Rita Rizzo is the Principal of Rizzo & Associates LLC, an Ohio based consulting and training firm established in 1984. She holds a Master’s Degree in Training and Human Resource Management from the University of Leicester in Leicester, England, (1999) and received her undergraduate education in the fields of psychology and nursing. Rita has been a professional development trainer for over three decades and is the author of the books Greater Woman in a Lesser World (2015), Family Footprints (2015), The Culture of Generational Poverty: Providing Meaningful Help to the Impoverished (2009) and co-author of the books Workplace Violence: A Seven Step Process to Address and Manage Potentially Violent Situations in the Workplace (2010) and Health Mind Body Soul (2012). Rita has 37 years of experience training social service, health care and government professionals.