Faculty

<div><div id="pastingspan1">Cynthia Kivland is founder/CEO of The Smart2Smarter Group, a coaching and organizational development firm dedicated to bringing humility, humanity and heart into the workplace.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div id="pastingspan1">Ms. Kivland has trained more than 100 coaches/organizational consultants through a positive leadership group coaching process. She designs and facilitates leadership retreats for leaders and cross functional teams. These retreats often explore and create actionable plans to sustain change initiatives, optimize strengths and celebrate emotionally intelligent leaders and teams.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div id="pastingspan1">Ms. Kivland has served as ACHE faculty for more than 18 years. She is an international expert on emotional intelligence, authoring several book chapters and magazine articles. She is author of Smart2Smarter, Seven Emotional Skills Every Leader Needs, and co-author and architect of the EI HabitMaker System, an evidence-based social learning process to develop leadership habits that increase social charisma, positive emotional contagion and an inspirational coaching mindset aligned with relationship-based cultures. </div><div>&nbsp;</div></div><div>Ms. Kivland serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminar:</div><div><ul><li>Leadership Development Program&nbsp;</li></ul></div>

<p>Gina T. LaMantia, FACHE recently held the position of director, Career Resource Center, ACHE. Her career spans more than 25 years in healthcare, covering a variety of professional settings, including academia, professional association, regulatory compliance, consulting and the provider side. Prior to her appointment with ACHE, Ms. LaMantia served as director of AMITA Health&#8217;s Leadership and Organizational Development Division, where she led strategic initiatives in the areas of organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, performance management, workplace culture and human capital investment. Prior to that, she spent over a decade with The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources, where she assumed primary responsibility for all professional development and core competency training of JCR&#8217;s consultant cadre. Ms. LaMantia further developed educational content for Joint Commission&#8217;s public policy symposia and national conferences, working cooperatively with organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; World Health Organization; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the American Red Cross. She has worked with healthcare leaders across multiple industries, focusing on performance improvement, leadership development and succession planning for high potentials. Ms. LaMantia holds a Master of Science degree in counseling psychology from Benedictine University and a Master of Education degree in adult education from Loyola University Chicago. She has served as an executive coach and counselor at both universities. Ms. LaMantia holds Board Certification in Healthcare Management from ACHE. She maintains Green Belt and Change Management Certifications.</p>