Biography

Gloria Regalbuto Bentley was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio and has designed and implemented corporate learning and development functions which are highly integrated with other people management systems and are focused on developing human capacity in support of strategic plans.

 An experienced manager of complex systems, Gloria is proficient in instructional design and state of the art learning and performance technologies.  She has managed multi-million dollar budgets while adding significantly to the bottom line through cost efficiencies and loss reductions.  Her multi-industry experience encompasses retail, banking, manufacturing, research & development, consulting, and healthcare.

Gloria was the National President of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) in 1991 and has served on both its Governing Board and Board of Directors.  She received the Gordon Bliss Memorial Award in 1995 for lifetime contribution to the field, her employer and her community.

Her work has been recognized over the years:  While Gloria served as President of Seafirst University, Seafirst Bank received an EVE award from from the US Department of Labor for Exemplary Voluntary Efforts to ensure broad-based employee access to learning opportunities.  The leadership curriculum she developed for the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy, now adopted by Cleveland State University, received recognition as on e of six best practices in the country by the US Department of Education.