Professional of the Year for 2015 in Business Services - Change Leadership and Organizational Development: Richard S. Hawkes, CEO

	Richard S. Hawkes, CEO
Industry	Consulting
Title	CEO
Expertise	Developing business leaders and teams
Current Organization	Growth River LLC
Type of Organization	Change leadership and organizational development company
Major Product	Change leadership consulting, alignment workshops, leadership and team coaching, custom training
Area of Distribution	International, with emphasis on northeast U.S.
University/Degree	B.A., Computer Science, German Literature, Hamilton College; M.B.A., Marketing and Organizational Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Affiliations	Board Member, GENEWICZ since 2007
Career Accomplishments	Has worked domestically and internationally with global Fortune 100, mid-sized and start-up growth companies including Allergan, Berkley Insurance, Bonnel Aluminum, Chicos, Corning, Cox Communications, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, GENEWIZ, Gentex, Global Knowledge, Hallmark International, Hope Worldwide, Instinet, Johnson & Johnson, MARS, Merck, Navigant Consulting International, Neostem, New York Genome Center, Novartis, Pearson Education, Pfizer, PFG Group, Pharmanet, Prentice Halls, Sun Microsystems, Wrigley and WLR Foods.
Work History	He began his career developing margins trading systems at Morgan Stanley. He subsequently became senior member of the strategy practice with Kepner-Tregoe International, leaving to become a partner with the Strategy Partners Group LLC; Joined Guttman Development Strategies in 2002 as a Chief Strategist; Founded Growth River LLC in 2007
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