Institute Board
HSD Institute is pleased to introduce the 2012 Board of Directors:
Paul Kirst
Paul Kirst provides financial and business
leadership to Search Institute. In this role, he is responsible for directing the organization's financial strategy, planning, and forecasts as
well as financial planning, record keeping, and reporting. He also oversees the organization's financial, human resource, and technology staff.
When he came to Search Institute in 2001, he brought 28 years of financial and business experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. For 18 years, he worked in the business sector, which included serving as Chief Financial Officer of Strout Plastics, a $20 million manufacturing company; as controller of a $14 million printing company; as the sales and marketing director of a printing company; and in public accounting.
In the nonprofit world, he served as business manager of Parent Child Center, an early childhood development program located in Omaha, Nebraska; a rural hospital and nursing home administrator in Henderson, Nebraska; the administrator of a community development program in Bolivia; and as regional director of a refugee relief program in Honduras during the Nicaraguan Civil War.
Kirst has a bachelor of science degree in business and economics from Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska. He has a Certified Public Accountant certificate.
Myron Lowe (Associate)
Myron is the Director of External Technology
Initiatives in the Office of Information Technology, at the University of Minnesota. He is responsible for state and national level technology
projects that support strategic University research and education goals. He also directs planning and management of collaborative projects
with other universities, state agencies, and corporations.
Christi Olson (Associate)
Christi Olson leads the Leadership
and Organization Development divisions of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Christi has over 20 years experience accelerating growth on strategic
initiatives and leadership alignment for organizations in industry, education and non-profit. She brings a unique blend of senior leadership
and business experience with strong leadership and organization development expertise. Her work focuses on leading organizations through strategic
shifts, adopting innovation for market and customer advantage and developing leaders to lead strategic change. Christi partners with HROD and
business leaders to fully engage individuals and work groups for high performance through collaboration, customer focus and alignment with the
business strategy.
Mallary Tytel (Associate)
Mallary Tytel is president and
founder of Healthy Workplaces, a national consulting firm that focuses on best practices in human systems dynamics, coaching, diversity and
culture, and sustainability. Specifically her work is based upon complexity science, systems thinking and models of adaptive action.
She is the former CEO of an international non-profit behavioral health and human resource development corporation; has served as a key advisor to
senior-level civilian and military personnel within the U.S. Department of Defense; and created and delivered an innovative leadership training
program in over 40 communities worldwide.
Mallary has a Ph.D. in Public Health Promotion and Organizational Systems from the Union Institute and University, an M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut, and is a certified executive coach and mediator in alternative dispute resolution. In her spare time she writes and mentors budding women entrepreneurs. She is the author of Vision Driven: Lessons Learned from the Small Business C-Suite (Gold Canyon Press, 2009), and Simple Rules: A Radical Inquiry into Self (Gold Canyon Press, 2011). She is also co-founder of the Simple Rules Foundation (www.simplerulesfoundation.org) with Royce Holladay.
Pat Seppanen (Associate)
Pat Seppanen holds an Ed.D. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University. She has been involved with social programs for 35 years as an applied researcher-evaluator, program administrator, and practitioner. Currently, Dr. Seppanen's practice focuses on evaluating complex emergent change as a consultant. She attended the Human Systems Dynamics Summer Institute in 2006 as part of Cohort 5.
Mary Texer (Associate)
Mary Texer is the Director of IT
Industry Partnerships and Relations at Advance IT Minnesota, a Center of Excellence operating within Metropolitan State University and focusing on
developing a more robust IT workforce within Minnesota. Mary has spent the majority of her career in the field of learning and development
within Information Technology working in the both the public and private sectors for traditional and consulting companies.
In addition to her “regular job”, Mary is an active member of several training and IT organizations and sits on the following boards of directors:
- Upper Midwest Security Alliance (sponsor of the Secure 360oTM Conference)
- Human Systems Dynamics Institute
- Capitol Region Watershed District
She is also a volunteer for Second Harvest Heartland.
Mary is a frequent speaker at professional associations, local, regional and international conferences addressing a variety of topics including The Challenges of a Digital Learning Producer, The People Side of Project Management, Change Management and Scenario Planning.
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