Amelia Tess Thornton - Alliance Director
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Biography
For over 20 years, Amelia Tess Thornton has held senior leadership positions in both the old and new economies. She is currently President of The Thornton Group, a management consulting company specializing in team performance effectiveness and executive coaching. Amelia is also a Director of The Alliance of Chief Executives, a Partner of the Women’s Accelerated Leadership Institute (WALI), an organization dedicated to the transformation and development of female leaders, and an affiliate with The Table Group.
Prior to founding The Thornton Group, Amelia was the Chief Administrative Officer at Hyperion Solutions, where she led a two year turn-around of the company. She has been a Partner at Ernst & Young LLP, and also worked for Oracle, MG Taylor, and Right Management Consulting. Amelia began her career at Federal Express, where she was Managing Director of Ground Operations and responsible for all facets of pickup and delivery operations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and western Wisconsin.
Amelia has been quoted in Business Week and USA Today in articles about corporate ethics and employee hiring, and is profiled in the book, The Transparency Edge, How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business, by Barbara & Elizabeth Pagano (selected as the March, 2004 ‘Book of the Month’ by Fast Company Magazine). In addition, she has given over 50 speeches and workshops in North America and Europe, including keynote speeches on topics such as Customer Service, Building Trust, Strategy Execution and Leadership Effectiveness.
A partial list of clients of Amelia Tess Thornton include: 3M Corporation, American Red Cross, Andavo Travel, Big Brothers/Big Systems of Colorado, Children’s Hospital of Central California, Delphi Productions, Executive Women’s Alliance, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, Columbia HCA, Young Entrepreneurs Organization, R.F. MacDonald Company, Mentornet, Women’s Success Forum, and MSquared.
Amelia is currently on the board of MentorNet (www.mentornet.net) and is a member of the International Coaching Federation and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. Previously, she served on the boards of MG Taylor Corporation and the Minneapolis Aquatennial Association. She earned a bachelor of music degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin and is a graduate of the Boston University Executive Management Leadership Institute. Amelia resides in Alamo, California and when she is not working with clients can often be found either skiing, attempting to golf, or at a baseball game.