Frank dumar
Frank DuMar has worked professionally with over 500 companies, personally consulting with hundreds of CEOs, managers, and employees across a variety of industries, to align their human capital strategy with their business strategy. Frank has more than 15 years of leadership development experience as the CEO of Cleaver Company. Frank became a certified Cleaver Consultant in 1987 and joined Cleaver Company in 1994. He became CEO of the company in 1996 and since then has worked to broaden the development program offerings and range of the original Cleaver tools to create highly effective methodologies.
Michael “Mike” borst
Mike Borst is a Resource Executive at Cleaver Company. Mike's passion for helping individuals succeed on both the professional and personal levels has fueled his career as an executive coach and team developer. Over the last 15 years, Mike has helped companies and non-profits in a variety of functions - from sales to client management to team development - while advancing his own work in leadership and organizational development. Mike has an Organizational Behavior degree from Miami University’s Farmer School of Business, a Master’s degree from Winebrenner Seminary. He currently lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and four boys.
Valerie monti holland
Valerie Monti Holland is a business coach and trained sociodramatist who has a background in strategic policy, management, and the British criminal justice system. After running her own business development coaching practice, Valerie spent four years as a transnational manager working with European partners to influence legislation regarding marginalized individuals. She is fluent in French and lives in the United Kingdom. Valerie joined the Cleaver Company Resource Executive staff in September of 2011. In addition to field work, Valerie also works with Cleaver Development Services on program design. She currently sits on the Sociometry and Leadership task force.
Paul horgen
Paul Horgen has over 33 years of CEO experience in the financial services industry. After only three months in a line worker position at his first financial services job, Paul was offered a leadership job. Now, 35 years later and four companies, Paul continues to work in management consulting and business development. Paul has used Cleaver Company tools and systems for over 20 years. He joined the Resource Executive team in September of 2011. In addition to sitting on the business development and coaching advisories, Paul is a Cleaver Practice President and currently opening a mid-west office.
Rick shaum
Rick Shaum leads the strategic development team at Cleaver Company. His business experience, spanning several decades, has allowed him to build a reputation as a “results-oriented leader and manager” who accomplishes his objectives by recruiting and developing top talent. Rick’s diverse business background has resulted in a broad understanding of core corporate functional silos including sales, operations, marketing, advertising, human resources and finance/accounting. Rick earned a Bachelor’s degree in Religion & Psychology from Vanguard University in southern California and his Master’s degree in Speech Communication from the University of New Mexico.
Elizabeth gilligan
Elizabeth Gilligan is an executive coach, consultant, and facilitator in the areas of leadership and management. She has worked extensively coaching clients one-on-one, and as well as specializing in how to create and foster high-performing teams. Ms. Gilligan began her career at Fidelity Investments, learning Fidelity’s core financial services business. Elizabeth ended her career at Fidelity as the Vice President of Global Training, responsible for customizing and delivering training programs across Fidelity’s thirteen international call centers.
Austin smith
Austin Smith is a Business Development Specialist at Cleaver Company. Over the last decade, Austin has helped organizations and non-profits develop their sales and marketing strategies to achieve their growth goals. He owned and operated his own consulting firm specializing in organizational and business development, prior to joining Cleaver Company in 2019. Austin lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and three boys.
PETRA HOLCOMB
Petra Holcomb retired from Southwest Airlines after 28 years, where she held a variety of jobs. From reservations sales agent to several leadership positions within Reservations, then into training and instructional design, and finally leading the high potential leadership program and talent practices.
In 2020, Petra and her husband, Mike, packed up everything and moved to Kill Devil Hills, NC. After a few years of the retired beach life, Petra decided she wasn’t done working! Since starting her own coaching business, she has worked with the following companies: Ingevity, supporting the redesign of their leadership program; Coastal Ferry providing leadership skills training, and lastly Cleaver as a Resource Executive and coach.
Petra’s coaching and facilitation style is direct yet caring. She has a track record of helping leaders become the best version of themselves as professionals and people. She believes each of us has a special gift that will make those we lead, and the companies we serve, better for having us as a part of their circle. Petra feels her job as a coach is to ensure that gift is amplified and offered in productive ways.
Petra attended the University of Texas, as an art major. Loves art, knitting, her dog Sky, and living on the water.
graham smith
Graham Smith is a Resource Specialist at Cleaver Company. For more than a decade, Graham has been helping businesses and non-profit organizations achieve their goals by building strong teams. Joining Cleaver in 2022, he is a part of the product development and platform management team as well as the continued development of past clients in the ever-expanding Cleaver Community. Graham lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife, son, and daughter.
Scott Dust
Scott is the Dr. John F. Mee Endowed Assistant Professor of Management in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University (Oxford, OH) where he researches and teaches leadership, teams, and organizational behavior.
He joined the Cleaver Company as the Chief Research officer in 2021 where he sits on the strategic development team ensuring that organizational best practices are backed by and on the cutting edge of scientific research in the field of organizational leadership. He’s also the Chief Research Officer for Cloverleaf, a company whose technology platform helps organizations create better teams.
His goal is to bridge the gap between science and practice for all things human capital.
He has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, and Human Relations, and presented his research over 30 times at international conferences. He also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Group and Organization Management.
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Mia Tran
Ny Mia Tran's research and practice centers on understanding leadership, organizational change, and diversity and inclusion dynamics in systems. Her applied background includes conducting assessments on employee engagement, organizational climate, leadership dynamics, performance evaluation systems, selection and retention, and job analysis for various organizations and industries. Her scholarly works have been accepted and presented at domestic and international conferences such as the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Academy of Management, and American Psychological Association (APA). She has also received institutional and national research-teaching grants/rewards such as the Mellon Grant for Global Learning, Herbert Zimmer Research Scholar Award, UPS Corporate Fellowship, and the American Psychology-Law, APA Diversity in Psychology & Law Research Grant.
Cloverleaf
Cleaver has partnered with Cloverleaf to bring you powerful business insights into your teaming reality through a robust technology and platform. Cloverleaf is an all-in-one, customizable platform where you can learn all about yourself and how to work better with those around you. You can gain tools to help you optimize performance, improve communication, and much more while you implement your assessment results daily.
Arc-en-ciel
Cleaver has partnered with Arc-En-Ciel to provide the DISC through The Method of Colors®. Arc-En-Ciel provides an analysis tool for single behavioral skills for human resources management.