Alvarez
Carol Calandra
Sara Goldman
Larry Hammond
Portia Harris
Justin Hester
Nancy Carol Inguanzo
Jeff Kean
James Ku
Valerie Mendoza
Katerina Mesesan
Nely Meza
Jaeda Snow
Mary Spellman
Howard Tan
Advisory Council
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CYNTHIA BENGTSON
Former Executive Director Leadership Pasadena & Community Volunteer GEORGE BRUMDER Past President, Pasadena Education Foundation & Community Volunteer CARLA BUIGUES Founder, The Buigues Group (The Agency) LISA CAVELIER Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena TOM COSTON President, Light Bringer Project JOSHUA DRISKELL Partner, Lagerlof Law Group JOUSLYNN GRIFFIN Founder, Griffin Consulting WHITNEY HARRISON Division Manager, Social & Mental Health - City of Pasadena |
CYNTHIA KURTZ (Recused while acting as Interim City Manager)
Former Pasadena City Manager, National CORE MELISSA LEE Principal-in-Charge, Urban Planning & Community Health, Public Works Partners KATHLEEN O'SULLIVAN CEO, KShift KAYA PLANSKER Senior Director, Trainings & Programs, Coro Southern California TOM SELINSKE Co-Founder, Focus Out/Business Consultant and Educator MARTHA SHENKENBERG Director, Consulting Services, Medi-Cal and State Programs, Kaiser Permanente - Southern California GORDON SQUIRES Director of IPAC Communications, Caltech/JPL JINGHUAN TERVALON Global Strategic Insights, The Coca-Cola Company |
Community Contributors
Our ongoing thanks to the talented Leadership Pasadena alumni and community leaders who donate their time and expertise to every cohort - to ensure our participants learn from those leading and influencing the sectors driving our progress, innovation, and culture.