A Vanino

ANN VANINO

In 1996, A Vanino founded Moving Forward Coaching & Consulting. Moving Forward's coaching and consulting guide individuals to career success and fulfillment and organizations to maximum performance.

Business Experience

Ann’s business career includes management positions at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC and New York City's Department of Environmental Protection. As Assistant Commissioner of New York City's Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team, she oversaw responses to over 600 chemical emergencies a year. The Team was a national leader in emergency response in the 1980s, during her tenure. Since 1988, Ann has worked in the private sector, including founding Williams & Vanino, Inc. in 1991, where she helped Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies comply with government regulations and manage their environmental programs effectively. In 1997, Ann began coaching full-time. From 2005-2007 Ann was involved in a major Foundation Initiative to develop career pathways for out of school youth. In 2008 Ann co-founded The High Desert Region Green Jobs Initiative whose mission is to link economic and workforce development to train area residents for the green jobs coming to the high desert region.

Writing and Community Activities

Since 2000, Ann has written a local, weekly newspaper column, Coaching Corner which guides readers to a fulfilling life. She is the author of a book, Leadership on Trial: Lessons from The Apprentice, a booklet Achieving Balance in Your Life and two eBooks: Power Stories: Mythical tales of Personal Power at Work and Coaching Corner Volume 1. Ann writes The Leadership Blog and a bimonthly eZine, Power at Work.

From 2004 to 2010 Ann was a member of the Board of Directors of The Antelope Valley Chambers of Commerce. She is a member of the Business Advisory Council of the South Valley Work Source Center whose mission is to enhance the economic vitality of the Antelope Valley by providing quality career resources and employment services to job seekers and businesses. In 2006 Ann was a Founding Executive Board Member of The Antelope Valley Women's Conference.

Education

Ann received her training as a coach at The Coaches Training Institute in San Rafael, CA. She received a Master's Degree in Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, in Environmental Studies from the State University of New York at Albany.

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