In 1985, Dr. Mary Stewart-Pellegrini created the Stewart Management Group with one idea -- if you treat employees as your greatest equity (value) and approach management issues with equity (fairness) then you will increase your equity (net worth). Keeping this vision in mind, Dr. Stewart-Pellegrini has created a highly-regarded consulting firm, committed to helping clients create environments in which employees at every level contribute to the organization's success.

Our team includes senior associates and associates, all of whom are experts in leadership and organizational development. Our associates have gained their practical knowledge as professionals in the corporate world. Building on the skills of our consultants and the vision of our founder, SMG collaborates with its clients to solve a variety of organizational issues. To learn more about Mary and our senior associates, follow the links below.

Dr. Mary Stewart-Pellegrini
Dr. Mary Stewart-Pellegrini is Managing Director of the Stewart Management Group. She has more than 17 years of organizational consulting experience in such areas as executive development and coaching, designing performance management systems, career development and management training. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Elmhurst College Center for Business and Economics.

The basis of Dr. Stewart-Pellegrini's work is the belief that all employees work best in environments that honor and respect them as human beings and contributors to the health of the organization. She uses Equity Checking, an assumptions evaluation skill, to assist clients in clarifying organizational goals.

Dr. Stewart-Pellegrini has filled faculty and administrative positions at Harvard University, Boston University and Bates College and served as a consultant to the American Council on Education, Office of Women in Higher Education. She received her Ph.D. with honors from Boston College in Massachusetts and a M.S. in Adult Education from Indiana University.

Other Consultants:
Deborah Brown
Kenneth G. Rocky
Gary Topchik
Mark M. Ward
Quientard M. DeGeneste
Elizabeth Hinds
R. Gail Walker-Noel

Deborah Brown
With over 16 years of experience in Human Resources, Deborah E. Brown holds significant expertise in human resources management, managing diversity performance measurement, management development and training. She has been a principal consultant to the Stewart Management Group for the past five years and was a Senior Consultant at Lee Hecht Harrison, one of the nation's premiere firms specializing in career transitions. A frequent speaker on the topic of female and minority advancement, Ms. Brown is also an adjunct professor at Cedar Crest College, a liberal arts women's college in Pennsylvania.

Ms. Brown received a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University and an M.A. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois.

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Kenneth G. Rocky
Kenneth G. Rocky has been with the Stewart Management Group since 1998, specializing in the areas of management and leadership development, change management, and executive coaching. His experiences have included projects with major telecommunications firms, research organizations, international testing corporations and international development foundations. Prior to joining the SMG, Mr. Rocky was responsible for employee development, needs analysis, curricula design, customization of content, and customer satisfaction at AT&T's School of Business, Management, and Leadership Training and has also worked for Bell Laboratories, Unisys, IBM, and The Federal Reserve Bank of NY.

He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Monmouth University.

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Gary Topchik
Gary Topchik has over 15 years of corporate experience in human resources, specializing in management and organizational development and change, team building and managing diversity training. A frequent partner of the SMG, he and Mary Stewart are co-authors of Equity Checking: Managing Personal Assumptions to Achieve Organizational Success. Mr. Topchik's consulting services also include process consultation, team building, executive and managerial one-on-one coaching, conflict resolution and survey development and analysis. Gary has worked with a wide-variety of clients including Oracle, American Express, Sony Pictures, Western Digital, Saudi Aramco, Batelco, and many state and and governmental entities.

Mr. Topchik holds an MBA in Organizational Behavior and Professional Certification in Training and Development from Cornell University and a B.A. in Psychology from Hunter College. He has held teaching positions at the City University of New York and The New School in New York City and is a featured presenter with the American Management Association.

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Mark M. Ward
Mark Ward is a Senior Consultant to the SMG and the Managing Director of nu*design LLC, a consulting firm specializing in life strategies, personal coaching, and employee productivity/performance issues. He has over 10 years of consulting, marketing, communications, and training experience specializing in organizational development, personal coaching/branding, communications/marketing strategy, change management, group facilitation, team building, and transformational leadership. Mr. Ward is currently working with the SMG on program/product development and business/marketing/brand strategy.

In his career as a consultant, Mr. Ward has worked with a number of companies including Amoco, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Caterpillar, Dean Witter, Dow Chemical, Educational Testing Services, Equitable, Federal Reserve Board, Fleet, MCI, PaineWebber, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Procter & Gamble, Shell, Smith Barney and Wall Street Access. He received his B.A. in Acting from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

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Queintard M. DeGeneste
Queintard DeGeneste is a consultant in the areas of management development, sales, communication and diversity training. For over 15 years, he has worked with SMG as a consultant and trainer, specializing in valuing and managing diversity to maximize organizational potential. One of his areas of special expertise is coaching and counseling African American executives toward reaching more of their potential in the corporate environment. Mr. DeGeneste owns his own consulting company, DCG, Inc., specializing in management development. He has trained thousands of individuals in the skills they need to manage their jobs successfully and advance their careers.

He has lectured for organizations like The Connecticut Diversity Council, National Insurance Industry Conference, African American Financial Consultants Conference, Northeast ASTD Conference, Workforce Solutions Conference and has been published in magazines and periodicals such as Corporate Headquarters, National Paper Trades Digest, and Workforce Diversity for IT Professionals. A graduate of the University of Pacific, he also holds a Law Degree from LaSalle University.

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Elizabeth Hinds
Elizabeth Hinds has over 30 years of extensive experience in Human Resources. She has held several senior executive positions in various industries and has significant experience in overall People Strategy development including: executive coaching, change management, leadership development, and diversity strategy. She believes diversity is not effective as a stand-alone initiative.

Ms. Hinds has coached executives in survival techniques, mobility strategies, career planning and conflict resolution, with such companies as Johnson & Johnson, Chubb Ins. Co., Genactis Inc., and Exide Technologies. Elizabeth has Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, a Masters degree in Industrial Relations, and a PDE/MBA.

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R. Gail Walker-Noel
Gail is a Senior Associate with the Stewart Management Group. She has 15 years experience with demonstrated success in technical training and curriculum development primarily in the field of telecommunications. She has worked for AT&T Bell Labs, Cambridge Technology Partners, and Applied Innovation Inc. At Bell Labs, she worked as a software developer, quality engineer, and technical trainer with responsibility for curriculum development, customer consultations, and classroom delivery. As a Senior Training Consultant, she has also been responsible for rollout and assimilation training, needs assessment, and project management for a variety of projects for such clients as Proctor & Gamble, Yellow Systems, and the Chicago Stock Exchange. She has facilitated 360° Leadership Feedback process sessions and created organizational improvement action plans.

She holds a Masters in Marketing and Communications from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio and received her undergraduate degree with honors from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, in the area of Business Organizational Communication.

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