Who we are

Our team, with its high level of expertise, instructs and coaches clients in the latest facilitation methods.

Jessie Shternshus

Jessie Shternshus

CEO and Founder of Improv Effect

Since starting the Improv Effect in 2007, Jessie is known for helping people and companies reach their full potential by escaping conformity and adapting to our ever-changing environment.

She helps individuals, teams and companies shift their way of thinking, create collaborative environments and help people be their best selves through interactive and inclusive exercises. Jessie has been a key player in internal training and transformations for global companies and organizations such as The United Nations, Netflix, Tyson Foods, PGA Tour, Ocean Spray, Mayo Clinic, Transferwise, HP, Macy’s, Johnson & Johnson, Getty Images, Adecco, CapitalOne, and many more.

Not only has Jessie been a keynote speaker on stages all over the world she is also a highly sought out speaker coach.

Jessie is also the co-author of two books:

CTRLShift 50 Games for 50 ****ing Days Like Today
No More Meetings Unlearn ‘bored room” Practices to Change the Way We Connect
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Lia James

Lia James

Leadership Coach and Learning & Development Consultant

Lia James is a Leadership Coach and Learning & Development Consultant helping executives improve hiring strategies and skills development training to build more inclusive and productive teams.

Through her extensive background in people development and personal branding, Lia helps professionals fine-tune their brands through storytelling and goal aligning to improve leadership quality, communication, and team dynamics.
Cindy Peterson

Cindy Peterson

Leadership & Business Agility Coach

Cindy is a collaborative and dynamic entrepreneur, consultant and leadership coach. With a deep knowledge of the human imagination’s great potential, Cindy has extensive experience partnering with leaders and teams to re-imagine and implement new ways of collaborating and working together to reach their organizational and personal goals.

Cindy designs and facilitates leadership training programs at all levels of the organization, and works with teams and individuals on creating high-functioning teams and elevating their communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. She is an ICF-certified coach with a specialty in organizational and team coaching.
Rob Schiffmann

Rob Schiffmann

Corporate Trainer

Rob is a professional improviser and corporate trainer / host who has worked with such companies as Celgene, Olympus, Cisco, Folgers, Microsoft, Solvay, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard Bank of America, Pepsi, Dannon and many more.

Winner of the 2011 INNY (Improvisation News New York) Award for Best Improv Coach, Rob has trained and performed all over the world. Rob’s show, Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, a fully improvised 2-act musical, which has received numerous accolades from the New York and national press, will be touring nationally in 2012/13. Rob is a 3-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Award winner. Rob has improvised on The Daily Download, The CBS Early Show and most recently on The Anderson Cooper Show.