About Us

We, the principals, Tamara and Basil, bring to the table the expertise and extensive experience of Organizational Consultant, Corporate Executive, Licensed Psychologist, Executive Coach, Successful Entrepreneur.

We are partners in business and in life. In our work with senior executives we provide the impact of two sophisticated coaches for more rapid results. We leverage our diversity of thought, education, training, life experience, gender and multicultural perspective as sources of innovative solutions.

We collaborate with a team of affiliates who are highly credentialed, experienced, smart, and emotionally intelligent professionals.

The work and passion of our team makes a huge difference in the lives of our clients. We, and our affiliates, work with executives who are invested in producing extraordinary results for themselves and the people they lead.

Principals
	Tamara Goldstein, Psy.D., President Dr. Tamara Goldstein co- founded NovAspire, Inc. in 2004 with her business partner and husband, Basil P. Rouskas, MBA. Tamara shares with Basil the passion for working with extraordinary leaders; leaders who are equally passionate about making powerful changes within and around them. (more)
	Basil P. Rouskas, MBA, CEO Basil is a coach, mentor, advisor and expert in Executive Development. His philosophy on executive development and success has two key anchors: When executives totally commit to something they believe in, and they fully leverage their strengths, they can achieve extraordinary results. This philosophy has been validated through Basil's own experience in corporate life and in the consulting world where he has been a leader, mentor, business coach and professional advisor to thousands of leaders. (more)
Affiliates
	Melissa Fristrom, MBA Melissa Fristrom helps people identify their unique gifts, assess the career marketplace, and position themselves for success. She takes the branding methods she acquired while marketing such household names as Cheerios, Playschool, Tonka, and Polaroid I-Zone and applies them to individuals, helping people recognize the particular strengths that comprise their personal “brand.” The result is well grounded self-assessment and a realistic timeline within a framework of a strategic plan for developmental excellence. (more)
	Betty Doo, Ed.D. Betty Doo, EdD, has over 15 years of professional experience helping individuals and organizations excel. She is the Principal Consultant of Leadership Initiatives Group, a consulting practice dedicated to helping companies and individuals strengthen critical relationships, communication, and professional resilience. She works as a Senior Consultant with Right Management Consultants, Inc., a global organizational consulting and career transition firm. As a licensed psychologist she brings unique value to her work by integrating in-depth clinical expertise with a results-oriented business approach. (more)
	Renee Russell-Pregler, MBA Renee has held leadership positions at TRW, BlueCross and BlueShield, Prudential Financial, and Cendant Corporation. Throughout her career, Renee has developed and implemented human capital management strategies that increase profitability, reduce expenses; and enhance an organization’s ability to move towards its stated goals. (more)
	Brian L. Maruffi, Ph.D. Brian Maruffi is a leadership and organization development consultant and coach with over 20 years of international and domestic experience working with CEO’s, senior executives, managing directors, partners, high potential managers and management teams in Europe, Canada, China, Japan, and South America. His goal is enhance and develop leadership behavior, performance, awareness, credibility, skills and competencies, maximizing leadership and organizational effectiveness. (more)
	Lilian Abrams, MBA, Ph.D. Dr. Abrams has consulted in Organizational Effectiveness / Development, Training, and Applied Research for over fifteen years. Her specialty areas include Organization Development/Effectiveness; Leadership Development and Executive Coaching; Diversity; Performance Management; Instructional Design and Delivery; and Applied Research (Focus Groups, Surveys, Interviews). Her experience includes leading companies in International Banking, Automotive, Pharmaceuticals, Investment Banking, and Consumer Products. (more)
	Linda Bodnar, Ph.D., SPHR Linda has over twenty years of experience in developing and implementing approaches for improving management and organizational effectiveness. Human resources generalists and business executives have consistently sought Linda out for value-added assistance in a wide variety of areas. Her areas of expertise include management/executive coaching, organizational assessment/development, team building, performance management, multi-rater feedback, behavioral interviewing, and career planning. (more)
	Stacy Berman, M.S. Stacy Berman has 16 years of corporate organizational effectiveness and development experience and has worked in many different industries. She has worked with such companies as American Express, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nabisco, Hoffmann-La Roche, Shearson-Lehman Brothers, in addition to working for NYC government. (more)
	Diane M. Eade, MBA Diane has an outstanding ability to facilitate and empower individual and organizational change in clients through Coaching, and Learning & Development processes.  These processes incorporate her experience in organizational settings of many types and sizes and her successful career in Marketing and General Management prior to launching her consulting business. (more)