Phone:  610- 478- 3000

 

Center for Leadership & Ethics
25 Pinewood Road
Wyomissing, PA 19610
Ph. 610. 478. 3000
fax. 610. 478. 3001

 

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Len Marrella, DBA

President & Founder CLE
Born and reared in Reading, PA, Len is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (CL '57). After successful military assignments with troops in NATO and Vietnam he returned to academia to earn an MBA and PhD in Finance. He was able to apply this education to challenging assignments with Defense Department Acquisition Projects. After 22 years of active service he retired at the rank of Colonel and began a new career in private industry with International Paper Company as their Director of Capital Projects. In this capacity Len was responsible for the successful implementation of a six billion dollar investment program. As a result, he was selected to be the company's chief finanacial spokesperson to Wall Street and the world's other financial centers. In this role he spearheaded the development of a successful international investor relations program.
In May 1990 after years of working and living in many parts of the world, Len returned to Reading, Pennsylvania where he saw an opportunity to share his education and experience with his community. Today, he is a founding partner in the Spring Ridge Financial Group and host of a weekly radio program focused on financial issues.

Len is also the founder and president of the Center for Leadership and Ethics, Ltd. His vision is to heighten public commitment to the principle that true success is based on trust - emanating from ethics and character. He is the author of: In Search of Ethics, Conversations with Men and Women of Character. Len is married and has three grown daughters and many wonderful grandchildren.
Patrick A. Toffler
Character Development and Consulting

Patrick A. Toffler, Colonel (Ret), U.S. Army, was born at Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1947. He was raised as a typical "Army Brat" and traveled with his family throughout the US, in Canada, and to Europe. In 1968, he graduated from the United States Military Academy and joined the Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant. After a tour of duty in Vietnam, serving as an infantry and  reconnaissance platoon leader (69-70'), he commanded a mechanized infantry company at Ft. Carson CO (70-71'), then commanded an infantry training battalion at Ft. Benning GA (84-86').

Along the way he earned a Master of Science degree in Operations Research and Systems Engineering from the US Navy Post-Graduate School, Monterey, CA. Subsequent assignments offered the opportunity to apply this education to a variety of challenging problems in the areas of readiness, personnel, and weapons development.

In 1987, Pat returned to USMA to serve as a director of strategic planning and decision-support. In this capacity he helped design the Cadet Leader Development System and the present system for assessing the value of the Academy to the Army and the nation. He graduated from the Army War College in 1989 and retired after 30 years of service in 1998. While on active duty his decorations included the: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (2), Defense and Army (x4) Meritorious Service Medals, Bronze Star (1V, 3), Air Medal (x3), Army Commendation Medal, and the Purple Heart.

For the next 6 years he served as the Director of a Research and Studies
Partnership established between the Army Acquisition Community and West
Point.  Projects were characterized by interdisciplinary teams of military
and civilian faculty and cadets.  During his stewardship, the Partnership
grew significantly, embracing each of the Services, the Defense Department,
industry, and several other academic institutions.

Since  August 2004 Pat has focused on supporting the purpose and goals of the
Center for Leadership and Ethics.  He presently resides in New Jersey with
his wife Rebecca.
Tammy M. Toso

Born into a military family, Tammy was raised in the true tradition of an “Army Brat.”  She spent her early years in Europe and returned to the USA only to continue moving throughout her high school years.  These experiences gave her a first-hand and lasting appreciation for the many demographic factors that characterize our world and our society.   

Tammy wanted to serve as a teacher and she graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia with a degree in education.  However, before long, something about the adventure of travel led her to continue exploring the world.  She became a Flight Attendant for Northwest  Airlines, traveling to Europe, Asia, and all points in between.  This opportunity provided additional, invaluable experience developing Tammy’s understanding of the cultural, ethnic, and religious differences among people and nations.  

Her next professional opportunity arose in the corporate world where she served as a Senior Account Executive with a firm in Washington D. C.  In this capacity, she demonstrated great skill in the complex arena of human resources, receiving both awards and promotions.  It was here that she experienced the imperative of trust and integrity in successful business relationships.  She also realized that Character, the essential first-quality for all leaders, could not be taken for granted. 

Accordingly, with her father COL(Ret) Len Marrella, PhD, who had retired from the Army and then devoted several years to corporate executive leadership, she helped create the Center for Leadership and Ethics.  As Senior Executive for Education & Administration Tammy develops presentation material, teaches, and orchestrates the activities of CLE.  She is especially motivated to work with teenagers and is the principal coordinator for the Annual Berks County, PA High School Conference for Leadership and Ethics (a joint project conducted with the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY). 

Beyond her baccalaureate degree, Tammy’s formal education and training include programs provided by the Josephson Institute and the Institute for Global Ethics.  She is presently pursuing a Master of Arts in Human Behavior at Alvernia College,  and resides in Sinking Spring, PA with her daughter Tory (15 yrs. ) and her son Todd (13 yrs. ).  Tammy’s professional dedication is to motivate and develop people to be “Leaders of Character.”