David@dcastlegrant.com

David Castlegrant received his undergraduate degree (B.A. Ed.) from William Paterson College of New Jersey and his graduate degree (M.S. Administration) from Central Michigan University.

David has had extensive work experience as an executive manager, educator, and business consultant.

For the first 20 years of his business career, David was an executive operations manager for Consumers Distributing Co., Ltd., a major North American retail organization and Foland's, Inc., a Detroit based retail company. Mr. Castlegrant held full P&L responsibility for all stores as well as participating in the daily operation of the corporation.

In 1992, he founded David Castlegrant & Associates, a management and marketing consulting firm specializing in family owned businesses. He has acted as a consultant to over 80 profit and non-profit organizations in the US, Canada, Great Britain and Russia on such issues as ISO9000:2000 implementation, market research, job description design, policy deployment, employee training and development, recruitment and placement, organization development and facilitation of focus groups, financial analysis, mergers & acquisitions, marketing plans, and new business start-up.

In 1991, David was appointed to the faculty of Cleary University in Howell and Ann Arbor, MI. He is currently Chair of the Marketing and Management Division. He has taught classes in Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior, International Business, Marketing, and Quality Management.

David is a Certified Quality Manager, Certified Quality Auditor, and a Certified Professional Marketer.

Deborah K. Gantos

Deborah@dcastlegrant.com

Deborah Gantos received her undergraduate (B.A. Foreign Language Ed.) from Marietta College (Ohio) and her graduate degree (M.A. Guidance and Counseling) from The Ohio State University.

Deborah has had extensive work experience as an educator, licensed professional counselor and business consultant. She has developed and facilitated training seminars in such topics as effective communications, team building, conflict management, time management, leadership, supervisory skills, business writing skills, English as a second language and stress management. She has acted as a consultant to a variety of profit and non-profit organizations. She has consulted on such issues as job description design, policy deployment, staff training and development, recruitment and placement, organization behavior, facilitation of focus groups, and career counseling.

From 1984 thru 1988, Deborah was the Director of the Women's Resource Center in Howell, MI. As Director, she oversaw all administrative responsibilities of the agency, which logged over 1,000 client contacts annually. Some of her accomplishments included: development of a bimonthly newsletter distributed to over 400 recipients, preperation and presentation of a budget proposal which tripled agency's former grant, the development, coordination and facilitation of various seminars, and the presentation of workshops on substance abuse prevention and skills such as stress management, assertiveness training, reentry issues, and self-esteem.