The Center for Positive Change was founded in 1995 in one of our favorite settings -- the North end of Napa Valley, California, in charming St. Helena. This vibrant and verdant valley is world-famous as a food and wine vacation destination. World-class restaurants and wineries nestle among luscious rolling hillsides.

In 2005, The Center for Positive Change office was relocated to Washington's Olympic Peninsula in the delightful town of Sequim. The Olympic Peninsula is renowned as a vacation destination for fly-fishing with access to many unspoiled rivers, creeks, alpine lakes, and ocean shorelines, just moments away by car.

Founder Tim Berry

Tim Berry holds masters and doctoral degrees in both religious studies and psychology. While he has consistently maintained a clinical practice in psychology, his focus for the past dozen years has been in coaching organizations and individuals towards positive change. Tim has advanced training in sports psychology, biofeedback, and interactive guided imagery, which makes him particularly effective in guiding people to their own center. He is a licensed Fishing Guide and a certified White Water Rafting Guide and does much of his coaching work on the water.

In addition to a thriving practice, Tim maintains an active schedule of speaking engagements before local and regional groups who wish to make positive changes in their life. Tim is also very passionate about white water rafting and fly-fishing.

Our Staff

Under the direction of founder Tim Berry, the Center for Positive Change utilizes a cadre of seasoned consultants with years of experience in executive and personal coaching. As a CPC client, your unique needs will be carefully matched with an experienced facilitator, guide or coach. Combined with the compliment of great fly-fishing guides, those who utilize the adjunctive water-training experience will have an unparalleled opportunity for development.

We are fortunate to introduce you to two of our valued colleagues. Both are independent practitioners who provide an important collegial relationship with the Center for Positive Change. You will find their experience, talent, and effectiveness a tremendous asset in helping you achieve your goals.

Gary Entwistle

For over thirty years, Gary Entwistle has coached individuals, teams, and families to address and resolve sensitive, awkward or difficult issues and challenges they face. He specializes in assisting individuals, teams and closely-held businesses to productively resolve conflicts that threaten performance and unity. Gary's focus is to bring each individual to a greater level of personal awareness of individual potential and life direction.

Gary holds an M.B.A. and a B.A. in applied psychology. He has successfully coached and mentored hundreds of individuals through major shifts in life and career direction. In addition, Gary is a dynamic speaker, presenter, and Orienteering Coach with extensive background in designing and conducting unique learning experiences that encompass outdoor survival activities in demonstrating organizational dynamics and team development principles.

Tom Scambilis

Tom Scambilis is a seasoned consultant and executive coach with over 17 years in business and industry. He has a diverse background and expertise in a variety of professional areas including performance management, training, change management, sales enablement, strategic alliances, program development, intercultural team management, partner management, and leadership coaching. Tom holds a Masters degree in Learning and Development and a Bachelors degree in Communication from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He has delivered training programs and coaching engagements globally in the Fortune 500 via his work at Accenture, Dell, and EMC. Tom has significant passion for helping people learn, and finds his greatest success by facilitating discussions that help people to solve their own professional challenges. He continuously leverages his real world experiences to strengthen the adoption and application of new skills and capabilities for the individual or team.

Tom is also an avid flyfishing enthusiast and mentor. He has conquered many of the most pristine flyfishing waters in the Americas. His motto is "Make it happen!", and a leadership/flyfishing trip with Tom will certainly help you uncover the right approach to your most perplexing challenges.

 

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