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Industry Affiliations

• Organization Development Network
• National Bureau of Management Consultants
• Institute of Management Consultants
• Association for Strategic Planning
• Institute of Directors ( U.K. )
• The Business Forum
• Forum for Corporate Directors

Education

• B.S. Consumer Economics: California State University, Northridge (Cum Laude)
• Master's Coursework: Cornell University

ExecDev.org

She is a dynamic and engaging speaker. Her fresh approach ignites and invigorates, as it empowers. Ms. Severance offers an understanding of individual and interpersonal dynamics that brings an extraordinary depth to her work.

Consultations are available to organizations, or on an individual, confidential basis for executive leaders who wish to meet ongoing challenges in a more satisfying way.

LAGlassArt.com

Awake and alive to the creative spirit in all of us, she uses art to expand horizons on every front:  the heart, the mind, the body and the spirit.   Her artistic talent, her rich inner life and her amazing relationships are expansive in nature, and with boundless grace and generosity she offers all of these resources to whoever is fortunate enough to be in her midst. 

Leigh has a way of translating the mundane into its miraculous mirror image:  the magic of even tiny samples of art inspires awe in people of all ages. 

Leigh became famous for her gourds in the United States and in China.  She not only brings her international world of art and artists to her students, they bring their worlds to her.  Leigh's students invariably understand that art and creativity are shared, joyful and essential human experiences.   Excellence follows, it flows forth . . . from her, from the participants.

Leigh's classes allow all students to create, feel good about the processes and increase their understanding of the skills required.   She is a master at bringing out the best in all of her students and supporting and empowering them to teach others.  She speaks Spanish like a native and her Chinese charms any Chinese speaking individual.

AmandaCooks.com

Amanda also teaches hands on and demonstration cooking classes that are part of a Wellness program at Guess Jeans Inc. She has recently worked with Google, Yahoo, Fitness Magazine and Toyota on team building and cooking events.

Her career in food began in Manhattan where she worked with some of the top NYC caterers: Glorious Food, Panhandlers and Martha Stewart Catering. She became the lead chef for Panhandlers Catering where she cooked for parties of twenty to three hundred people. She then began testing recipes at Ladies Home Journal where she worked for over two years. Her next stint was at Food and Wine Magazine where developed her skills in recipe development. This led to her contributing to Cooking Light, Self, Fine Cooking and Vegetarian Times. She was a private chef for the C.E.O. of American Express and the Editor of GQ magazine for many years before teaching at The Institute of Culinary Education formerly known as Peter Kump's New York Cooking School. While in NYC she also taught at the Natural Gourmet Cooking School and The New School-Culinary Arts Program.

Chef Cushman moved to Miami Beach in the mid nineties where she was featured on Deco Drive for her private hands-on cooking classes. She had the cover story in the food section of the Miami Herald for these classes as well as her private classes being featured as the best new trend in Florida Trend Magazine. She has developed hundreds of recipes for cookbooks as well as food magazines and web sites. Some of her accounts have been Foodfit.com, Minutemeals.com and the Time/Life Fitness Series.

Chef Cushman has done a number of television appearances in the last three years. New York One, Before and Afternoon Movie, Ten Years Younger and Blind Date all have featured her private cooking classes.

Amanda lives in Venice, California.