Ron Roberts, M.Ed. President,
Action Centered Training, Inc. & ACT Games, LLC.
Ron Roberts is President of Action Centered Training and ACT Games, of Eagleville Pa. (Near Valley Forge). Ron has invented over 35 Big and Small games and holds 5 patents. Mr. Roberts uses these games to teach executives, managers, line staff, government and military, students, learning disabled and gifted students, as well as teachers about teambuilding, communication, leadership, strategic planning, change management and process improvement.
Ron Roberts has his Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and previously owned a Counseling Center for 12 years where he specialized in family counseling. Professor Roberts also teaches Organizational Communication, Leadership, Negotiations, Mgmt. Competencies and Public Speaking at Penn State University Berks and Temple University.
Ron has appeared on CNN Live, ABC and NBC (Local Affiliates) in Arizona where he challenged over 2000 members of Mensa, the high IQ society, with his famous ‘Guinness Book World Records’ 36 Ft. Human Chinese Checker Game board.
Prof. Roberts has appeared in the July 2002 edition of Newsweek Magazine (The Tips section) and Games Magazine as a result of winning the prestigious Dr. Toy and A Parent’s Choice awards. Mr. Roberts has recently appeared on QVC Shopping network where he displayed and sold his new Giant version of “Give & Take.”
Professor Roberts has also invented several nationally recognized award winning board and card games. These include “Flip ‘em!” (the 3 D Tic-Tac-Toe board games), “Picture + This” (the hilarious habit-forming picture word board game), “Give & Take™” (the sharing social skills game); “Out of Control™” and “Fast Word” card games; and there are several new games in the works.
Ron is married and has 4 children and 2 step children whom he regularly uses for guinea pigs to test his games. He and his wife, Diane, live outside of Philadelphia.
Diane Roberts, B.S Computer Technology, Thomas Edison University
Director of Operations
Diane has worked for ten years in the computer field doing consulting, technical support and training for major computer companies. In this capacity she trained personnel for Dupont, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Smith Kline & French, Fidelity Bank, & Prudential Insurance to name a few. For the last 12 years Diane taught computer skills to adults and high school students. She is currently working part-time on her Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling. As Director of Operations and Information Services for both Action Centered Training and ACT Games, her responsibilities include training coordinator, supervisor of all accounting, in charge of shipping operations as well as IT/WEB maintenance.
Bob Rynkiewicz: BS Management and Marketing, Rutgers University
Senior Training Facilitator
Bob has worked for over 12 years in Training and Development for a major pharmaceutical firm. He has acted as a Performance Consultant with years of experience in training a Unionized workforce, and has provided training in Employee Involvement and Self Directed Work Teams, as well as Safety. Bob has designed custom training sessions to actively address the needs of his clients, and is one of ACT’s most popular trainers.
Paul "Chip" Chantry, B.A.
Senior Training Facilitator
Chip has a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Shippensburg Univeristy. Mr. Chantry has been a teacher in the Methacton School District for many years. Chip is also a professional stand up comedian and has appeared in many well know venues including New York City. His unusual and varried background give him superior qualifications for succesfully working with corporate staffing
Jim Kochalka, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Senior Consultant and Facilitator
Jim Kochalka has been working as an executive coach and assistant to business leaders since 1990. Using as a springboard his PhD in clinical psychology and the experience gained while building a large private practice in couples and family therapy, Kochalka brings a practical and no nonsense approach to business leaders and their teams in a variety of organizations throughout the US and Canada. Using the tools of conflict resolution, relationship building, assessment, and team building, Kochalka engages clients to help them relieve pain or to pursue dreams of better individual or team performance. He has a specialty in building competencies in relationship selling.
Jim has distinguished himself as a resource to Young Presidents’ Organization where he is sought after a resource to Forum health and Chapter revitalization. Current corporate clients include Duke Corporate Education, IBM Business Consulting Services, Lehman Brothers, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Jim Kochalka holds a PhD in clinical psychology from Georgia State University. He is a member of the American Psychological Association. He is married and lives in Tampa Florida with his wife and three sons.
Jon Vroman
Jon is currently the North American Sales Promotion Manger for Vector Marketing Corporation headquartered in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, which exceeded 150,000,000 in sales for 2007. In 2004, after an increasing demand for Jon’s coaching and speaking services, he started JV Group. In his free time, he has completed two ultra marathons (50+miles) and Co-Founded the rapidly growing charitable organization Front Row Foundation, which helps individuals braving critical health challenges experience a life time dream of attending their favorite concert or sporting event from the front row (www.frontrowfoundation.org). Over the last decade, Jon's passion for growth has been fueled by continuous reading, the completion of numerous educational seminars and an unyielding desire to explore various cultures around the world. He has intensely researched the governing principles behind personal growth and explored the secrets found in a variety of resources to develop a unique strategy for personal and professional development. After successfully applying those strategies in his own life, he was inspired to help others do the same. Most recently, Anthony Robbins, who was honored by the Harvard Business Press as one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus” and his research team, interviewed Jon regarding his extraordinary life transformation.
Speaking:"Jon Vroman causes his audience to think differently, to look inward and find their own voice. Every time I hear him speak I want to become a better version of myself. He challenges people to discover their true values and live each day in reflection of them." Angie Macdougall, Division Manager Vector Marketing Canada
Jon Vroman has a corporate background in sales development, promotions and human resource management. Over the past 13 years, Jon has spoken to over 20,000 business professionals throughout the US and Canada. Jon delivers a customized message designed to inspire and create lasting change within your organization. Whether speaking to high school students or high powered sales teams, your audience will be moved by Jon’s captivating personality and strategies for taking you or your business to the next level. Jon shares his enormous successes through his dynamic, insightful and passionate speaking style. Contact Jon today to inquire about available speaking dates.
Coaching:“While working with Jon, I saw immediate results in my day to day habits and awareness. Since coaching, those qualities have led to unbelievable changes that I can trace back to the fundamentals we discussed.” Jason Scheckner, Senior Accounts Manager DHL
Having conducted over 2,000 coaching sessions, Jon enjoys the interactive and personal attention he can provide through one on one coaching. JV Group coaching is designed to challenge the client while maintaining a level of fun which inspires continued learning and progress. Through accountability and shared information, coaching is the most personalized way to drastically improve the quality of any person’s life. In your coaching experience, you will set goals, deadlines to achieve them and discuss effective strategies. Each coaching session, whether by phone or in person, is designed to be a custom success plan built for each individual client. Most importantly, Jon is committed 100% to the success of each client, however, coaching only works if the client is ready to put in 100% to their own success. As with any great coaching relationship, it takes work on both sides. Jon has helped hundreds of individuals transform their lives and can do the same for you. Call to schedule your free coaching session today.
Edward (“Ed”) F. Clemons, M.B.A., SPHR Ed Clemons’s signature strength is driving organizational performance to new heights through a balanced combination of leadership development, HR expertise, and building employee commitment. Ed is a results oriented human resource leader. He has a proven track record of strong strategic leadership, effective change management skills, and mastery of a wide range of critical HR functions. He has demonstrated the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels of the organization and is an expert at motivational communication. Ed’s unique blend of knowledge, actionable skills and hands-on abilities has been honed through series of successes in diverse industry settings.
Mr. Clemons has held senior human resources positions at Ryder Systems Inc., The St. Paul Insurance Companies, the Franklin Mint, the University of Pennsylvania Health System and General Fiber Communications, Inc. Ed has developed HR strategies in the United States and Internationally and understands the subtle nuances of culture and its effect on learning.
A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, Ed has over twenty- six years of leadership experience. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and holds an MBA degree from Temple University. Mr. Clemons also holds certifications from the Human Resources Executive Program at the University of Michigan, the Defense Race Relations Institute, The Center for Creative Leadership and The Human Resources Certification Institute, Senior Professional in Human Resources.
James P. Shankweiler
Jim Shankweiler has an MBA in Management from the Wharton Graduate School at the University of Pennsyvania. Jim further has 2 Bachelor degrees: BS. In Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a BS in Marketing from University of Pennsylvania.
Professor Shankweiler is currently teaches the following courses at the Penn State University Berks Campus: Skills for the Business Professional, Small Business Management, Negotiations, Project Management, Introduction to Marketing, and Retail Management to the Campus’ upper-class students.
Jim’s specialty areas are as follows:
Working to improve strategic business planning, streamlining business processes and engaging workforce management.
Developing and integrating systems within businesses, business process design
Project management practice improvement.
Excellent nalysis & problem solving skills
Professor Shankweiler is not only a great conveyer of knowledge but a superior facilitator as well.
Peter Grazier, Ph.D.
Senior Consultant and Facilitator
After having spent years in the construction industry as a civil engineer, Peter Grazier began using employee involvement concepts in 1981 to improve productivity on construction work sites. Peter has been significantly affected by the results of involving employees directly in work improvement. Since that time, he has worked with over one hundred organizations in all industries throughout the United States and Canada, and his work had been noted in more than seventy-five publications including The Wall Street Journal.
He is the author and publisher of a best-selling book and formerly a 12-year-old newsletter on employee involvement. Mr. Grazier was honored with the prestigious President's Award from the Association for Quality and Participation for his contributions to the field.
His belief is that workers have the ability and desire to create high-performance organizations, but that this can only happen through their involvement. And his mission is to spread that word as far as possible.
His work encompasses the entire field of organizational collaboration, specifically, employee involvement and empowerment, self-directed work teams, creativity and innovation, human potential, relationship building, team building, vision-mission-values development, retreat facilitation, and motivational speaking.
His training style is entertaining with heavy doses of experiential participant involvement.
Cliff Lavin, M.S., American Graduate School of International Management
Senior Consultant
Cliff Lavin is a proven Management specialist with a broad range of experience building companies from concepts to profitable operations, as well as managing their marketing and sales.
He specializes in general management issues, start-up, turn-around and has a well-known practice that focuses on marketing and sales.
As a senior level marketing strategist, Mr. Lavin brings a wealth of experience in consumer product marketing, financial services, advertising, real estate and other industry segments. His background includes assignments at General Motors, General Electric, NBC, Mattel, Foote Cone and Belding, Oakwood International and Prentice Hall Publishing. He has served as the CEO of three organizations and the senior marketing executive of many others.
Mr. Lavin’s accomplishments also include conceiving and executing strategic alliances with partners such as General Foods, Hertz, Coke, Kellogg's and Wendy's. One of his revenue production programs is studied in the Crain Publishing book, The Best Sales Promotions.
In addition to his consulting practice, Mr. Lavin teaches Global Management at the graduate school level for one of the largest Universities in the United States.
Mr. Lavin has a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Arts in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management as well as a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Arizona.
Associate Trainers:
Jerry McAward, B.A.
Water Sport Director
Jerry has over 20 years experience in business management and sales. Jerry is an expert in Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking, and owns a Kayak school. Additionally, Jerry is a skilled and expert rock climber and brings a wealth of information and expertise about many outdoor activities.
Support Staff:
Clair Roberts, B.A. West Chester University Director of Graphic Design
Joe Roberts, B.A. Information Science and Technology, The Pennsylvania State Univeristy
Web Master/Developer/Photographer/Videographer
Jennifer Roberts, B.A. Psychology and Sociology, Elizabethtown College
Staff Support Associate
Mike Deisher, B.A. Management Staff Support Associate
Ron Roberts, M.Ed.
Jon is currently the North American Sales Promotion Manger for Vector Marketing Corporation headquartered in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, which exceeded 150,000,000 in sales for 2007. In 2004, after an increasing demand for Jon’s coaching and speaking services, he started JV Group. In his free time, he has completed two ultra marathons (50+miles) and Co-Founded the rapidly growing charitable organization Front Row Foundation, which helps individuals braving critical health challenges experience a life time dream of attending their favorite concert or sporting event from the front row (www.frontrowfoundation.org). Over the last decade, Jon's passion for growth has been fueled by continuous reading, the completion of numerous educational seminars and an unyielding desire to explore various cultures around the world. He has intensely researched the governing principles behind personal growth and explored the secrets found in a variety of resources to develop a unique strategy for personal and professional development. After successfully applying those strategies in his own life, he was inspired to help others do the same. Most recently, Anthony Robbins, who was honored by the Harvard Business Press as one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus” and his research team, interviewed Jon regarding his extraordinary life transformation. 
