Who We Are
The Center for Corporate Renewal brings a wide variety of expertise
to the problem of corporate renewal and innovation. Each of our
consultants has long experience and deep understanding of one or
more aspects of renewal and innovation. All of them also have a
passion for client work, for creating results, and for building
long-term capability in client organizations.
 Dean
Robb, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Dean Robb, Ph.D. is the founder and Executive Director of the Center
for Corporate Renewal. Dr. Robb’s primary area of expertise
is organizational and business renewal and innovation. He also has
several strong capabilities which support that primary goal, including:
strategy development and implementation; business, operational and
functional performance improvement; change management; leadership
and team development; and executive coaching.
Prior to 1994, Dr. Robb spent 17 years in the corporate world with
significant experience in business research, training, marketing
and advertising. During the last several years of his corporate
career, he served as an Organization Effectiveness and Quality Manager
at AT&T, focusing on strategy development and implementation,
business and operational performance improvement, and managing change.
Dean’s writing has appeared in The Handbook of Business Strategy,
Executive Insights, The CEO Refresher, CEO Factor, CEO Online Expert
Talk, Leadership Excellence, Brand Republic, BrandChannel.com, M-World,
IHRIM.link, and IndUS Business Journal. He is currently writing
a book on Corporate Renewal and Innovation.
Dean received his doctorate from Fielding Graduate University where
he researched the leadership principles and practices that foster
sustainable organizational creativity and innovation. He also holds
an M.A. in Human Development, an M.S. in Statistics and a B.S. in
Mathematics. Dean is also a faculty member at the Business School
of Fairleigh Dickinson University, and an adjunct faculty member
in the Department of Management at Colorado Technical University.
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 Dane
Hewlett, Ph.D.
Dane Hewlett, Ph.D. specializes in identifying and developing transformational
leadership capabilities through one-on-one coaching and group-based
practices. He is qualified to administer the Subject-Object Interview,
and the Leadership Development Profile - both measures of adult
development and leadership capabilities.
Dr. Hewlett developed his specialization and experience in helping
leaders as the Director of Training and Organizational Development
at Villanova University. In addition to leading the professional
development and training function, Dane also conducted qualitative
research and assisted individual departments in areas such of strategic
planning, team building and conflict resolution. Dane spent the
first part of his professional career as a corporate banker.
Dane received his doctorate from Fielding Graduate University;
his doctoral research focused on advanced stages of adult development
and its practical application to leadership and organizational development.
He also holds a M.A. in Human Resources and a B.A. in Economics.
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 Cal
Calligaro
W.E. (Cal) Calligaro has over thirty years experience building
profitable companies and brands in diverse industries. His professional
background centers on innovation in high volume consumer products
industries such as personal care, household products, gift and toy
businesses, where he gained particular expertise in general management,
sales & key account management, strategic planning, business development,
brand / marketing management and restructuring and workouts. He
has launched over seven hundred products in nine industries, categories
that now represent over $ 20 Billion sales annually.
Previously, Cal held a variety of marketing and sales management
positions in Fortune 100 companies such as Procter & Gamble, Smith
Kline Beecham and Mattel Electronics, as well as top management
assignments in private companies. He helped build companies from
the ground up through sale to larger publicly traded companies and
led management teams in every corporate life cycle stage from start
up, sustainable growth, hyper growth to turnaround.
Cal serves or has served as a director of a regional hospital,
private companies and community boards, academic advisory committees,
church and university funding drives, as well as local government
action committees. He graduated from Cornell University in 1967,
Thunderbird Graduate School for International Business is 1969 and
Wharton Graduate School in 1971.
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Patrick Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan has over thirty years of experience as a manager,
organization development consultant, and educator. His primary focus
is helping leaders build a culture of accountability. Patrick is
also highly skilled in strategy implementation and building cross-functional
and cross-cultural teams. Patrick has worked in North America, Latin
America and Asia building and managing effective cross-cultural
business teams.
Over the last two years, he has been researching the dilemmas and
challenges of building accountability into organizations and is
writing a book entitled, “Why Can’t I Get Them to Do
it?” His article, “Building Accountable Relationships
with Teams and Individuals” will be coming out in the Pfeiffer
Annual. He is also currently an adjunct professor at Northeastern
University Business School and teaches Change, Challenge and Competence.
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 Steve Wilkins
Steve Wilkins has over 14 years of experience in leadership development
and organizational development.
During his tenure as Chief of the Organizational Development and
Training Unit for the New Jersey Department of the Judiciary, Steve
was responsible for the training and development needs of over 8,000
employees. He was also responsible for improving the effectiveness
and performance of all internal functional areas through the application
of organizational development interventions. Some of Steve’s
major achievements have included: managing new technology implementation
initiatives, creating and implementing a powerful new employee orientation
and on-boarding program, creating and implementing a new leadership
development program for presiding judges, and a complete redesign
of a major “Staff College” program, as well as leading
a variety of organizational development and effectiveness interventions
for internal client organizations.
Prior to that, Steve’s experience includes eight years as
an administrator and management development trainer for Jersey Central
Power and Light Company (now A First Energy Company).
Steve is a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical
State University. Steve, his wife Dawn and his two sons Ross and
Drew reside in the northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia.
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