Our Leadership Team
Keith Levick, Ph.D, CEO
The CEO of Goren and Associates, Dr. Levick has over 25 years of experience in training, professional coaching, and consulting. As a psychologist, he has spent many of his clinical years in private practice. In 1987, he began to transfer his clinical expertise into the field of business management.
For the past 20 years Dr. Levick has coached managers and executives in a variety of industries in the area of personal and professional productivity, change management and interpersonal skills. He has coached many executives in their transition from the world of management into the world of leadership. Read more here…
Corinne Smereka, MA, VP of Education and Training
Corinne M. Smereka serves as the Vice-President of Education for Goren and Associates with responsibilities in strategic planning, and course design and development. She is an acclaimed senior executive and management trainer, and delivers Goren and Associates courses worldwide.
Formerly, Ms. Smereka worked for a global mobility society, and several large training companies holding positions of Director of Operations (division of 70 staff), Director of Instructional Systems Design, Director of Corporate Business Development/Professional Development, and Director of e-Learning Business Development. Read more here…
Bill Albert
Bill Albert serves as the VP of Virtual and Simulated Learning. Bill has been designing and delivering board-based business simulations for 15 years. Specializing in helping organizations develop their employee’s financial and business acumen, he has developed programs in a wide range of industries including Manufacturing, Healthcare, Call Centers, Distribution, Sales, Customer Service, Budget and Talent Management, and many more. Read more here…
Jim McKelvey, VP Assessment Services
Jim is the VP of assessment services and has over twenty years of experience in assessments, training, coaching, and consulting.
Jim spent more than 28 years in industry, 14 years in automotive and 14 years in special machine tools. He served in a variety of manufacturing, quality control, and human resource positions starting with Ford Motor Company. He was Director of Human Resources for Bendix Machine Tool Corporation, Director of Quality Improvement for The Cross Company, and Vice President of Materials for both The Cross Company and Giddings & Lewis. Read more here…
Jim Parks, VP of Western Region
Jim Park has 25 + years of experience working with clients around the country to discover innovative ways to boost productivity, increase employee job satisfaction and streamline processes. His career began on Radio but after a couple of years in the booth Jim preferred to work with people directly and so began his career in organizational management.
In the beginning Jim managed programs for several non-profit service organizations in Northern California. After he was recruited by Intel Corporation he joined the management group and moved the Memory Components division up to Aloha, Oregon. Read more here…
Heather Strouse, D.M., VP of Southern Region
Heather Strouse, D.M. Dr. Strouse educational background consists of a Doctoral Degree of Management in Organizational Leadership, a Master’s Degree in Management of Organizational Leadership, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations. Certifications include various courses related to airline crisis communications and accident investigation from the National Transportation Safety Board Academy. Read more here…
Brian Cole, Project Leader
Brian brings over two decades of experience leading teams, running projects, and streamlining processes at many companies including Harley-Davidson, Honda Motors, Mitsubishi, Rolls-Royce, and Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Group. He has overseen $200M program portfolios and also led project teams on mission-critical projects.
Brian holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Michigan Technological University and an MBA from Walsh College of Business. He is also a Project Management Institute (PMI) certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and recently received a graduate certificate in Organization Development from Eastern Michigan University.
Marty Maddin