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Meet the Center's Core Leadership Team -

Donald J. Treffinger, Ph.D., LL.D., Sarasota, FL.

Dr. Donald J. Treffinger, President of the Center for Creative Learning, Inc., in Sarasota, Florida, is an internationally known researcher, writer, teacher, and presenter in the area of creativity and Creative Problem Solving, as well as in the area of gifted and talented education. Dr. Treffinger holds the Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Cornell University, and in June, 2009 received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Winnipeg. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 books and monographs, including Creative Problem Solving: An Introduction and Creative Approaches to Problem Solving, and more than 350 articles. Dr. Treffinger has served as a member of the faculty of many colleges and universities, including Purdue University, the University of Kansas, and Buffalo State College. He has been the recipient of the National Association for Gifted Children's Distinguished Service Award and the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award. In 2005, Dr. Treffinger received the Risorgimento Award from Destination ImagiNation, Inc., and the International Creativity Award from the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. Dr. Treffinger has served as a reviewer for many professional journals and as editor of the Gifted Child Quarterly NAGC’s quarterly research journal and Editor-in-Chief of Parenting for High Potential, NAGC’s quarterly magazine for parents. He is currently a member of the GCQ Editorial Advisory Board.
E-mail: Don@CreativeLearning.com

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James H. Crumel

Since founding Crumel Consulting Group in 1996, Mr. Crumel has been dedicated to developing business, educational, and community leadership for a multicultural society. He has provided leadership development both as an executive coach and as a trainer. Mr. Crumel earned an M.S. degree in Organizational Dynamics with honors at University of Pennsylvania, with the completion of a research study on the development of business leaders for the twenty-first century. He also holds M.B.A. and B.A. degrees from Rutgers University

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Carole A. Nassab
M.A, M.Ed.

Sarasota, FL, earned graduate degrees at Harvard University and Lesley College. She has been a middle school teacher, guidance counselor, principal, pupil personnel director, adjunct professor and school board member. Carole has authored or co-authored several publications for school and community use, including Thinking Tools Lessons and Thinking Tool Guides. She has conducted programs on thinking tools and CPS for educators, substitute teachers, and a variety of other groups.
E-mail: CANassab@comcast.net

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Patricia F. Schoonover, Ph.D., Clintonville, WI.(Board of Directors).

Pat is a consultant who works with schools and other organizations, teaches CPS undergraduate and graduate courses, and works in the field with educators through the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Pat has also worked for many years in the area of gifted education and talent development. She was a elementary gifted education and Director of Gifted Programming and a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Pat’s research, writing, and training interests focus on creativity, CPS, creativity style preferences, and leadership.
E-mail: futurelink@charter.net

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Edwin C. Selby, Ph.D., Sussex, NJ

Ed is an Associate with the Center, and also an Adjunct Professor with Fordham University's Graduate School of Education. He is the principal author of VIEW: An assessment of problem solving style, as well as several publications of support material for that instrument. He offers seminars and workshops helping individuals and groups to become more effective problem solvers. Ed is also the author of several articles on creativity and individual style. He served for many years as a public school music and drama teacher. He founded, and directed for 25 years, the Sussex Student Theater, in which students wrote and produced their own musical plays. Ed served as President of the Board of Directors of the Sussex County Teen Arts Festival for more than fifteen years, and is also a former member of the Sussex County Technical School Board of Education, serving two terms as Vice-President and one term as President. Dr. Selby's professional interests include learning styles, talent development, and developing creativity and problem solving among students and staff.
E-mail: ECSelby@earthlink.net

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Cindy Shepardson, Ph.D., Penn Yan, NY.

Cindy was an educator in the public schools for more than 27 years. She has served as a teacher at the elementary and secondary levels, as a G/T and enrichment teacher/supervisor, and as a trainer, consultant, and facilitator for Talents Unlimited, Creative Problem Solving, and Enrichment Programming. She received an M.S. in Creative Studies from Buffalo State College, a C.A.S. in Educational Administration from Brockport State College, and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Argosy University. She is an Assistant Professor of Education at Keuka College in upstate New York. Cindy's special interests are creativity instruction and assessment, creative climate (environmental factors that promote creative productivity, ownership, and engagement among members of learning communities), and teacher education to promote creativity and experiential learning.
E-mail: cshepard@mail.keuka.edu

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Carol V. Wittig, M.S., Buffalo, NY (Secretary of the Board of Directors).
Carol is an experienced elementary classroom teacher and gifted programming specialist in public elementary and middle schools. She has been a lead contributor to curriculum development in language arts, math, and social studies for her school district, and has also co-authored several publications on creativity and talent development. Carol earned a Masters in Creative Studies from the State University College at Buffalo and has presented many workshops on creativity, Creative Problem Solving, CPS facilitation, learning styles and talent development both in the U.S. and abroad
E-mail: carolwit@earthlink.net

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Grover Young, M.A., Sarasota, FL,
Grover is an experienced teacher, school administrator, and coordinator of gifted programming and staff development. He now heads GCY INNOVATIVE, working with schools and businesses in the areas of creative productive thinking, talent identification and development, and performance based-learning and assessment. Grover has also been actively involved in programs and activities for teachers and students on inventors, inventions, and inventing, in research on creativity characteristics and assessment, and in research and writing on talent development among youth orchestra members. He has also worked closely with schools and school districts in self-assessment and planning for talent development programming. Grover is co-author of Building Creative Excellence and of the forthcoming CPS Kit for students, and has authored or co-authored more than 50 articles and chapters on creativity and talent development.
E-mail: Grover@CreativeLearning.com

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Center for Creative Learning, Inc.
4921 Ringwood Meadow
Sarasota, Florida, USA 34235
Phone: 941.342.9928 - Fax: 941.342.0064

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