The Bailey Consulting Group Team

Leigh Bailey, MA Executive Coach and Co-Principal

Leigh is the founder and principal of The Bailey Consulting Group, specializes in executive and leadership coaching and development, team building, and strategic planning consulting. Read more

Martha Carlson, MBA, CPCCExecutive Coach and Co-Principal

Martha specializes in leadership coaching and development, team building, and talent management. She also leads the Exchange: a Forum for Women Leaders. Read more

Barb Krantz Taylor, MA, LP

Executive Coach and Consultant

Barb is a licensed psychologist with over 20 years of coaching and consulting experience. Read more

Ann Ruschy

Executive Coach and Consultant

Ann recently joined us after spending eleven years at Pro Staff, most recently as Executive Vice President. She has worked extensively in leadership development, sales and management training, and human resources.

Steve Shapiro Director of Sales and Marketing

Steve had worked with us for several years as a consultant and writer, and has now fully joined our team. Prior to spending five years as an independent marketing consultant, he was founding partner at The Maccabee Group Public Relations. He is also active in the nonprofit community, spending the past four years as board president at Hope Community, Inc.

Julie Resch Office Manager

Julie is the first voice people hear and the face people see when they walk in our door. Julie, who earned her B.A. in Organizational Behavior from College of St. Scholastica, keeps our schedules running smoothly and our office in working order.

Annie Perdue-Olson Program Development Manager

Annie is program development manager at the Bailey Group, providing consulting support and managing the content of our training and development programs. She is enrolled in the graduate program for Human Resource and Change Leadership at the University of St. Thomas. For the past 10 years she has served as a licensed minister and leadership team member at Woodland Hills Church providing training facilitation, volunteer and employee development, hiring process design, strategic planning and business management.

Ali Golden Marketing Intern

Ali is a senior at University of St. Thomas and is The Bailey Group’s marketing intern. In addition to helping us with events, presentations and marketing activities, Ali has read and summarized over 100 articles about leadership and talent management, and has compiled them into a handy bibliography that we use regularly.