Our Team
Cristina de Mello e Souza Wildermuth, M.Ed.
Cris is an author, master facilitator, coach, and researcher specializing in leadership development, employee engagement, and personality diversity. Cristina’s greatest passion is to help organizations position employees where they will be most productive. Cristina is the author of “Diversity Training,” published by the American Society Training & Development (ASTD) and recently had articles published by the Journal of Commercial and Industrial Training and ASTD’s T & D magazine. Cristina is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and ( read more...)
Mel Wildermuth, M.B.A.
Mel is an author, master facilitator, coach, and program developer specializing in leadership development, personality diversity, and experiential training design. An Executive Partner and the Creative Director of The Effectiveness Group, Mel is a dynamic speaker and a highly creative instructional designer, having developed numerous “theme–based” training programs and simulations in leadership, engagement, diversity, and team building.
Deeply committed to education, Mel had over 15 years of experience as a (read more...)
Lori Burke
Lori is TEG’s Operations Manager. She is responsible for customer relations, publishing, and general business administration. She also assists in making key decisions within TEG. She has been trained in the WorkPlace Big Five and (read more...)
Maria Garaitonandia
Maria Garaitonandia has over 15 years experience in positions involving intercultural issues in management, customer service, and education in both Mexico and the United States. She has been a professor at Monterrey Tec University, Cuernavaca Campus in Mexico since 1999, teaching courses such as Intercultural Communication, International Negotiation, Mexican Business Management and Doing Business in the Global Marketplace.(read more...)
María de Luján (Marilú) Carlucci De Angelis
Marilú is TEG’s representative in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A graduate of the Argentinean Catholic University (UCA), and a gifted instructor, Marilú is passionate about youth education and (read more...)
Claudia Brandão Pereira
Claudia is a master facilitator and product development specializing in training for facilitators development, leadership, sales and customer service areas. Claudia’s big focus in class is to help participants get back the motivation that has been lost through constant contact with the client and the tremendous challenge and constant changes all employees are facing in their daily tasks nowadays. Claudia is a native of (read more...)
Lucy Linhares
Lucy Linhares is an expert facilitator skilled in assisting U.S. and multinational organizations to develop their interests, operations, and markets in Latin America. Among other current initiatives are the design, coordination and delivery of cross-cultural, communication, education and diversity training programs for national and international business. (read more...)