By: E&P Staff Three former Knight Ridder executives have launched a San Jose, Calif.-based consulting firm, Leading Edge Associates (LEA), to help companies with management assessment and training, strategic planning, succession management, and workplace diversity.
Larry Olmstead, who was in charge of recruiting, training, and leadership development at Knight Ridder until last June, is president and executive consultant of LEA. He is joined by Jerry Ceppos and Marty Claus, retired vice presidents of news at Knight Ridder. Ceppos and Claus are consultant associates.
"I think the depth and breadth of experience in this group speaks for itself," Olmstead said in a statement. "Collectively, we have run newsrooms, our own businesses, community organizations, service organizations, and churches."
Rafael Gonzalez, an organizational consultant and executive coach, Rebecca Kuiken, an ordained minister who is current moderator of the San Jose Presbytery, and Robyn Fernandez Parmley, a former training coordinator and human resource analyst for Knight Ridder, are serving as managers of administration at LEA.
"We are a diverse group and we have a passion for workplace diversity," Olmstead said. "I think we are well-positioned to take on virtually any people-management challenge, and to deliver solutions that work in the real world."
At Knight Ridder, Olmstead was also managing editor of the Miami Herald. Ceppos served as executive editor and managing editor of the San Jose Mercury News, while Claus was a former managing editor of the Detroit Free Press.
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