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The Five O'Clock Club Media Team |
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Richard Bayer, Ph.D., is an economist, ethicist and author on labor economics, and also the Chief Operating Officer of The Five O'Clock Club. He is a frequent guest on local and national media including the TODAY SHOW, CNN and others. He and the Club have also been featured in The Economist, FORTUNE and other publications. Dr. Bayer is co-chair of The Employment Roundtable, a group of industry leaders and government personnel who converge each month to discuss trends in the workforce. He has written two books on labor economics. |
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Bill Belknap has thirty years of senior management and human resources experience, with more than 10 years at the Vice President level. He has headed the human resource function for fast-paced companies in a variety of industries, Including high tech, medical cost containment, consumer products, office products and financial information. His areas of expertise include executive and career coaching, employee selection and retention, executive recruiting, and management training. Bill has also received extensive professional coaching for appearances on television, and interviews with print media. | ||||||||
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Ellis Chase is a master coach for The Five O'Clock Club. He was one of our first certified coaches, starting with us in 1987. He ran his own branch for four years. He has written a number of articles for The Five O'Clock News, and is currently facilitating one of our national Insider Groups. Ellis' extensive experience in career development includes work at human resources and outplacement consulting firms; he has also held positions in manpower planning and staffing at financial services institutions. Ellis is a founding member of the New York Chapter of the International Association of Career Management Professionals, and holds a B.A. and an M.A. from New York University. | |||||||||
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Jim Borland , Ph.D., brings almost eighteen years of career transition experience to The Five O'Clock Club, where he manages the Manhattan Central Club, counsels in the Main club, and is an affiliated individual counselor. He has been with The Club since 1994. In addition to an A.B. from Tufts University, Dr. Borland holds a Masters from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He is a Certified Social Worker in New York State. | |||||||||
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Ruth Robbins is a career management consultant with strengths in counseling, writing, career transition, career development and group facilitation. A member of the media team, Ruth has participated in several high-profile projects, including Project Strive (A non-Five O'Clock Club venture featured on CBS 60 Minutes). Ruth holds an M.B.A. in marketing from Fordham university and a certificate in Adult Career Planning and Development from N.Y.U. | |||||||||
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Renée Rosenberg is an accomplished and entertaining speaker, Renée frequently presents on a variety of topics including, Assessment and Targeting, Résumé Preparation, Interviewing Skills, Networking and Accessing the Hidden Job Market, Mid-life Career Transition, and Keeping Your Momentum Through a Difficult Job Search. Other topics that Renée covers include Personality and Job Search, Effective Communication, Learned Optimism and Humor as a Tool for Stress Reduction. Renée has coached Japanese executives in New York and Tokyo, was an adjunct instructor in the Baruch College Career Development Program, served as director of a major non-profit employment development program and, at the United Federation of Teachers, created and conducted classes in multiculturalism and diversity, learned optimism and purposeful work. Renée has also received extensive professional coaching for appearances on television, and interviews with print media. | |||||||||
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Chip Conlin has been a board member of The Five O'Clock Club and the Club's Speakers Bureau since 1996. With over 20 years20 years' experience in human resources, he previously work for two major financial institutions. Chip is also co-president of the New York Technical Recruiters Association and, as such, has developed an industry expertise in the information technology field that he frequently incorporates into his speeches and counseling. Chip is also a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and the International Association for Career Management Professionals. He holds a Master's degree from New York University. | |||||||||
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Kate Wendleton is a nationally
syndicated newspaper columnist and recognized authority on career development,
having appeared on the Today Show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public
Radio, CBS Early Show, and in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The
Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, Black Enterprise, Business Week,
and other national media. She has been a career coach since 1978, when she
founded The Five O'Clock Club and developed its methodology to help job
hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search-strategy groups.
Branches of The Five O'Clock Club across the country now use Kate's methodology.
In recent years The Five O'Clock Club has grown exponentially, with the
introduction of inexpensive teleconference career strategy sessions, and
The Five O'Clock Club's ventures into developing an effective and cost-efficient
outplacement service. |
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Dwight Clarke combines his passion for motivational speaking with his coaching practice and is a frequent speaker at Columbia University and Baruch College. During 2001-2002, Dwight was also the National Executive Director for Workforce America, the not-for-profit arm of the Five O'Clock Club that operated in Harlem. With his unique perspective and qualifications, Dwight is an ideal coach for career-changers at all levels and people entering professional ranks. He holds a B.A. in Accounting and Business Practice from Lehman College and an M.S. in Social Work Administration from Columbia University. | |||||||||
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Terry Pile is a results-oriented career coach with nearly twenty years' experience in corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial settings. Her areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, healthcare, marketing, education, hospitality, the arts and social services. She is also a member of the National Career Development Association, the Society for Human Resource Managers, and the Association for Training and Development. |
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Cynthia Strite In the summer of 2003 Cynthia became Branch Head of the flagship branch of the Five O'Clock Club that meets on Monday evenings at the Helmsley Hotel in Manhattan. While career coaching is often a role Cynthia plays in her corporate life, she is also a volunteer mentor and coach with First Step, a Coalition for the Homeless job readiness program for economically disadvantaged women. Cynthia has also received extensive professional coaching for appearances on television, and interviews with print media. | |||||||||
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Mary Anne Walsh, Ed.D. is a career coach and cross-cultural consultant who brings over two decades of relevant counseling experience to the Five O'Clock Club. Currently in private practice in New York, she began using the Five O'Clock Club methodology while living in London and Tokyo for twelve years, where she advised individuals in the management of their careers during their time abroad. Mary Anne has also received extensive professional coaching for appearances on television, and interviews with print media. | |||||||||
