Constellation of Talent
The Futures Corporation has evolved into an organization with a wide variety of programs and services for its clients. Over the years, we have identified “The best and brightest” talent in a variety of fields and that talent is brought to our clients.
This “Constellation of Talent” brings proven experts in fields such as futuring and scenario planning, strategic and operations planning, business growth strategies, market analysis, employee productivity and leadership development, and organization design and development. Since beginning our work in the 1970s we have continually grown our “Constellation” and are proud to offer it to every client.
Dr. John F. Luthy
John is founder and president of The Futures Corporation, a company that has quietly grown into a nationally recognized firm specializing in preparing organizations for a successful future through strategic thinking, scenario planning, professional leadership, and organization development. Having provided programs and services to over 4,000 organizations, John is a leading authority on the relationship between long-term strategic planning, employee development, and organization success. John has enjoyed a distinguished thirty-four year career serving in both government and industry, including the Fortune 500. He has also owned eight businesses over the past twenty-five years.
Over the two decades he has served the private business and public sectors, John Luthy has assisted hundreds of organizations, including Fortune 500 corporations, closely held businesses, and government agencies toward the goal of becoming more productive, efficient, and responsive. He is the author of the acclaimed Prepared For Challenge Organization Development SeriesÔ, which has guided hundreds of businesses and public agencies to higher levels of efficiency and performance.
John holds a bachelor’s degree from Baker University, a master’s degree from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree from Boise State University, and a doctorate from the University of Idaho. A well known futurist and active member of the World Future Society, he has been recognized in ‘Who’s Who In America’ and ‘Who’s Who in American Education,’ and is one of this country’s most sought after consultants who can analyze future trends, establish growth strategies, increase performance, and successfully prepare companies for a challenging future.
Paul J. Dubman
A Senior Partner of The Futures Corporation and Managing Director of the Center for Business Success, Paul holds a Bachelor degree in psychology from the University of San Francisco. A self-motivated and charismatic leader, Paul has been instrumental in the development of a number of organizations and organizational programs, and has focused on increasing program efficiency in many venues. His diverse personal and business experiences over a thirty-year career have provided the opportunity to make significant contributions to a wide range of for profit and non-profit organizations.
Paul has held senior positions in a wide variety of businesses including medical supply manufacturing, real estate investments, medical imaging and medical diagnostic services. He has served as Trustee for a number of non-profit organizations in the areas of education, mental health and the performing arts.
Cheryl Binda
Cheryl Binda has over 30 years of experience in training, organizational development, and human resource management. As the founder of Binda Consultants, a training and organizational development firm in its 16th year of business, Cheryl teams with The Futures Corporation to provide training design and delivery, team building, meeting facilitation, and management coaching. Training and consultation includes frontline leadership development, team/organizational assessments, leadership team retreats, team development, facilitation skills, dealing with difficult people, and interpersonal communication.
Cheryl is nationally known for her highly interactive and participative training style, described by business clients as ‘proactive, energetic, insightful, and results-oriented’. She has a collaborative approach and works closely with clients to identify and achieve successful outcomes. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Westmont College, a secondary teaching credential from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a M.Ed. with an emphasis in adult learning from the University of Idaho.
David P. McAnaney
Dave is a co-founder of the Center for Business Success and founding partner of McAnaney & Associates PLLC headquartered in Boise, Idaho. His practice emphasizes business, estate and tax planning including business formations, transactions, mergers and acquisitions, continuity and succession planning, wealth planning and preservation, multi-generational planning, charitable planning, estate administration, real estate transactions and related matters.
Dave holds a BA in business administration and accounting from Albertson College of Idaho, is a Certified Public Accountant, and earned his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where he also earned a Masters of Law in Taxation. Dave is admitted to practice law in California and Idaho, as well as before the United States Tax Court and United States District Courts – Eastern District of California and the District of Idaho. Professionally, Dave is a member of the American Bar Association, Section on Taxation; the State Bar of California, Taxation Section, Estate Trust and Probate Section; Idaho State Bar, Boise Estate Planning Council; the Idaho Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
He is a frequent lecturer to professional organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Bryan Yager
Bryan Yager has a proven and successful track record as an effective teacher, leader, meeting facilitator and energizing speaker. With over 23 years of senior management experience at one of the country’s largest retailers, he has focused most of his career on Management & Organizational Development. Bryan’s professional passion is to help organizations and individuals expand their capacity for success. Serving both as an internal and external consultant, he has designed and facilitated countless workshops and processes covering a wide variety of topics including team building, leadership, change management, strategy implementation, culture transformation, customer service, continuous improvement, performance management, and organizational productivity.
As an adjunct professor at Lake Forest Graduate School, he taught courses at the graduate level for five years and twice received the prestigious “Teaching Excellence Award” as voted on by graduating students. Bryan is currently teaching graduate level leadership courses for the Boise campus of George Fox University. His courses are consistently ranked as student favorites.
Bryan holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Lake Forest Graduate School near Chicago.
Robert A. LaChance
Bob has had a thirty-six year career in the financial services and insurance industry, and is widely recognized as a master of financial plan development, as well as pioneering innovative client services and educational systems. In addition to founding Wealth Dynamics Advisors and Wealth Dynamics Educators, Bob also founded Resource Management Corporation in 1976 and, with John Luthy was co-founder of Financial Futures of America in 1987.
Bob has dealt extensively with owners/shareholders/executives of closely held and publicly traded companies on a wide variety of business and financial planning subjects.
Bob holds a B.A. in Economics (honors) from Rice University, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation from The College For Financial Planning, Denver, Colorado, the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designation from The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation from The American College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Ken Kroll
With a diverse 25+ year career, Ken has served as Owner, General Manager, and Vice President of Marketing and Sales for a number of start-up divisions from medium-sized to Fortune 500 organizations, primarily in the Information Technology (IT) marketplace. He brings extensive results-driven experience in organizational system design; product research, planning and launch; development and deployment of marketing and sales growth initiatives; distribution channel modeling; and partnering programs. Ken has amassed a unique combination of analytical, interpersonal communication, negotiation, research & development (R&D), product life cycle, market research, and financial planning expertise.
Ken is firmly grounded on an educational foundation centered on business management, marketing and information technology (IT) with Bachelor degrees in Marketing and Computer Information Systems (CIS) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Boise State University. Ken has authored several business development training programs including Developing a SUSTAINABLE Competitive Advantage – a proven systematic approach to marketing success™ and WINNING SALES – an introduction to the professional selling process™. He has also co-author an organizational assessment, strategic planning and small business management workbook titled The Art of Practice Development – A Working Manual for Planning & Developing Your Practice.
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