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IRA BRYCK\u00a0 \u00a0255 Strong Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002<\/strong><\/p>\n

413 575 5850\u00a0 \u00a0ira@irabryck.com\u00a0 \u00a0 irabryck.com<\/p>\n

EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facilitator, Onward & Upward Business Roundtable,<\/strong> 2026- present, peer group of owner\/operators of small businesses around Western Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Facilitator, Building Business Leaders,<\/strong> 2026-2027, 10 session training for “high potential” employees, each session co-taught by a subject expert, approved by Workforce Training Fund Express Program for full reimbursement for companies up to 100 people<\/p>\n

Senior Advisor,\u00a0Giombetti Associates,<\/strong> 2019- 2025, leadership training and team development using coaching, assessment, feedback, as well as executive search<\/p>\n

Director, UMass Family Business Center<\/strong>, Amherst, Mass., 1994- 2019,\u00a0\u00a0 Outreach program aiming to help regional family businesses through educational dinner forums, peer roundtables, workshops, newsletter, and custom consulting; aka Family Business Center of Pioneer Valley<\/p>\n

Radio Host, weekly host on WHMP\u2019s Western Mass Business Show<\/strong>, 2014- 2021, interviewed 350 business owners and expert advisors, hearing their personal stories and the wisdom and perspective within, the show continues after I passed the mike to the next generation<\/p>\n

Consultant\/ Facilitator, Helping Leaders Grow<\/strong>\u00a01994-present, hundreds of unique engagements with family businesses, improving communication and strategy<\/p>\n

President\/Co-owner, Barasch\u2019s Better Kids\u2019 Clothes<\/strong>, Freeport, NY 1976-93, was 4th generation leader of the oldest childrenswear store in the US, I wrote the play Tough Nut to Crack about my experience in the family business; duties till the end included buying, selling, marketing, managing, tailoring<\/p>\n

Teacher\/ co-director, Central Community School,<\/strong>\u00a0Buffalo, NY 1975-1976 Ran and taught in K-6 experimental \u201cfree school\u201d<\/p>\n

TEACHING AND VOLUNTEERING<\/strong><\/p>\n