The Communications Center, Inc. is owned by Sarah J. Read and Kim Ryan.

Ms. Read is the president of the Communications Center, Inc. and provides communications training and coaching for individuals and organizations, consulting services, and facilitation services through the Center. She received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Yale University in 1978, and her Juris Doctor degree with the Order of the Coif from the University of Wisconsin in 1981. She also received training from the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, attended the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and was a volunteer mediator for the Cook County Circuit Courts for several years. She has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of conflict resolution and has worked with businesses of all sizes and many nonprofit organizations. She is a member of the American Arbitration Association's national panel of neutrals, and mediates more complex conflicts through the AAA.

Kim Gage Ryan is Vice Preseident of The Communications Center, Inc.  She has 25 years of congregational experience, with ministry foci in Christian Education, Hospitality and Evangelism, Team Building with staff, ministerial colleagues, and congregational leaders.  With a sensitivity to process and healthy organizations, Ms. Ryan coaches/mentors individuals, groups, and churches toward their desired goals and ministry aspirations.  She is a graduate of Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University and a summa cum laude graduate of Texas Tech University where she studied psychology, child development, and art.  She currently is on the Bethany Fellowships Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) leadership team and president of the Bethany Fellowships Board, facilitating and mentoring young ministers in their first five years of ministry. Ms. Ryan is also a trained and certified labyrinth facilitator through Veriditas with Lauren Artress and a trained Spiritual Director through The Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA.

The Communications Center
1905 Cherry Hill Drive, Suite 200
Columbia MO, 65203
573-447-0499