About Zelma

A native of Chattanooga, Zelma earned a doctorate from the University of Tennessee, taught graduate classes at UTC, and worked as an Individual Development Specialist for the Tennessee Valley Authority. She began a full-time consulting business in 1988 in which she has served a wide range of manufacturing, government, healthcare, and business clients, including the National Park Service, where she has worked at the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island, Thomas Edison, Yosemite, Glacier National Park, numerous other parks, and with two confidential Washington, D.C. groups. She is certified in the application of Myers Briggs Type Indicator^®. Zelma writes and publishes in the area of psychology for normal people. She is zealous in finding easy, practical ways to enable individuals and organizations to enhance their effectiveness.

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Her daughter, Victoria, earned a Bachelor of Arts from Georgia State University, teaches art, and works as a metalsmith in Atlanta. Victoria’s son, Skyler, is eight and is Zelma’s favorite client. With a wide range of interests, Zelma enjoys travel, reading, art, music, entertaining, and anything in nature.