Ilene Wasserman, Ph.D.

Ilene Wasserman has over 25 years of experience in Organizational Consulting, Change Management, Leadership Development and Executive Coaching. As founder and principal of ICW Consulting Group, Ilene helps leaders and teams leverage multiple dimensions of domestic and global diversity by enhancing communication and collaboration.

Ilene’s approach is appreciative, based on the principles that we transform organizational cultures through engaging the whole system. She has worked closely with, and provided coaching to, senior executives and boards of directors. Consultations have included leadership development, conducting organizational assessments, designing retreats for leadership teams and developing internal work teams for corporate and non-profit institutions. In addition to consulting and coaching, Ilene has also taught organizational development and communication, leadership development and leading change, transformative conflict, emotional and social intelligence, cultural competence and group dynamics at the graduate level.

Ilene received her PhD from the Fielding Graduate Institute in Human and Organizational Development. She also holds Masters Degrees in both Counseling Psychology and Social Work from Washington University and a Bachelor degree from Cornell University in Human Development. In addition to her formal education, Ilene is trained in Future Search, Gestalt, and Appreciative Inquiry. She was a charter member of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting Group and has conducted foundational and advanced workshops in Appreciative Inquiry.

Her professional affiliations include the Organizational Development Network, the Academy for Human Resource Development and the Academy of Management. In addition, Ilene is a Fellow for the Taos Institute, as well as The Kurt Lewin Center, a member of NTL and serves on the Board of Governors for the Center for Creative Leadership and The CMM Institute.

In addition to being a member of the Board of Directors of JSPAN, Ilene is also active on a number of community boards, including the Forum of Executive Women, the Support Center for Child Advocates, and was recently selected for the inaugural group of the Human Relations Committee for Lower Merion Township. She lives in Lower Merion with her spouse, Mark Taylor, and has two children, Erin and Matthew.