Sylvester is a talented member of the McCann & Associates team. He is currently a Senior Designer at the Center for Creative Leadership. Sylvester has more than 30 years of professional experience designing and teaching leadership development to leading organizations, including family enterprises. He has presented and published widely on issues related to creativity, leadership, leadership development, 360-degree feedback, assessment, and organizational effectiveness and applies these areas of interest to family enterprises. Sylvester holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Industrial Relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He completed extensive Ph.D. level course-work (ABD) in research methodology, statistics, psychology, and adult education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.