The Team - The Desk Consulting Group Inc.

Ethan J. Mings

Jerry Mings works with Boards and executive leadership teams to make decisions that hold under pressure. His work focuses on the space where ambition, governance, and operational reality intersect—often when alignment is difficult and the consequences of decisions carry forward over time.

He supports leaders in navigating complex challenges, competing priorities, and organizational conflict. By surfacing what is not being said, clarifying the real choices in front of them, and testing whether strategy can be executed, he helps leadership teams move from discussion to decisions that are clear, aligned, and durable.

Jerry has worked with senior teams, Boards, and multi-stakeholder networks across health care, government, private, and not-for-profit sectors—often in situations where leaders must align direction, restore trust, and move forward despite competing interests.

His work integrates strategic planning, governance advisory, mediation, and quality management practices—not as ends in themselves, but as tools to strengthen leadership clarity, decision-making, and execution.

He serves as President of The Desk Consulting Group Inc.

Karyn Dumble

Karyn is an International Association of Facilitators Certified Professional Facilitator with a proven track record of assisting groups in achieving their goals through highly participative processes. She is a well-respected facilitator of strategy and team alignment. Karyn’s clients know that she is reliable, articulate and will push them for continued accountability for their work.

Skilled at crafting facilitation designs from the straightforward to the complex, Karyn has focused her career on bringing people together to create strong teams and strong communities. A substantive amount of her work has been with clients in social services and education.

An effective communicator and active listener, Karyn is experienced in working with diverse groups and high-heat situations. She delivers clear written reports. She is a strong team player with high energy, enthusiasm and commitment, as demonstrated through more than 17 years in leadership roles. Karyn is highly computer literate with fluency in online meeting tools, virtual facilitation and mind mapping applications.

Karyn serves as the Owner/ Principal Consultant with The Monarch Park Group.

Mireille Menard

Originally from Northeastern Ontario, Mireille Ménard trained in sociology, education, and facilitation. Mireille has worked in education for over 20 years in various capacities. Besides teaching, she has worked as a teacher consultant and pedagogical advisor for several French-language school boards, and then at the Franco-Ontarian Center for Educational Resources (CFORP) facilitating consultations and delivering workshops on ministerial initiatives. Among others, she worked on the implementation of the cultural approach to education initiative. As part of this project, she served on a Canada-wide committee of the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada (CMEC).

Active in the cultural community, Mireille served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Salon du livre du Grand Sudbury (SLGS) for ten years. During this period, the SLGS flourished: we saw this biennial event transform into a cultural organization with programming that spans the whole year.

As a facilitator, Mireille supports organizations in leading focus groups, strategic planning, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Facilitatrice agréée, Mireille appuie des organismes en planification stratégique et en collaboration multipartite.

Dr. T. Thomas

Tommy Thomas, Ph.D. is the standard-bearer of the Opposite Strengths system, a positive way of understanding people and relationships through strengths. As an author and advocate for sustained success, he provides his expertise to client organizations through a variety of services. His firm, Opposite Strengths Inc., is the leader in executive coaching and organizational culture transformation. His work focuses on executive development and culture transformation with a wide range of organizations in various sectors. Dr. Thomas brings a rich range of experiences, knowledge and understanding of the power of meaningful and dynamic organizational change.

Dr. Thomas serves as the CEO of Opposite Strengths Inc.