Engage with one another, develop knowledge and skills, share expertise, and contribute to our community.
CBODN LEADERSHIP TEAM
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David is an experienced facilitator, consultant, and coach with over a decade of experience in team and leadership development. He currently works as an Organization Development Project Lead at CG Strategy, where he has the privilege of partnering with FEMA in support of strategy, organization development, and team development. David is skilled at bridging theory and practice within his work and blending experiential learning with data to achieve strong outcomes. Read More
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Melissa George Kessler Treasurer Melissa’s work focuses on strategy and organization effectiveness, drawing on her extensive background in communications, policy and agriculture. She works as a consultant and executive coach through her independent practice, Organizations + Communications, and with partner firms. As a builder of relationships, ideas and operations, she thrives in helping those she works with get things done efficiently in complex environments and with diverse and competitive stakeholders. Read More
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Laura Buckley
Board Member Laura is an experienced facilitator, consultant, and trainer with a wide variety of experience in private companies, federal agencies, and non-profit organizations.
She has extensive experience in leadership development, culture change, and organizational assessments. She has worked with individuals at all levels in organizations and appreciates the unique challenges faced at different levels. She excels at working with teams of all sizes as well as with individuals. Read More  |
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Patrick Gallen
Board Member Patrick is an outcome-focused, data-driven leader, strategist, and change agent with experience building large-scale programs and technical solutions in high-tech, and non-profit industries. He has 20+ years of experience transforming complex organizational challenges into scalable, measurable solutions, acting as a bridge between leaders, business goals, people, and technology.
|  Sandra is an experienced leader committed to leadership and team development, helping organizations create environments where employees succeed and thrive. Following a highly successful career as a US Naval Officer, often on the leading edge of change, Sandra was led to OD by a firm belief that everyone deserves to work for good leaders. Contacts at Georgetown University, Institute for Transformational Leadership brought Sandra to the CBODN, where she connected to George Mason University's ODKM Master's Program. 
|  Michele Levy, MSOD, MSW Board Member Michele (she/her) is a Baltimore-based organization development consultant driven by a passion for helping organizations boldly live out their values. She integrates a commitment to social and racial justice with a warm, direct, and action-oriented approach.
Michelle partners with agencies around DEIJ and race equity, strategic planning, change processes, leadership development, team building, and goals and values clarification. Read More |
 Judy Rodgers Board Member Judy is an executive and resilient leadership coach, organization consultant, and facilitator who brings a deep mindset of innovative thinking and practical approaches to leaders and organizations who want to succeed and thrive in the face of constant turbulence and change. Judy works with leaders and teams to increase awareness, breakthrough barriers, envision possibilities, navigate change, and accomplish significant and challenging goals.
|  Abigail Toner Board Member Abigail is an OD professional with over 23 years of experience in the areas of human capital and organization development (OD) consulting. She started her career in boutique and leading consulting firms in the DC area -- focused on private industry and the US Federal government in both civilian and military agencies. Abigail consults across industries, functions, countries and cultures and her biggest driver is helping individuals, teams and organizations clear a path towards greater performance and success. Read More |
Our Story |
40 years of community building….. The Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network (CBODN) emerged from a 1984 national Organization Development Network conference held in the Washington, DC metro area. CBODN founders were energized by their role in hosting the conference and committed to building a network that spans the communities around the Chesapeake Bay area, including Baltimore, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia. We are honored that 40 years later we can help to carry forward the tradition for the next generation of OD practitioners. CBODN has the advantage of a unique and valuable combination of resources in the DC metro area: premier graduate OD programs whose faculty and students keep their fingers on the pulse of our field; a vast system of federal government agencies and related subcontracting, lobbying and other supporting organizations; headquarters to many corporations, associations and nonprofits; a hub of world-renowned OD consultants; and a global, diverse, highly educated population that benefits from the visibility of being in our nation’s capital. This rich, dynamic milieu has fostered the study, teaching and practice of OD in a spectacular way. CBODN is proud to hold the sole distinction of having twice received the Outstanding Regional OD Network Award from the OD Network. Our history continues with you. Be a part of our next chapter: Join now!
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