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NANCY E. PARSONS	Nancy Parsons is the co-founder of CDR Assessment Group and is a true pioneer dedicated to shattering traditional methods for developing leaders. In 1998, she co-authored, along with CDR co-founder Kimberly R. Brinkmeyer, Ph.D., the break-through CDR 3-Dimensional Assessment Suite®. These coaching tools reveal a leader’s: character, risk factors, and driver & reward needs. Together they also developed the robust 360 Leader Scan™. Additionally, Nancy is a master coach who has provided developmental feedback and support to more than a thousand leaders and executives from worldwide organizations. She also provides certification training for practicing executive coaches to prepare them to effectively utilize the CDR 3-D Suite as a key coaching feedback tool. Parsons’ background spans over 25 years specializing in: leadership/executive development and coaching, personality and motivational assessments, training executive coaches, succession planning, organizational development, strategic HR planning, performance management systems (360s), quality, training and development, and human resources management. Prior to devoting the last decade of her career to leadership development consulting and assessment development, she served as the Director of HR for a petroleum pipeline organization having responsibilities for a 13-state operating area, which sported five bargaining units. Nancy has provided services for a wide range of global clients and industries, from Fortune 100s to small professional consulting/coaching firms. Industries served by Nancy through CDR include: automotive, banking, agriculture, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, technology, medical, insurance, transportation, research, medical supply, manufacturing, food service, education, retail, financial, publishing, consulting services, and communications. Nancy is a straight shooting, dynamic professional who thrives on challenging the status quo. Executives find her openness refreshing, her business knowledge and practical problem solving beneficial, and her warmth and sense of humor to be a great mix of attributes in a coach. Colleagues describe Nancy as:   Having great entrepreneurial spirit that is infectious.   Being an enthusiastic, visionary   An activated cysmotite, able to leap tall mountains Nancy is married to William C. Parsons, MD, and has four amazing children (Katie 23, Mathew 22, Angela 21 and Andrew 17). When she’s not shaking things up (productively, of course) with clients, she spends her free time watching her kids play competitive and collegiate soccer, entertaining her precious twin Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (Walter & Lucy), traveling, antiquing, painting, and going to Jazzercise to shake off the excess energy.
KIMBERLY R. BRINKMEYER, PH.D	Kimberly R. Brinkmeyer, Ph.D. is the Vice President of Operations & Research for CDR Assessment Group, Inc. With more than 15 years of professional experience, Kimberly applies the highest standards of personal performance and professional integrity. Kim is an exceptional authority on organizational leadership and effectiveness and has in-depth expertise that includes: development of personality and motivational assessment tools, executive and professional coaching, performance measurement, personnel selection, leadership development, management of work teams, facilitating teams, work motivation, management, employee relations, in-depth technical research and validity analysis linking assessments to performance measures, design and delivery of workshops and certification programs, mentoring and training staff, strategic management, salary administration, customer relations, and health and stress issues in organizations. Prior to co-founding CDR Assessment Group, Inc. with Nancy Parsons in 1998, Kimberly served six years as a Senior Client Services & Operations Consultant for Hogan Assessment Systems (HAS). She is considered an industry expert on using psychological measurement to develop, retain, and motivate leaders and professionals. While wearing a number of hats as V.P. at CDR, Kimberly leads technical research and development, operations, product development, and client services support for CDR Assessment Group. Kimberly has provided her consulting expertise across nearly all industry sectors: banking, petrol-chemical, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, hospitality, insurance, health care, transportation, sales/distribution, automotive, financial, communications, environmental, energy, federal government, academic, and more. Kimberly also served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Tulsa, spent 7 years as a General Manager in the hospitality industry, writes scholarly articles, and regularly presents research at Industrial/Organizational Psychology conferences. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in I/O Psychology from the University of Tulsa. Executive coaching colleagues have noted that Kimberly:   Is humbly intelligent. Able to set bonfire with kindling.   Has a tremendous ability to connect with people right where they are.   Demonstrates exceptional leadership. Kim is an NCAA sports fanatic—especially for her alma mater the University of Oklahoma—and regularly attends home and away games. She shares this interest with her daughter, Amanda, along with a love for music, movies, and family activities. She can often be found power walking along the Tulsa Riverparks.