Cheryl Chester

Cheryl Chester has developed her more than 25-year career as a Human Resource professional, focused in the areas of Leadership and Organizational Development. Her work integrates all such development with key business initiatives with an emphasis on Leaders as employee engagement, employee retention and change champions. Training and Development program effectiveness predicated on continuous on-the-job support and reinforcement and organization climate and transformation.

Cheryl has held Leadership and Organizational Development positions in several sectors including Financial Services, Utilities, Manufacturing and Not-for-Profit, providing thought leadership to Senior Leaders in implementing business-focused development solutions.

Cheryl's key skills include: consultation and collaboration; Leadership Development design and delivery both classroom and virtual; Talent Review and Succession Planning; and Cultural Transformation.

Cheryl holds an MS degree in Human Resources from SUNY Albany and a BS degree in Music from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. She is also certified in several development tools and methodologies such as: 360 Leadership Assessments, Situational Leadership, Myers Briggs, Organizational Development, Organization Change and Cultural Compass.