Dawn Rhine, CPF, MBTI Certified

Synergy Forces, LLC
Silver Spring, Maryland
(301) 761-4214 (Office)

With over 20 years prior experience as a management executive and now, as an independent, professional facilitator, Dawn offers expertise to effectively draw out the collective wisdom of your team, leading to greater productivity, consensus, and results.

Dawn has conducted several sessions as lead facilitator or in support of other facilitators, with such groups from FEMA, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Forest Service, Unilever, XO Communications, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, National Retail Federation, American Bakers Association, and others. She has worked with groups as small as 6 and as large as 100+ participants. The focus of these sessions has included such initiatives as (in alphabetical order):

Action Planning
Communication Planning
Key Organizational Decisions
Problem Solving
Positioning/Branding
Priorities and Role Clarification
Process Improvement
Research Design and Analysis
Strategic Plans and Evaluation
TeamBuilding(including MBTI^®)

Dawn has helped associations, government, and corporations find success in reaching their specific purpose and desired outcomes. Dawn's role as facilitator has resulted in more efficient and effective decisions with important group buy-in and support toward successful implementation of those decisions.

In addition to being formally training in group dynamics and process methods, Dawn has nearly 20 years experience as a management executive. Prior to becoming an independent facilitator, Dawn was employed by various associations and corporations, responsible for strategic direction while facilitating sessions with boards, committees, and internal teams.

Education

Dawn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Marketing from the University of Maryland, University College, in College Park. She is designated as a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) by the International Association of Facilitators. Also, she is certified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment tool.

Dawn is proud to be a member of the International Association of Facilitators, the Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network (Member of Executive Committee, Board of Directors), the Association for Psychology Type International, The American Small Business Coalition, the Association for Strategic Planning, ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership (Member, Executive Management Section Council), and BoardSource.