About Us

Dr. Richard M. Furr, President, brings over 30 years of experience and expertise to Furr Resources in developing high performance organizations, providing support for change initiatives and transforming corporate cultures to align with their strategies. More specifically, this includes his work with boards of directors, mergers and acquisitions, consolidations in integrating the teams and cultures, and executive coaching.

A Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Furr is a graduate of William and Mary and earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee. He was on the business faculty at American University in Washington, D.C.

As a consultant he has worked both nationally and internationally at the executive level with a wide variety of organizations such as Microsoft, Duke Energy, Bank of America, Sara Lee Corporation, Philips, British Oxygen, DHL, and many small and mid cap companies.

Dr. Furr has published articles in several professional journals and has written chapters in books on consulting practices. He is a Board Certified Coach and an adjunct coach for the Center for Creative Leadership. He is also certified in the work of Dr. Edward de Bono, The Six Thinking Hats®, and applies these tools for creativity and innovation in his consulting practice. With a colleague, he won the 1998 David Campbell Award for Creativity and Innovation from the Piedmont Chapter of ASTD, for his SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP Series, an organizational and executive development program.

Lana J. Furr, Vice President, co-founded Furr Resources, Inc. An honors graduate of Wake Forest University with a degree in communications, Lana has over 30 years of experience in organizational, team and leadership development work. Her focus, for the past 15 years, has been on supporting boards and directors who want to implement best practices of corporate governance, facilitating high stakes discussions and retreats for boards and executive groups, team development and executive coaching.

Lana is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wake Forest University, with a degree in communications. Included in her work, Lana has researched, co-designed and developed the SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP® Series. The Series won the 1998 David Campbell Award for Creativity and Innovation from the Piedmont Chapter of ASTD. She is Master Certified in Edward de Bono’s work and uses it to consult with organizations in organizational innovation in addition to her work with boards of directors.

Lana was also awarded the ASTD Trainer of the Year Award in 1992, and she has been published in The Corporate Board, Supervisory Management, and several other periodicals. Her clients have included organizations such as Microsoft, IBM, Duke Energy, DuPont, Hoescht Celanese, AT&T, Sara Lee Corporation, Perrigo, and many small and mid cap organizations.