Who we are

Principals

Lucie Phillips, Ph.D., ILC Associate, founder and CEO of IBI Consulting, has extensive experience identifying needs and implementing training for improved performance within businesses, government, and non-profit organizations, especially in developing countries. She has taught at the University of Maryland, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. A recognized development economist, she has led project teams on numerous consulting assignments, designed business training modules for women in development and financial reform, and published and edited various policy works on strategies for economic development in Africa.

Joel Schlesinger, Ph.D., IBI Consulting Senior Vice President for Business Development and COO, International Leadership Center, is long experienced with development programs and leadership training. He has over thirty years of private, public, and NGO experience in developing areas, especially Africa. He has designed, led, and evaluated scores of economic development projects from economic policy reform at the highest levels of government to private sector cluster building, technology transfer, and firm-level asset creation. He is an experienced trainer and facilitator who appreciates the impact of social, cultural, and historical influences on policy formulation, project design, and organizational effectiveness. Prior to joining IBI, Dr. Schlesinger held senior positions in USAID and has won recognition for innovation in organizational reinvention. Dr. Schlesinger is adjunct professor of organizational behavior and advanced human resources management at a Washington, D.C.-area university MBA program. He holds a doctorate in management and organizational leadership

Robert C. Morris, Ph.D., is Director, of the International Leadership Center, (ILC). He has been involved with management, communication and development training and projects in many parts of the world for more than thirty years. He was Director of the International Communication Workshops at Michigan State University and has studied and written on management style adaptation of international executives in differing cultural environments. He is also the author of a book on nationally sponsored international volunteer programs and edited, with Dr. Susanne Morris, the book series, Management-Communication, published by the State University of New York Press.

Susanne R. Morris, Ph.D., Deputy Director, International Leadership Center, supports many of the Center's activities, especially its research projects for public and private sector clients. She has presented hundreds of seminars on a variety of management topics and taught public policy and directed the Masters Program in Public Policy and Administration at Michigan State University for a number of years. She has been a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Information Agency and served as policy analyst with the legislatures of California and Michigan.

Associates

ILC programs are conducted by its Principals and Associates, accomplished and long-experienced professionals including many leading academics and senior consultants in the fields of business, communication, social science, education, and international development. ILC teams also respond to custom needs of clients as well as provide the highly regarded standard programs.