About Kathy Davanzo, SPHR
Speaker – Consultant
President & Senior Trainer-Pelorus Leadership Group, Inc.
Kathy is a speaker, consultant and trainer with over thirty years of training, human resource management and leadership experiences having worked in university, corporate and nonprofit environments.
As a speaker, trainer and workforce readiness consultant Kathy focuses on workforce readiness issues from the employer perspective and communications and influence skills for employees at all levels.
Kathy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Communications Education from Miami University and a master’s degree in Education from the University of Miami.
Kathy is a national member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the National Speaker’s Association and American Society for Training and Development (ASTD); a member of the Suncoast chapter of ASTD, the Senior Human Resources Development (HRD) Forum and the Suncoast Human Resources Management Association.
Kathy served over three years as the Workforce Readiness Chair for the HR Florida State Council. She was a member of the Society for Human Resource Management’s Katrina Disaster Response Volunteer Panel. She received the HR Florida President’s award three times in recognition of volunteer service to the HR profession, the Florida workforce and employers.
Kathy is also the President of CODA Partners, Inc. an organization that provides long term leadership and team development programs.
Kathy is an avid sailor, and when not sailing, she resides in Gulfport, Florida with her husband, Charlie.
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