I was born and raised in New Jersey, daughter of Warren and Eileen Buehler, and sister to three brothers – Warren, Patrick and Bob. We spent a happy childhood playing sports and other games together, and Pinochle is still a family favorite. I attended elementary school at St. Catherine’s in Glen Rock, NJ, and maintain fond memories of my Catholic school experience and the friendships and community I experienced there.

My mother was an instructor of Jose Silva’s right brain training program, The Silva Mind Control Method, of which I am a graduate. The Silva Method trains a person to lower his/her brain wave frequency (Alpha/Theta), use deeper levels of the mind, and be aware in what psychologists call the subconscious regions of the mind.

My mother was a role model and catalyst in teaching me to follow what is calling me, what I am good at, and what I enjoy doing. My father encouraged excellence in all things, high achievement, and a healthy dose of fun.

While attending Glen Rock high school, I participated in weekend and month-long programs at The Himalayan Institute of Yoga and Science in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. It was here where I was introduced to yoga, meditation, eastern and western philosophies, the science of breath, biofeedback, and a vegetarian diet. After graduation, I attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and received a BA in Psychology and a BA in Religious Studies.

I enjoyed studying all religions during my tenure at UC Santa Barbara, but found that I had a particular interest in the religious systems of India. For this reason, I spent an adventurous year in India studying at the University of Delhi MBA School and Miranda House College. I learned Hindi at the Landour Language School in Mussoorie, a hill station in the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayan range, with instructors Gita and Deepak, and the University of California Education Abroad students. I traveled to Rishikesh and spent time in an ashram, and visited many interesting places, including Varanasi, Kashmir, Ladakh, and Goa.

Upon returning to the United States I obtained a Masters Degree in Human Resources and Organization Development from the University of San Francisco. My thesis focused on the most effective methods to interview and select employees. I identified specific techniques and methods that produced quantifiable results over time, and went on to use this information in my consulting practice and create selection systems for companies that helped them to identify and hire exceptional people.

I’m married to the brilliant and loveable Harry Hahn, and we have two inspiring, passionate children, Trey and Gayla, who bring great joy to my life. As a close knit family we enjoy adventure, and often travel together to fun places like Costa Rica, Machu Picchu, the Galapagos Islands, Belize, and Botswana. It was extra special to walk the Spanish pilgrimage the Camino de Santiago together; be “present” at Eckhart Tolle’s retreat The Joy of Being in Lake Louise, Canada; and share Geri Portnoy’s yoga retreats in Ojai, California.

In addition to the loving Hahn, Buehler, O’Brien clans, Juan and Betty Salagado Barba and the Cumbres community in Tijuana, Mexico are part of my extended family. My heart takes me thirty miles south of San Diego to support and assist the Cumbres community. I feel a strong pull to go regularly and I always return home with a heart filled with love.

Eileen is a leadership consultant who partners with organizations to assist them in hiring and leading exceptional people. Using tested and proven methods, she helps them achieve high levels of performance, financial results, teamwork, employee work passion, and joy. Her work has improved productivity, profitability, and employee work passion in firms such as Anheuser-Busch, Ericsson Worldwide, General Motors, LEGOLAND, and the San Diego Padres, in addition to aiding small entrepreneurial businesses. Eileen also has extensive experience in executive and board assessment, evaluation, and development, and designs C suite selection and evaluation processes.

By examining existing processes and systems first, Eileen is able to collaborate with organizational leaders to implement changes that improve productivity and profitability and enhance the corporate culture and employee experience. Working with company leadership, Eileen breaks her innovative solutions down into simple steps that result in successful implementation. She works with organizations going through rapid growth, downsizing, mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, and cultural transitions. She facilitates succession planning, strategic planning, organizational change, joint problem solving, leadership development, and team building, and she partners with organizational leaders in an open, positive, caring manner to address business needs and connect to strategic and tactical solutions.

Eileen has more than twenty-five years of experience as an internal and external organization development professional. Eileen has experience as an Executive Coach, Human Resources Director, Corporate Training Director, Sales Manager, and Recruiter. She has worked with a wide variety of public, private, and non-profit organizations. She has also worked as a Consulting Director for the Ken Blanchard Companies (2012-2018) on key projects in addition to her Organizational Effectiveness Consultants (OEC) client work.

Eileen is also a delightful and engaging professional speaker and university instructor. She has been described as “exuberant” and “business savvy,” and a wonderful combination of “all business” and “all fun.” She combines practical knowledge, tools, and techniques with warmth and real world examples and experiences. She has taught organization theory and behavior, training and development, performance management, recruitment, and selection to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of California at San Diego, San Diego State University, and Chapman University. Eileen has been the President of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Talent Development (ATD). Eileen brings and facilitates exceptional work, results, and joy to organizations.