Sensei Masters

Diana J. Wong, PhD
CEO & President

Diana's expertise is in strategy and developing learning programs for improving organizational performance. She earned a PhD in organizational strategy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MBA in Finance and International Business from Dalhouse University, Halifax. With an extensive international background, Diana focuses on supporting leaders and management teams with strategic planning and meeting facilitation, organization development, leadership development, executive coaching, training and development, cross-cultural competency development and organizational learning systems. Her 20 years of consulting encompass industries related to health care, automotive, management consulting, manufacturing, non-profit organizations, and faith-based organizations. Diana is a certified coach in conducting 360 degree feedback with the HayGroup's emotional competency inventory for leadership development to impact performance. She was the President of the ASTD, Ann Arbor chapter from 2005-06 and became a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance by national ASTD in the pioneer cohort.

Wayne R. Millette, EdD
Sensei Partner

Wayne offers leadership development and management training to support learning in organizations. He has a EdD in Leadership and Higher Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His consulting competency centers on communication, diversity management, team building, conflict management, retreat facilitation, and organizational research methods with a global perspective.

Paul DePalma

Senior Sensei Master

Paul is an accomplished public speaker and presenter and is acknowledged for his insight and intuition in solving business challenges.

A graduate of Boston College with a degree in Economics, Paul received his masters degree in organization development from Bowling Green State university.

Community involvement has included serving on the Board of Governors of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, and he is a former Chairman of the Small Business Chamber’s Board of Directors. Paul was also a board member of the Historical Society of Central Florida, and has contributed his time to the Heart of Florida United Way, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America, and Junior Achievement.

As a member of the Sensei Change Associates' team, Paul brings the full support of his organization, Business Works for research and strategic developments. Visit them at www.businessworks-inc.com.

John Ward

Senior Sensei Master

John served as consultant, coach, and change facilitator to a broad spectrum of organizations. Industries served include: Associations; Municipalities; Communication; Entertainment; Energy; Manufacturing; Finance; Insurance; Banking; Professional Engineering; Architectural and Accounting Firms; Retail and Wholesale Distributors; Health and Service Organizations.

He entered the consulting industry with 25 years of hands-on leadership experience in the petroleum industry. Working with Fortune 500 companies as well as family owned enterprises, John has been responsible for successful start-ups, acquisitions and restructuring efforts. A skilled public speaker, he has provided keynote addresses to a wide variety of audiences. Actively involved in his community, he has served on the boards of several trade and service organizations including the local chapters of the American Cancer Society, Citizens Scholarship Foundations, School to work program, FARMEDIC, and others. He currently serves on the Orlando Small Business Chamber Board of Directors. John holds a degree in Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology.

As a member of the Sensei Change Associates' team, John brings the full support of his organization, Business Works for research and strategic developments. Visit them at www.businessworks-inc.com.

Barbara Koenig

Sensei Master Transition Consultant and Coach

Barbara Koenig specializes in executive coaching, design, development and facilitation to develop new strategies for organizational change and skills to improve human performance. Barbara is lead facilitator of Shifting Gears, a career transition program; Summer Camp for NEW Entrepreneurs; and a global business simulation to develop leadership skills. She earned an M.S. in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development at Eastern Michigan University and holds a B.S. in Chemistry. She is certified in the LEA 360 and DISC social styles for leadership development. Barb’s professionally contributes to Ann Arbor ASTD chapter (American Society for Training and Development) as the Membership Chairman from 1997 – 2000, and as mentor, developer and facilitator for Southeastern Michigan's ASTD Train-the-Trainer; the Interfaith Forum Designer for the ASTD International Conference in San Francisco; Girl Scouts Leader and as a leader in her church.

Mary Lauer

Senior Sensei Master

Mary has twenty years of business experience in leadership coaching, strategic planning and leadership alignment, lean culture coaching, career transition consulting, change management, cross-functional team development, training and development, facilitation and diversity. She has a solid track record of successful organization development interventions specifically in operations and complex product launches in Fortune 100 Companies. She earned a Master’s Degree in Counseling from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Mary has achieved a unique blend of Organization Development and Human Resources Management experiences in diverse fields including automotive, electronics, program management consulting, education, healthcare and retail. She also teaches Strategic Human Resources Management which is part of the Organizational and Leadership Administration graduate program at Concordia University. Her certifications include Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Birkman First Look Method. She was the VP-Communication & Marketing for ASTD, Ann Arbor Chapter from 2005-2007.

Devika (Dibya) Choudhuri, Ph.D.

Dibya is experienced in facilitating effective change in individuals and groups for over 14 years. Her expertise focuses on professional development of women in organizations as well as international cultural competencies and diversity management to enable organizational effectiveness in making global transitions. She is a licensed professional counselor, a certified coach for the Hays Group 360 degree Emotional Competency Inventory to promote leadership development, and a multicultural and diversity trainer. In addition, she holds credentials as a nationally certified counselor and clinical supervisor. She earned a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Syracuse University, in New York and a Master's degree in Counseling from the University of Vermont. She is also currently an Associate Professor of Counseling at Eastern Michigan University. Dibya approaches organization development and change by building the healthy growth of leaders to build healthy organizations.