Who We Are

Sally Ewald

Chair of the Board

Sally is the original founder of LSA Global. She has over 30 years experience in the learning industry, loves to make a difference at clients, and was previously affiliated with the Wilson Learning Agency Network where she received the “Associate of the Decade Award.” Prior to that, she managed operations and sales as City Manager for Western Airlines in Northern California.

Sally earned an MBA from Pepperdine University, an MA from Stanford University, a BA from University of Colorado, and holds California secondary teaching credentials. Sally recently received the “Emerging Leader Award” for thought leadership in the Learning and Development Industry from the Instructional Systems Association (ISA).

Tristam Brown

CEO

Tris is responsible for the overall strategic direction and management of the company and client services. He has over 20 years of consulting and management experience. Other than family, skiing, and mountain biking, Tris’ passion is creating and implementing impactful strategies for clients that align their culture and talent with their most important initiatives.

Prior to joining LSA Global, he served as Vice President of Organizational Strategies at Proxicom, an e-business consulting and development company, where he ran Human Resources, Organizational Development, Recruiting, Training, and Internal Communications.

Previously he served as Chairman of the National Outward Bound Professional Committee and Director of Outward Bound Professional for the West Coast where he ran the corporate leadership training and consulting division for Fortune 1000 Corporations.

Prior to Outward Bound, Tris was a Manager for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting Practice. At Andersen, he focused on Strategic Planning, Business Process Re-engineering  Change Management, and System Implementations for Fortune 1000 Corporations.

He earned a BS degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Finance and Marketing.

He currently serves on the Boards of Outward Boundand AARM – Advertising Audit & Risk Management. Tris also raises money to fund cancer research through mountain bike racing with the Debshred Foundation.

Alan Krepack, PH.D.

President

Alan is responsible for the Leadership, Change and Organizational Development Practices and LSA’s culture. Alan’s passion is leading and managing cutting edge strategic change with leaders.

Prior to joining LSA Global, Alan was Managing Partner of Changeworks Global, Inc. for 14 years. Changeworks Global is a leading San Francisco-based management consulting firm focused on managing cutting edge strategic change, creating high performance cultures, and developing leaders. Previously, Alan was the organizational development specialist in William M. Mercer’s behavioral health division, the owner of his own organizational development consulting firm, and Director of Clinical Services for a unit of Children’s Hospital in San Francisco.

Alan has led complex projects with clients from a wide variety of industries, locally and globally, from Fortune 50 companies to midsize firms focused on transformational change, culture integration, leadership development, and performance management.

He has written and presented papers on “Understanding cultural context to increase consultation value”, “Political dimensions of organizational life” and “Changing the culture of middle age organizations.” Alan also teaches a graduate school course in the Foundations of Organizational Change at San Francisco State University.

He is a member of the board of directors for two nonprofit organizations: NatureBridge (dedicated to educating youth about nature) and LIFT (providing wellness and nutritional education and services to underserved communities).

Dr. Krepack received his B.A. with Distinction from the University of California at Berkeley. He did his graduate work at Alliant University-San Francisco where he earned a Ph.D. in Psychology. He completed post-doctoral training in organizational behavior, systems thinking, and conscious business. He has also been certified in several leadership, change, and cultural assessment tools and intervention methodologies.

Anne Slough

Director

Anne runs our Sales and Services practices and has a rich history of partnering with senior level executives in the development of their corporate strategies, sales, and service initiatives. She has an extensive background in helping organizations to develop business plans, diagnose operational gaps, and implement results-oriented sales and service cultures. Ms. Slough has both a breadth and depth of experience in establishing and growing high-performing teams.

Her experience spans from developing enterprise strategies, establishing recruiting and selection procedures, creating and implementing goal setting processes, feedback systems and coaching models, and implementing sales and service skills. She is particularly focused on linking these strategies and initiatives to measurable outcomes.

She has an expansive understanding of the complexities facing organizations today. Ms. Slough has worked with organizations of all sizes and industries, both in the United States and abroad. She is a frequently requested speaker at leading conferences and symposiums.

She holds a BA and MA from East Carolina University.

Sheila Ingraham-Russell

Director

Sheila runs our Management Practice and has helped hundreds of leading companies to significantly increase productivity and engagement through more effective management practices. She is responsible for driving client success in the areas of transitioning to management, managing teams, managing managers, talent management, and performance management.

Sheila has more than 15 years experience working with leading high tech, life sciences, and services clients to effectively design and implement management solutions ranging from single point solutions focused on a critical skill set to systemic management development initiatives that build performance across an entire organization at multiple management levels.

She is valued for her outstanding ability to build long-term relationships with clients who rely upon her to design the exact solution for their needs.

Sheila holds a double degree from San Jose State University, San Jose, California. She has also earned certifications in programs focused on management development, communications, and front line management skills.