Alan Sobel

Alan Sobel is the President of Leap! Corporation. He is a management consultant with more than 29 years of experience in the public, volunteer and private sectors. He provides strategy development, public consultation, conflict resolution, coaching and learning support to executives in government, industry and national associations. 

Alan holds a Master’s degree in Political Studies from Queen’s University and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy from the University of Toronto.  He is a Queen’s Fellow and a U.S. State Department Grantee. He possesses advanced certificates in facilitation, mediation, and executive coaching.

Alan is a roster mediator, Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program, providing mediation services in the civil justice system. He was previously an executive member of the faculty of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. More recently, he has worked with executives at General Dynamics Canada in the areas of organizational development and leadership development, helping them to achieve membership in the ranks of Canada’s top 100 employers in 2003 and 2004 and to be named one of Canada’s top 10 employers in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Alan has been listed as an approved coach to Canadian federal government executives under Standing Offer # CSPS-RFP-07110FB01.

Miriam and Alan have been married for 29 great years. They have three children.