March 3, 2008 - Wilkes University’s Sovereign Center for Leadership and Management Development is pleased to announce the addition of Keith D. Ellison to its Team of Experts. Mr. Ellison is the principal of The Ellison Group, a Philadelphia-based company that provides executive coaching and management consulting to clients including Schering Plough, Xerox, Lucent Technologies, and CVS Pharmacy.

 

Prior to launching The Ellison Group, Keith spent six years in sales and marketing at IBM and served for two years as the Director of Consulting Services at the Wharton Small Business Development Center.

 

In addition to consulting, Keith is an author and an international, professional speaker. He serves as a lecturer, panel moderator, and expert witness at various conferences, seminars, and public hearings. In May 2002, he appeared on Talk to America, which broadcasts to 90 million viewers and listeners around the world, to discuss the ideals of diversity. In 1995, Keith founded Next Step Enterprises, Inc., a Philadelphia-based company, which published Next Step, a quarterly magazine about cultural diversity.

 

Keith holds a BS degree in electrical engineering and mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from The Wharton School.