About Liz Berney, Ph.D.

Dr. Liz Berney is a renowned consultant, trainer, public speaker, and coach for clients including: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coca Cola, Tropicana, The National Quality Program (Baldridge Award), AT&T, Fannie Mae, American Red Cross, Quaker Oats, American Management Systems, Cisco, Human Rights First, National Public Radio, Dun and Bradstreet, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Marriott Corporation, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Capital, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health), Education, Veteran Affairs, Treasury, and Homeland Security among many others.

Liz currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor for Executive Programs for both the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, where she also teaches for their online MBA Program. She is a former Instructor for the American Management Association, the Accelerated MBA Program at George Washington University, Georgetown University, and George Mason University. She founded, designed, and directed the Organization Development Certificate Program at Georgetown University.

Her Bachelor's Degree is in Psychology from Yale University (Distinction in Psychology) and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology are from the University of Maryland, where she won the Teaching Excellence Award for her undergraduate teaching. She was a Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at George Mason University from 1985 – 1988.

Liz is a Master MBTI Practitioner, and she has advanced training in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Group Dynamics and Facilitation, Future Search Planning (Marvin Weisbord), Clark-Wilson 360 Surveys, VOICES (Lominger) 360 for Leaders, Interests-based Negotiation, Change Management and Leadership Development.

Recent articles include “The Co-Creation of Conflict” in Yes You Can!: Reaching Your Potential While Achieving Greatness, the American Psychological Association’s Monitor, Washington Woman, the Medical Office Manager, the Society of Actuaries Stepping Stone, and the Law Office Administrator. She was awarded Top 5 Speaker on Teams (along with Stephen Covey) from Speakers Platform in 2012 the Small Business Excellence Award from the SBIEC in 2013.