TAMMY L. BORMANN
114 Middle Valley Road • Long Valley, New Jersey • 07853
908.507.0127 •
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996-PresentTammy Bormann Consultants, Principle Consultant
Middle Valley, New Jersey
Design and facilitate comprehensive, long-term dialogic learning processes and research to advance cultural and racial justice, reconciliation and inclusion by dismantling oppressive systems through knowledge, dialogue and strategic systemic change.Work in partnership with selected consultants across the country to create innovative learning processes that empower individuals and organizations to pursue personal and organizationalgrowth.Work has expanded to include partnerships with national and international history museums and historic sites to develop meaningful learning processes that engage the public with the historic and contemporary issues of social oppression and discrimination represented by these historic sites. A selected list of clients includes:
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati)
The National Conference for Community and Justice (New York)
Cornell University
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York City
The International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington DC
The Field Museum, Chicago
CityLore, New York City
Urban Bush Women, Brooklyn
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
The Knight Foundation, Charlotte
The Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia
The Animating Democracy Initiative of Americans for the Arts, Washington DC
The Peyton Anderson Foundation, Macon, Georgia
The National Park Service Northeast Region, Philadelphia
New Detroit: The Coalition
The Bosque Redondo Memorial, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Matilda Joslyn Gage Center, Fayetteville, NY
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin
New Americans Museum, San Diego
Cliveden of the National Historic Trust, Philadelphia
Selected Highlights of Work
The National Conference for Community and Justice: Designed and co-directed the National Leadership Summit on Race and America’s Public Education System to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the integration of Central High School; designed and directed two comprehensive Professional Development Institutes for National Conference for Community and Justice professionals across the country to build increased capacity for their racial justice and anti-racism work; designed and directed 10 annual Netter Labor-Management-Public Interest Seminars with Cornell University to explore alternative workplace systems that support equality, diversity and inclusion; directed and designed educational programs for corporate and not-for-profit members of the national Workplace Diversity Network; designed and directed a professional working conference that resulted in a widely used co-authored a paper on the attributes, policies and practices of an inclusive workplace, entitled AFramework for Building Organizational Inclusion. (1997)
Lower East Side Community Preservationist Project: Designed, facilitated and trained others to lead community-based dialogues in ethnically diverse neighborhoods using New York’s last remaining church “slave gallery” as a catalyst for dialogic learning about historic and contemporary issues of oppression, resistance and freedom. (2001-2002)
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Served as the Chief Human Relations Consultant to the national museum design team from 1997-2000 and as a member of the Concluding Experience exhibit design team from 2001 until August 2004 when this $160 million national history museum about American slavery and the Underground Railroad resistance movement opened to the public.
As chief human relations consultant, I was involved in all research and decision-making regarding human relations concerns in the museum’s organizational structure, on-site and public education programs, and interpretive exhibit design. In this capacity, I conducted national research on racial reconciliation and led a 10-month study group on racial reconciliation with citizens of Cincinnati. From these two initiatives, I compiled two comprehensive reports of research and recommendations for the museum’s senior management team and Board of Trustees. I also served as a dialogue consultant on the design team for the museum’s unprecedented “Concluding Experience.”
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary: Served as lead process designer and co-facilitator for a 12-month faculty Study and Dialogue Group on Race that resulted in issuance of an organizationally historic document, “Our Kairos Moment,” which identified structural and systemic racism within the seminary community and proposed mechanisms for remediation and systemic organizational change. At the conclusion of the faculty study group, I designed and co-facilitated a day-long workshop to integrate Seminary trustees into structural change work, and a second day-long program to engage Seminary students and staff. (2004-2006)
The National Park Service, Northeast Region: Designed and co-facilitated a strategic planning process to “increase inclusion” in National Park Service sites, staff and public programs throughout the Northeast Region of the United States. (October 2005)
New Detroit: The Coalition: Selected to serve on a national team of 12 Master Facilitators hired to design and implement a three-day metro-Detroit region conference of business, not-for-profit, government and faith leaders to identify specific issues, priorities and strategies for systemic and structural change regarding race and racism in their communities. (October 2006)
Bosque Redondo Memorial: Served as the facilitator and process designer for two planning and visioning retreats for Navajo and Mescalero Apache tribal leaders whose historic internment camp, the Bosque Redondo, seeks to become an historic site for public education, engagement and action. (October-November 2007)
Urban Bush Women Summer Institute: Served as designer and facilitator of three-day dialogue facilitation training workshops for UBW dancers, community activists and artists from the United States and several countries who attend the UBW Summer Institute to develop their capacity to use art, particularly dance, as a mechanism for community-based social change. (July 2003, July 2005 and July 2008).
International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience: Currently serve as the dialogue consultant and and facilitation trainer for the Coalition’s Immigration Network, a national project to develop dialogue-based public engagement programs in museums and historic sites that explore contemporary and historic issues of immigration to the United States. Museums in the Network include: Jane Addams Hull-House; Levine Museum of the New South; Angel Island Immigration Station; Ellis Island; Wing Luke Asian Museum; New Americans Museum; Japanese American National Museum; Lower East Side Tenement Museum, among others. (August, 2008- December 2008)
1986-1996The National Conference for Community and Justice, Inc.
New York, New York
NCCJ is human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in the United States. NCCJ seeks to promote understanding and respect among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution and education.
National Vice President for Programs—1995 to 1996
Led and coached a National Program Unit of three professional staff in the research, design, development and implementation of leading edge human relations programs in cross-cultural dialogue, conflict management and communication for clients of 65 organizational affiliates across the nation.
Responsible for fund-raising and fiscal management of an annual Unit budget of $1 million.
Reported directly to the President and National Executive Board of Directors.
Worked collaboratively with the Program Committee of the National Executive Board to make critical program content, policy and funding decisions to be implemented throughout organization.
Co-Founder/Co-Director, Workplace Diversity Network—1994 to 2003
Co-founded and co-directed a national network for diversity practitioners and policy-makers from the public, private and independent sectors to learn strategies and policies that support diversity and inclusion in workplaces across the country. The Networkwas jointly sponsored by NCCJ and Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Director, Professional Staff Development Programs—1990 to 1995
Designed and implemented internal professional staff development programs to ensure that National Conference programs and program facilitation set the standard for excellence and effectiveness in the field of multicultural human relations.
Director, National Workplace Diversity Programs—1988 to 1995
Designed, developed and trained National Conference regional professionals and volunteers to facilitate learning processes and training programs to support systems of diversity and inclusion in for-profit, not-for-profit and public workplaces.
Associate Director, Greater Boston Region—1986 to 1988
Conceived, designed, developed and implemented programs in multicultural human relations, cross-cultural communication, prejudice reduction and anti-oppression education for elementary and high school children and adults in the Greater Boston community. Interfaced directly with local Executive Board to make program and funding decisions. Designed and directed the first National Conference anti-oppression education program for high school students to include Deaf and physically challenged participants. Functioned as Deputy Director.
1983-1985Muhlenberg College
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Assistant Director of Admissions and Freshmen
Conducted admissions interviews with 150-200 applicants annually, served as member of Admissions Review Board; designed annual four-day orientation program for 450 new students; wrote program manual and trained 400 Alumni Admissions Ambassadors to assist in the identification, recruitment and selection of prospective students; interviewed, selected and trained annually 100 student campus tour guides; traveled with college President on fund-raising and alumni volunteer recruitment visits throughout the country.
Guest Lectures, Presentations, Conferences
New York University: “Creating Inclusive Workplaces” Fall, 1999
Baruch College, City University of New York: “Communicating Inclusion”
Fall, 1999
College of New Rochelle: “The Glass Ceiling Report: Where Do We Take It?”
Spring, 2000
Cornell University: “Race and Culture in the Workplace: Challenges and Strategies” Spring, 2000
Muhlenberg College: “Don’t Build the Box: Mapping Your Personal Development” Fall, 2000
Chief Facilitator and Design Team, “National Forum of Race Relations Methodologies,” Sponsored by the Network of Alliances Bridging Race and Ethnicity and the Annie E. CaseyFoundation, February, 2002
Workshop Presenter, “Dialogic Learning in Museums and Historic Sites” at the USING THE PAST TO SHAPE THE FUTURE: Addressing Civic Issues at Historic Sites, Museums and Cultural Centers Conference, Chicago, November, 2004
Master Facilitator and Program Designer, “The Leadership Summit on Race” sponsored by New Detroit: The Coalition, October 2006.
Workshop Presenter,Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, Museum Studies Class and Community Museums Workshop, “Using Dialogue to Deal with Controversial Issues” sponsored by IUPUI, March 2009.
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Graduate School of Education
Masters in Education, Counseling and Consulting Psychology, 1986.
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts, French and Communications, 1983.
Leadership Positions
Muhlenberg College Board of Trustees, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Vice Chair 2005-2008
Chair, Campus Affairs Committee, 2003-2008
Member, 1996-2008; 2009-
Urban Bush Women Dance Company, Brooklyn, New York
Chair, Board of Directors
2006-present, Member since 2004
Trinity United Methodist Church, Hackettstown, New Jersey
Chair, Administrative Board, 2003-present
NABRE: Network of Alliances Bridging Race and Ethnicity
NABRE National Steering Committee, Appointee and Co-Chair, 1998-2005
Myhelan Cultural Arts Center, Long Valley, New Jersey
Chair, Board of Directors 2001-2004
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