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The Faculty

 
Juli Lynch, Ph.D.
Juli Lynch holds a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development Psychology. She specializes in personal professional development, leadership and team development and organizational culture alignment and management. Juli has spent 25 years as a consultant and executive coach in the financial services industry, and has also coached executives in the automotive, healthcare and retail industries. She is a regular presenter at the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, and has spoken for more than 25 state banking associations over the past decade. She has led long-term consulting and coaching engagements with 20 banks across the country that have focused on connecting culture and leadership to performance. Prior to her consulting career, Juli was a professional ultra-marathoner and adventure racer, competing around the globe with her teams. She gained incredible insight into enabling teams and leaders to reach new levels of performance in high-stress situations. 
   
A.J.Peper, Ph.D.
A.J. Peper holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Oregon. In the first part of his 12-year career, AJ was the VP of Client Success at a digital marketing agency where was responsible for Business Development as well as leading engagements with large technology companies across strategy, sales enablement and executive coaching and keynote writing. Currently, AJ serves as the Founder and CEO of Command Sight, Inc., a company focused on Bridging Human and Animal Communication. In this role, AJ has raised private equity funds, secured multiple government contracts, and been awarded multiple patents for research efforts on Command Sight’s Canine Head Mounted Display.
 
   
Steve Ahlberg  
Capt. USN SEAL (Ret.) MS, MBA
When it comes to stress, Steve Ahlberg understands the reality of facing long odds and devising methods for defeating them.  A career spent in the U. S. Navy SEALs, from Platoon Commander to Deputy Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command to Commodore, has empowered Steve to think strategically, plan thoroughly, and take action.  The SEALs are arguably the most versatile of the military special operations groups.  Known within their community as simply, “The Teams,” they achieve the seemingly impossible through Teamwork.  Armed with an MBA and MS in Strategic Intelligence, Steve has the ability to wind stories of his military exploits around effective methods of team building, team leadership, and executive training.  He has worked to develop high performance teams and leaders in organizations nationally and internationally, large and small.