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Bernie Johnson
Senior Consultant - Action Wheel Leadership
Founder / Principal Consultant - Focal Point Associates
Senior Executive Consultant – RSI Institutional Services
Education
Bethel University – Bachelor of Arts Summa Cum Laude (Philosophy & Psychology)
Bethel Theological Seminary – Master of Divinity
Princeton Theological Seminary – Doctor of Ministry (Leadership & Organizational Development)
Biographical Information
Dr. Johnson is the Founder and Principal Consultant with Focal Point Associates consulting to corporate and non profit agencies on leadership and organizational effectiveness. He is Senior Consultant with Action Wheel Leadership, and also a Senior Executive Consultant with RSI Institutional Services Group consulting to regional and national non profit organizations on leadership and financial development. In that role he has assisted non-profits nationwide in building staff and volunteer organizations that have successfully raised excess of 100 million dollars.
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Rick Cunningham
Senior Consultant - Action Wheel Leadership
Founder / Principal Consultant - Richard Cunningham Development
Education
University of St. Thomas - Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
University of Minnesota - Master of Arts in Business Education with a specialty in Training and Development.
Biographical Information
Rick Cunningham brings 30 years of experience and perspective in training, leadership and organizational consulting. His work focuses primarily on helping individuals and groups build trust; the trust needed to foster relationships, manage change, and increase growth and productivity. He helps others enhance awareness and skills especially in their leadership, interpersonal communication and service.
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Donna Rae Scheffert
Senior Consultant - Action Wheel Leadership
Emeritus Extension Professor - University of Minnesota
Adjunct Instructor - Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Associate - Sentient Consultants
Education
Minnesota State University, Mankato – B.S. (Home Economics Education- emphasis Family Systems)
Minnesota State University, Mankato – M.S. (Continuing Studies – emphasis in Leadership Development)
University of Minnesota – PhD. coursework complete (Adult Education and Human Development)
Biographical Information
Donna Rae has worked with public and nonprofit organizations in transforming their managers for high performance leadership and with students desiring to become more confident and competent leaders. She has assisted foundations in developing and evaluating leadership development initiatives and
communities mobilizing for more and better leadership.

Donna Rae Scheffert also authors “Making Change…getting involved in helping others” in the Washington Times Communities.
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Chuck Andersen
Senior Consultant - Action Wheel Leadership
Education
Macalester College – Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Biographical Information
Chuck Andersen has spent more than 30 years in consulting with an emphasis on organizational assessment and development, management and supervisory training, performance coaching, and team building. He has extensive experience in evaluating organizational effectiveness, and designing and implementing custom solutions with measurable results.
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Jean Davidson
Senior Consultant - Action Wheel Leadership
Founder/Principal Consultant - Davidson Consulting
Adjunct faculty member - University of St Thomas
Adjunct faculty member - Hamline University
Education
University of St. Thomas - Ed. D. in Organization Development
Biographical Information
Jean Davidson brings more than 25 years experience in business, education and consulting to her work. Her background includes consultation, management and training in the financial services, retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare and technology industries. She has also worked in academic and government environments on small and large group interventions.
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Roland Sullivan
Senior Consultant - Action Wheel Leadership
Founder – Sullivan Transformation Agents
Adjunct Faculty – Eight Universities around world
Founder – Minnesota (1974) and Asian (2004) OD Networks
Education
St. Mary’s University, Winona – B.A. Philosophy
Loyola University, Chicago – M.S. Organization Development
Pepperdine University, Los Angeles – MSOD
Independence University – Independence – PhD coursework complete (Organization Change)
Biographical Information
Roland is one of the original 100 change agents. Starting in 1962, he has consulted in Change with over 1,000 organizations in 30 countries. He is a recognized thought leader in large group change conferences up to 1,500 participants.
He is known for:
- Transforming Executive Teams
- Transforming the “critical mass” that “Core Leadership” teams lead
- Transforming the professional lives of internal change agents
- Transferring competence to the organization so a systematic and systemic change process is sustainable
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Martin Schoen
Senior Consultant - Action Wheel Leadership
Licensed Psychologist
Home and Community-Based Consulting and Counseling
Associated Clinic of Psychology and in Private Practice
Education
University of St. Thomas—Doctorate in Counseling Psychology
Biographical Information
Dr. Schoen has been working in the mental health and substance abuse fields for the past 25 years. In addition to clinical and community-based counseling, psychotherapy, and consulting, he was trained in organizational development, leadership and management assessment and coaching, and work team development at Personnel Decisions International (PDI) in Minneapolis from 1998-2000. He has acted as a consultant for non-profits in the Twin Cities area and coached top leaders and teams as well as led organization-wide interventions.
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