Bret Anderson, Ph.D. is the President and principle instructor of h2 Communication, LLC, which is a veteran-owned small business that provides career development and leadership training and education services for a variety of industries. Dr. Anderson is a certified Offender Workforce Development Specialist and Offender Employment Retention Specialist. He has worked with incarcerated veterans since 2004.
Bret Anderson, Ph.D., AFC, CCSP-I
President, h2 Communication, LLC
www.h2communication.com
Areas of expertise:
28 years of curriculum design, development, implementation, and evaluation for a variety
of teaching/training contexts. Examples are expressed below (*) indicates the audience:
– The Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (DOLVETS American Job Center
Staff and Federal Staff)
– The Professional Development Certificate Program (At-risk youth in the Denver
Metro area, The Office of Economic Development)
– Job Coaching for the Incarcerated Veteran (American Job Center Staff)
– Developing the Career Readiness Coach (The United States Marine Corps)
– Personal Financial Readiness (The United States Air Force)
– Basic Transition & Employment Management (The United States Air Force)
– Exceptional Family Member Program – Family Support (United States Air Force)
– Exceptional Outreach to Employers (Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs)
– Employment Retention for returning veterans with cognitive impairment
(Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs)
– Leadership and the Art of Communication (The Southern Hilton Hotel chain, and
Kern Medical Group)
– Developing Exceptional Leaders Program (Kern Medical Bakersfield, CA)
– Intensive Service (DOLVETS American Job Center Staff)
– Leadership and the Implementation of Veteran Services (DOLVETS American
Job Center Staff)
– Generational Differences (DOL, US Reclamation Bureau California)
Quantitative experimental implementation and analysis (using SPSS)
Transition from justice involvement, military, or marginalization to productive citizenship
(group facilitation and one-on-one counseling)
Motivational Interviewing facilitation (T-4-T) both online and traditional learning
environments|
18 years as an adjunct instructor within the Department of Communication (MSUD and
UCD). Topics include the following:
– Communication Theory (online and traditional)
– Interpersonal Communication
– Public Speaking
– The Fundamentals of Communication
– Television & Video Production
– Gender and Communication
– The Psychology of Gender
– Facilitating Career Development Certified Instructor (NCDA)
Certificates/Credentials:
– Certified Financial Counselor (AFCPE)
– Offender Workforce Development Specialist (DOJ)
– Offender Employment Retention Specialist (DOJ)
– Certified Career Service Professional (NCDA)
– True Colors
– Situational Leadership II (The Ken Blanchard Institute)
Professional Development Experience/Outreach
– Member of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Facilitating
Career Development Advisory Committee (Veterans Representative)
Education
– PhD Psychology, Northcentral University – 2017
– MA Interpersonal Communication, University of Colorado Denver – 1998
– BA Communication, University of Colorado Denver – 1991