Biography

Thomas Raney, owner of Ascension Advocates, Inc. specializes in working with the difficult situations that businesses face. He has over 15+ years of management experience identifying and problem solving under-productive departments as well as starting up new ventures. Thomas also is a polished public speaker with extensive training/coaching experience. He has developed leaders in every area he has worked. Thomas enjoys seeing others gain tangible results by coaching others using time tested and researched based material. Your Summit Awaits!

Education and Professional Affiliations
     • BS Degree in Psychology, Minor in Business, University of Iowa
     • Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity member
     • Certified Facilitator of The Leadership Challenge
     • Trained in DISC facilitation
     • Member of Toast Masters
     • Society for Human Resource Management member
     • International Leadership Association member

Thomas has attended and spoke at a variety of conventions and specialty workshops ranging from leadership and team building to motivational speaking and quality improvement. Thomas has spoken for Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa, Annual Call Center Exhibition and Lutheran Services in Iowa along with several other venues.

"Thomas takes the content being taught and includes how to actually implement the ideas in real life terms.  I have heard the ideas before, but didn’t understand how I could take advantage of these ideas in a personal way to improve my performance until I heard Mr. Raney." – senior management professional, Principal Financial Group.