The value of any company is measured by the people within the company. No matter what the product or service offered, it can only be a reflection of the staff. Resource's senior staff is a gifted and dedicated group of people. The background of the staff varies from engineer to teacher, therapist, to accountant and social sciences. Combining these backgrounds with a total of over 150 years of experience makes Resource a valuable asset for our clients.

Our senior staff oversees the design and delivery of all our trainings. In addition to the profiled staff, Resource has a network of highly competent associates for various projects. This again ensures that we can meet the needs of our clients and their purpose.

Take the next few minutes and find out who we are.

David Gilcrease
Founder

"Commitment to improving one's self-worth is the key to unlocking the limitless resources within each of us."

David Gilcrease is the founder of Resource Realizations, Inc., a fifteen year-old training and consulting firm. An internationally respected trainer and consultant, he has served clients in Asia, Japan, Europe, and the United States. Recognized as an innovator, international companies have been quick to expand his training abroad. He has led and developed seminars in management, sales, leadership, and customer service. He has and continues to develop material combining the best management and training philosophy available today to assist organizations and people in achieving their full and true potential. His programs have been successfully adopted by the Worldwide Association of Specialty Programs. These programs assist teens and their families in changing behavior patterns which limit them and create barriers to establishing supportive, loving relationships based on trust.

Previous to starting his own company, David worked as a manager for Sola Ophthalmics, involved in the development and integration of an automated customer service system. His duties included management of all office, phones, and computer systems for a company grossing $60+ million per year. He was directly responsible for a budget of $1.5 million dollars. This "hands on" seasoning enables him to bring to the training a wealth of practical experience. His focus is on impacting real-world problems with "usable" skills, material and knowledge.

David also worked with Hewlett-Packard as a corporate trainer. While with HP, he developed and taught communications, sales, and management seminars to both HP personnel and HP clients. Much of the material used by David was based on material learned as a participant in various seminars with the noted Wilson Learning Programs.

As a graduate electrical engineer (BSEE, MSEE), David spent the first eight years of his career in the design of computer hardware and software. His background as worker, manager, and trainer in high-tech industries gives him valuable insight into a client's problems and concerns. His expertise allows him to bring resources to not only the technical sector, but all individuals in a more meaningful fashion, thus having a greater impact in creating real life success.

Barbara Fagan
President

"A strong, viable corporate culture is a direct extension of growth by each individual."

Barbara Fagan has worked as a master coach within the U.S. and international businesses community for the past seventeen years. She has coached professionals involved in early stage business development as well as those managing major change initiatives. In 1987 she co-founded The Coaching Company in San Francisco. Her purpose in coaching was to draw upon her twenty years of experience as a senior level manager, to assist others in achieving their goals. She has been awarded the Marketing Models of Excellence Award for “continuous achievement in generating top performance teams in marketing and customer service support groups”.

During her corporate career she was responsible for marketing and sales of products generating over $250 million annually and managing an advertising budget of over $5 million dollars. Barbara was involved in the strategic planning process associated with the telecommunication divestiture. She has also successfully lead engineering, operations and system development teams during periods of major technology change.

Because of her extensive business background she is an excellent facilitator and coach for organizations and individuals involved in the process of change and growth. She works closely with clients to assist in defining business imperatives; the desired culture and values, a communication process that assures clarity and alignment, and a well formed plan to support purpose and achievement of desired goals. In the 90’s with the rapid technological advancement occurring, she became know as an expert coach in managing the “Generation X“ work force.

As a member of such organizations as the American Society for Training and Development, International Coaching Federation, International Association of Coaches and a past board member of the California Association of Student Councils, he SOCAL Technology Advisory board and the United States Teen Mentoring Program, she is committed to coaching the next generation of leaders.

A part of the Premier team she provides both facilitation and coaching of individuals to assist them in living a life aligned with their purpose. She brings a new level of education and learning to individuals associated with the program. She is instrumental in certifying coaches that are a part of the Family Coaching Resource program.

Duane Smotherman
Senior Facilitator

Duane Smotherman is a widely recognized Trainer, Consultant and Speaker in the areas of organizational development, executive coaching, managerial effectiveness, conflict resolution and family development. Duane’s expertise has encompassed corporate, educational and family venues throughout the United States and abroad in several countries. Duane is a Senior Trainer and principal associate of Resource Realizations, Inc., a Texas-based training and consulting firm specializing in both corporate and family transformation. In a prior venture, he successfully managed his own private consulting practice in both Minneapolis, MN and Houston, TX. Duane taught management development curriculum at the University of Michigan Graduate School of Executive Education for four years as an adjunct to his consulting practice. He has facilitated training and executive coaching with such clients as Honeywell, American Express, 3M, Accenture, Sprint, Hyatt Hotels, Mars Corporation and TXU Utilities, just to name a few.

Formerly, Duane served as a senior-level consultant and management development specialist with Performax Systems, Inc., a Minneapolis-based subsidiary of the Carlson Learning Group. He was a senior-level Trainer/Facilitator for the Lifespring Personal Effectiveness Corporation prior to his appointment with Performax and the Carlson Companies. A challenging balance to his corporate experience is his continuing involvement in the effective enrichment of family systems. Duane has worked extensively with high-risk teenagers and their families for the past several years to bring about behavioral change, renewed participation and healing in the whole family system. He views organizations as another form of family from a much broader perspective and incorporates these parallels in his seminars. Duane has traveled extensively to various parts of the world designing and delivering experiential seminars as well as developing other trainers. Serving as project manager on several consulting projects working with a team of executives and training specialists has augmented his management expertise. He is a long-standing member of the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) and was selected by the United States Jaycees as One of the Most Outstanding Young Men of the Year. He has been asked to speak on multiple occasions before the International Chamber of Commerce World Congress where business leaders from over 50 different countries participate in leadership effectiveness symposiums. Duane brings to bear an extensive repertoire in working with every level of management and every type of family system. His educational training has been heavily grounded in the disciplines of both Social and Industrial Psychology. Over the past 25 years, he has continued to add to his diverse background by participating in such programs as University Associates and Personal Strengths Publishing Continuing Education programs. Duane’s coaching prowess has been critical in the successful resolution of complex negotiations, be they corporate or family in nature. He is certified in the administration of an assortment of behavioral assessment profiles and results-oriented technologies.

Duane is known for his effectiveness and practicality in meeting program outcomes for his clients. He is considered extremely capable in the areas of organizational purpose/vision, change management, leadership development and conflict resolution. His focus is on reinvention of organizational and family systems. He has been instrumental in designing corporate culture change programs that address diversity, high-performing teams and collaborative leadership.

Lou Dozier
Senior Facilitator

Lou Dozier came to Resource Realizations in 1996 because the company’s purpose was the venue that allowed her to fully manifest her own personal vision.

After receiving her master’s degree in Psychology in 1972, living in Germany, she was instrumental in setting up a contract with the German Republic to assist military American couples to adopt babies that would normally have gone into the German system, even though fathered by American military men. At the same time, she became involved in creating what is now known as "Employee Assistance Programs" for those military personnel and their dependents having difficulty with drug/ alcohol abuse and other domestic problems interfering with the job. Additionally she spent 2 years teaching for City Colleges of Chicago in their mid-level management program.

Upon returning to California in 1979, she became licensed as a Marriage and Family therapist; creating a successful private practice working with families, specializing in Chemical Dependency. She also spent 7 years with Starting Point, a free standing Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospital, establishing the Family component and becoming the Clinical Director of the entire 136 bed Hospital. It was during this time that she became firmly convinced that for lasting changes to be made, it was imperative to intervene in a whole system approach rather than working solely with the individual. She was also on staff at California State University at Sacramento teaching in their Family Services Division. To ensure the competency of alcohol/drug personnel in counseling she was part of the movement to require certification and became the first Vice President of the Sacramento Region of California Drug and Alcohol Abuse Certification (CDAAC).

As a result of her own requirements of continuing education and personal work, she did numerous seminars and ultimately became a trainer with a national training company in 1987, in order to impact the greatest number of people in the shortest period of time.

Working with Resource Realizations has been a personal dream come true. The opportunity to facilitate the principles of the seminars with young people and their families, knowing the possibility of healing and growth in a whole system is immeasurable, creating a ripple effect in future generations.

She continues to be licensed as a Marriage Family Child Therapist in California, as well as having Diplomat status with the American Psychotherapist Association.

Lou’s personal philosophy is that every individual has the privilege of creating and owning a passionate purpose for their life and living it joyfully and freely!

Joyce Christie
Senior Facilitator and Coach

Joyce Christie, CEC, is an international facilitator, consultant, writer, and communication technology expert with a profound commitment to personal and professional transformation. She has designed and delivered leadership development programs for a variety of worldwide organizations. She travels extensively and she has worked in a variety of cultures in many countries such as Japan , Canada , Russia , China (Hong Kong), Argentina , Jamaica , Costa Rica , Samoa , Malaysia , the United States of America , and Africa .

Ms. Christie's professional experience has been equally shared by clients in both the public and private sectors. Her expertise includes senior executive coaching, program staging, project management, and other performance related activities. Her work in the domain of visionary leadership, communication strategies, and team alignment has been the flag ship of her career. Joyce has a proven ability to work effectively with diverse and cross-cultural audiences -- from chief executives to line staff, and from ethnically mixed to adult and teen groups. For example, she was the senior facilitator and she was instrumental in the successful delivery of the Cineplex-Odeon project for the Mayor's Office of Chicago. The purpose of this project was to assist the young adults to prepare themselves for professionalism at work through their dress, communication skills, interacting with their peers, and the public in the movie theaters .

For the past six years Ms. Christie has been an advocate for the education and development of trouble teens and their parents in bringing about family unity and growth. At the heart of this work is the commitment to raising awareness and manifesting effective communication, self-esteem and social responsibility. Recently, she has taken on a service project in Begoro , Ghana , of working with villagers to take responsibility for their community and transform it to their self-defined standards of excellence and a more contemporary livability for their people.

Joyce has been a certified Neuro Linguistic Practitioner for the last 15 years. She is also a graduate of IDEAL Coaching Academy and is a Certified Effectiveness Coach. She is deeply committed and takes a stand for the transformation possibilities in people's lives and their work environments, and to advancing the reality of peace, love, and harmony in the world community.

Carol Clark
Senior Facilitator - Communication Skills Coach

Carol Clark brings over 30 years of experience in training, education, curriculum development and training of others. She is an outstanding facilitator/consultant as well as a gifted motivational speaker. Carol began her career in the field of education, teaching students in both junior and senior high school. She did this for many years, receiving many awards and recognition for outstanding achievement and performance, continually being chosen for Teacher Leadership. One summer, Carol was one of 25 teachers in the Boston area selected to participate in the Harvard Center for Research and Development on Educational Differences.

Over the years Carol has also worked with thousands of clients in organizations around the world, working with all levels within an organization, group sizes, and content areas (i.e., leadership/management, sales, customer service, change management, personal and organizational change, and professional presentation skills). Some of these organizations have been AT&T, British Airways, Chevron, DuPont, Eli Lilly, General Motors, Honeywell, IBM, Kraft Foods, Power Bar/Nestle and the United States Postal Service. She is comfortable working with executives as well as plant staff and has facilitated groups in size from 5 to 300. Neither the age nor the gender of an audience has made any difference to Carol as she does well with any mixture of participants.

During her years at Wilson Learning Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Carol served as a Senior Trainer and Consultant. She became one of few Master Trainers at Wilson, and because of her extensive experience, particularly her wide repertoire and knowledge in many different areas, was frequently asked to conduct developmental trials and “high risk” sessions with clients on new products and programs. Joining the Pecos River Division of Aon Consulting, Inc., as Vice President and Senior Facilitator, her leadership abilities included leading the very large group of facilitators and administrative staff. Given the many roles and responsibilities Carol has handled over the years, she has successfully coached many, many employees to grow, learn and develop into higher level of competencies, confidence, professionalism, and leadership.

Working as a Senior Trainer with Resource Realizations allows Carol to bring to this audience all of her extensive background and experience. Her ability to work with individuals and groups is excellent as she gains trust very quickly due to her passion and enthusiasm for assisting people to create their desired results. She strives incessantly to provide a learning environment where everyone can learn, grow and be successful in their path forward.

Carol’s educational background includes a B.S. in Education from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; and an M.A. in Sociology from Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.

Carol has extensive personal and professional world travel experiences, including camping in the Serengeti for three weeks; riding the Trans-Siberian Railroad through Siberia, Mongolia, and China; boating across northern Thailand; bungee jumping in New Zealand; hiking in the jungles of the Amazon; and visiting Antarctica where she landed on her seventh continent!

She resides in Depoe Bay, Oregon, in a home she built at the ocean.

Nadine K Cooper

A National Trainer, Life Coach, NLP Health Certified Master Practitioner, Advanced Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master. To her, NLP is so exciting because it makes what you do and the results you create even better. When Nadine presents, everyone learns and has a great time. She loves to combine all of her skills to assist people in “getting more of what they want and less of what they do not want”.

Currently Nadine is a Career, Life and Business Coach in Salt Lake City, Utah. She holds a B.S. Degree in Communications and has done advanced work in Interpersonal Communications. She has 15+ years experience in counseling, has spent 13 years in Health Care Administration, and owned several successful businesses. Some of her clients are from Huntsman Inc., Kennecott Copper, U.S. Air Force, Qwest, University of Iowa, State of Utah, Blend Tec, Albertson's, IHC Hospital, Youth Corrections, various school districts and more.

Nadine is also familiar with and trained in many Behavioral style models. She uses them to build programs for companies that assist them in hiring the right person for the right job.

Nadine has studied with many of the best trainers in the NLP community, including some of the original developers. She has trained NLP, "Group Dynamics,” "Presenting in the New Millennium," and “Transforming Communications” with much success.