Fran Alexander is an organizational consultant specializing in collaborative efforts in teams, across departments, between organizations, and within communities. Her work supports both corporate and public sector clients, focusing on organization-wide strategic planning, partnership development, and community engagement. Her projects most frequently include stakeholders with diverse perspectives who must find common ground and craft mutually agreed upon plans. The content of her work ranges from the highly technical to social and cultural change efforts.

Her unflagging curiosity and good humor have allowed Fran easy access to widely varying cultures. She makes partnering and collaborative decision-making skills work well in communities, successfully engaging large groups of citizens and decision makers to share critical information and make effective decisions.

Fran's education includes a Masters Degree from the University of Michigan with a specialty in systems theory and interpersonal development. In postgraduate professional development with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she has developed excellent qualitative research skills that ensure both validity and reliability in data analysis.

Trained in engineering with a commitment to informed public policy, Laura Crane brings a wealth of technical skill and knowledge to Alexander Resources. Her capacity to observe and quickly understand the core issues within systems has helped clients advance efforts quickly and with substance.

Laura is highly skilled in collecting, analyzing and synthesizing data. Her strengths include her ability to translate technical, often complex concepts into immediately accessible ideas. Her talents as a writer and communicator add value to any project in which she takes part.

The broad range of her clients is testament to her diverse skills. Laura has provided critical project management and technical research to a large community's long range planning for water quality; researched and wrote a county's integrated e-commerce strategy; and galvanized a neighborhood to understand pressing local environmental issues.

Laura has Masters degrees in Natural Resources and Public Policy from the University of Michigan, as well as an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. Prior to becoming the mother of three young children and supporting clients with Alexander Resources, Laura was an engineering and water quality consultant for 11 years with firms in San Jose, California and Detroit, Michigan.

Joanne Alexander brings the experience of 15-plus years as an organizational consultant to Alexander Resources, specializing in organization research, assessment, and benchmarking. Working with a number of clients in both the private and public sector, Joanne's projects often involve collecting information from both internal and external constituencies in order to ensure that all voices are heard.

With a background in organizational psychology, Joanne's interests include the relational dynamic in making change happen. From the initial assessment of an organization, through project management and implementation, to leadership coaching on sustaining change, Joanne engages the client at every level. Her strength is her ability to coach her clients to optimize their own skill sets - using the principles of integrity, curiosity and personal accountability.

Joanne received a Masters degree in Organization Psychology from the University of Michigan and was an Organizational Effectiveness consultant with the Watson Wyatt Company for seven years prior to becoming an independent consultant in 1995.