Marni Welch Resume

Marni Welch, VP Planning, Organizational Development, and Research
Bramson Welch and Assoc. Inc.
Website: http://www.bramsonwelch.com
6400 Hollis St., Suite 1 Emeryville
510-541-1206 (cell)
510-525-6976 (fax)
marni@bramsonwelch.com

Professional Experience:

Bramson Welch and Associates, Inc.

VP Planning, Organizational Development, and Research September 2008 – Present

Marni Welch is one of three principals in Bramson Welch, where she provides technical research, planning, and project management on all BWA projects, and consulting for start-ups, partnerships, and profit and non-profit businesses in technical project planning, management, and team facilitation, strategic planning, meeting facilitation, executive coaching, and group and individual training in interpersonal communication, thinking styles, time management, and work process issues.

Principal, Marni Welch Consulting January 2002 – August 2008
Providing consulting in strategic planning, organizational development, facilitation, coaching, training, and technical program management and evaluation

Selected Consulting Projects:

Regional Asthma Management and Prevention – Executive coaching, organizational ! Development, Consulting, January 2009 – Present

David + Jane – Business Coaching, Planning, and Communications Consulting, ! September 2009 – Present Bramson Welch Engineering LLC – Strategic Planning, January – August 2008

School of Public Health, UCB Consulting Projects

  • Strategic Plan Implementation and Faculty Coaching June – August 2008
  • Organizational Specialist/Change Manager staff position (In-house Consulting), May 2007 – May 2008
  • Coaching Senior Leaders, 2006-2007
  • SARG Group Role Clarification Process, 2006-2007
  • Information Services Office – Work Group Analysis, Role Clarification, Staffing Plan, 2006-2007
  • Student Services Team Building, Training, and Workload Analysis, 2005-2006

 

Faces for the Future, Children’s Hospital Oakland – Communication/Thinking Styles Workshops and Strategic Planning Process, 2006-2007

Bay Area Alternative Press – Pro bono Strategic Planning Advice, 2005

Something Ventures – Ground Floor Business Development of an Internet Technology Venture, 2004-2005 (genesis of Bramson Welch and Associates)

CHORI-CHO-UC SPH Coalition – Inter-group Communications Analysis and Reconciliation Project, 2004

Skylier Wear clothing company – Business Plan Advising, 2004

Decades of Style Pattern Company – Small Business Advising 2003, Research and Business Planning Consultation, 2004-2005

John Muir Elementary School, Berkeley – Facilitation of School Community Meetings, The Outdoor School Fundraising, 2003

Chaparral House, Berkeley – In-Service Training Sessions (with Sheri Hartman, LCSW), !2002, 2005

Kala – Grant Application Consultation, 2003 Kala – Annual Board Retreat Facilitation, 2003 (sole facilitator)

Kala – Annual Board Retreat facilitation, 2002 (co-facilitator with Lorn Buchman) Kala – Organizational Assessment, 2002

ACA – Strategic Plan, 2003 ACA – Board Strategic Planning Retreat facilitation, 2002

Other Work Expereince:

Coauthor (with Eric Welch) of FastCat, a museum collections database management system, 1989-90

Prototype for upgrade to FastCat, including digitized images and intradepartmental network, 1999

Judah L. Magnes Museum. Berkeley, California 1981 – 2001

  • March 2001 – December 2001 Deputy Director
  • February 2000 – February 2001 Project Manager
  • May 1984 – January 2000 Registrar
  • January 1996 – July 1997 and November 1998 – October 1999 Project Manager, Re-accreditation self-study, June – October 1995
  • Project Manager and Staff Liaison to Architects, Space Needs Analysis Project October 1989 – February 1990
  • Exhibition Coordinator, “Embellished Lives: Customs & Costumes, Jewish Community of Turkey” Fall 1986 – Winter 1987
  • Exhibition Coordinator, “Forms For Faith” May 1984 – December 2001
  • Lecturer, Docent Training Program January 1982 – April 1984
  • Assistant Registrar September 1981 – December 1981 Intern

 

1988 – Winter 1991. Adjunct Faculty, Department of Museum Studies, John F. Kennedy University. Orinda, California

1987 – 1992 Guest Lecturer and Subject Specialist Thesis Advisor, Center for Museum Studies, John F. Kennedy University. Orinda, California

January 1990 Oral Review Panel for Civil Service Position, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

1980 – 1984 Research Associate for Management Consulting firm, Bramson Parlette and Assoc.

Selected Professional Affiliations:

  • IEEE
  • IEEE-Consumer Electronics Society
  • IEEE-Consultants Network Silicon Valley
  • Audio Engineering Society
  • UC Berkeley Alumni Association, Life Member
  • Berkeley Cultural Trust, Chair 2002 – 2004, Member 2000 – 2007

 

Education

M.A., Ancient Mediterranean Cultures (Classical Archeology and Museum Studies San Francisco State University 1986
B.A., Anthropology (Old World Prehistory) University of California, Berkeley 1977