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Maria Vosberg
Maria Vosberg is a client operations specialist and events and program manager with more than ten years of experience in project management as a nonprofit fundraising professional. During that time she discovered a love for transforming the creative concepts for events and programs into Gantt charts. Born and raised in Iowa, Maria began her development career at the Des Moines
Nikki Bass
Nikki is an events manager/project manager/logistics guru who began working with Performance of a Lifetime in 2019. She has directed the delivery of large-scale events and leadership development programs in 28 countries and 16 U.S. states. Growing up in the great basketball (and bourbon) state of Kentucky, Nikki attended the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!), discovering a love of college
Lorraine Crooks
Lorraine is a visual artist whose professional journey began with a curiosity about how to creatively combine art and business. With a degree in Fine Art from the University of Michigan, she crafted an 18-year career in the field of photo syndication in both NY and LA. Licensing photography to publishing, advertising and corporate outlets was a fascinating way to
Andy Allis
Andy Allis is POAL’s all-around Guy Friday, providing administrative support to the client engagement team, company president Maureen Kelly, and whoever else screams for help. Andy is also an actor and appreciates how many details go into creating a successful performance. At POAL, he likes working behind the scenes on the details that help staff and clients create successfully. He
Kris Cheppaikode
Kris Cheppaikode’s challenge and reward is in helping to build and deliver experiences that radically improve the way participants see and relate to their lives and those around them. He enjoys creating new participant program assets, new back office tools, and new ways of seeing things. He finds it equally rewarding that POAL supports the All Stars Project, a nonprofit
Sevanne Kassarjian
Sevanne Kassarjian leads POAL’s global team of designers and facilitator-coaches in co-creating solutions with our clients. As Chief Development Officer she is the lead champion, strategist, and driver of work to ensure the ongoing qualitative advancement, innovation, and development of Performance of a Lifetime methods, talent, and the culture and practices to support that advancement. She oversees our full client
David Nackman
David has dedicated his career as a director, actor, trainer, and coach to revealing to the “non-performers” of the world that the tools of theater are a powerful force in professional and personal development. David has been an innovator in introducing the skills of improvisation as a method for creating effective, authentic, and powerful presentation, leadership brands and business communication,
Cathy Salit
Cathy Salit is a social entrepreneur, author, performer, executive coach, and performance activist. She began her career as an upstart and risk-taker at the age of 13, when she dropped out of eighth grade and started a radical, alternative school in an abandoned storefront in NYC. This unusual endeavor put her on an unorthodox life path, which ultimately led to
Maureen Kelly
Maureen leads our team in delivering on our promise to clients — to awaken, inspire and get leaders ready to deliver on the human side of strategic change. She’s responsible for shaping our company vision, strategy, and ongoing contributions to and innovations with our social mission partners. She has led Performance of a Lifetime in a decade of extraordinary growth