Meet Our Team
Ronald F. Ennis, Ph.D., CMF, President [bio]
Jean Erickson Walker, Ed.D., CMF, Executive Vice President [bio]
Matt Morscheck, MS, CMP, NCC, Career Counselor [bio]
Kurt Krause, Senior Associate [bio]
Lauren Blystone, Administrative Assistant [bio]
CONSORTIUM ASSOCIATES
Lawrence Rosencrantz, J.D., Entrepreneurship Consulting
Lucy Z. Martin, Personal Marketing Consultant
Bob Czimbal, Stress Management Consultant
Ronald F. Ennis, Ph.D., CMF, President
Dr. Ennis has over thirty years' experience as a Career Counselor, Organizational Development Consultant and Entrepreneur. He specializes in senior and executive level counseling, entrepreneurial start-ups, sales, and organizational and management development. He was an Organizational Consultant at Tektronix, Inc.; the Dean of the Oregon Graduate School of Professional Psychology; a Teacher and Counselor in the Masters program in Business at Marylhurst College; and he has successfully completed four business start-ups. Ron is very active in community development and has assumed leadership roles in many civic organizations focusing on Sustainable Business Practices, Local Business Development, the Arts, Education and the Environment. He has a B.A. in Psychology and History from Stanford University, an M.S. in Human Relations from Boston University, and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Vanderbilt University. Ron is certified as a Career Management Fellow by the Institute for Career Certification, International.
Jean Erickson Walker, Ed.D., CMF, Executive Vice President
Jean Erickson Walker, Ed.D., CMF is an accomplished Executive Coach who brings a wealth of experience gained over twenty years in Executive Coaching, Career Counseling and Leadership Development across a broad range of industries, non-profit organizations, and boards of directors.
Dr. Walker is the author of The Age Advantage: Making the Most of Your Midlife Career Transition (Putnam/Penguin, Sept. 2000). An engaging speaker and author who consistently challenges her audiences to rise above their own limitations and expectations, she is described by Publishers Weekly as “Blunt, Compassionate and Effective.” Jean has a bias for action, based on thoughtful consideration of the issues, and she believes strongly in the potential of collaborative leadership.
Jean has been internationally certified as a Career Management Fellow (CMF) and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of ICC International, the only independent, not-for-profit international board certification for career management professionals. She is one of 12 Governors from seven countries.
Jean is Executive Vice President of Pathways/OI Partners Inc., a leading career services firm in Portland, Oregon, which provides Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Talent Management, Outplacement, Management Consulting and Organizational Development Consulting to companies and individuals.
EXAMPLES OF PRESENTATION TOPICS:
- Leadership development: Building a top leadership team; Strategic Leadership Development; Creating a leadership culture; Managers vs Leaders – identifying and developing talent;
- Mid life career transition: Creating your next career; Job search for the over 50 job seeker; Life begins at 50!;
- The end of the retirement myth: Retirement isn’t for amateurs
- EQ/IQ: Emotional Intelligence in the workplace; Why people with high IQ end up working for people with high EQ; Creating a high EQ workplace; EQ for Leaders
- Generational differences in the workplace: On a collision course? Why the generations don’t get along and what you can do to create peace and prosperity in the workplace; Diversity begins with age; Five Generations at work – Optimizing your greatest resource
- Executive coaching: It’s lonely at the top – investing in the people who lead your organization; Creating winning teams through Executive Coaching; No one does it alone – developing a leadership team focused on excellence; Clashing egos? – call the Coach! ; Top talent doesn’t always mean top productivity- Executive Coaching can be the answer;
- Strategic planning: Creating the path to the future for Non-profits; Board development for Non-profits;
- Older worker/younger boss-: Clash of the titans!
Matt Morscheck, MS, CMP, NCC, Career Counselor
Matt is a master’s level counselor with professional interests in the areas of career counseling, coaching, and personal development. Matt is internationally certified as a Career Management Practitioner (CMP) by the Institute for Career Certification, International and has been recognized as a National Certified Counselor through the National Board for Certified Counselors.
Since joining the Pathways/OI Partners team in 2005, Matt has helped hundreds of professionals successfully navigate career and life transitions. Matt maintains a part time private practice, and has taught career development courses at Clark College, Portland State University, and Portland Community College. In 2008, Matt was elected to the Executive Board of the Oregon Career Development Association.
Matt holds an MS in Counseling from Portland State University, a BA in Business Administration from Washington State University, and has completed a post-graduate certificate in Human Resource Management.
In addition to his counseling experience, Matt owns and operates MRE Media, LLC, a website design and electronic publishing company that specializes in websites for small business and individuals."
Kurt Krause, Senior Associate
Kurt has over twenty years experience structuring work environments that provide motivation and compatibility with the corporate cultures of both foreign and domestic-based companies. His experience includes the challenge of building fast growth high tech companies such as Retix, Fujitsu, and Amdahl as Vice President of Human Resources. He has also provided both individual and group career and retirement counseling while employed with Drake Beam Morin, Inc., in Oregon, and DeRecat and Associates, a regional career guidance firm, in the Bay Area. He has provided the human resources expertise to The Suran Group, an Oregon business consulting company, as a Senior Associate. He has been an adjunct instructor at San Jose State University and holds a B.S. in Psychology from Portland State with graduate work in the Masters psychology program at San Francisco State University.
Lauren Blystone, Administrative Assistant
Lauren has over twelve years of administrative service experience. She has a zest for life and enjoys working with and helping the people in her community. As a long-term Portland resident, “I have found it to be a wonderful place to call home. I value its comradery and diversity and have experienced an overall concern for each other’s well being.”
Her experience as a riding instructor has helped her create philosophies that she has found useful not only in day-to-day life, but also in working with the general public. Lauren states, “Working with people and training horses is somewhat synonymous….treat people with kindness and you’ll receive that same kindness; be rude and obtuse and you’ll get bucked off.”
Lauren is finishing her Associates Degree at the University of Phoenix and will be continuing on to complete her Bachelors in Business Administration.
Representing over 200 offices in 27 countries, the OI Partners promise to you is:
A better human experience...for a better business outcome