Cynthia A. McEwen
Cynthia serves as Co-Director of the Integral
Sustainability Center at Integral University,
helping to shape this leading-edge think/do community
that is devoted to research and application based
on Integral Theory. At Integral Training, she
serves on the core design team and faculty for
the Integral Organizational Leadership and Sustainability
seminars. Cynthia is on the advisory board of
AQAL: Journal of Integral Theory and Practice.
As a key leader at Avastone Consulting, Cynthia
oversees the firm's business-related Sustainability
& Leadership practice, where she helps design
and implements integrally-framed leadership and
organization capacity initiatives, conducts integral
assessments, and identifies leverage points with
ultimate focus on facilitating sustainable performance
(little "s"), organizational vitality
and sustainability (big "S"). Engagements
have included culture change, leadership development
processes, sales and marketing conferences, and
senior management development sessions with clients
such as Accenture, Alcoa, Bunge, Cox Communications,
GlaxoSmithKline, Institute of Management Accountants,
Interface, and NetBank.
Cynthia is certified in the Leadership Circle,
a developmental level-based leadership culture
assessment and 360 feedback process. She is part
of the design and delivery team for Avastone's
innovative simulations that support the firm's
executive, leadership and organization capacity
practices. Cynthia was co-creator of the firm's
new Everglades Leadership & Sustainability
simulation, a dramatic experience that brings
to life complexities and nuances around economic,
social, and environmental interdependencies in
a whole systems context. Prior to coming to Avastone,
Cynthia spent five years with AT&T in a variety
of marketing and information technology management
roles.
Academically, Cynthia demonstrates rigor in support
of sustainability by her completion in 2024 of
a Masters degree from the University of Bath,
UK, in Responsibility and Business Practice. Her
research and thesis focused on an integrally informed
action learning approach to sustainability, leadership,
and consciousness. She also has a MBA from Georgia
State University and a BA in Marketing from Michigan
State University.
In the community, Cynthia is on the board of Georgia
Conservation Voters, a non-partisan political
arm of the environment movement in Georgia, and
is a member of the advisory board of Earth Share
of Georgia. Cynthia is a steadfast practitioner
in ongoing consciousness development work called
the Diamond Approach, spending 25+ days per year
in retreat. Her home is north of Atlanta, Georgia,
US.
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