Our Approach
Through purposeful and participatory design, we guide and support you in becoming the learning community you envision. As facilitators, we provide structure for meaningful dialogue and reflection, resulting in shared awareness, shared agreement, and shared commitment to action.
It is through an open, collaborative, and purposeful participatory process of generative conversations, engaging all stakeholders and ensuring all voices are heard and valued, that we gain a broad and deep understanding of the internal and external environments and are able to connect the dots and data points, make meaning of the data, and synthesize the moving parts to discern patterns and themes and create road-maps for goals, metrics, strategies, and plans to move your learning community forward.
Our Team
Connie Foster
Having spent a 30-year career in higher education serving in teaching and leadership positions from Assistant Professor through Interim Chancellor/President, Connie understands the challenges faced by colleges and universities, including their annual cycles, economic and demographic stressors, and the world of regents, administrators, department chairs, faculty, staff, and students. Moreover, she has a pulse on priority areas in higher education including accessibility, affordability, accountability, sustainability, and differentiation
In addition to her career in higher education, she is a facilitator for the Society for College and University Planning and a Certified Technology of Participation Facilitator, with a geographically diverse university and college base. Her experience as a facilitator and consultant includes consensus-based planning, leadership retreats, community forums, leadership and team development, decision-making, and meeting design. Her specific areas of expertise are in leading strategic conversations to address adaptive challenges, strategic planning and implementation, academic planning, and small and large group facilitation.
BethMarie Ward
BethMarie is the Owner and Principal of Regenerate Group. She has over 20 years of experience working in non-profits and higher education designing planning and whole systems change initiatives for colleges and universities throughout the United States. Her practice specializes in working with leaders to help them create strong teams moving into bold, dynamic action and implementation. She holds an M.A. in Human Development with an emphasis on organizational development from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and is a Certified Technology of Participation® Facilitator through the Institute of Cultural Affairs. She teaches community development courses at Cuesta College. Deeply committed to social change innovation, she facilitates art and creative writing for juvenile offenders in-custody as a form of healing and restorative justice for the greater community. She is a producer, maker and social entrepreneur with a constant drive to work towards empowering the lives of those whose voices are often not heard. Ms. Ward is an associate at the Center for Strategic Facilitation and leads their Central Coast and Southern California Technology of Participation Facilitation® training courses.
