Partners in Professional Development
training and development consultants
Staff
Tamara Buckley | Senior Consultant
Tamara Buckley is a New York State licensed psychologist with extensive experience consulting to financial services firms and non-profit organizations in leadership development. Her areas of specialty include coaching executives in transition and improving efficiency in human resources management.

As tenure-track Assistant Professor at Hunter College, City University of New York, Dr. Buckley prepares graduate students to become counselors in organizational, mental health, and school settings. She is a published author in the area of racial identity development and organizational and health outcomes.

Tamara earned her Ph.D. in counseling psychology and Master of Arts in organizational psychology from Columbia University. She has a Bachelor of Science in business administration from UC Berkeley, and is a Board member of the Harlem Educational Activities Fund and Mixed Company Theatre Group.



Haig Chahinian |
Principal and Founder
Formally trained as a career counselor, Haig's expertise in professional and organizational development has helped numerous firms run more effectively, and hundreds of individuals get what they want out of the work they do. He founded Partners in Professional Development in 2006.

As the host of "Career Talk Live," a TV show broadcast Tuesdays at 6:00pm (GMT-5) on MNN, Haig extends his expertise in professional development to the New York public. He has been featured on the CNN program "Your $$$$$," and is the author of Coming Out from 9 to 5, a blog aimed at helping gay, lesbian and bi professionals come out at work. He teaches undergraduates at Eugene Lang College, New School University, and guides them in making meaning of internships they pursue.

Haig graduated from Columbia University with a Master of Education in psychological counseling and a Master of Arts in organizational psychology, and studied psychology and French as an undergraduate at the University of Southern California. He's on the Board of Trustees at the C.G. Jung Foundation, and is a member of the New York Center for the Study of Group Relations.


Harriet Gluckman |
Senior Consultant
Harriet Gluckman has extensive experience coaching professionals to develop, advance and make significant contributions in careers that challenge and satisfy them. She has worked successfully with executives, mid-career professionals, and recent graduates.

Her diverse counseling experience has included work with clients across industries and disciplines, including legal, financial, sales and marketing, investment banking, operations and technology. Harriet's coaching and training has enabled clients to strengthen performance in a broad range of areas; whether focusing on communications issues, time management, leadership challenges or other opportunities to enhance effectiveness, Harriet's clients have benefited from her insights, strategies and concrete approaches to achievement.

Harriet's previous roles include senior human resources positions in which she provided expertise and solutions for finance, legal, marketing and banking groups.

Harriet has a Bachelors of Arts in political science from Mount Holyoke College, a Master of Education in counseling from Northeastern University, and an MBA from Columbia Graduate School of Business.

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