Who We Are

The team at Friend & Associates are expert in building leadership capacity, leveraging diversity and inclusion best practices, and assessing work cultures to implement strategic change.

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Richard Friend, Ph.D.

FOUNDER

For more than 35 years, through teaching, research and consulting I have committed my life to transforming organizations into places where people reach their fullest leadership potential and enable lasting results that are innovative and inclusive.

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Mary Gail Biebel, Ph.D.

STRATEGIC PARTNER

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James Childs

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Susan Mannlein

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Tracy Rickard

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Michelle Burke

STRATEGIC PARTNER

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Lisa Childs Johnson

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Marlon Monger, Ph.D.

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Judy Seidenstein

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Sally Clark

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Gloria Cotton

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Noelle Richardson

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Lisa Stewart

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