Madison founded Cork Communications in response to strong demand for her distinctive and impactful executive coaching and training style. Cork Communications’ clients include Fortune 500 and high growth private equity backed companies, successful nonprofits, governments, and media/entertainment personalities.

Prior to founding Cork Communications, Madison spent several years as a professor at the University of Louisville and Bellarmine University. She is also an accomplished film, television and stage actress, earning prestigious awards such as Ovation, LA Drama Critic’s, Backstage Garland, and Denver Critic’s, for excellence in performance.

Madison earned a Master’s Degree from The George Washington University and a Bachelor’s from University of Colorado.

Koleman spent 20 years as a venture capitalist, helping talented entrepreneurs build many great businesses.  During that time, Koleman realized the most impactful and successful leaders possessed extraordinary communications and people skills, and invested in developing these skills throughout their organizations.  Koleman was the founding investor in Cork, and is delighted to be working with such a talented team helping Cork’s clients achieve higher returns on their human capital.

Koleman earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Princeton University.

Alicia’s career spans two decades of project management and corporate training. Prior to joining Cork, she worked at Leadership Louisville for six years, honing her project management and training expertise. At Cork, Alicia leads operations and is a lead trainer for several Cork programs.

Carrie helps Cork’s clients advance their missions and improve top line results. Carrie excels at helping individuals and their companies achieve professional and organizational development goals.  Her formal stage training enables her to deliver a dynamic, engaging, hands-on training experience in any office setting.