Barbara Shomaker

Ms. Shomaker, co-founder and former President of ACCORD, serves as an Executive Advisor to a select number of clients and supports the firm’s marketing activities.

Ms. Shomaker has over 29 years of experience as a consultant to a variety of industries including health care, financial services, retail, manufacturing, hotels and restaurants, family businesses and Fortune 1000 companies. Formerly, she was a practice leader and partner in one of the largest accounting and consulting organizations in the country. Prior to that, Ms. Shomaker was a vice president of a national consulting firm.

Her areas of specialization include: strategic and business planning; organizational assessment, structure and design; facilitating mergers and consolidations; customer and employee retention strategies; succession planning; board self-evaluation and development; and leadership development.

Ms. Shomaker was a Board member of Loyola Family Business Center and is a frequent speaker before association and industry groups, particularly in the areas of strategic planning and closely-held business issues. She is also a faculty member with The Governance Institute, where she has made presentations on strategic planning, customer and employee satisfaction and organizational effectiveness.

Ms. Shomaker completed her Bachelor's degree in Education from Ohio State University and has done graduate work in Loyola University's Industrial Relations program.