Tranda Covington
Schaumburg, IL

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Personal Enrichment for Youth and Corporate
GPA Usage: Seminars

Tranda Covington holds an MBA in Marketing and E-commerce from Loyola University at Chicago, IL. She has a Project Management Certificate from George Washington University, VA. She was one of the founders for a program that helps teach youth about money management, social etiquette, self-esteem, presentation skills, and other skills that are not taught in the classroom. She has over 15 years of experience working in fortune 500 companies. She currently works for a telecommunication company where she has worked in various management positions. Her goal is to enrich others with personal assets and skills that they can use for a lifetime.

Lynne Diamond-Nigh
Elmira College (Professor)
Private Company: Worldwise Protocol
Elmira, New York

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Academic protocol and etiquette; general business
Training Renewal: August 2007
GPA Usage: Classroom and seminars

Lynne Diamond-Nigh, Ph.D., is a professor of Romance languages, culture and literature at Elmira College in New York, where she teaches a course on civility, etiquette and protocol. For over 15 years, before becoming an academic, Dr. Diamond-Nigh worked in international business in personnel, training, and sales. She speaks French and Spanish fluently, and travels extensively. As the owner of WorldWise Protocol, she believes that it is through the elevation of civility that change can be accomplished in a permanent way. WorldWise Protocol specializes in academic protocol and etiquette; at the moment Dr. Diamond-Nigh is working on a book focused on the protocol and etiquette needs of incoming university freshmen.

Lisa James
Lisa James and Associates
Trinidad, West Indies

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Image, Etiquette, and Protocol
Training Renewal: August 2007
GPA Usage: Seminars and Corporate Training Modules

Lisa A. James is regarded as one of the fore-runners of the Image Industry in the Caribbean region. A Management and Image Consultant with over 25 years experience, she provides corporate training, consulting and executive coaching to an extensive clientele. She holds an MSc. degree in Organizational Transformation & Leadership, is certified as an Image, Etiquette and Protocol Consultant, and is a Certified User of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. She has served the AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) in various capacities for over 14 years.

Stephanie Malveaux
Chez Malveaux
Humble, Texas

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Social Skills for Youth
Training Renewal: August 2007
GPA Usage: Seminars and Corporate Training Modules

Stephanie Malveaux holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in management and an MBA in Organizational Change and Development. She has spent several years empowering professionals, inner-city women and mentoring youth through image consulting, career coaching, and social graces. Her business experience includes over fourteen years of training and experience in computer, transportation, and semiconductor industries at Fortune 500 companies. She is currently on the board of an employee resource group for a major computer company and a nonprofit organization with missions to Africa.

Lynette J. Otto
Lynette J. Otto & Company
Aurora, Illinois

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Boardroom Protocol
Training Renewal: August 2007
GPA Usage: Seminars and Corporate Training

Lynette J. Otto holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois, in Applied Sociology and Political Science, and is an alumnus of Kellogg Management Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. She will complete a Master of Leadership Development at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods, in February 2010. Currently an Analyst focused on anti-money laundering risk assessments, Ms. Otto has more than 10 years of experience as a corporate legal administrator working directly with the Board of Managers for several United States companies. Ms. Otto’s goal is to use her expert status to develop custom programs for new board members and executives.

Simi Ranajee
Wilmette, Illinois

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Dining Etiquette and Civility in the Workplace
Training Renewal: August 2007
GPA Usage: Seminars

Simi Ranajee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and finance from the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana and a Master of Arts degree in business administration with concentration in international marketing from Loyola University, Chicago. Ms. Ranajee is licensed as a finishing school instructor by the Illinois Board of Education through Barbizon Modeling School and was the first Miss India Worldwide in 1990. She is currently Vice President, Healthcare for Power Plate, and uses her training to enhance her current profession.

Judith Rasband
Conselle Institute of Image Management
Provo, Utah

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Professional Style and Dining Etiquette
Training Renewal: August 2007
GPA Usage: Seminars

Judith Rasband holds an MS degree in the artistic, social, and psychological aspects of dress and image. Ms. Rasband is the director of the Conselle Institute of Image Management and has received the image industry’s highest “Immie” award. She has authored such publications as Wardrobe Strategies, Image Management Quick Reference Guide, and Fabulous Fit.

Jackie Sanborn
Fullerton College
Fullerton, California

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Social Skills and Dining Etiquette
Training Renewal: August 2007
GPA Usage: Classroom

Jackie Sanborn received her Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from California State University, Fullerton in 1989. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Fullerton College for several years, where she also works as assistant to the dean of the business and computer information systems division. She has been instrumental in the development of the Fullerton College business etiquette and protocol curriculum.

Michele Ivey
The Visionary Group
Blauvelt, New York

Available to facilitate: Yes
Specialty: Business Etiquette and Protocol
Training Renewal: August 2004
GPA Usage: Seminars

Michèle Ivey draws upon twenty years of multicultural experience in the hospitality and entertainment industry. Committed to domestic and global diversity, she works throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America to innovate, improve, empower, transform, and promote protocol and etiquette. With style, grace, and a sense of humor, her spirited approach transforms human differences into core assets. Ms. Ivey has a working knowledge of 6 languages and reveals a career, sparkling and diverse, with a host of achievements as corporate trainer, docent, linguist, dialect coach, distinguished artist, diplomatic liaison, and image consultant. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Carin Manbeck has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and Japanese language from the University of Minnesota and has served as an exchange student in Japan. She also worked for three years in Fukui as a Coordinator for International Relations at Fukui City Hall, specializing in programs promoting international awareness for the public.  Meanwhile, she also studied the Way of Tea, Kimono, and Taiko Drumming.  She has conducted educational seminars for JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) and serves as a speaker for JETAA for new and aspiring JET participants. Ms. Manbeck teaches the Japanese Way of Tea at the Global Protocol^® Academy licensee workshop.

Arlene Romaine has lived in the Far East, Europe, and the Caribbean. She speaks Spanish, English, and French and has worked for The Berlitz School of Languages as a translator and as an interpreter. Ms. Romaine has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with an emphasis in international marketing from the University of Connecticut. She studied French and economics at the Sorbonne, University of Paris, and attended the Cordon Bleu School of Cooking in Paris. Ms. Romaine teaches an international protocol curriculum at the Global Protocol^® Academy licensee workshop.

John Sprague has thirty years experience in publishing, most recently with Thomas More Publishing as publisher and editor. John handles all editing and proofing for Global Protocol.

Pawel Czarnota holds a masters degree and is a Web Development Specialist at the Office of Business and Financial Services, Business Information Systems, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.