Emmie H. Alexander

General Partner, AlexanderHancock Associates

Graduate of the Executive Management Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A. in Organizational Communication, Wake Forest University; B.A. Queens College. Member of the American Society for Training and Development, the International Society for Performance Improvement, the Association for Quality and Participation, and the Association for Psychological Type. Founding member of Searchnet, a non-profit network of professionals committed to helping communities build consensus through future search conferences. Selected as honored member in the National Directory of Who's Who. Before starting her own firm she served as an officer in two other consulting and training firms. At LEAD Associates in Charlotte, NC she became Managing Partner and CEO. For more than ten years she was a senior consultant at Hayes and Associates of Winston-Salem, NC, where she became Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. For over twenty years, Ms. Alexander has worked with hundreds of organizations throughout the United States. Her expertise includes leadership development, teambuilding, assessment and analysis, training program design and development, as well as sales and account management. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies as well as small, owner- operated businesses. Ms. Alexander is also co-owner of several small family businesses in Charleston, SC. She has served in many citizens groups in the community over the years, including serving as chair of the Quality Education Committee, special project chair for the Community Relations Committee, and as a Director of The Relatives, an agency serving teenagers in the Charlotte area. Currently she serves as President of United Family Services, and is on the speakers bureau for the Shelter for Battered Women.