LISA LA VALLE-FINAN has the ability to convey intercultural insights to participants in a charismatic, engaging delivery style.She as experience in one or more countries or regions and has a practical knowledge of typical expatriate destination cultures. 

She has strong corporate training skills and substantial overseas living and working experience. Academically, she has an understanding of intercultural communication theorists and has lived, traveled, worked internationally for over twenty five years.

CREDENTIALS: MS Applied Business Anthropology, UNT; BA English, French Minor, ULV; American Community School, Athens, GR; TEFL/ESL.

LANGUAGES: Speaks or has a basic working knowledge of French, Italian and Greek.

PUBLISHED: Frommer’s Travel Guides, Greece’s Weekly for Business & Finance; New Jersey Monthly Magazine, NewJerseyNewsroom.com, Welt Business & Trade Digests.

MEMBERSHIPS: American Association of Anthropologists, Society for Applied Anthropologists, Society for Intercultural Education, Training & Research, Royal Anthropological Society, Intercultural Management Institute.

JERRY VASTANO has accumulated extensive international experience as an HR consultant and trainer focusing on fields that range from leadership development, intercultural management, and talent management to career transition, executive outplacement, organizational development and workforce training.

He is skilled in needs analysis, program design and delivery, and various training, facilitation, coaching techniques. He has delivered programs and conducted business in 36 countries covering Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America.  .

CREDENTIALS:  Graduate of Trinity College, Hartford (CT) and a member of various professional associations. 

LANGUAGES: Jerry speaks  French  & Italian.

MEMBERSHIPS: Executive Board for the Association of Career Professionals International.