Gary Copeland, PhD, a professional speaker, trainer, and author, provides his expertise on change and stress management, leadership, and other people skills. In Gary's engaging, interactive, and customized keynote presentations and seminars, he provides tools anyone can use to master today's challenges. His conversational and interactive approach, laced with humor, is why so many of his engagements are referrals and repeat business.

Gary's mission is to help people process the emotional and relational impact of change and master additional people and work-related skills to improve their work and their lives. He specializes in building programs to meet client's needs and objectives. Gary always makes sure he is there through implementation and follow-through of organizational plans.

A partial listing of his clients include: Qwest Communications, S.P. Richards, Sanford Corporation, Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS), Denver Water, Colorado Association of Realtors, Colorado Association of Child Agencies (CAFCA), International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA), International Customer Service Association (ICSA), Lucent Technologies, Mountain States Employers Council, and Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) in the Netherlands.

He completed the Management of Managers program at the University of Michigan and the McGrane Self-Esteem Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a part-time professor for twelve years at the University of Phoenix, Colorado Campus. Gary is a certified trainer for The Change Cycle™, an educational services and product line that includes audio, video, and print materials designed to assist people and organizations in dealing resourcefully with change.