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 Mary Jo Potter
EXPERIENCE
HIGHPERLINK | 2004 to Present
Managing Partner and CEO
SIBSON CONSULTING GROUP
A Division of The Segal Company | 1999 TO 2004
Senior Vice-President-Governance Practice Leader
Sibson is a management consulting firm focused on strategic human capital work. As a global organization, the firm has established a strong reputation for its process and analytic orientation to business transformation. Working with many of the Fortune 1000 and many of the e-business 50, SCG focuses heavily on acquisition integrations, restructurings, technology remediation, talent optimization, and board effectiveness. As a Principal, responsibilities included client development and management for the technology, healthcare, financial services, and professional services sectors.
CORPORATE ALLIANCE, INC. | 1991 TO 1999
Managing Director
Corporate Alliance is a professional service firm whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of organizations compelled to change. As a network of worldwide experts who support transformation efforts from strategy through implementation, the firm provides expertise in organization and work re-design, merger/acquisition integration, consolidations, alliances, and infrastructure development for spin-offs and start-ups. Clients included technology, information services, financial services, telecommunications, health care, and professional service organizations.
OMEGA PERFORMANCE CORPORATION | 1986 To 1991
Executive Vice-President, International
Omega is a consulting firm specializing in individual and organizational performance improvement in the financial services sector. Responsibilities in this position included establishing international offices and business in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia, and growth of 400% in two years. The firm focused heavily on broad-based sales and service initiatives.
Managing Director, Consulting Services Division
Was responsible for establishing the consulting practice and protocols to leverage the firm. Hired one-third of the firm’s overall staff and established a network of contractors to grow 200%. Utilized technology as part of overall solution design.
OXICON/McGRAW-HILL | 1984 TO 1986
Co-Founder and President; (Company was purchased by McGraw-Hill in 1984.)
Oxicon is a consulting and software services organization. In consulting, the organization focused on aligning people with business strategy for companies in high tech, healthcare, financial services, retail, and consumer products. As an outgrowth of the consulting, software was developed and sold globally.
OXICON | 1979 TO 1984
Co-Founder
Developed marketing, delivery systems, and financing to allow for a 50% growth rate per year. This consulting and software services organization grew from being only a customhouse to add products and services that were generic in nature. The focus was on reduction of turnover and increasing productivity for sales and service-driven organizations.
BOARD
MEMBERSHIP
Current
CHI (a $10B
multi-hospital and long-term care
system, based in Denver, Colorado) -
2005 to present, Executive,
Compensation, and Strategic Planning Committees.
Compli (a private
risk-management software company
based in Portland, Oregon) - 2005 to
present, Compensation Committee
Chair.
Christus (a $4B multi-hospital system headquartered in Dallas, Texas) - 2005 to present, Compensation Committee Chair and Nominating Committee.
Hope Unlimited International (a Brazilian organization providing residential, educational, and vocational care for street children) - International Board Member, 1994 to present.
Siena Heights University
(a liberal arts university offering
bachelors, master, and doctoral
programs) - Board
Member 2004 to present, Executive and Compensation Committees
and Chair of the Governance Committee.
Previous
CHW (a $6B
multi-state, multi-hospital system
that grew by acquisitions) - Board
Member, 11 years, Board Chair and
Compensation Committee Chair.
Ocular Sciences (a $340M
public company, manufacturing and
distributing contact lenses
globally) Board Member 2003 to 2005,
Chair of Governance Committee, Compensation Committee;
company purchased by Cooper in 2005.
Hanna Center (a 60
year-old non-profit residential care
facility for troubled youth) - Board
Member, 14 years, Executive
Committee, Chair of Strategic
Planning.
Executives' Club of Chicago (a 1,500 member organization for
Chicago business leaders) - Board
Member, 7 years, Chair of Membership.
Beacon Schools (a start-up
high school in Oakland) - Board
Member, 5 years, Chair of Strategic
Planning.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Masters Degree | Evanston, Illinois
Siena Heights University, Bachelors Degree | Adrian, Michigan
Stanford University, Executive Program | Mumbai, India
CLIENTS AND INDUSTRIES SERVED – partial listing
Professional Services
Ernst and Young
ADP
Healthcare/Biotech
Genentech
Kaiser Permanente
WebMD
Affymetrix
Financial Services
Charles Schwab
Bank of America
TIAA-CREF
Retail
Levi Strauss
Clorox
High Tech/Software
Kodak
Novellus
Canon
Other
University of California
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