The JPM Group, LLC.

The JPM Group, LLC is a Management Consulting and Human Resources group providing services to business, government and non-profit organization. Composed of a cadre of industry professionals, The JPM Group employs a comprehensive approach to managing the assets and human resources of each client organization to increase overall customer satisfaction through improved quality of product and service delivery. The Group is a female and minority-owned small business that is based in Washington, D.C., with over 40 senior consultants throughout the United States.

They specialize in providing consulting and training in the areas of organizational development, executive coaching, change management, conflict resolution/management, customer service, EEO investigations/counseling, civil rights enforcement, mediation, ADR, career planning, career transitioning, managing diversity/valuing differences, performance management, team building, workplace effectiveness, communications, aging in the workplace, fair housing disputes and workplace/sexual harassment.

The JPM Group offers individualized executive and managerial coaching services and several programs designed specifically to redirect and renew careers. Most organizations recognize the benefits of protecting and maximizing their human resource investments, and keeping employees has become increasingly important company objectives. They are well positioned to help employers address the career development challenges faced by their employees, both personally and professionally. In addition, they have managed career centers, facilitated diversity related recruitment initiatives for both the private and public sectors, and facilitated many workplace related disputes.

Their consulting staff and associates have garnered a wide range of academic accomplishments and experiences. Their diverse cultures and diverse backgrounds enable us to offer a variety of expert services, professionally tailored to the individual client needs. The JPM Group bridges the gap between proven management concepts and theories and practical applications, within the legal and regulatory requirements of employment law, regulations, policies and procedures with top security clearances.

The McConnell Group

Established as a health sciences company, focused on research and research support services, The McConnell Group expanded into other related areas based on client requests and driven by the professional interests and experiences of a steadily growing staff. The McConnell Group provide innovative approaches and solutions; embraces diversity in people as well as thought; creates opportunities to educate and develop the community; and advocates the development of mutually beneficial relationships between clients, alliance partners, and ourselves to provide services, experience, skills and people to address business and professional needs.

Allen A. Herman, MD, PhD

Dr. Herman is a native South African and an experienced consultant in health care, public health and Epidemiology. Most recently he spent eight years as the foundation Dean of the National School of Public Health of the Republic of South Africa. Allen was the architect and designer of the first e-learning Masters degree program in Public Health in Africa. He designed and developed the computing, physical and virtual infrastructure of the e-learning program at the National School of Public Health, coordinated the development of the two-year Masters degree program, and created both the Epidemiology and Biostatistics curricula. This program served students in twenty-six countries across Africa. Additionally, Allen helped develop the first e-learning program in HIV/AIDS Management in the World of Work. Now in its fifth year this one-year certificate program identified managers at all levels in the workplace and still graduates more than 200 students each year.

Allen has extensive experience in developing large-scale research projects in the fields of health services research, mother and child health, AIDS, cancer and mental health. He developed and led research projects in a number of states and the District of Columbia, in Scandinavia and Africa. He has written extensively on the role of race, social identity and economic status on the health of populations.

Ottamissiah Moore, BS, LPN, CLNI, WCC, GC, CSD-LTC

Ottamissiah Moore is a bachelors prepared, licensed practical nurse with specialty certications in wound care, IV infusion and hospicea and pallative care. Active in nursing education and policy, "Missy" is a clinical care nurse educator and staffing specialist. She serves in elected or appointed positions in a number of national associations to include president of the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NLPN), the largest organization of LPNs; as an LPN Committee member of the Commission of Graduate Foreign Nurses International, fomerly known as CGFNS; as a board member of the National Alliance of Wound Care; and the D.C. Board of Nursing. She is also a member of the Infusion Nursing Society, member; the Association of Hospice and Palliative Nurses and the National Black Nurses Association. Knowledgeable of clinical practice, she regularly conducts lectures and seminars on clinical practice nationally and she is recognized as an expert on LPN practice.

Barbara J. Hatcher, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Dr Hatcher is a noted executive leader, nursing expert, regulator and researcher. Dr. Hatcher is best known as an advocate and analyst in the areas of maternal and child health, global public health, global justice, organizational effectiveness, aging and the nurse workforce and nursing practice. Prior to her current position as President and CEO of the Hatcher, DuBois, Odrick Group, LLC in Washington, DC, she served in several key positions, including but not limited to, Chief Science Officer & Center Director for Learning and Global Public Health at the American Public Health Association, Secretary General for the World Federation of Public Health Associations, Office Chief, Maternal and Child Health & State Maternal & Child Health Director for the District of Columbia and Chair, the District of Columbia Board of Nursing.

Dr. Hatcher started the Hatcher, DuBois, Odrick Group, LLC in 2010, a global consulting firm that provides analysis and research, program design and implementation, strategic leadership, and organizational effectiveness for nonprofit groups and corporate clients. Most recently she has been involved in global efforts to advance social justice and the rule of law and mobilize local efforts to reduce childhood obesity through public policies that promote active living, healthy eating and access to healthy foods as well as designing and testing innovative models that encourage physical activity.