Deb Calvert

President

Deb Calvert has worked as a sales productivity specialist and has been involved with leading edge sales research since 2000. She has worked with the newspaper industry for over 20 years as a Consultant, a Corporate Director in Sales and Human Resources for Knight Ridder, Inc., and as an Operations Director, Sales Training Manager, and Retail Sales Manager at The Kansas City Star. Deb’s early career included a variety of classified and retail sales positions. Over the past five years, Deb has worked with over 60 newspaper and media companies to accelerate sales productivity.

As President and Founder of People First Productivity Solutions, Deb also consults with agriculture and technology companies on boosting sales force productivity through people and process development. This work includes leadership program design and facilitation. Deb also works with executives, managers, sales trainers and sales reps as a Humanistic Performance Coach.

deb.calvert@peoplefirstps.com

Mary Altuvilla

Associate Consultant

Mary Altuvilla has over 20 years of successful sales and management experience.

Altuvilla has been affiliated with People First since April 2007, providing sales training, sales management training, and coaching.

Her media experience includes classified call center, automotive, retail territory and major account sales. With management roles in retail territory sales, retail advertising management, and as Vice President/Director of Advertising for the Pioneer Press, St. Paul Minnesota, (Circulation 250,000 Sunday), she successfully built and led high performance teams in one of the nation’s most competitive media markets.

mary.altuvilla@peoplefirstps.com

Dan Schwab

Senior Consultant

Dan Schwab has extensive experience in the field of Human Resource Development and Training, having worked as both an internal and external consultant for more than 20 years. He has designed and presented workshops on a diverse range of workplace topics, including supervision, personal productivity, public speaking, project management and technology. His specialty is working with individuals and organizations to enhance the understanding and practice of leadership.

From 2001 to 2009, Dan served as Director of Training and Organizational Development for the Trust for Public Land, where his expertise in adult learning contributed to the success of one of America's most effective non-profit organizations. Prior to TPL, Dan worked as an internal training consultant with a multinational financial services firm, and, as a consultant, designed and facilitated hundreds of learning programs for firms in Silicon Valley and across the US.

danjschwab@gmail.com

Renee Calvert

Special Projects Coordinator

Renee Calvert supports People First’s consultants and corporate office by coordinating all administrative work and scheduling. She has been working with People First since its inception, doubling as Special Projects Coordinator while attending school.  Renee earned her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in 2009, with a concentration in Art and Economics. She is currently earning her Masters of Fine Arts in Animation at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Renee illustrated the Expedition Series sales training manuals for People First. Her unique artwork makes these courses stand out as inviting and engaging right from the start. With her educational credentials in Corporate Finance and Business Analytics, Renee also assists with People First’s sales productivity analysis and research.

renee.calvert@peoplefirstps.com