Marvin Fairman, Ed.D.

Dr. Fairman is the president and co-founder of Organizational Health: Diagnostic and Development Corporation.

He has had extensive experiences utilizing the diagnostic and development processes in a wide range of organizations including: state agencies, private businesses, manufacturing companies, chemical companies, merchandising companies, financial institutions, universities, and public schools.

During the initial developmental stages of the Organizational Health concepts, he served as a professor of Educational Administration at the University of Arkansas. He specialized in Educational Leadership, Organizational Development, and Personnel Management. Prior to his university experiences, he served as teacher and administrator in suburban districts in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. He was granted professor emeritus status at the University of Arkansas in 1991.

Because of the demand for his consultant services, he became a full time management consultant in 1991 and moved the corporate headquarters to the Dallas-Ft.Worth metroplex in 1995. In addition to serving as a consultant, he leads a team of professionals that can assist OHDDC in delivering quality diagnostic and development services to a broad range of clients.


Mary Ann Fairman

Mrs. Fairman is Vice President of Organizational Health: Diagnostic and Development Corporation and assumes the responsibilities for Finance and Administration. She is responsible for the day-to-day operation of OHDDC and will assist you in ordering materials and coordinating schedules.

In addition to her early background work in a financial institution, experiences in coordinating a busy family of five (three sons), and working in the public school setting; she has been an important member throughout the developmental stages of OHDDC.


Gerald Boyer

Mr. Boyer has completed 32 years of public school experience in the State of Texas. He has served as a classroom teacher at all levels; as a secondary principal in a single high school district and in a large secondary school in a multi-high school district; and as a superintendent of schools. During his last six years of public school experiences, he incorporated the Organizational Health improvement process into his management system as a principal of a large high school in the Amarillo Independent School District. Through the Organizational Health improvement process he was able to show significant improvements in the Organizational Health and effectiveness of his school through development of his management, counseling, departmental, and instructional site-based teams. His experiences, insights, and successful applications of the Organizational Health improvement processes at the campus level have made him an asset to our team.


Ronald K. McLeod, Ed.D.

Dr. McLeod's initial professional experiences were in the Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado where he served as a classroom teacher, elementary school principal, secondary school principal, assistant superintendent for curriculum and program implementation and area superintendent.

He served as a superintendent of schools in El Paso, Texas for eleven years and Clear Creek Independent School District in suburban Houston for five years. In 1987-88 he was selected as the Superintendent of the Year for Texas and was a finalist in the national competition for the National Superintendent of the Year. In addition to his public school experiences he has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado, University of Texas at El Paso, and the University of Houston at Clear Lake.

While Superintendent of Schools in Clear Creek Independent School District, Dr. McLeod incorporated the Organizational Health improvement process into his management system. His breadth of experiences in public education and his experiences in using the Organizational Health improvement process in two different districts makes him a valuable member of our consultant team.


Monte Roe Sriver, Ed.D.

Dr. Sriver has a wealth of public school experiences in Indiana and Texas. He has served as a classroom teacher, counselor, assistant principal and principal in middle and secondary schools.

He has served in a variety of leadership roles in the central office including Director of Secondary Education, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Associate Superintendent for Administration and as Superintendent of Schools. These leadership experiences were gained while working in Carrollton-Farmers Branch in Texas and Plymouth, South Bend, and Penn-Harris-Madison in Indiana.

As Superintendent of Schools in Carrollton-Farmers Branch, he incorporated the Organizational Health improvement process into his management system. During this four-year period, he was able to show significant improvements in the Organizational Health and effectiveness of the District.

His experiences in public schools make him a valuable asset to our team.


Brent Fairman

Mr. Fairman is currently in charge of operations and marketing for OHDDC. He is also responsible for helping expand OHDDC's diagnostic and development strategies into the business community.

He holds a bachelor's degree in marketing with emphasis in retail management from the University of Arkansas. His professional experience includes 17 years with Wal-Mart Stores Inc./Sam's Club Division. He has served in a variety of roles as an hourly associate, assistant manager, co-manager, manager, and regional trainer. His knowledge and leadership in retail has come from working in highly competitive metro markets which include Oklahoma City, Chicago, and Dallas/Ft. Worth.

As a leader within his industry, he has accepted leadership responsibilities for human resources development, implementing corporate initiatives, leadership development, marketing strategies, diversity training, OSHA compliance, loss prevention strategies, recruiting and hiring practices, claims management, and implementing new technology and systems.


Bill Bispeck, M.B.A.

Mr. Bispeck’s professional experiences have come from a 28 year career in the chemical industry, including 12 years as a plant manager. He most recently served as plant manager for NOVA Chemicals in Houston, Texas, where he successfully led the efforts for a multi-million dollar modernization capital investment program. In addition to NOVA Chemicals, Mr. Bispeck has worked for the GE Plastics component of General Electric, Huntsman Corporation, Borg Warner Chemicals, and BF Goodrich. He has held positions in manufacturing management, engineering, environmental health & safety, and corporate staff, with product experience including specialty chemicals, petrochemicals and plastics. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and an M.B.A. degree in finance, as well as certifications as an organizational development intern from University Associates, and behavior and values analyst certifications.

He has had extensive leadership experience developing team-concept organizations in chemical facilities, developing new leaders, as well as managing change through major merger-acquisitions at the plant level. He has served in leadership positions in industrial associations and civic groups.

Mr. Bispeck is leading the way to bring the Organizational Health improvement process to the industrial sector with great success.


Leon McLean, Ed.D.

Following decorated service as a U.S. Army officer, Dr. McLean has had significant leadership experience both in the public and private sectors. As an educational administrator, his roles included secondary principal, district superintendent, and regional service center director. His experiences were distinguished by innovative, student-focused, systemic change efforts, which forged a reputation resulting in a number of state, regional, and national professional and technical memberships and responsibilities.

In addition to public service, Dr. McLean has had experience in private business as a regional manager for a financial services company and as a sales and product manager for a wholesale distributing company. Both of these roles involved developing and leading a sales force.

Based on his experiences, and as co-author of Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness and supporting materials, and as a past customer of OHDDC, Dr. McLean brings a unique perspective to his role as an Organizational Health consultant.


James Hughey, Ed.D.

Dr. James Hughey’s leadership career includes serving as the General Superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District which serves more than 160,000 students.

Prior to becoming general superintendent, he served as a classroom teacher, elementary principal, middle school principal, junior high principal, high school principal, central office administrator, and area superintendent for three different areas.

Some of his achievements during his tenure as superintendent include:

• Receiving the “Exemplary Superintendent of the Year Award” from the University of Texas, Department of Educational Administration,
• Mediating and stabilizing relationships with various stakeholders following an unsettling period in the history of the district.
• Restoring financial accountability to the district’s management system.
• Coordinating the development of a district wide, long-range instructional plan that provided for all students in the district.
• Coordinating the development of a comprehensive Five-year District Improvement Plan.

The breadth of Dr. Hughey’s leadership experiences within an urban setting makes him a valuable member of our consultant team.


Jerry Cook, Ed.D.

Dr. Jerry Cook has served in the Texas Public Schools in a variety of key leadership positions. He served as a teacher and assistant principal in Richardson ISD, principal at Allen High School, assistant superintendent in Texarkana ISD, and as superintendent of schools for Castleberry ISD and Duncanville ISD.

During his 12 years of experience as a superintendent, he incorporated the Organizational Health diagnostic and development process as an integral component of his management system. Through this process he was able to increase the leadership capacity of principals and key faculty teams throughout the district. In both districts significant improvements in the Organizational Health and student performance were demonstrated by individual campuses and for the district as a whole.

He has extensive experience in working with diversity and in raising academic performance of all students. In Duncanville ISD, which was over 75% minority and about 45% economically disadvantaged, he marshaled curriculum and instructional reforms that resulted in the District earning a “Recognized” rating from the State.

In addition to his public school experiences he has served as an adjunct professor for the University of North Texas, East Texas State University at Texarkana, and Abilene Christian University. His experiences will be invaluable as he helps us deliver quality services to our clients.


Linda Alexander

Ms. Alexander has served in a variety of leadership roles. In Lawton, Oklahoma she has served as a classroom teacher, elementary principal, executive director of elementary schools, and director of curriculum. She has recently served as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Grand Prairie Independent School District in the Dallas metroplex. She has also served as an adjunct professor with Cameron University.

She has been actively involved in providing quality leadership and growth opportunities for members of her teams through designing and implementing such initiatives as learning-team coaches, instructional leadership teams, curriculum alignment, and long-range instructional action plans for addressing student success.

Prior to her work as an Organizational Health consultant she had utilized the Organizational Health improvement process as a principal, principal team leader, and as the supervisor of 35 principals. Her leadership experiences in curriculum and instruction reinforces our efforts in using Organizational Health as a way to improve student achievement.

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