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 the transformation of organizations into places where people reach their fullest leadership potential and enable results in ways that are fair, inclusive and respectful. READ FULL BIO

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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

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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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