Key
players in the Olive Tree Associates team are profiled below:
Olive
Tree Consultants
Ollie
Malone, Ph.D. President and Principal Consultant. (e-mail) As founder of Olive Tree Associates, Dr. Malone brings more than
20 years of experience in corporate America as a consultant, executive
and organizational leader. His corporate experience includes high-level
roles with A T & T, Sprint, The Mead Corporation, and Pennzoil-Quaker
State. In those roles, he implemented performance management systems,
management development systems, and training systems for employees
at all levels. In addition, he has dramatically improved organizational
performance through process reengineering efforts and total quality
management. A published author, he is also an avid musician (classical,
gospel, jazz). Dr. Malone’s work reflects a level of intensity,
creativity, and commitment that generates long-term results for
client organizations and enables him to work with countless Fortune
100 companies.
Wayne
Dorris, Ph.D., Senior Consultant. Wayne brings
many years of commitment and involvement in social and organizational
change to his affiliation with Olive Tree Associates. His consulting
activities have focused in areas of personal change, organizational
change, and system-wide learning. He has worked with such leading-edge
practices as The Seven Habits of Highly-Effective People and The
Fifth Discipline theories and is skillful in diversity management
as well. His previous organizational affiliations have included
Shell, M.D. Anderson Hospital, and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company.
Julie
A.C. Noolan, Ph.D., Senior Consultant.
Throughout the course of her more than twenty years in the field
of management and organizational consulting, Dr. Noolan has concerned
herself with effective organizations and the people who lead them.
Whether focusing on changing the structure of an organization, or
building leadership in third world countries, Dr. Noolan brings
commitment, passion, and new insights to the clients with whom she
works. A native Australian with a significant amount of her consulting
practice outside of the United States, she brings a broad, global
perspective to the work that she does and she is able to work with
companies and with international leaders.
Patricia
Parham, Ph.D., Senior Consultant. Trained as a
psychologist, Dr. Parham is highly effective in dealing with issues
involving leadership and organizational effectiveness. Her career
has enabled her to work intensely with such companies as Commonwealth
Edison and Sprint, as well as a host of other clients throughout
the Midwest and Southwest. Known for her focused, laser-like intensity,
Dr. Parham is able to create long-term results quickly and effectively.
George
Reinhardt, M.S., Senior Consultant. An expert
in areas of the application of technology to learning, George has
honed his skills and practice in these areas by working with such
companies as Sprint, United Telecom, and American Century Investments.
In addition, he has worked with Rockhurst College and has held affiliations
with the University of Kansas. George works with e-learning and
in the identification of technology-based solutions to enhance learning
in non-electronic settings.
Michael
Rogers, Ph.D., Senior Consultant.
Dr. Rogers has worked with organizations of various sizes and shapes
over his more than twenty-year history of consulting. As a consultant
with Olive Tree Associates, Dr. Rogers has worked with such clients
as Levi-Strauss, Reynolds and Reynolds, and Leadership Albany. In
addition to his work with Olive Tree Associates, Dr. Rogers is chairman
of the department of business at Albany State University. He is
committed to issues of diversity and has been honored for his work
in creating more inclusive organizations and cities. Dr. Rogers
also enjoys an active life of tennis, jogging, and overall good
health. His work reflects a commitment to organizations that are
inclusive, effective, and a good place to work for all.
Robert
B.Tierney, J.D., Ph.D., Senior Consultant. Dr.
Tierney, a licensed attorney, brings a passion for leadership effectiveness
in the areas of rational decision making and ethical practice. In
addition to being an attorney, Dr. Tierney holds BA, MA and PhD
degrees specializing in rational and ethical decision making. Having
worked in the law arena for more than ten years, he has also observed
the presence and absence of these key competencies and is committed
to building them in organizations that are committed to excellence.
Dr. Tierney has also lived Germany and practiced law internationally,
performing corporate transactions in Europe, Asia, Africa and the
Americas. His international perspective is of particular value in
working with companies that operate globally.
Sandra
Yancey, M.A., Senior Consultant. Ms. Yancey brings
a rare combination of skills to the clients of Olive Tree Associates.
Herself an entrepreneur (she is president of E-Women Network), she
also possesses an abundance of organizational skills which she honed
while working for Mead Merchants, Zellerbach, and Lexis-Nexis. Ms.
Yancey’s areas of expertise include leadership and management development,
organization change and development, and diversity management. She
is the author and creator of the audio CD package, Increase Your
Net Worth by Increasing Your Network. As president of E-Women
Network, she has been featured in keynote addresses throughout the
country. She brings tenacity, wit, and insight to all of her client
engagements.
Olive
Tree Operations
Nathan
Malone, Director, Operations and Business Development.(e-mail) Having grown up with Olive Tree Associates, Nathan understands both
the strategic direction of the organization and the ins and outs
of the organization's structure. Having previously been a youth
minister, Nathan provides unique insight and understanding in our
work with non-profit organizations. His role at Olive Tree Associates
includes overseeing the day-to-day operations of Olive Tree as well
as the business development of OTA through publications, product
research, and client relationship management. He brings fresh thoughts,
enthusiasm and a desire to make a significant difference in organizations
through his work with Olive Tree Associates.
Ollie
Malone, Ph.D. President and Principal Consultant. 
Wayne
Dorris, Ph.D., Senior Consultant. Wayne brings
many years of commitment and involvement in social and organizational
change to his affiliation with Olive Tree Associates. His consulting
activities have focused in areas of personal change, organizational
change, and system-wide learning. He has worked with such leading-edge
practices as The Seven Habits of Highly-Effective People and The
Fifth Discipline theories and is skillful in diversity management
as well. His previous organizational affiliations have included
Shell, M.D. Anderson Hospital, and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company.
Julie
A.C. Noolan, Ph.D., Senior Consultant.
Throughout the course of her more than twenty years in the field
of management and organizational consulting, Dr. Noolan has concerned
herself with effective organizations and the people who lead them.
Whether focusing on changing the structure of an organization, or
building leadership in third world countries, Dr. Noolan brings
commitment, passion, and new insights to the clients with whom she
works. A native Australian with a significant amount of her consulting
practice outside of the United States, she brings a broad, global
perspective to the work that she does and she is able to work with
companies and with international leaders.
Patricia
Parham, Ph.D., Senior Consultant. Trained as a
psychologist, Dr. Parham is highly effective in dealing with issues
involving leadership and organizational effectiveness. Her career
has enabled her to work intensely with such companies as Commonwealth
Edison and Sprint, as well as a host of other clients throughout
the Midwest and Southwest. Known for her focused, laser-like intensity,
Dr. Parham is able to create long-term results quickly and effectively.
George
Reinhardt, M.S., Senior Consultant. An expert
in areas of the application of technology to learning, George has
honed his skills and practice in these areas by working with such
companies as Sprint, United Telecom, and American Century Investments.
In addition, he has worked with Rockhurst College and has held affiliations
with the University of Kansas. George works with e-learning and
in the identification of technology-based solutions to enhance learning
in non-electronic settings.
Michael
Rogers, Ph.D., Senior Consultant.
Dr. Rogers has worked with organizations of various sizes and shapes
over his more than twenty-year history of consulting. As a consultant
with Olive Tree Associates, Dr. Rogers has worked with such clients
as Levi-Strauss, Reynolds and Reynolds, and Leadership Albany. In
addition to his work with Olive Tree Associates, Dr. Rogers is chairman
of the department of business at Albany State University. He is
committed to issues of diversity and has been honored for his work
in creating more inclusive organizations and cities. Dr. Rogers
also enjoys an active life of tennis, jogging, and overall good
health. His work reflects a commitment to organizations that are
inclusive, effective, and a good place to work for all.
Robert
B.Tierney, J.D., Ph.D., Senior Consultant. Dr.
Tierney, a licensed attorney, brings a passion for leadership effectiveness
in the areas of rational decision making and ethical practice. In
addition to being an attorney, Dr. Tierney holds BA, MA and PhD
degrees specializing in rational and ethical decision making. Having
worked in the law arena for more than ten years, he has also observed
the presence and absence of these key competencies and is committed
to building them in organizations that are committed to excellence.
Dr. Tierney has also lived Germany and practiced law internationally,
performing corporate transactions in Europe, Asia, Africa and the
Americas. His international perspective is of particular value in
working with companies that operate globally.
Sandra
Yancey, M.A., Senior Consultant. Ms. Yancey brings
a rare combination of skills to the clients of Olive Tree Associates.
Herself an entrepreneur (she is president of E-Women Network), she
also possesses an abundance of organizational skills which she honed
while working for Mead Merchants, Zellerbach, and Lexis-Nexis. Ms.
Yancey’s areas of expertise include leadership and management development,
organization change and development, and diversity management. She
is the author and creator of the audio CD package, Increase Your
Net Worth by Increasing Your Network. As president of E-Women
Network, she has been featured in keynote addresses throughout the
country. She brings tenacity, wit, and insight to all of her client
engagements.
Nathan
Malone, Director, Operations and Business Development. 