Virginia Swain

Current

Senior Consultant at Excelsis Center for Personal, Professional and Organizational Renewal
Founder and Director, Institute for Global Leadership, www.global-leader.org at Institute for Global Leadership
Executive Director and Co-Founder at Center for Global Community and World Law, Inc.

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Education

Lesley University

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Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

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Virginia Swain’s Summary

-Deliver effective leadership training and coaching
-Designed and implemented Reconciliation Leadership and Global Mediation and Reconciliation Service at United Nations
Coach, team facilitator, American Express and Thomas Cook merger
-Coach, designer of consultation in strategic planning for an Alaska Hospital.
-Coach, designer, facilitator, long-term conflict resolution consultations with two severely conflicted churches, Massachusetts Episcopal Diocese.
-Team building facilitator, Consultants Development Group, Upsala, Sweden.
-Steering Committee Member of The Tent of Meeting project to unite the City of New Haven, CT
-Adjunct Faculty: Clark University: Leadership (2000), Cross-Cultural Conflict Management, Change Management (1999); Lesley College School of Management: Managing in a Global Economy, Negotiation and Mediation in Global and Organizational Settings (1998-2000); Middlesex Community College: Career Development, Change Management, Marketing Strategies for Small Business, Human Resource Management (1988-91); Quinsigamond Community College: Introduction to Management and Business Capstone; Baypath Community College: Executive Career Development
-Career Counselor and Consultant, co-designer and co-presenter, In the Company of Coaches seminar, Organization Transformation Network and Boston College -Leadership for Change Collaboration, Boston College.

Virginia Swain’s Specialties:

-Author, A Mantle of Roses: A Woman's Journey Home to Peace (Xlibris 2004)
-Career and Life Directions Consultant
-Mediator and dispute resolution consultant and coach to resolve protracted conflict for individuals and systems.
-Facilitator of change management, cross cultural and functional teams, diverse systems
-Facilitator of individual missions integrated with organizational vision.
-Certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator trainer for teams

Virginia Swain’s Experience

Senior Consultant

Excelsis Center for Personal, Professional and Organizational Renewal

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

November 2008 — Present (9 months)
Founder and Director, Institute for Global Leadership, www.global-leader.org

Institute for Global Leadership

(Management Consulting industry)

September 2001 — Present (7 years 11 months)

The Institute for Global Leadership provides confidential, compassionate and skilled guidance, consultation and training
to help leaders and teams through change, challenges and crises.
We recognize all human beings, institutions, nations and multilateral entities for their uniqueness, need and capacity for transformation.
Executive Director and Co-Founder

Center for Global Community and World Law, Inc.

(Higher Education industry)

June 1993 — Present (16 years 2 months)

The Center for Global Community and World Law brings together highly motivated citizens, groups and coalitions dedicated to collaborative efforts to create a peaceful, just and sustainable global society. It conducts research, and offers education, conferences, publications and arts events through educational institutions, community-based organizations and the United Nations. Co-founded Center with Dr. Joseph Baratta. www.centerglobalcommunitylaw.org