A global leader with over 25 years of dedicated expertise specializing in the resiliency profession. She founded BC Management, Inc. in 2000 and joined Witt O’Brien’s in 2022 as a Managing Director, Talent Management & Research Analytics.  Within Witt O’Brien’s (an Ambipar company) she is responsible for overseeing staffing strategies and data research analytics for clients globally in addition to providing career assessments and coaching expertise.  She previously served on the board of the Association of Continuity Professionals (ACP) of Los Angeles and Orange County in addition to the National Board for the ACP and the Editorial Advisory Board for Continuity Insights.  Cheyene was also the recipient of the ACP Lifetime Achievement award in 2024, the inaugural ACP Hall of Fame award in 2006, and in 2010 she was awarded an Honorary MBCI by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI). 

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In her spare time she is a mom to two kids and two dogs.  She is an avid runner who enjoys scrap booking, spending time with family (especially in Wisconsin), singing out loud, and watching movies.