solutions and candid, unvarnished opinions?
Where can you find a confidential leadership group with a track record of performance results? With members who attend consistently and really get to know each other? And a moderator who's part coach and part critic?
Larry Hart builds and moderates unique CEO groups where company leaders can discuss the issues they face every day, in the workplace and in the marketplace.
Cathy "Fitz" Fitzhenry - Chairman - CEO & Trusted Advisory Boards
Omaha, Nebraska
Cathy “Fitz” Fitzhenry is a business advisor with a passion for creating successful business and leadership transformations.
Her Professional Background:
• CEO/President CSF Marketing Services Co., worked with organizations and provided customized consultation services that helped leaders take their organizations to the next level. In addition, under CSF, Fitz has accepted special assignments whereby she was placed as an "interim" president/CEO in instances where the organization was in need of a turn-around. Through organizational analysis, curriculum development and solution design, she helped organizations achieve excellence, stay strategically focused and beat out the competition.
•Special Assignment, Monterey Management S.A., Fitz worked offshore in Costa Rica on a three year assignment overseeing several companies to implement a situation assessment, emergency management and delivering and implementing a comprehensive turnaround program.
• Vice President and principal owner, Fast Track Publishing Co. Directed and produced audio programs and managed national marketing efforts for The Fast Track™ ---The Best Business Books Summarized On Tape audio program.
• CEO/President, Domain Promotional Specialties, developed and launched various marketing and promotional campaigns for local businesses and government agencies.
Her Educational Background
• Graduate University Of Illinois Entrepreneurial Program For Established Business Owners
• Certified as a Life Success Coach through the Bob Proctor Life Success Mastery Program
Affiliations with Associations and Organizations
- Child Saving Institute, Certified mentor
- Rotary, Omaha
- Sales & Marketing Executives, Chicago, Former Chairman Of The Board
- Worldwide Management Consultants, member
Personal Interests And Adventures
Fitz is the founder of the Road Map For Life Project (www.roadmapforlifeproject.com) and is a strong advocate for helping individuals transform their lives by looking "within" and aligning their internal needs, passions and desires with their external opportunities and adventures.
Fitz is also a seasoned real estate investor with experience in land development, foreclosures, lease option, and buying property with no money down.
Penny Kowal is a certified coach who creates a clear, powerful space for leaders to see the promise and possibility open for them as they empower their employees to play their “best game of life” with clarity, focus and ease. She is a seasoned leader who specializes in leadership development for corporations, schools and businesses during times of complexity and change. Professional background: Millard Public Schools, Omaha, NE • Associate Superintendent for Educational Services – CEO for seven departments with responsibility for coaching management teams, supervising and evaluating middle managers, curriculum management of 20 subject areas and budgetary accountability, and authority for achieving divisional performance of more than $17 million. • Certification– Life and Organizational • Clinical Professor – University of Nebraska – Omaha • PhD – Administration, Curriculum and Instruction – University of Nebraska-Lincoln • MA – University of South Florida, Tampa, FL • BA – Northwest Missouri State University Boards & Organizations: • Member, Trusted Advisor Board - Vistage-Omaha NE • Academic Governance Council-Secretary/Member - Unity Institute, Unity Village, MO • General Church Council-Adult Education - Unity Church of Omaha, Omaha, NE • Metro Omaha Women’s Business Forum - Member • Omaha Business Women’s Network - Member 
Penny Kowal "Doc Penny"
Chairman - Small Business & Key Executive Boards
Omaha Nebraska
• Director: School
Improvement –
accountable for School
Improvement planning for 30
schools.
• Director: Staff Development –
responsible for professional
development for 1500 teachers
and administrators through
Total Quality principles and tools.
• Director: Instructional
Improvement –
accountable for instructional
leadership and effectiveness for
1500 teachers and principals,
including coaching and
improvement of marginal
performance
• Coordinator: Programs for
Gifted Children –- responsible
for design, development and
implementation of programs for
Gifted and Talented children, K-
12.
Education:
Coach– Academy for Coaching
Excellence, an ICF accredited
International Coach Training Center,
Sacramento, CA
