Learn more about the HRDQ Consulting team

Gary O. Turner, MA

An award-winning trainer and consultant, Gary Turner has over 30 years of professional experience with major corporations such as M&M Mars, Aramark, and AT&T. A high-energy, sought-after trainer, Gary speaks, trains, and consults on collaborative processes in organizations.

He has been a requested speaker at conventions of ATD, Association for Quality and Participation, College and University Personnel Association, the International Collaborative Organizations Conference, and at annual meetings for companies around the world. His areas of expertise include coaching, communication, conflict management, customer service, leadership development, partnering, project management, negotiating, team building, and time management.

Gary holds two Master's degrees, one in Communication from the University of Nebraska and another in History from Abilene Christian University. He earned his BA from Harding University.

Noe E. Tabares

Over 35 years of experience in leadership, operations, management, sales, marketing, presenting, training, facilitating, coaching, mentoring, motivational speaking, and delivering keynote speeches. Noe has consulted with companies throughout North America, Central America, South America, The Caribbean, The United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

HRDQ Consulting clients enjoy Noe for his personality and commitment to learning. He has a passion for helping people solve their problems and attain goals. Clients often remark that he teaches them how to view situations with a different perspective, allowing them to see various solutions to any problem. They learn to build and maintain relationships, have successful interactions, provide a high level of customer satisfaction, and lead associates to accomplish shared goals.

Noe is bilingual, fluent in English and Spanish. He has facilitated workshops, training sessions, and motivational presentations to diverse audiences around the world, both in person and virtually.

Alvina Peat

For over 15 years Alvina has been leading workshops and coaching clients at all levels of organizations; first-line supervisors to C-suite leaders. Her clients benefit from her expansive industry experience. Alvina's clients include the automotive industry, institutions of higher learning, non-profit agencies, financial services and Fortune 500 organizations.

Alvina is passionate about interpersonal communication. It is so important to her that when she began Williamspeat Associates in 2002, its primary focus was interpersonal communication in the workplace. Alvina's workshops, coaching and consulting are deeply-rooted in her belief that communication is the foundation upon which all relationships are built. Through interactive, engaging and enlightening workshops and lectures, Alvina helps countless individuals and organizations tear down barriers to effective communication.

Alvina knows that in order to have a positive impact in the workplace, you must have conversations with others. Whether you are running data or repairing machines, it has no value unless you understand what your customers, coworkers, or leaders need. She recognizes that organizations with effective communication skills have teams that are more engaged, productive, and have lower turnover.

Alvina uses adult learning theories and techniques to help her clients gain new insight into their every day communication with others, build a better rapport with co-workers, resolve conflicts more effectively, and work collaboratively.

David Alumbaugh

David has more than 20 years of sales and sales management experience and has managed institutional-level sales for domestic and international accounts. He has led sales efforts in numerous industries including education, healthcare, HR training, and consulting services.

David is an Adjunct Professor of Business at Baker University, where his expertise includes 20 years of teaching MBA courses to working professionals, including organizational and marketing management. David also serves as faculty mentor for the development of new teachers. Proficient in knowledge transfer and other workplace generational concerns, David has developed and taught college courses for Baker University on generational issues in the workplace.

David endorses a participative leadership style. He is accomplished in problem resolution, goal setting, realizing and eliciting an individual’s full potential, influencing others and achieving results through development of quality-focused business relationships. David’s experience includes managing business-critical projects and operations in educational-based and privately-held organizations as well as developing and marketing seminars in the global marketplace. His operational expertise includes profit and loss accountability, recruiting and staffing, motivational incentives, sales strategy development and team development.

His previously held positions include being the president of Seminars International, vice president and director of training & business development for Insight Information International, and operations manager for American Management Association/Padgett Thompson.

Richard Head

Richard has more than 35 years of staff learning and development experience and has served in roles as director of training, executive coach, director of online learning, and director of instructional development. He led teams of course developers and trainers for a division of the American Management Association, and consulted with Association business development partners in Thailand, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, and the U.K.

Richard has spent the most recent 10 years working in training and executive coaching roles, primarily in multi-year engagements with agencies of the Federal government where he coached executives who were preparing to enter the Senior Executive Service. As an instructional designer he developed both new online training as well as conversion of instructor-led training to both online and blended classroom/online formats.

Richard holds a Master of Social Work degree, specializing in not-for-profit organization development and administration. He used that experience to help people in the for-profit world further develop their emotional and social intelligence, and to advance corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, particularly in the social domain.

His areas of expertise are communications, presentation and briefing skills, leadership, coaching and mentoring, negotiation and conflict resolution, change and transition management, interviewing and candidate selection, and business writing and grammar.

A lifelong learner, some of Richard’s strongest interests are adult and continuing education, questioning and learning mindsets, developing leadership points of view, and career and life changes. Recognizing the enormous power of the spoken word, he is interested in storytelling and the impact that common beliefs and stories have on our perceptions of the world.

Steve Dew

Steve Dew is an experienced, professional and engaging leadership consultant with over 25 years of real-world management and executive level experience. Having worked for both fortune 500 level companies as well as small, privately held companies, Steve has led, coached and mentored people at all levels of an organization to help improve personal, team and organizational effectiveness. He is an experienced trainer and facilitator having delivered hundreds of training programs and coaching sessions throughout the United States as well as internationally in Canada, South America and the United Kingdom. Steve has worked with individuals, teams and corporations, and has delivered live public training to as many as 200 participants.

Having led corporate human resources and training departments, Steve knows what it takes to build and maintain a team culture that values employees, drives performance, fosters accountability, and builds commitment. Steve will add life and depth to your training experience by bringing his hands-on experience with the day-to-day challenges you face.

Steve's consulting and training experience include topics such: employee relations, performance management, interviewing, team building, building trust, conflict resolution, disciplinary action, coaching and feedback, relationship management, succession planning, rewards and recognition, delegation, communication and presentation skills, personal branding, and more.

Whether it's building your team and creating a culture of commitment and accountability, or trying to head off a mutiny, Steve has worked with leaders and teams to achieve more than they thought possible, as well as overcome obstacles preventing success.

Steve believes that helping others to achieve their goals, at the office or in a training session, starts with engagement. His training and coaching style focuses on practical, time tested, sensible concepts that can be applied by anyone.

Dr. Michael Brenner

As founder and CEO of Right Chord Leadership, Dr. Michael Brenner collaborates with leaders and teams at all levels to strengthen the essential skills needed for peak performance. He achieves this by drawing on more than two decades of experience as an international leadership consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, and educator, and more than 35 years as a professional musician.

Michael is the creator of the CHORDS Model™ which consists of six key "notes" all successful leaders and teams play: C (Communication), H (Harmony), O (Ownership), R (Respect), D (Direction) and S (Support). He has partnered with leading organizations in a variety of industries, including law firm Ballard Spahr, Godiva, Burlington Stores, QVC, SAP, Penn Medicine, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Michael has been a featured speaker at many industry events and conferences around the world, including Southeast Asia, Canada and Australia. He holds a doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership from Columbia University and a master’s degree in Adult and Organizational Development from Temple University. He has taught courses in organizational behavior, systems dynamics, negotiations, and interpersonal relations (among others) at Immaculata University, Temple University, and La Salle University. Currently, Michael is on the faculty of Penn State University and American University.

Additionally, Michael recently completed a certificate program on the neuroscience of leadership from MIT and is currently writing a book based on the CHORDS Model™ aimed at developing young leaders.

Devin C. Hughes

Devin is an unbridled optimist, captivating international speaker, author, thought-leader, and culture expert. He helps leaders drive growth and engagement by aligning workplace culture with success. His experience working on employee engagement strategy, evolving corporate cultures, talent management, and diversity & Inclusion brings a unique perspective in helping his clients plan for positive growth and evolution. His approach which draws from the science of positive psychology, positive organizational research, appreciative inquiry, neuroscience, mindset, and mindfulness.

Devin's unconventional and innovative views on business and leadership have attracted international attention. From State Farm to Disney, from Lockheed Martin to Eli Lilly, from big business to entrepreneurs to government agencies, Devin has been invited to meet with an array of leaders and organizations in nearly every industry.

Devin was named to Peoplehum's power list of the top 200 thought leaders to follow in 2023. He received his BA Colgate University and his M.S. from Southern New Hampshire University. He is the author of twenty-one books and lives in San Diego, CA with his wife, four daughters and his beloved rescue dog.