Melanie Ohm, President & CEO

Expertise:

facilitation, synthesis, ideation and dreaming, project design and management, organizational coach

Endorsements

Melanie’s work has evolved from a background in business, the social sector, university-community leadership and the performing arts. Her ability to focus on detail with an eye to the broader context, and her talent for collaboration in diverse environments, have placed her as a consultant to government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations, working side by side with leadership to build capacity, facilitate communication and implement change. Melanie specializes in program design, and in facilitation using collaborative processes.  

She is president of Concepts Consulting Group located in Phoenix, Arizona, and serves as consultant and trainer for the Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture, facilitator for the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office Education Section, a consultant on the roster of the Arizona Commission of the Arts, and a certified trainer in interpersonal communication for DialogueWORKS®.   

Melanie is co-founder and co-director of the Cultural Arts Coalition: celebrating global connections. Please follow these links to photo narratives of work in building participation: 

Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office Education Section – co-design and pilot of The Thoughtful Warrior curriculum at Lower Buckeye Jail: http://www.artscare.org/cac.event.47.shtml  

Partners of the Americas Wyoming-Goiás Youth Leadership Summit – co-design and facilitation: 
http://www.artscare.org/cac.event.44.shtml 

Arizona State University - facilitator training and breakout session coordination:
http://www.artscare.org/cac.event.33.shtml  

ALAC: Advocates for Latin@ Arts & Culture Consortium - design of initial exploratory gathering:
http://www.artscare.org/cac.event.22.shtml  and on-going consulting support  

Community Arts in Dialog & Action public participation document - design & editing with colleague Judy Butzine: http://www.artscare.org/program.book.pdf   

Melanie is also a performing artist and vocal instructor. See www.duobraziliana.com for information on work locally and nationally as a specialist in Brazilian classical music. 

Affiliations

§  Arizona Association of Facilitators
§  Arizona Commission on the Arts Consulting Roster
§  Arizona Organization Development Network http://www.azodn.org/
§  DialogueWORKS® Collaborating for Results® Certified Trainer
§  Local First Arizona www.localfirstaz.com/index.html
§  Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office Education Section Facilitator
§  Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture Consulting Roster
§  Scottsdale Foothills Chapter of Rotary International www.cccrotary.org/
§  St. Luke’s Health Initiative Consultants Network www.slhinet.org/