Staff
Greenleaf Center Staff
Kent M. Keith
Chief Executive Officer
kkeith@greenleaf.org
Jerry Glashagel
Program Consultant
jglashagel@greenleaf.org
Chris’e Jo Van Meter
Finance Director
chrisjo@greenleaf.org
Dolores Jones
Director of Member and Donor Relations
djones@greenleaf.org
LeAnne Yoder
Publications Director
lyoder@greenleaf.org
Lisa Jones
Executive Assistant to the CEO
ljones@greenleaf.org
DR. KENT M. KEITH
Dr. Kent M. Keith is the Chief Executive Officer of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. He has been an attorney, a state government official, a high tech park developer, a university president, a YMCA executive, and a full-time speaker and author. Dr. Keith earned a B.A. in Government from Harvard University, an M.A. in Philosophy and Politics from Oxford University in England, a Certificate in Japanese from Waseda University in Japan, a J.D. from the University of Hawaii, and an Ed. D. from the University of Southern California. He is a Rhodes Scholar. He has received Honorary Doctorates from Chaminade University of Honolulu and Tusculum College of Greeneville, Tennessee.
Dr. Keith is known internationally as the author of the Paradoxical Commandments, which he first published in 1968 in a booklet for student leaders. During the past seven years he has published four books related to the commandments, including Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments, which became a national bestseller and was translated into 17 languages. He is also the author of The Case for Servant Leadership, published in 2008 by the Greenleaf Center. Over the years, Dr. Keith has given more than 900 conference papers, presentations, and seminars. He has been featured on the front page of The New York Times and in People magazine, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Family Circle. He has appeared on dozens of TV shows and more than 100 radio programs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. More information about Dr. Keith is available at his personal website, www.kentmkeith.com.
JERRY GLASHAGEL
Jerry Glashagel joined the Greenleaf Center team at the beginning of 2008 as program consultant. Jerry has worked in the past with both for-profit and non-profit organizations in the USA as well as internationally. His non-profit career includes positions with local YMCAs in California and Ohio; the national and international YMCA in the USA, Europe and India; and a consulting firm that works with non-profits which have helped children’s museums, youth collaborative, and health research organizations develop programs and raise funds. His for-profit experience has been in affordable housing, community banking, travel, and business development in Russia.
DOLORES JONES
Dolores is Director of Member and Donor Relations. She joined the Greenleaf Center in May 2008. Dolores graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, where she was a photographer and writer for the yearbook, and a member of several honor societies. She earned a B.A. in Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was again a member of several honor societies. During her college years she was a student tutor at the Maywood Police Department, providing tutoring to five under-privileged youth; Concessions Supervisor for the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, supervising and teaching volunteers; and a receptionist for the University YMCA, responsible for time sheets, class rosters, and check-in/check-out procedures.
LEANNE YODER
LeAnne Yoder joined the Greenleaf Center at the end of 2007 as our Publications Director. She was born and raised in Indiana. She attended Fox Secretarial College, and then worked for Amoco Corporation in Chicago as Senior Administrative Secretary in the Human Resources Department, a job that involved coordinating travel, meetings, and the implementation of various training programs throughout the world. She also assisted in a corporate study that involved daily interaction with senior executives. Later, she became an Administrative Assistant in the Defined Benefits Department of Hewitt Associations in Lincolnshire, Illinois, where she worked on internal training programs, provided team support, and maintained calendars for senior partners. LeAnne and her husband have three children who keep her busy.
LISA JONES
Lisa Jones joined the Greenleaf Center in October 2008, and is the Executive Assistant to the CEO. She was raised in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Indiana in 1986. She worked her way through college, earning her B.S. in accounting from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, where she graduated with honors. She has extensive experience in business and non-profit management.
Lisa has worked in a variety of positions since her first job as an Inventory Control Clerk for Service Merchandise. She has also been an Administrative Assistant at Shrine High School, a Shift Leader at the Purdue Student Union, and a Placement Assistant for Kelly Services. After moving to Indianapolis, she worked at a restaurant, CT Peppers, before eventually joining The Salvation Army Harbor Light Center where she worked for nine years in the business office. After leaving The Salvation Army she worked with The Steak n Shake Company in the Accounting Department. During her nine years with Steak n Shake, she was promoted to Senior Accountant, Manager of Financial Systems, Manager of New Products, and Senior Benefits Analyst. It was there that Lisa learned about servant leadership. Lisa and her husband Bruce enjoy time with friends and family - which includes 8 grandchildren. Lisa also enjoys knitting in her free time.
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