The Next Level, Inc. Facilitators
We are all senior level consultants who bring deep and broad experience working with leaders and teams from across many industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, insurance, banking, oil and gas, utilities, technology, health care, telecommunications, and research. We bring expertise in systems theory, change management, leadership role consultation, executive development, group facilitation, team effectiveness, diversity management, and women’s leadership. Get to know us.

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Judy Francolini, Executive Coach, Trainer, Team Consultant
“Coaching is nothing short of a transformational process shared by coach and client.”
Judy brings more than 18 years of training and experience to developing leaders and teams. She has developed numerous programs that deepen self-awareness, motivation , and commitment while fostering communications and teamwork. She encourages her clients to strive to become trustworthy, influential, and credible individuals who impact their organizations as powerful and competent leaders. As a top rated facilitator with The Next Level, Inc., Judy provides leadership and team effectiveness coaching, and has partnered in the development and delivery of numerous programs including The Rutgers Senior Leadership Program for Professional Women. Judy is committed to guiding clients to explore and define their leadership strengths, and discover opportunities to achieve the impact they desire and their organizations require. Training and credentials

Maddie Hunter, Executive Coach, Training and Team Consultant
“Once you get clarity about who you are and what you stand for, there’s almost no limit to what you can achieve.”
An organizational and leadership coach and consultant for more than 20 years, Maddie is known for her ability to meet a particular need with a customized solution. Her expertise in coaching, leadership development, and facilitation was honed in her role as Team Effectiveness and Leadership Consultant at AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent, and Avaya. Maddie brings a systems engineering background to her work with technical organizations. She has deep insight about how to guide clients to gain clarity about who they are, what they stand for and how to move towards their goals. She is a highly skilled facilitator of The Rutgers Senior Leadership Program for Professional Women as well as other Next Level programs. Training and credentials

Phoebe Atkinson, Executive Coach and Trainer
“Coaching provides a powerful framework that allows clients to focus on increasing their capacities and enhancing their lives.”
As a member of The Next Level, Inc., Phoebe has partnered extensively in the design and facilitation of The Rutgers Senior Leadership Program for Professional Women, and provided executive coaching to women in insurance, financial, and non-profit sectors. Phoebe’s work with women leaders has also included the development and training of programs for the Girl Scouts of America which grew out of her research with the Stone Center’s relational model for women’s development. In addition to her work with corporate clients, Phoebe has a highly successful private practice where she uses experiential training methods to help groups and individuals gain personal insight, influence, and effectiveness. Training and credentials

Jackie Radford, Executive Coach and Trainer
“Coaching enables leaders to discover their purpose and passion so that they can integrate these insights and make better choices in life and business practices.”
Jackie specializes in coaching and leadership development, helping business leaders and their teams create successful business strategies. Her coaching enables clients to enhance their ability to lead and achieve breakthrough results. Jackie brings extensive experience in operations management and human resources to The Next Level, Inc., where she is a coach for The Rutgers Senior Leadership Program for Professional Women. Training and credentials

Walter Manley, Director Diversity and Inclusion Offerings
“Appreciation is like the light and warmth of the sun. My greatest pleasure is watching people reach new levels of thinking, performing, collaborating, and creating as a result of this simple recognition.”
As one of the Next Level’s lead facilitators, consultants and key note speakers, Walter Manley has played a key role in the developing the firm’s pioneering work on microinequities. He has an extensive background in organization development, cross cultural dynamics, corporate communications, and human resource strategic planning. A specialist in diversity management, he has designed and facilitated training programs for AstraZeneca, AT&T, Sprint, Lucent Technologies, Chase Manhattan bank, Deloitte and Touche, New Jersey Department of Personnel, New York City Department of Human Resources Administration, City of Baltimore, City University of New York, Pace University, and Bank St. College of Education. Internationally, his work includes the design of cross cultural employability programs for immigrants entering the Italian workforce for the Italian government and five years in West Africa as training consultant to the Peace Corps and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Walter’s current projects examine organizational renewal, conflict management, team building, corporate communications, gender relations, and managing change. Walter is the founder and president of the Workplace Literacy Foundation of America, Inc. He has designed and delivered social literacy and employability skills training programs for the New York City Department of Employment, the New York State Department of Labor, and nonprofit organizations including the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, I Have a Dream Foundation, and the Girls Club of America. Training and credentials

Maddie Hunter - Training and credentials
B.A., Child Psychology, Connecticut College. M.A., Organizational Studies, New York University. Extensive professional training includes computer science, Gestalt therapy, executive coaching, dialogue, mediation, conflict resolution, and large-systems change technologies. Member: New Jersey Professional Coach Association, International Coaches Federation, and Coachville’s School of Coaching.

Judy Francolini - Training and credentials
Undergraduate degree in Clinical Nutrition. Advanced degrees in training and development from Johns Hopkins University. Advanced training in health counseling and coaching. Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Certified trainer in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Member: The American Management Association, the American Dietetic Association, and Coachville Coaching Network.

Phoebe Atkinson - Training and credentials
Licensed clinical social worker and Board Certified Psychodramatist with a private practice in NYC. Has taught group dynamics at the Masters Level at Rutgers University, psychodramatic technique at The Psychodrama Institute in New York City, and active listening to various organizations.

Jackie Radford - Training and credentials
MS in Human Resources from Webster program. Coaching certification from the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara.

Sean Rohen - Training and credentials
BA in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame. MBA, Magna Cum Laude, University of Missouri.

Walter Manley - Training and credentials
License es Lettres degree in Literature and Ethnology from the Sorbonne, University of Paris. Studied Hispanic Civilization at the University of Valencia, Spain, and African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. Walter is the first Faculty Scholar at the Georgetown University School of Languages and Linguistics.
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