Larry Campbell, MA has had a thirty-year career working in human services and carries 13 years’ experience serving in Head Start Senior Management and Executive Director roles. Prior to his career with Head Start Larry spent 10 years working abroad in Argentina, South America which provided him with the valuable opportunity to work cross-culturally and linguistically.

Larry is a member of the Certified Coaches Alliance holding credentials in both executive and organizational development coaching. He also holds a certificate in Change Management from Cornell University.  Larry is a graduate of the UCLA Fellows Program.

Larry’s familiarity as a former Executive Director of Head Start uniquely positions himself having walked in the Directors “shoes.” Understanding the demanding work required to run a great Head Start program and with a strong passion to help Directors, Larry started his own business as a consultant and Executive Coach in 2019. He has a burning desire to help other executive teams become more cohesive and exceptional in their service delivery. He currently works with Head Start programs around the country.

As an Executive Coach and Consultant Larry helps Directors build exceptional leadership teams.  His expertise enables him to drive change using professional coaching techniques to help the C-Suite leaders achieve organizational effectiveness and implement strategic initiatives. From this vantage point he is very skillful at developing leadership teams utilizing coordinated approaches to break silos, using data visualization dashboards and analytics to drive quality outcomes, building a culture of continuous quality improvement, cultivating programs capability to improve management systems, achieving long-range program goals, employing time management techniques, creating succession planning, and solving systemic problems.  He also consults with Head Start board of directors supporting them in strategic planning as well the development of vision and mission statements.

Larry currently serves on the board of directors for three Head Start associations; the National head Start Association, the Region 9 Head Start Association, and the Arizona Head Start Association. Larry currently serves as the Vice Chair on the Executive Team for Region 9.

Prior to coming to Head Start Larry worked on federally funded Ryan White grants that provide HIV care and treatment services to low-income people with HIV/AIDS who are uninsured or underserved. In this capacity Larry did outreach to high-risk population groups, conducting HIV testing and linking HIV positive persons to case management services.

Married, he and his wife reside in Phoenix, Arizona along with their three adult children.  Larry has five grandchildren under the age of six.  “I loved parenting my children, but I never imagined the tender spot in my heart that grandchildren would fill with joy,” reveals Larry.

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Dr. Sheryl White, a cultural psychologist and organization development practitioner, brings over 25 years of experience facilitating ethical, strategic, and critical decision-making; inspiring compassionate leadership; and fostering positive culture transformation for optimal performance and impact. Dr. White started her post-college career as a preschool teacher and assistant site supervisor on a military installation, and then transitioned to working as a rehabilitation counselor and consultant in the public and private sector. Prior to spending 20 years as an organization development consultant, she served as area manager of San Diego and El Centro, California for a subsidiary of Liberty Mutual and as an organization effectiveness specialist with the City of San Diego, California’s second largest city government.

Since 1999, Dr. White has served as a leadership coach and small group facilitator with the Center for Creative Leadership and a core adjunct professor at National University. She has provided leadership coaching to mid-level, senior and executive leaders from around the globe and across sectors from nonprofits, municipalities, education, and healthcare organizations to startups and Fortune 100 companies. In 2008, Dr. White joined the executive leadership team of the Neighborhood House Association one of San Diego county’s largest multi-purpose human services agencies, where she currently serves as the Chief Learning and Culture Officer. Since 2009, Dr. White has been the host of Leadership Matters, an Internet radio show and podcast that airs on Voice America’s Business Channel.

Dr. White holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Grambling State University, a master’s degree in counseling from Louisiana Tech University, and a master’s and Doctor of Psychology degree in culture and human behavior from Alliant International University in San Diego, CA. She is a recognized Board-Certified Coach (BCC) with the Center for Credentialing and Education, Inc. Dr. White is a lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta public service organization and is passionate about inspiring compassion and helping people work better, and better together, for the betterment of humanity.