Suzanne Bates, CSP
CEO, Bates Communications, Inc

Suzanne Bates is an executive coach, author, keynote speaker, former award-winning television news anchor, and CEO of Bates Communications, Inc. She launched the firm in 2000 after a successful career in major market television. Today, Bates Communications has a team of seasoned consultants who improve their clients' businesses by transforming leaders into powerful communicators who get business results. Bates Communications offers strategic communications consulting, executive coaching, workshops, executive presence seminars and boot camps. Clients include Dow Chemical, Fidelity, Mellon/Bank of NY, John Hancock, VF Outdoor, Cabot Corp., Sun Life, EMC, Blue Cross Blue Shield, The North Face, and Stop and Shop. More about Suzanne Bates

David Casullo
President, Bates Communications, Inc.

David Casullo’s passion is developing leaders who have the courage and capability to change the world. He is the author of the upcoming book The Power of Resonance that will be published in 2011. David began his career in management in 1984 as the Computer Operations Manager for TJ Sheehan Distributing, a large Anheuser-Busch distributor located in Syracuse, NY. His desire to lead and to tackle tough business challenges head-on has led him on a path of increasing leadership responsibility throughout his 26-year career. He has served as General Manager of a successful small business; he spent five years in Cincinnati, Ohio as the Vice President and General Manager of multiple large divisions of a successful manufacturing business, and was President of a $200 million multi-national business before joining Raymour & Flanigan. Always having worked for tightly privately held companies, David is keenly aware of the leadership challenges uniquely present in a privately held organization. More about David Casullo

Craig Bentley
Principal, Bates Communications, Inc

Craig Bentley is an executive coach and senior communications consultant. Prior to joining Bates Communications in 2007, Craig was a principal at a Boston-area management consulting firm, working closely with CEO’s and business owners on strategy development and implementation. More about Craig Bentley

Sarah Woods
Principal, Bates Communications, Inc

Sarah Woods is an executive coach and senior communications consultant. Prior to joining Bates Communications in 2007, Sarah spent a decade as a management consultant, advising both international corporations and early stage startup companies in the area of communications, and sales & marketing strategy. More about Sarah Woods

Margery Myers
Principal Bates Communications, Inc.

Margery Myers is an executive coach and senior communications consultant. Margery’s more than 20-year career in communications spans multiple industries and corporate structures, including private and publicly held companies ranging from start-ups to multi-billion dollar global organizations. She has worked extensively with C-suite and senior-level executives throughout her career, leading communication strategy and implementation for such situations as acquisitions and divestitures, financial reporting, CEO transitions, corporate restructuring/reorganizations and numerous corporate crises/issues. More about Margery Myers

Paula Lyons
Principal, Bates Communications, Inc

Paula Lyons is an executive coach and senior communications consultant. Prior to joining Bates Communications in 2004, Paula earned respect and accolades as a top-rated consumer reporter and familiar face on ABC’s Good Morning America, as well as two major market television stations in Boston, WBZ TV (CBS) and WCVB-TV (ABC). More about Paula Lyons

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