Cheryl Kandaras Chapman, P.E.Ms. Chapman is a founding principal and President of MATRIX Consulting Group, Inc. Her years of experience as an engineer, elected official and public administrator bring unique skills in managing and facilitating complex public projects. Ms. Chapman specializes in Government Relations, helping the private sector with administrative and legislative governmental decisions. She is also affiliated with Spectrum Group of Alexandria, VA and the Center for Naval Analysis in Arlington, VA, for providing assistance on special projects.
Associates
Lin Adler
Darcy Anderson
Steve Bareis, P.E.
Joan Bondareff, Esq.
Francine Campone, Ed.D.
Malcom Chapman
Bill Griffin, Esq.
Candis Hanson
Tom Katus
Mary Kenner
Katherine A. Kinsman
Dianna L. Knox, Ed.D.
Jody Severson
Daniel Stanton
Barbara Trenary
Ruth YellowhawkLin Adler
Ms. Adler specializes in business process re-engineering, data management, project management, strategic planning and meeting facilitation. She has served as project and program manager, task leader, trainer, and quality assurance and management consultant for a variety of Department of Defense and private sector clients. Projects have included strategic planning, analysis, design and implementation of process improvement efforts. She continues to provide on-going consulting and training services for several private and governmental agencies. Back to the Top
Darcy Anderson
Ms. Anderson specializes in technical evaluation of environmental quality factors, policy development and project management. Specific areas of expertise include ozone modeling and forecasting; particulate monitoring and analysis (PM10 and PM2.5); emissions inventories including biogenic VOCs; visibility / urban haze monitoring and analysis; geochemical and geophysical modeling; quality assurance plans; and grant writing and administration. Back to the TopSteve Bareis, P.E.
Mr. Bareis provides expertise in civil engineering and construction management of water resources projects. He specializes in investigations, design, facility planning, construction management and contract administration. He has extensive experience in the construction of dams and other federal water resource projects. He also provides consulting services to public and private entities. Back to the TopJoan Bondareff, Esq.
Ms. Bondareff provides legal and regulatory expertise in the areas of transportation, environment, technology and maritime law. She also provides consulting services to private and public entities. Ms. Bondareff has facilitated entrance to the Transportation and Defense Departments by private companies and lobbied successfully for clients with Congress for appropriations and authorizations. Ms. Bondareff recently concluded a distinguished 25-year government career as Chief Counsel and (Acting) Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation. Back to the TopFrancine Campone, EdD
Dr. Campone has over 27 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member, counselor and administrator. This experience enables her to help groups identify goals and objectives, clarify values and priorities, and engage in collaborative problem-solving. Dr. Campone has worked closely with tribal schools and colleges in the region to facilitate the development and implementation of collaborative grant projects, provide leadership to create formal partnership agreements between tribal and non-tribal universities; conduct needs and outcomes assessments and lead the development of new services and programs. Back to the TopMalcom Chapman
Mr. Chapman is an experienced trainer with innovative and disciplined approaches for building partnerships. Mr. Chapman specializes in tailoring training programs and individualized coaching to the needs of the client. He offers consulting and course work based on a model he designed, known as Harvesting the Company Mind©. This model is a corporate knowledge cycle, consistently producing information about customer needs to improve service and production. (www.malcomchapman.com) Back to the Top
Judy Duhamel, ASPR
Ms. Duhamel specializes in public and community relations,
communication, facilitation and training. With over 20 years of experience
working in adult and community education, Ms. Duhamel blends innovative styles
and her natural talents of connecting with people for creative meetings among
various stakeholders on any issue. She has managed events on local, state, and
national levels and has systems in place to ensure that all of the details are
in place for effective and constructive communication. Back
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Bill Griffin, Esq.
Mr. Griffin is an environmental engineer and regulatory lawyer with 33
years experience, much of it involving controversial projects and industries.
His specialties include regulatory compliance and permitting, government
relations, media relations, engineering management, and business planning.
Client organizations have included electric power, waste disposal, water
conservation, forest products, mining and metals, chemical processing, and
federal and state agencies. He has managed over 100 professional services
contracts. An excellent writer, he has authored over 50 technical publications
and presentations and managed large document projects. Back
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Candis Hanson
Ms. Hanson specializes in business restructuring and process redesign,
strategic and long range planning, performance measurement and quality
improvement, and conflict management. Ms. Hanson has developed innovative
techniques for the design and management of strategic planning projects and in
leadership initiatives targeted at significant and controversial institutional
change. Her models for bringing people and project objectives together has
earned her recognition at the local, state, and national levels. Back
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Tom Katus
Mr. Katus specializes in business planning, feasibility studies, tourism
development, communications and training. Mr. Katus has more than three decades
of extensive international and Native American business experience. During the
past 10 years, he has provided business development services to 30 regional,
national and international clients. He has conducted scores of conferences,
workshops and seminars. He has published over 20 professional articles and
books. Back to the Top
Mary Kenner
In the position of Project Assistant
for MATRIX, Ms. Kenner provides project support and office
management. She has over 20 years experience and proven skills in
technical analysis and communication, research and editing, budgets, scheduling
and computer applications. She has supported MATRIX in several community
relations and environmental projects including research, data collection and
analysis, and preparation of reports for environmental assessments and site
investigations. Back to the Top
Kitty Kinsman
Ms. Kinsman specializes in public and government relations to the public
sector with a primary emphasis on health and technology issues. Her work
emphasizes strategic issues management, developing action plans responsive to
stakeholders and organizing effective advocacy and communication tools. Ms.
Kinsman brings leadership in designing and implementing effective processes to
address complex issues. Back to the
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Dianna Knox, EdD
Dr. Knox is registered professional counselor. She has over 26 years
experience working as a teacher, guidance counselor and program administrator.
She is a recognized leader in the effective use and application of IMPROV
(Improvisational Theatre Training) tools for improving communication within
diverse settings. Back to the Top
Jody Severson
Mr. Severson specializes in situation analysis and management of
controversial issues, focus group and public opinion poll design and
interpretation, marketing and communication programs, political campaign
strategies, and presentation design for training, workshops, meetings and
conferences. Mr. Severson has extensive experience in planning and staging
public forums often involving emotionally charged issues and hostile audiences.
In the past 15 years he has helped conduct courtroom analysis of prospective
jurors during voire dire examination and structured research projects to guide
prosecutors in presentation of cases. Back
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Daniel
Stanton, MCSE, MCT
Mr. Stanton lends expertise in technology, knowledge and quality management.
In addition to being a credentialed expert with over ten years of professional
information technology experience, he is also a trained engineer and an
experienced writer and trainer. He has worked extensively with consulting firms,
networking firms, military units, congressional offices and universities
defining the right blend of technology and training to overcome their unique
challenges. His knowledge and experience with information technology are shared
through academic lectures, monthly newspaper columns, and a book to be published
in 2002 by ASTD Press. Back to the Top
Ms. Trenary brings over twenty years of experience in health and safety and industrial hygiene applied to environmental investigations and remediation. Her management positions in large engineering corporations were primarily focused providing service to DOE and DOD. Ms. Trenary specializes in project and operations management involving development and implementation of health and safety management programs and procedures. Back to the Top
Ruth Yellow Hawk
Ms. Yellow Hawk is a skilled trainer and has designed numerous workshops
to teach the skills for neutral facilitation of controversial issues. Her
methods teach facilitators to allow participants to identify critical issues and
make informed choices. These efforts lead groups to consensus-derived
conclusions. She is pioneering new democratic decision-making models for
increased public participation and support of conclusions. She applies her
communication and facilitation skills to create an atmosphere that encourages
individuals and organizations to leave their agendas aside and address larger
shared goals. Back to the Top
For more details about MATRIX Associates, please contact us at (605) 399-2000 x 202 or email at
info@matrixcgi.com.
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