About Our Team
Sue Cline
Sue has over 22 years of professional experience in business operations, team building, turnaround management, marketing, business strategy, coaching and training. Sue has provided business, information technology and marketing strategies for family-owned businesses in the construction, manufacturing, hospitality, tourism and technology industries. A successful serial entrepreneur, Sue has owned three of her own companies and served in an advisory capacity for numerous start-ups.
Jane Riley Peterson
Jane completed her undergraduate degree in economics at the University of Michigan and continued her studies, receiving her M.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning from The University of California, Los Angeles. She has held research positions for the Sierra Club and for Alternatives, where she focused on environmental impact statements for indigenous cultures in Guatemala. Jane’s research abilities translated into work as a Quantitative Analyst for the RAND Corporation. In addition, she performed grant writing and evaluating for the criminal justice system, child abuse services, and Richmond Hill Ecumenical Retreat Center. Her grasp of various research methodologies informed her consulting for the Institute for Industrial Relations, University of California, and the Southwest Institute for Research on Women at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Jane has worked with children through teaching and coordinating creativity-enriching activities for them. Her research articles have been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Health Services Research and Women and Environments.
Darlene Greene
Darlene Greene has more than 10 years of real estate and mortgage experience both as an industry professional and investor. She holds a degree in English and Communications from Clemson University with a minor in journalism. Darlene’s diverse professional experience includes long stints in the trenches as director of marketing and project management in business to business marketing. Moving from marketing to operations, Darlene transferred her skills to training and development, becoming certified in program design, delivery and sales. She is a certified trainer for Zenger-Miller, Kaset International and Professional Selling.
Krishanna Spencer
A self-motivated and flexible creative professional with strong leadership skills with over 10 years experience in program management, organizational development, proposal and grants development with particular expertise in arts education, administration and management within the nonprofit sector and the arts community. Krishanna’s talents include collaboration and strategic partnerships; Internet and electronic communication, community building and social media; print, web and blog content development and editorial expertise; art and human services programming for people with disabilities and chronic conditions, and other under-served populations; and creative, practical troubleshooting and innovative issue resolution.