B. Kim Barnes

B. Kim Barnes is the CEO of Barnes & Conti Associates, Inc., based in Berkeley, California. A leader in the field of organizational development, she's worked with diverse companies, such as AARP, Capital One, and CitiGroup, for over thirty years. Holding a master's degree in human development, she's also published articles in numerous professional journals and is an in-demand speaker at professional conferences. Barnes & Conti, Inc., has multiple copyrighted corporate development programs, of which Barnes is the primary developer. She has written or co-written several popular business books including Exercising Influence (Wiley, 2006) and Consulting on the Inside (ASTD Press, 2011). Murder On Retreat is the sequel to her first novel, Murder On The 33rd Floor. Barnes's fiction is inspired by years of reading mysteries and pondering how organizational development experience could translate to great detective skills.