Dr. Dawna Markova was co-founder and CEO of Professional Thinking Partners, and is currently CEO Emeritus of CORE Thinking Partners. An inspirational speaker, writer, researcher, and teacher, she is internationally known for her asset-focused work in the fields of perception, learning, and identifying core cognitive competencies. She has developed a dynamic approach to recognizing intellectual diversity and maximizing intellectual capital. Dawna is a former Senior Affiliate of the Organizational Learning Center at MIT and a consultant member of the Society for Organizational Learning, founded the Institute for Human Ecology, and has served as faculty member at the Union Institute, Lesley and Antioch Graduate Schools

In addition to Collaborative Intelligence and Relational Intelligence, Dawna is the author of Wide Open, A Spot of Grace, I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, The Smart Parenting Revolution, The Open Mind book and audio series, No Enemies Within, How Your Child IS Smart, and Learning Unlimited.

Dawna has been given the Vision in Action award for her work originating the Random Acts of Kindness movement, the Foster Grand-parenting and Peer Counseling programs, the World Wide Women’s Web, the Institute for Human Ecology, and the on-line SmartWired Program, which has been translated into seven languages and offered in 42 countries.

A long-term cancer survivor (she was told she had six months to live almost thirty years ago), Dawna has been a frequent keynote speaker and has delivered presentations to many organizations around the world.

Angie McArthur is the co-founder and principal of Core Thinking Partners, and since joining her prior company Professional Thinking Partners in 1998 has co-facilitated and designed global conferences, leadership retreats, training programs, and ongoing one-on-one Thinking Partnerships in organizations from non-profits to Fortune 500s. She is the co-author of two books by Random House: Collaborative Intelligence (published 2015), and Reconcilable Differences (published 2016). Angie is also one of the creators of the Worldwide Women’s Web, a network formed in 2001 to retain women in corporate leadership roles. As an expert in Mind Patterns, she has developed communication strategies for authors, corporations and CEO’s, and the ongoing Executive Champions Workshop. She has also designed interactive web assessments and products for corporate training programs.

Angie has also worked extensively with youth as part of the gloabl educational initiative SmartWired, developing materials, interactive websites, and programs around the world in multiple languages for non-profits and military children.

Angie received her B.A. in Communication Theory from McGill University, and has a passion for adapting emerging technology to maximize communication effectiveness and synergy. Her clients include Women Moving Millions, Bolthouse Farms, Dunn and Associates, MUSE Schools, PepsiCo, Royal Dutch Shell, Xerox, Chrysler, Green Mountain Energy Resources, the Institute for Storytelling, Kimball Arts Center, SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Education) and the Society for Organizational Learning.