Our People
William J. Morin
Chairman & Founder
William J. Morin is the founder and chairman of WJM Associates. As a recognized leader in the human resources consulting industry, Bill has developed many effective human resources management strategies for top corporations for the past 28 years. He has personally worked with over 200 of the Fortune Top 500 Corporations. Bill has been a vanguard in developing the “Advisorship” style of coaching for CEOs and Presidents of major corporations. For over 20 years, Bill was Chairman & CEO of Drake Beam Morin, Inc., a leading organizational and individual transition consulting firm. He has authored and co-authored 17 books and hundreds of articles about conducting successful staff reductions, corporate trust, job search techniques, coping with job loss and corporate revitalization. Bill is a frequent guest on network television and is quoted often in the business press. His network appearances have included Good Morning America, Today, CNN's Pinnacle, ABC Nightly News and The Lehrer Report. He has been featured on CNBC covering career management and is the Career Guidance host on the “Employment Channel." In addition to his wide-ranging business interests, Mr. Morin is active in a variety of charitable and philanthropic activities, including providing career development services to inner-city youth through WJM’s sister organization Aunts & Uncles. Mr. Morin received his master's degree from Southern Illinois University.
Tim Morin
President & CEO
For the past eight years, Tim Morin has led or partnered with many members of WJM Associates’ exceptional Faculty of leadership experts on dozens of successful individual and organizational developmental initiatives. Clients appreciate Tim’s depth of insight into organizational and psychological issues, as well as his commercial and strategic acumen, reflecting a range of experience that spans from Madison Avenue to Wall Street, large corporations to entrepreneurial start-ups. In June 2007, Tim Morin was appointed President and CEO of WJM. Since 2001, Tim had served as both Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for WJM. He came to WJM from Prudential Securities' Investment Bank, where, as Vice President, he managed private and public equity offerings, as well as mergers and acquisitions transactions, for midsize media and technology companies. Before that he was a marketing associate with Merrill Lynch's Private Client Services Group and also served as an Account Executive at two major New York advertising agencies. Tim has authored numerous articles regarding the assessment of management teams in the context of Private Equity and M&A transactions and also co-authored WJM’s Executive Coaching - Questions & Answers. Tim received a BA degree in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and an MBA degree in finance and accounting from New York University. He also studied at The London School of Economics.
Tracy Duberman
Senior Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness Practice
Tracy Duberman has devoted the past 18 years to helping organizations dramatically improve performance through her work as an executive coach and organizational effectiveness consultant. As WJM’s Senior Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness, Tracy manages the design and delivery of the firm’s organizational effectiveness practice area, developing client solutions in the areas of Talent Management, Team Alignment, Change Management, and Succession Planning. Prior to joining WJM, Tracy was Senior Consultant in the Leadership and Talent Practice area of HayGroup, a global human resource management consultancy. Her work there focused on the development of leaders and high potential talent within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry groups. As a specialist in human behavior and behavioral change, Tracy brings an understanding of people, relationships, and communication to her corporate clients. Tracy has provided coaching and consulting services to many Fortune 500 companies including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Montefiore Medical Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Lehman Brothers, and Oxford Health. Tracy earned her Ph.D. from New York University, focusing her research on assessing the critical behavioral competencies of successful primary care physicians. She holds a M.P.H. from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and a B.A. from the University of Rochester. Tracy has authored many articles on managing talent and succession planning. Tracy is an adjunct professor at Montclair State University, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and a member of the Society of Human Resource Management.
Scott Litchfield
Senior Vice President, Sales
Scott Litchfield, Senior Vice President, is a seasoned consultative sales professional who leads the sales efforts for WJM after his promotion in 2008. With over 20 years of sales experience within the human resources consulting, energy and consumer packaged goods sectors; Scott utilizes his range of industry experience to better understand, identify and meet the needs and challenges of the clients he works with. Prior to joining WJM in 2004, Scott held executive positions with a compensation consulting firm, as well as a career transition company. An active networker, Scott is a member of New Jersey Human Resource Planning Group (NJHRPG) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) where he previously chaired Garden State Council SHRM Annual Conference & Expo, the largest human resource conference in NJ. Scott has a BA in history from Gettysburg College and an MBA in finance from Long Island University. Scott lives in Harrington Park, NJ where he is an active community member. In 2007 he founded the HP Running Club which is geared for school age children, 4th - 8th grades who enjoy running.
Kip Trum
Senior Vice President, General Manager
Kip Trum has enjoyed an exciting and varied career as a senior executive in consulting, data communications and manufacturing. His consulting expertise guided many organizations through successful talent development efforts and change initiatives. He brings creative and effective solutions to client challenges. Kip has worked with many organizations and their senior executives on “best practices” for effectively managing leadership development, on boarding, change initiatives, communications and executive presence. He has developed coaching programs with and for several client organizations. Prior to joining WJM, Kip held executive positions with talent management firms Drake Beam Morin and Lee Hecht Harrison. He directed the design and delivery of effective human capital consulting services. As an executive, Kip was well known for developing management talent and promoting individuals into functions where they could excel. He has managed large-scale coaching, change, assessment and transition projects. His list of clients includes IBM, Pearson Education, Merck, HBO, LG, Eaton Corporation, Lockheed Martin, GMAC, MTV, MasterCard and Mercedes Benz. Kip believes that talent management should be a clear priority in every organization. Great talent should be sourced, selected, developed and retained. Kip is a guest lecturer at Rutgers Business School Advanced Management Program and speaks at a variety of human resources functions. He is a graduate of Fordham University.
Christiane Neumayer
Director of Business Development
Christiane possesses 10 years of experience as a consultant and consultative sales professional within the talent management, organizational effectiveness and design, business process improvement and strategy areas. Utilizing her broad business experience, Christiane possesses keen insights into a wide variety of business challenges and opportunities facing WJM’s clients. She has worked successfully with such firms as DuPont, JPMorgan Chase, Lotus Software, Metlife, The Hartford and State Farm. Christiane’s prior experience includes consulting responsibilities with IBM’s e-Strategy and Change. She came to IBM from Morgan Stanley where she provided research coverage of North and South-American utilities and advised global institutional investors on fixed income investments. Christiane holds and MBA in Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BA in Philosophy from Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany. Christiane serves on the Board of the Organization Development Network of Greater New York and is an active member of the Human Resource Planning Society New York, the German-American Chamber of Commerce and the National Center of Employee Ownership.
Amanda Schmidt
Director of Client Services & Operations
Amanda Schmidt is responsible for many of the day-to-day operations for WJM Associates, Inc. She works closely with Senior Leaders on consulting engagements and is responsible for customer support and project management. She has an Associate’s degree in Psychology from Rio Salado College, Tempe Arizona and is currently persuing a Bachelors degree in Business Administration at New York University. She is an active community member and a Board Member for the New York Chapter M.S. Society.