Dr. Berney has worked for both the private and public sectors. Selected clients include: Agency for International Development, American Red Cross, American Resort Development Association, AT & T, Fannie Mae, Internal Revenue Service, International Dairy Food Association, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Marriott Corporation, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, National Institutes of Health, Public Welfare Foundation, Raytheon Corporation, State of the Art, Inc., U.S. Departments of Commerce, Education, Treasury, Veteran Affairs; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. House of Representatives.

Dr. Berney currently teaches for the Accelerated MBA Program at George Washington University, Executive Programs at the University of Maryland’s School of Business and Management, and for the Office of Continuing and Extended Education at the University of Maryland. She developed and for five years, directed, the Organization Development Certificate Program at Georgetown University. In addition, she has taught management courses for the American Management Association.

Dr. Berney received a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland. For three and one-half years, she was Assistant Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. She earned a Teaching Excellence Award as a graduate student from the University of Maryland and a Psychology Award at Yale University.

She has specific interest in the field of change management; more specifically, in helping managers and teams deal effectively with a variety of organizational changes. Her dissertation focused on executive management of the change process of mergers and acquisitions. She taught Change Management for Leaders for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for all Division Directors and Branch Chiefs within the Office of Solid Waste. Other skill areas in which she teaches include: leadership & team development; negotiation & conflict resolution; the Myers Briggs Type Indicator; interpersonal, group & inter-group communication; stress & time management; goal setting, and coaching & counseling.

With Dr. Joseph Mancini, Jr, she conducts in business and other settings a very powerful, improvisational and fun-filled change modality called RoundTable Theatre. To enhance her skills in this modality, she has studied acting and movement at the Studio Theatre’s Acting Conservatory in Washington, D.C.

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