Jen Hetzel Silbert

Current

• Partner at Social Venture Partners Rhode Island
• Partner and Co-Founder at Innovation Partners International

Past

• Charter Co-owner at Appreciative Inquiry Consulting
• Manager at International Business Machines (IBM)
• Senior Consultant at Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

• Consultant at Bearing Point (KPMG Consulting)
• Associate at J.E. Austin Associates, Inc.
• International Research Associate at ASTRA Compania Argentina de Petroleo

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Education

• The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Company

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Summary

Jen Hetzel Silbert, MSOD, supports private and public sector organizations, both domestically and abroad, delivering organization change consulting, facilitation and training design and delivery services.

Jen brings extensive experience in applying Appreciative Inquiry (positive change) to strategy development, IT process innovation and implementation, team and leadership development, organization design, and performance improvement, which she gained through her years as a consultant/manager in several corporate management consulting organizations, and later as an independent consultant and co-founding partner of an international consulting firm, Innovation Partners International. Jen’s success is grounded in her ability to help clients reframe current challenges and build upon compelling goals in a manner that is participative and informed by human and technological strengths, best practices, values, and images of the future.

Jen’s professional career began in the U.S. federal government and international development arena and later expanded into IT/business, finance, health care, education, nonprofit and families. Some of Jen’s clients include the YMCA, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the American Red Cross, the U.S. National Intelligence Community, Rhode Island Dept of Education, U.S. Department of Justice, Sprint-Nextel, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Lutheran World Relief, Neighborhood Centers Inc., EcoLogic Development Fund, DC Sustainable Business Network, Blackbaud, and the Department of Health and Human Services. She holds dual BS degrees in economics and international studies from American University, a MS in organization development from Johns Hopkins, a TS/SCI US government clearance, and is highly proficient in Spanish.

You can find Jen, a former marathon coach, running with her dog along the shores of South County, RI, where she lives with her husband, Tony, and two daughters, Brianna and Jocelyn.

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Specialties:

large group facilitation, consulting, and training services specific to the following: strategic planning; process improvement and implementation; teaming and collaboration; leadership development; organization design; performance improvement; strategic human resource (HR) managment; marketing and communications

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Experience

• Partner

  Social Venture Partners Rhode Island

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

• Partner and Co-Founder

  Innovation Partners International

  (Management Consulting industry)

  August 2004 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  Co-founding principal of a business consulting firm whose international consultants, trainers, and coaches include organization development professionals from Rhode Island, Washington DC, Maine, North Carolina, and Ottawa Canada.

• Charter Co-owner

  Appreciative Inquiry Consulting

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  May 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 9 months)

  Charter co-owner of an international Appreciative Inquiry (AI) consortium promoting positive social impact in the US and around the world. Primary industry included government at this time, however projects also included consulting, group facilitation and training support to IT/Communications, Education, and Non-Profit organizations.

• Manager

  International Business Machines (IBM)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Management Consulting industry)

  May 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 1 month)

  Organization development, change leadership, group facilitation for various organizations in the Washington DC metro area

• Senior Consultant

  Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Management Consulting industry)

  September 1999 — May 2001 (1 year 9 months)

  Change leadership, group faciliation, strategic marketing and communications, and emergency management consulting services to various organizations/companies/government agencies.

• Consultant

  Bearing Point (KPMG Consulting)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  May 1995 — September 1999 (4 years 5 months)

  Change leadership consulting, financial management, and group facilitation services to various organizations and federal agencies.

• Associate

  J.E. Austin Associates, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  January 1994 — May 1995 (1 year 5 months)

  Analyzed global competitiveness and export strategies of developing countries. Supported strategic planning initiatives for business development and marketing efforts in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and independent states of the former Soviet Union.

• International Research Associate

  ASTRA Compania Argentina de Petroleo

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Import and Export industry)

  September 1993 — December 1993 (4 months)

  Conducted research on the international trade policies of NAFTA and MERCOSUR trade pacts, specializing in technology and commodity trade policies between the US, Canada, Mexico, and the Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Chile).

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Education

• The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

  Master of Science, Organization Development, 2000 — 2003

Additional Information

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Websites:

• My Company

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Interests:

organizational change and transformation, strategic planning, management training, leadership development, teaming and collaboration, running and marathon training

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Groups:

Volunteer Center of Rhode Island (VCRI): Board of Directors, Marketing Committee, and Professional Development Committee
A Place to Grow: Parent Advisory Committee and Volunteer
Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce: Member
South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce: Member
AIC, LLC: Charter Co-owner
Organizational Development Network (ODN): Member
Organization Development Systems Consortium: Member
AIDS Marathon Training Program: Marathon Coach
Youth For Understanding (YFU) Japan-U.S. Senate Exchange Program: Alumni

Jen Hetzel Silbert’s Honors:

Published several articles in the "AI Practitioner," an international journal on Appreciative Inquiry (AI) best practice