Liz Berney

Liz Berney: Profile

Selected clients include: Agency for International Development, American Red Cross, American Resort Development Association, AT & T, Fannie Mae, Internal Revenue Service, International Dairy Food Association, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Marriott Corporation, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, National Institutes of Health, Public Welfare Foundation, Raytheon Corporation, State of the Art, Inc., U.S. Departments of Commerce, Education, Treasury, Veteran Affairs; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. House of Representatives.

Dr. Berney has taught for the Accelerated MBA Program at George Washington University, Executive Programs at the University of Maryland’s School of Business and Management, and for the Office of Continuing and Extended Education at the University of Maryland. She developed and for five years, directed, the Organization Development Certificate Program at Georgetown University. In addition, she has taught management courses for the American Management Association. She was also a tenure track Professor of Organizational Psychology at George Mason University.

Dr. Berney received a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland. She earned a Teaching Excellence Award as a graduate student from the University of Maryland and a Psychology Award at Yale University.

She has specific expertise in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and its application to leadership, teams and organizational change and conflict. She has worked with groups including Tropicana, Quaker Oats, Marriott; a variety of national associations; many federal agencies and foundations using the Myers Briggs to enhance intrapersonal, interpersonal, group and intergroup communication and effectiveness.

Liz also facilitates group meetings and retreats and works with many scientists and technical experts from all over the world. She worked with malaria experts at the Gates Foundation and H1N1 experts at the National Institutes of Health.

She also does a great deal of public speaking at local and national meetings and has spoken for groups including: National Council for State Housing Agencies, Thomson Prometric, Dun & Bradstreet, Coca Cola, Fannie Mae, the U.S. House of Representatives, Baldrige Quality group and Starwood Hotels.