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Team

Meet Our Leadership

Matt Tabora-Roberts

Matt Tabora-Roberts brings a creative and fun style to his training, coaching and facilitation. His (useful) background includes meeting design, corporate strategy, trainer, facilitator, teacher (K-12 and university), branding consultant team lead, dishwasher/caterer, professional actor/theater teacher/director, and dad. He cares MOST about keeping the work active, engaging and practical. Much of his work focuses on unleashing creativity, helping clients get “unstuck” and seeing things in a new way. He remains an active theater artist and performer. Influences include design thinking, Positive Psychology, experiential education, clown presence, VIA strengths, and the “Yes, And” approach of improvisation.

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Matt Tabora-Roberts
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Mary Scanlan Smith
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Mary Scanlan Smith

Mary Scanlan Smith brings a creative, authentic, and fun coaching approach to our workshop labs. She has over 20 years of experience helping corporate teams gain clarity, alignment, and momentum through visual facilitation. She has a special passion for helping individuals and teams release work, life, and relational stress, so they can focus on engaging their unique gifts within their community.

How We Got Here
Our History
1995

Matt joined Robert’s Consulting. Focus: Meyers Briggs, team building, improv trainer.

1997

Matt joined Ernst & Young to support Dynamic Design meeting support and facilitation.

2002

Mary started supporting design sessions with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.

2004

Matt and Mary began supporting multiple consulting firms through facilitation and meeting support.

2008

Matt directed Portland YouthBuilders, a marketing and design firm and training program focused on video, print, and web design and production for local non-profit clients.

2012

Mary started coaching individuals to help them release stress and anxiety, and become leaders in life and work.

 

2018

Matt became Chief Operating Officer of Esper House, focusing on strategy consulting.

2020

Mary earned ACC level FCPC Executive Coaching certification with International Coaching Federation.

Matt and Mary discover creative ways to connect  across time zones, countries, and continents, to keep good collaboration happening.

2021

Mary and Matt co-designed and facilitated their first workshop together for industry peers. It was GOOD!

 

2022-2023

Mary and Matt Join forces to offer collaborative workshops. Both completed Positive Intelligence training and earned certification as Positive Psychology Practitioners.

2023

Mary & Matt Launch WonderSpark Labs.