About Barnes & Conti

B. Kim Barnes
Barnes & Conti CEO

When Kim isn’t on the road, writing books, or designing leadership development programs, you might find her behind a camera or thinking about the next case for her fictional organizational detective, Sarah Hawthorne.

Eric Beckman
Global Director

Eric remains enthusiastically engaged in helping people achieve their hopes and dreams. When he is not in the airport, in a classroom, or leading a webinar, he could be outside flying a plane or a hang glider, hiking in the mountains, or surfing in the ocean—or in the evenings, playing music with friends.

Lauren Powers
Senior Vice President—Business Development

Lauren loves to connect and help clients, partners and team members formulate workable solutions to meet their unique challenges. Having sat where many clients are, Lauren understands the organizational landscape and complexities for success. She also enjoys learning about great food. Right now, she is finalizing a food memoir that she hopes to publish one day.

Nelson Soken, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Strategist

Nelson loves to ask challenging questions of himself and those that he interacts with so that the status quo is not assumed. He is very client-focused and strives to share what he knows so that clients can move forward and achieve their goals. He loves interacting with people from diverse backgrounds and reading innovation/business books to continually learn about the world. His hobbies are distance running including marathon and ultra marathons and cooking where the recipe is just the starting point for an experiment.

Elaine Turcotte
Operations Manager

Elaine works on scheduling, logistics, and contracts and manages inventories and day-to-day operations. With an eye for design, an ear for languages, and a heart for peace and justice, Elaine is an active community volunteer.

Dineen Digiacomo
Senior Account Coordinator

Dineen works closely with clients to ensure quality customer service and logistical support. She is a busy mom to three school-aged children and enjoys blogging in her free time.

Heller Rathbone
Finance Manager

Heller performs our Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions. In her spare time, Heller likes to keep the right side of her brain active by painting.

Cass uses his graphic design skills to produce the learning materials offered at Barnes and Conti. He has a Masters degree in Education: Instructional Technologies. Cass enjoys photography, playing classical piano, and riding his bike.

Rickey-Dean Wasson
Curriculum Design and Development Consultant & Facilitator

Rickey-Dean wears many hats including project management, instructional design, and facilitation. His background is in Musical Theatre, and he has performed across the US and Canada in many touring productions. He lived 22 years abroad in, London, Barcelona, and Belfast. When not helping customers achieve their goals, he can be found cycling, volunteering for worthwhile causes, or traveling.