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Acknowledgments

hroughout my life I have been blessed with
extraordinary teachers and mentors.
T I had the honor of attending Davidson College
as an undergraduate and to later serve on the faculty with those
I am proud to call my mentors, colleagues, and friends. I am par-
ticularly indebted to my advisor, Professor John Kello, who first
exposed me to the field of Organization Development and pro-
vided me with guidance, educational experiences, and opportu-
nities far beyond my undergraduate years.
In the field of psychology, few are held in higher esteem than
Professor Alan Kazdin, my graduate advisor at Yale University.
Words cannot express my gratitude for the opportunity to work
with Alan and the entire Yale Psychology faculty. I am greatly
blessed and humbled for my experiences with Alan and the
“dream team” at the Child Conduct Clinic. No student ever had a
finer role model or received better training.
Sometimes the most important decisions in life occur before
we are born. My grandfathers, Lorenzo Marciano and Ludwig
Bemelmans, immigrated to the United States as young men with
nothing but the dreams of building a good life for themselves