About Our Partners

 

At BridgeLite, our focus is to meet your needs. Whether collectively or singularly, we strive to provide the best possible solution based on your specific situation and budget. All partners are approachable, practical, grounded; results oriented – servant leaders in their own right, and are a joy to work with.

 

Coaches

Holley GerthHolley Gerth

Holley Gerth is a life coach, licensed counselor, author and encourager of the heart. She co-founded the popular site (in)courage, writes for DaySpring, and blogs at Heart to Heart with Holley. As a Certified Christian Coach, Holley focuses on helping clients find their true identity, purpose, and step into God-sized Dreams. Holley provides coaching sessions via phone, webinars and in person for the Northwest Arkansas area.

 

Antoinette Dawson of CoachThis! CoachThis!

CoachThis! offers on-boarding for leaders in transition, 360 assessment & feedback, cross-cultural & cross-functional group facilitation, and serves as ‘Trusted-Advisor’ to executive leaders. Antoinette Dawson launched CoachThis! Development Group in 2000 to better integrate her corporate background; independent consulting projects, and evidence-based coaching research. Antoinette facilitates both onsite and offsite strategic interventions for corporations, public agencies and faith-based organizations.

Antoinette Dawson has an extensive background in Organizational Development, Corporate Leadership, Business Management, and Advanced Sales Training. Antoinette is an avid sports fan and ‘student of the game’ (NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA) and utilizes sports vernacular and situational illustrations to translate the strategic ‘unwritten rules’ of the corporate game.

 

Teambuilding

Pat Vickroy of People LiftersPeople Lifters

Pat Vickroy, founder of People Lifters, encourages and motivates people to live with caring and passion. Positive, trusting relationships are created and strengthened through his movement-oriented seminars and workshops. People of all ages can experience FUNtastic sessions that will open the minds as well as the hearts of the participants!

Pat has presented his methodology and techniques for businesses, churches, school districts, state, national, and international conferences. A former advisor for the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, California Middle School Physical Education, he enthusiastically has been teaching for over 30 years and currently teaches for the Gilroy Unified School District, located in Gilroy, (Garlic Capital of the World) California. Pat believes that the sharing of ideas and experiences through movement enriches the quality of people’s lives and of those in the community they live and work.

Sakabozzo - Gene Sakahara and Sam BozzoSakabozzo Gene Sakahara & Sam Bozzo

Gene Sakahara and Sam Bozzo, known as “SakaBozzo,” provide lively and entertaining team building experiences through the camaraderie of cooking. They have been featured as celebrity chefs at many local and international food festivals, been guest speakers and chefs on multiple west coast radio and television shows, and prepared garlic dishes on “CBS This Morning” with Harry Smith and Paula Zahn.

Currently, SakaBozzo perform cooking demonstrations for the national cooking magazine Taste of Home in their “Slice of California” tour, delighting visitors from across the United States with a taste of Gilroy Garlic Festival foods and the Taste of Home cookbook.

Gene and Sam catapulted into second careers from successful first ones in public education. Gene served as Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources Director of Curriculum and Instruction; and Principal at three schools. Sam served as Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources worked as Director of School Facilities for the District.

 

Online Assessments and Testing

Brian Jones of Discover Your PersonalityDiscover Your Personality.com

Discover Your Personality.com provides online access to career and personality assessments. It’s simple: pick the right test for you, view the sample reports, take your test online, and receive a free phone consultation. Reports are delivered via e-mail. Pick from a variety of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (including Step II), the 2004 Revised Strong Interest Inventory®, FIRO-B™, CPI 260™ and 16PF® tests. Take Career, Entrepreneur, Interpersonal Relations, and Leadership tests.

Brian Jones is the founder of Discover Your Personality.com. Brian has extensive experience as a trainer, supervisor, and manager. He learned that the assessment tools along with a good dose of concentrated listening can bring great results. Brian is a certified Myers-Briggs® Master Practitioner and qualified Strong® Administrator. He is a Mensa member and for fun, actually memorized the first 1,150 digits of Pi in 2001. There is in fact a club for those who have memorized at least 1,000 digits of Pi.

 

Blended Learning & Curriculum Design

Susan Ogilvie-Bailey of Bailey & AssociatesBailey & Associates

Bailey & Associates is a boutique firm headquartered in the bay area with a satellite office in Colorado Springs. Strategically focused and highly responsive to the complexity of the global workplace, Bailey and Associates delivers custom learning solutions that keep pace with rapidly emerging technology and business process requirements.

Bailey is comprised of an elite and progressive group of consultants and partners providing blended learning (instructional design, project management, voice-over, graphic and web design, and programming), along with a strong information development and editing focus.

Susan Ogilvie-Bailey, the firm’s founder, brings over 20 years of business development, marketing, sales, and operational experience with diverse clientele in Silicon Valley, throughout the US and Europe. A strong set of ethics, knowledge, experience, and innovative ideas contribute to the overall success of Bailey & Associates.