The Canon Group Members

Our Team

Art Robinson President and Founder	Arthur E. Robinson, Jr., is the Canon Group's founder. He uses Symphonic Leadership principles to conduct the energy, creativity, and expertise of lawyers, publicists, fund-raisers, issues managers, organizational strategists, and government relations experts to increase a client's profitability, organizational efficiency, and corporate name recognition. Mr. Robinson is also a successful gift planner having raised millions of dollars for numerous clients.

Mara Connolly	Mara Connolly is a nationally-recognized creative marketing consultant with extensive credentials among Fortune 500 organizations, non-profits, and recently, venture capital investments. Her unerring talent to evaluate and execute strategies, develop products and brands, and create communications messages based on identifying marketing opportunities have earned her 50 international advertising, marketing, film, public relations, promotional, and design awards.

Royce Flippin	Royce N. Flippin, MBA, has comprehensive experience in athletics, finance, education, resource development, and human resources. Among his many accomplishments is serving as president of one the nation's first socially responsible mutual funds investment firm. Mr. Flippin provides strategic and implementation services in corporate management.

George Guy Jr.	George Guy Jr. conceives and implements innovative child development programs. He has taught at all pre-college levels and brings to Canon a fresh approach in maximizing and developing leadership skills in children. His creativity in addressing school prayer issues, stopping gang violence, and instilling students with a sense of social justice advocacy have been widely applauded. Mr. Guy has also been recognized for his significant role in World AIDS Day and the Martin Luther King Acts of Kindness and Justice Challenge.

Lt. Gen. Robert E. Kelley USAF RET	Lt. General Robert E. Kelley (ret.) is one of the nation's most seasoned experts in operational, management and organizational needs. Gen. Kelley has overseen ten divisions for the US Air Force and more than 112,000 military and civilian personnel as well as serving as the Superintendent of the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. His most recent professional accomplishment is engineering the financial comeback of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Pete de Lisser	Teambuilder, Meeting Facilitator, Keynote Speaker, and Executive Coach, Peter deLisser is author of the much-touted "Be Your Own Executive Coach". Mr. deLisser teaches leadership coaching classes to Fortune 100 corporate executives and Canon Group clients. He has a proven track record at organizational (MORE TO COME FROM PETER). Order Be Your Own Executive Coach through Amazon.com. To book Mr. deLisser as a Keynote Speaker, call or email: email-peter@delisser.com http://www.delisser.com Tel: 212-551-3543

David Merrick	David A. Merrick is well-known in the corporate and nonprofit worlds for "building and developing organizations that last." He has often worked with higher education institutions conceiving and implementing administrative re-structuring. Mr. Merrick has also been involved in many successful fundraising campaigns for organizations in the public and private sector. He is a key advisor to clients in all areas of senior management development.

Bill O'Brien	William H. O'Brien, Jr., uses his organizational background in the public sector, academia, and the US Army to provide clients with distinct team-building services. His career highlights include counter terrorist training, international/domestic disaster relief operations, and public policy analysis and issues management.

Ernest N. Scott	Ernest N. Scott has over three decades of teaching experience at the college and pre-college levels. His research and writing has led him to develop textbooks in music history for Simon Schuster Publishing. His book, Vocal Dynamics Piano Instruction for the visually disabled, has been especially hailed for its theory, common sense, and ease in application. Mr. Scott brings a superior academic perspective balanced with the winning strategic-practicality clients expect.

Judy Turnock	Judith L. Turnock, Esq. is co-author of the much praised Cracking the Corporate Code. Atty. Turnock has coached top management in the public and private sector. Banking, finance, health care, workforce diversity, management growth, and business development in emerging markets are among her areas of focus.