Department of Counseling, Administration, Supervision and Adult Learning

About the Facilitators

Susan Aldrich

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Susan launched her own speaker/trainer business, Susan Aldrich & Associates, more than 17 years ago and quickly made a name for herself with her energetic and motivating discussions of time and project management, supervisory skills, and team building.

Susan is a co-founder of Northeast Ohio Accelerative Learning Special Interest Group. Through her knowledge and training, Susan is known as a champion and forerunner of bringing new techniques into Northeast Ohio. Susan’s clients rave about her ability to not only use these techniques, but quickly ignite the use of Accelerative Learning Activity based training in their own organizations.

Susan graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College and has served on the Association Board for American Society for Talent Development (formerly the American Society for Training and Development) and The International Alliance for Learning.


Sarah Spengler

Picture of Sarah Spengler Sarah is an experienced trainer, facilitator, coach and Organization Development practitioner, bringing a variety of perspectives to her consulting and coaching work.  She designs learning experiences that involve the participants in all parts of the process as much as possible.  She uses the Accelerative Learning approach throughout her training and consulting. 

She is a certified TetraMap ® Facilitator and Level II Accelerative Learning Master Practitioner.  She co-founded the NEO AL SIG with Susan in 2008. She currently works as a Disruptive Innovation Consultant (internal) for The MetroHealth System and maintains an external consulting and coaching practice, Grace Partners, LLC.

Sarah received her Master’s degree in Organization Development from Case Western Reserve University. Her Bachelor’s degree is in International Studies, received from Miami University of Ohio.


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