95% of our business comes from referrals

Meet our staff below to find out why…

Elizabeth Mack
Elizabeth MackFounder & CXO
Elizabeth Mack is the founder and CXO of The Thrival Company and Training That Does Not Suck. She started her career as a chemical engineer from Purdue University and then cross-trained into psychology, business performance, auditing, and organizational culture and individual behavior change.
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Stephanie Grelle
Stephanie GrelleEHQS
Stephanie Grelle holds a B.S. degree in Biology with a Chemistry minor and serves as a Senior Compliance Consultant with the Thrival Company. Stephanie began her career as a Quality Assurance chemist in the pharmaceutical industry, and now has 20 years of experience in the Environmental Compliance field.
Deanna Koelzer
Deanna KoelzerLearning Management
Deanna Koelzer serves as the Client and GSA Program Leader for The Thrival Company. She oversees Thrival’s online learning management system, client account management and customer service, publicity and events, and community outreach.

Katherine Ray
Katherine RayHuman Resource Management
Katherine Ray, in addition to her work with Thrival Company, is the founder and President of Ray and Associates. She is responsible for the conduct of general management, human resource management, executive search, financial management, organizational, classification, compensation and feasibility studies for clients.
Monica De La Rosa
Monica De La RosaSales and Marketing
Monica supports Thrival with sales and marketing projects. She has over 19 years of technical and business experience working with Women’s startup companies. Led sales and implementation of technologies for almost 20 years and consistently excelled at conflict resolution for customer relations, mapping entrepreneurial resources, screened international manufactures, provided program support, and developed marketing materials. She has studied the economics and business of renewable energy products and sustainable projects for over 15 years.
Carina Boston Pinales
Carina Boston PinalesChange Management
Carina Boston Pinales brings over eight years of experience in social impact, and change management with a focus on addressing community needs through technology, collaboration and advocacy. She has built a reputation by collaborating with some of the leading progressive minds in social innovation and business.

Our Extended Team – Trainers and Coaches

Lisa Whited
Lisa WhitedCommunity Builder
Lisa Whited, NCIDQ, M.S. has a passion for improving workplaces. She is a design thinker, change management guru, leader, and community builder. Her work is borne out of the desire to move the needle on the shocking statistic that only 13% of employees worldwide are happy at work.
Michael Donat
Michael DonatBussiness Consultant
Michael Donat partners with leaders and learners to unleash potential. As a consultant, he listens to clients to create links between business needs and tailored learning solutions. As a coach, he starts with the client’s wisdom and explores options with a focus on awareness and outcomes. As a facilitator, he creates engaging learning environments that extend beyond the event to foster sustainable change for stronger results.
Carrie Williams
Carrie WilliamsLeadership Coach
Carrie specializes in leadership coaching and team development for creative and entertainment companies and legal entrepreneurs across the globe.
Kevin L. Barnhart
Kevin L. BarnhartConsultant
Kevin Barnhart is a versatile consultant, writer, facilitator, and educator with over 25 years of experience in engineering, business, marketing, and consulting across the corporate, non-profit, and government sectors. His practical technical knowledge and insight influenced global clients to invest in new technologies expanding their market presence and increase revenue.
Erica Ross
Erica RossStrategist
Erica’s career is centered on starting uncomfortable conversations. She began as a strategist in the advertising world, helping brands understand multicultural audiences and how to connect with them the most culturally-relevant and empathic way.
Matt Woolsey
Matt WoolseyProfessional Coach
Dr. Matthew A. Woolsey is a certified professional coach, consultant, facilitator / trainer, author, and researcher (focus on Asian Indian leadership) with expertise in the areas of communication (executive presence and content structure), leadership development, and building high performing teams (including cross-cultural teams).
Mary Burrus
Mary BurrusTeam Leader
Mary has over twenty years of executive leadership experience, which includes leading large teams in complex organizations, solving organization-wide problems, and implementing large-scale initiatives. She has extensive experience in the strategic human resource management and training arenas.
Luis Alberto Perez
Luis Alberto PerezBusiness and Marketing professional
Alberto is an award-winning business / marketing professional with over 20 years’ experience in ideating, selling-in and managing the implementation of a wide range of marketing and sales initiatives in the US, Mexico and across Latin America.
Mindy Corporon
Mindy CorporonSpeaker and Thought-Leader
An entrepreneur and thought leader, Mindy is also a former CEO of a successful wealth management firm. Mindy’s life purpose changed from guiding people financially to helping people find space to learn about our differences and discover commonalities. As a co-founder of Workplace Healing, LLC., Mindy’s vision is changing our corporate culture from primarily a head-based environment to include a path for heart-based conversations.
Alain Hunkins
Alain HunkinsLeadership Expert
A sought-after keynote speaker, facilitator and coach, Alain Hunkins is a leadership expert who connects the science of high performance with the performing art of leadership. Leaders trust him to help unlock their potential and expand their influence. He has a gift for translating complex concepts from psychology, neuroscience and organizational behavior into simple, practical tools that can be applied on the job.
Mary Clark
Mary ClarkTraining Facilitator
Mary Clark has been designing and facilitating trainings for businesses and institutions since 1996. An ATD certified coach with a Master’s of Science in Creativity and Change Leadership, Mary’s charisma and enthusiasm immediately create a rapport with her aud.ience. Mary’s background in training and facilitation includes design, development and implementation.
Kristin Faulder
Kristin FaulderBrand Awareness Strategist
Clients have described Kristin as their secret weapon; an inspiration, driver for change; irreplaceable.   Kristin serves as a strategic partner to her clients as they seek to build brand awareness, re-frame a company vision, story and message, increase audience engagement, improve employee engagement/retention and align sales/marketing departments and efforts.
Dr. Fred Blum
Dr. Fred BlumCoach
Dr. Fred Blum is an expert in helping people live the lives that they were made for.  It doesn’t matter if they are the CEO of a billion dollar corporation or a stay-at-home mom.  When that deep inner voice can’t be ignored any longer, he’s your man.   As a Transformative Coach and Speaker, he has been helping executives and high performers create powerful results in the world while maintaining balance of Body, Mind & Spirit for nearly three decades.
Ashley Hartley
Ashley HartleyHealth & Wellness Coach
Ashley Hartley, is the founder and owner of Empower Yoga and part of The Thrival Company’s Health and Wellness team. She ensures that clients manage not just the intellectual skills of their staff, but that they create a corporate culture of health and wellness. She works to design corporate wellness programs and healthy work habits. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Harvard University in 2005 and completed her yoga teacher’s training that same year.
Mario Molinar
Mario MolinarHealth & Wellness Coach
Mario Molinar is part of the Health and Wellness Team at The Thrival Company. He works with our clients on body mechanics, ergonomics, and teaches an array of popular body programs. Mario has been a Licensed Massage Therapist for the past 13 years and a Licensed Massage Therapy Instructor and Continuing Education Provider for the past 11 years. He started his career in high-technology as a successful technology executive and then found his passion in the massage arts and left his career to start a new one!