Leadership Institute Lead Faculty

Nancy Aronson has been bringing practical, collaborative methods to organizations and communities facing complex issues since 1980. Nancy has extensive experience in designing and facilitating large group, task-focused, strategic meetings, and has applied this expertise to cases related to strategic planning, organization redesign, critical cross-boundary meetings and leadership development. 

She is a clinical assistant professor and associate program director for the Organization Development Leadership Programs at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Organizational partnerships and guest lecturing venues include Drexel University; University of Chicago; Aramark; Inova Health System; PA Governor’s Institute on P-3 Collaboration; National Staff Development Council; Women’s Educational Leadership Caucus of PA; American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and Georgetown University School of Nursing.

Nancy co-developed the System Coherence Framework for Change Leadership, based on intervention and action research at the University of Southern California. She is certified in The Organization Workshop based on the work of Barry Oshry, and received her Ph.D. in Applied Learning Theory from Temple University.

Marsha Wesley Coleman is an organizational development practitioner and executive coach. In her role with FSA, she designs educational programs for employees in member organizations and works with leadership teams to assess and diagnose issues impacting organizational performance and design strategies to improve performance at individual, group and organizational system levels.  Marsha also facilitates and manages FSA peer groups including Human Resources, Admissions/Marketing, Development, Resident Services and Technology. Read more.

Jane Mack has served as the President and CEO of FSA since 2008. With more than 30 years of experience in the field of healthcare, she brings a diverse range of expertise to her role, including program development, board and staff education, quality assurance and management.

Jane’s passion for working with others to develop their strengths began early in her career, when she was working on a dialysis unit. She had the opportunity to teach, develop training programs and serve as a mentor, and quickly realized the fulfillment she found in coaching and helping people succeed. Read more.