Leslie has devoted her career to helping clients develop creative and highly effective customized online course materials. She has guided instructors and learners through the implementation process and provided ongoing support and training to ensure a consistently smooth online experience. Her mother was British and her father is from the South, so she can quickly switch from one accent to another. Being born in Taiwan and spending her formative years in California contributes to her Zen demeanor. Her passion is living a healthy lifestyle, and she loves being a food and exercise fanatic.

Carolyn holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from Stanford University, where her research focused on unconscious biases and shortcomings in social inference that give rise to misunderstanding and conflict. She utilizes her knowledge and experience to inform SHIFT’s innovative approach to HR compliance training. Carolyn grew up in an Italian-American family on Staten Island and loves spending time outdoors, doing any kind of activity with her husband and children. She is passionate about the power of empathy, and she holds a volunteer position as a crisis counselor where she gets to exercise those beliefs.

Regina retired in 2007 from Wall Street after 22 years as a Managing Director of Equity Trading and decided to re-enter the workforce by joining the SHIFT team in November 2017. Regina’s primary focus is handling SHIFT’s finances, billing, Human Resources, and customer service. She is passionate about SHIFT’s mission and working with a dynamic and driven team to provide our clients with quality service. Regina has many siblings and loves all her family celebrations. She loves the outdoors, especially going to the beach with her family, and enjoys playing platform tennis, biking and running.

Marisol excels in collaborative work environments and leverages her extensive background in marketing, advertising, communication, sales, and public relations to develop innovative and captivating marketing strategies for SHIFT. She prioritizes delivering exceptional customer service to clients at all times. As an added bonus, Marisol provides translation assistance from English to Spanish for SHIFT training programs drawing on her Salvadoran heritage and fluency in Spanish as her first language. Outside of work, Marisol indulges her passion for nature by embarking and exploring new hikes. During her college years, she discovered a love for pottery and ceramics, which she has nurtured ever since. With a deep appreciation for cultural diversity, Marisol enthusiastically immerses herself in travel, embracing the excitement and richness of different traditions, cuisines, and experiences. Additionally, she finds joy in dancing and actively engages in Zumba workouts.

Karen’s primary focus is developing innovative and creative content for both business and client needs.  Karen’s background in History and Political Science and certification in Diversity and Inclusion Leadership lend well to her passion for learning and creating new ideas that will help clients build positive, diverse and inclusive work environments that boost employee morale and productivity. Karen is the mother of three active boys, and she is proud to hold the titles of baseball and hockey mom. She is an avid runner, podcast enthusiast and lover of the beach. She is passionate about her family, friends and making a positive impact on our culture.

Dillon loves developing technology solutions. He is dedicated to providing a smooth implementation process for all our clients, and he provides ongoing client support for administrators and learners. His family reunions seat 100 and feed over 250 people. An interesting fact about Dillon is that he can almost dunk a basketball. He is passionate about his work as a lifeguard with a Special Olympics swim team.

Robert graduated from NJIT in May 2018 with a degree in Information Technology and a minor in Computer Science. By practicing coding in his free time, Robert was able to build his own website to show off his portfolio of work. Robert works at SHIFT as an Implementation Associate, where he thoroughly enjoys assisting clients as they begin their partnership with SHIFT. Robert grew up with two older sisters and now lives with his mom and her husband, as well as at his dad’s. Robert is of both Irish and Italian descent and enjoys playing video games or drawing, painting, or creating websites in his free time.

With 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, operations, and client service, Jen rejoined the workforce after a professional hiatus to manage her most important clients yet – twin girls! Jen’s career started in account management at an ad agency, which led to roles in sales management. And now, Jen is thrilled to focus on helping employers SHIFT their workplace cultures. Jen’s volunteer work includes 25 years as a healthcare liaison, helping advanced stage cancer patients navigate healthcare systems. Eight years ago, Jen and her daughters founded Reading Rocks!, a book club focused on girl’s empowerment. During the pandemic, Jen and her daughters founded a micro startup that makes mask holders, donating many of their products to frontline healthcare workers. She considers herself to be a foodie, re-creating recipes she first tries at restaurants. Often referred to as a fruit ninja for her knife skills, she can break down a whole watermelon in under ninety seconds. In her spare time, Jen is passionate about barre classes, Broadway shows, art projects, and raising strong young women.