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Ilana G. Traverse

As the Principal of IMA Associates, an independent learning and development consulting practice, Ilana helps companies achieve business results by providing customized learning solutions to improve staff performance in written communication, teamwork, and management. 

Prior to founding IMA Associates, Ilana served in a variety of senior training and human resources roles at BayBank, N.A. and BankBoston, N.A. supporting numerous corporate functions in planning and implementing staff development initiatives. With more than twenty years’ experience as a learning and development professional, Ilana offers clients a proven and diverse range of expertise in

  • Performance Consulting

  • Needs Assessment

  • Course Design and Development

  • Program Facilitation

  • Meeting Facilitation

As a consultant, Ilana has collaborated with clients in human resources, financial services, retail, technology, government services, manufacturing, and education to create and implement programs comprising

Business Writing Skills

Presentation Skills

Team Development

Conducting Effective Meetings

Performance Management

Human Resources Compensation

Navigating Change

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®)

Strategic Planning Facilitation

Administration and Application

Policy Manual Design and Development

Investor Services Compliance

Ilana’s current and past clients include the following organizations:

BankBoston, N.A.

Fleet

BlueCross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Lauren Mackler & Associates

Boston Association for Childbirth Education

United States Department of Education,

Boston Management Consortium

Middlesex Savings Bank

Citizens Bank

Office for Civil Rights

Deloitte & Touche

University of Massachusetts Medical School

EnVision Performance Solutions

U.S. Trust

First Marblehead Education Resources

 

As an adjunct facilitator of the New York-based Holt Learning company, Ilana delivers business writing and performance management programs for clients in the Northeast and mentors online business writing programs for global clients. She is an associate of Communication Management, Inc. in Eastham, Massachusetts, for whose clients she facilitates professional business writing and courses and provides one-on-one coaching. Ilana is a part-time instructor for the Workforce Development Center at Bunker Hill Community College and the Center for Business and Industry at Bristol Community College. She is also a faculty member of the American Society for Training and Development Massachusetts Chapter's Train-the-Trainer Program for which she designed and delivers the instructional design component.

Ilana holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Lesley University. Her professional affiliations include the Society of Professional Consultants and the national and Massachusetts chapters of the American Society for Training and Development.

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