founders

AMY ABRAMS
Amy Abrams, co-founder, has over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience. Abrams excels at recognizing and identifying business potential and opportunity. Her strengths include helping women articulate their business visions and develop a strategic execution plan to achieve these goals. Amy provides structure, accountability and encouragement to help women business owners stay focused and motivated. She has helped numerous individuals launch, grow, and manage their own careers and businesses.

Amy professional experience includes serving as a Principal Partner at Berkman Fives, LLC, a consulting firm for women professionals and entrepreneurs, starting two businesses: Artists & Fleas, a marketplace for emerging artists and designers, and Interactive Pipeline, a recruiting firm specializing in placements for start-up companies. Prior to these ventures, Amy worked as Marketing Director at a software company and at an investment bank and consulting firm in Israel.

In addition to her MA in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University, Amy has a BA in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Contact Amy at amy@ingoodcompanyworkplaces.com

ADELAIDE FIVES
Adelaide Fives, co-founder, is a successful entrepreneur with experience in organizational development, career counseling, psychological counseling, and teaching. Her strengths lie in strategic planning, operational development, group facilitation, and individual consultation. Adelaide has leveraged her training, experience and strengths in the management of her own companies as well as in service of her clients. Over the course of her career, she has conducted work in numerous corporate, non-profit, educational, and start-up settings.

Adelaide was co-founder and Principal Partner of Berkman Fives a consulting firm that helped women professionals with career development and advancement and women entrepreneurs with business growth and efficiency.

Adelaide earned a M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology and a M.A. in Organizational Psychology, both from Columbia University. She also earned her B.A. degree in Sociology and Anthropology, Educational Studies, from Colgate University. Through her education, Adelaide has also received advanced training in group dynamics, conflict resolution, and multi-cultural competence. She leverages this as well as her experience in both psychological counseling and organizational psychology in her work with individuals and in the facilitation of groups and businesses.

Contact Adelaide at adelaide@ingoodcompanyworkplaces.com

TOGETHER
Adelaide and Amy have spoken at numerous organizations including: 92 St Y, Step Up Women’s Network, Media Bistro, The Hired Guns, JP Morgan Chase, First Step, and Streetwise Partners.