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Greater Orlando Organization Development Network
Our 2024 Leadership Team
Meet the team that makes it "all GOOD!" If you are interested in volunteering your time with this high-performing that follows solid OD practices and leads our organization from GOOD to great, please send us an email. BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
Peggy Jackson, President
Suzan Hochstetler, Secretary
Kathryn Farynowski, Director of Hospitality
| Amy Jennings, Community Programs & Events Director
Communication Director OPEN | Vicki Bautista, Membership VP
Renee DeRouin-Jessen, Emeritus Director
COMMITTEES:
| Deb Mitchell, Treasurer
Years of leading, coaching and mentoring for top performance, through issues and crisis, across career challenges and opportunities at Fortune 500 companies (Cardinal Health, L Brands and Wendy’s) and consulting with individuals across a wide variety of industries (manufacturing, professional and financial services among others) led Deb to coaching. She coaches from the Director to the C-Suite level, developing leadership approach and style, and improving team effectiveness and employee engagement. Deb also works with individuals at every “age and stage” of their careers to gain clarity around the best fit path forward. Mark Griffiths, Emeritus Director (Also leads Technology CoP)
Krystena Sterling, Emeritus Director
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Peggy is the founder of Thrive Development Partners, LLC where she works with organizations to cultivate authentic, sustainable leaders and teams through group facilitation and individual coaching. 
Kathryn has served in multiple executive roles during her career, primarily in Supply Chain, Quality, and Data Science. She became active in GOOD to enhance her skills in planning and change management. Her work experience includes positions with Whirlpool, Fortune Brands, Haworth, and Orange County, and she now focuses on volunteer work including leadership roles with Rotary. She is a registered Professional Engineer and received ASQ certification in Quality and Organizational Excellence.
Amy is an experienced Learning & Development professional with 15 years of comprehensive experience in developing and managing learning, talent development programs, change management, communications, HR programs and strategies. She is Parish administrator at St. Peter's Episcopal Church and School. She enjoys volunteering in SCPS District programs and local school activities.
Vicki is a Career Coach devoted to helping people identify their distinct genius and apply a strategic and intentional approach to seeking possibilities to attain career purpose and fulfillment. She served in various HR leadership roles at YUM Brands where she combined her passion and know how for talent capability, organizational development, strategic contribution and service to institute and champion business solutions that propel individuals and teams to achieve breakthrough performance.
KrystenaCommunities of Practice LEADERS |
Don Knagge, Coaching Group Chair
Susanne Walker, Mentoring Co-Chair
Susanne has an enduring interest in helping leaders build strong, effective teams by increasing their capacity to achieve goals and thrive in their roles. She uses a step-by-step, insight-to-action approach to clarify values, tap into strengths, and build confidence as they work to realize their potential. Susanne is a certified coach, facilitator, and trainer with extensive experience in leadership coaching, leadership and team development, and group facilitation. She also has focused on strategic planning, learning program design and delivery, and program evaluation throughout her career. She has applied her broad experience to roles in the public, private, non-profit, and academic sectors. | Kamaria Scott, External Consulting Chair
Jennifer Gonzalez, Mentoring Co-Chair
| Kristine Ryan, Leadership Development & Learning and Development Chair
Marissa Caravelis, Project Management Chair
| Richard Ray, Internal Consulting Co-Chair
Deborah Novak, Internal Consulting Co-Chair
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Jennifer is a Success Coach Team Lead with UCF Online, providing virtual coaching services to fully online undergraduate and graduate students from inquiry to graduation. She also leads a team of Success Coaches with their development. Her 10 plus years of experience in the hospitality, mental health counseling, research, and higher education fields provide a unique perspective on supporting others holistically throughout their personal and professional growth.
Kristine is originally from Chicago and has experience in counseling, coaching, instructional design, and leadership development. Most of her career has been in mental health and healthcare, and her passion is in helping people who help people. A GOOD member since 2020 (with a break during part of 2022), she loves how the members support each other and share their knowledge. She approaches learning, leadership, and what makes people tick with curiosity. She is influential, positive, and determined to understand people in order to drive increased emotional intelligence and application of learning.
Marissa is founder of People and Culture Transformation Solutions. 
Deborah Novak, MBA has helped leaders build high-performing sustainable teams for 15 years. She brings depth and breadth of change management strategies, executive coaching and leadership development design and delivery to being the Internal Consulting Co-Chair. She is certified in PROSCI change management, LMAP 360 Senior Executive Assessments and is a certified Marcus Buckingham Standout 2.0 Coach. When in health care, she presented nationally on Team Engagement as a Driver for Patient Experience, Employee Engagement, Retention and Promotion. She thinks strategically and builds strong collaborative client partnerships while delivering tactically.