Anne I. Merkel, Ph.D., The Corporate Alchemist
Dr. Anne Merkel is an artist and a strategist. She is talented and shrewd. Her passion is for process stream-lining and inner transformation. She loves to inspire creativity, support personal growth, and create beautiful things. She has been dubbed a Renaissance Woman, a Professional Generalist, and The Corporate Alchemist. She has lived many lives in her present body and loves guiding people back from the Dark Night of the Soul – a place where she has been and survived to help others.
Anne has successfully progressed through her professional life wearing the following hats:
- Adjunct Professor – in twenty colleges and universities in the USA and Mexico
- MBA Professor – teaching International Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Business Communications
- Academic Chair – community college Spanish and English as a Second Language programs
- Founding Director – English Language and Multicultural Institute of the Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium of Corporations and Academic Institutions
- CEO, Senior Consultant, Coach, Trainer – Strategies for the 90’s - Management Consulting/Training and Development firm
- Director of Training and Development – Teledyne Allvac/Vasco Metals - in charge of training for all employees world-wide
- Out-sourced Director of Training and Development – Ovako-Ajax Steel Rings, Scott Aviation Health & Safety Division, Star-Linear of SKF, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
- Senior Alchemist Coach – The Ariela Group of Wholistic Services
- Professional Flautist – Soloist and member of The Higher Ground Ramblers
- Creativity PLAYshops Facilitator – Mandala painting and Collage Vision Boarding Seminars
- EFT Facilitator – Weekly TAPshops and Emotional Freedom Technique Training and Therapy Sessions
- Painter – acrylic and water color paintings and mandalas
- Energy Therapist – facilitator of Emotional Freedom Technique, Neuro Emotional Technique, Reiki, NLP, Cuztic Technique, among other modalities
- Individual and Group Coach – certified as: Master Life Coach, Group Coach, Spiritual Business Building Coach
- Writer – for Conscious Living ezine, Alchemist Anne blog, and of numerous other articles, reports, e-books including articles in De-TOX News and Yoga News
- Published Author - of Flowing Forward: Transforming from the Inside – Out, 2nd Ed. 2008, her popular e-book
- Collaborator with coach Sharon Wilson to publish The Advanced Spiritual Business Building Program Guidebook
- Collaborator with coaching guru Terri Levine on The Training Manual for Coaches
- Author of her own weekly newspaper column “BUSINESS BASICS” for the Enquirer Journal Newspaper for five years
- Author of “The Outsourced Director of Training and Development” chapter in the ASTD text Managing the Small Training Staff,
- Editor of How to Build Parents’ and Children’s Self Esteem by Karen Scheikowitz,
- Reviewer of manuscripts for Holt-Rinehart & Winston and Prentice Hall Publishers.
- Elected Chairperson - for County Economic Development Commission, County Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing Division, County Community College Task Force, Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Board Member - for World Trade Association, Community Arts Council, Regional Chamber Council, County Hospice, Community College Small Business Center
- Active Member - of various county Chambers of Commerce, Regional Organizational Development Network, Sister Cities International, World Affairs Councils, International Trade Associations, American Society for Training & Development, Rotary International where she participated in a Rotary Executive Group Study Exchange to India; Anne is included in several Who’s Who listings
- Meeting Facilitator - for Regional Community Relations Council Gang Summit, Women in Management Seminar Series, State-wide Initiative for Foster Child Programs, Chamber of Commerce Leadership Schools, Annual Board Retreats, Regional Quality Summit, Chamber of Commerce Strategic Planning Retreats, Regional Human Resource Problem-Solving Forums