Christine H. Shaefer, PhD
Christine’s career spans sectors, from early days in for-profit manufacturing and entertainment companies to nearly two decades in the nonprofit world, followed by a decade in the federal government.
Her education includes a BA in English/Communications from Pace University, a MA in Theatre & Drama from University of WI-Madison, a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from Marian University, a variety of certifications, and the designations of Institute for Organization Management (IOM) from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Certified Association Executive (CAE) from the American Society of Association Executives.
In addition to direct work for membership associations, including ten years as an executive vice president, Christine served as a consultant with other associations and nonprofits, focusing on governance, leadership, and strategy. This gives Live Both And distinct strength in advancing associations.
In the public sector, Christine served the U.S. Office of Personnel Management at the Federal Executive Institute as lead faculty member for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs. In this role, she worked with global leaders on five continents, assessing their needs, creating customized curricula, facilitating with high engagement, and coaching with compassion.
Christine sees the world through a strengths-based lens and believes communication, connection, and creative thinking are skills to be embraced and enhanced now more than ever. She urges individuals and organizations to employ both-and thinking to meet the challenges of today’s complex world.
Enrique Martínez-González
Enrique, a native Spanish speaker born in Madrid, Spain, began his career as a practicing architect and industrial designer before transitioning to academia, consulting, and public service. He holds master’s degrees in Architecture from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid and Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Additionally, among the certifications he holds are VUCA Leadership by Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Strategic Foresight by the University of Houston’s College of Technology.
He was a sustainable materials researcher and faculty member with the Rhode Island School of Design for more than 18 years, a visiting lecturer at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, a visiting professor at the American University of Sharjah (U.A.E.), and a design lecturer in Executive Education programs at Harvard Law School.
Enrique’s work expanded to design for public health and public spaces and then to human-centered design (HCD) for public policy. As Design Education Director at The Lab at OPM (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) and then Senior Faculty member at OPM’s Federal Executive Institute, he led the development and implementation of an HCD and innovation culture across agencies, ranks, and geographic locations.
As an independent consultant, Enrique served companies, organizations, and governments worldwide in the areas of innovation, strategy, leadership development, creative problem solving, HCD, design thinking, and user/patient/customer experience. He is a firm proponent of leveraging creativity and exploration to confront the complex challenges that organizations face today on their path to compelling futures.