William F. Scott is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Workforce Solutions, LLC (DWS), bringing more than 35 years of senior executive leadership and nationally recognized expertise in collective bargaining, labor-management relations, workforce strategy, and organizational transformation. A former Chief Negotiator and Deputy General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), where his executive responsibilities encompassed a workforce of more than 10,000 employees, Mr. Scott has subsequently served as Chief Negotiator, labor strategist, and trusted advisor to major governmental and public-sector organizations. 

His distinguished record includes serving as Chief Negotiator for Montgomery County Government in negotiations involving more than 8,000 employees across four major bargaining groups; serving as Chief Negotiator and labor strategist for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA); establishing Howard University’s first Office of Labor Relations; and holding significant labor-relations responsibilities with the United States Postal Service. 

Among his signature accomplishments, Mr. Scott successfully negotiated the groundbreaking first regular use of police body-worn cameras and has consistently demonstrated an ability to resolve complex labor issues while preserving productive labor-management relationships. His expertise is further distinguished by nationally published research: Mr. Scott is a co-author of TCRP Report 181, Labor–Management Partnerships for Public Transportation, published by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 

As Principal Investigator for DWS’s participation in the national research initiative, he contributed his management and labor-relations expertise to the study of labor-management partnerships throughout the U.S. public transportation industry and the development of practical tools for strengthening those relationships. This rare combination of C-suite executive experience, high-stakes Chief Negotiator leadership, nationally published research, and more than three decades of practical labor-management expertise enables Mr. Scott to provide CEOs, government executives, and organizational leaders with strategic, results-oriented counsel on their most complex workforce and labor-management challenges.

Dr. Scott is an accomplished Organizational Development and Learning Executive with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise-wide workforce transformation, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness initiatives within highly regulated, unionized, and mission-critical environments.

Throughout her career, including executive leadership at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Kent State University, and as an executive management consultant, she has designed and implemented strategic talent management systems, competency-based workforce frameworks, and leadership pipelines that have strengthened organizational performance, leadership continuity, and regulatory compliance.

Her accomplishments include developing succession planning infrastructures for mission-critical operations, directing large-scale learning and certification programs serving thousands of employees, leading organizational change initiatives, improving customer service performance by 30 percent, establishing governance systems supporting federal audit readiness, and coaching senior executives to enhance leadership effectiveness and organizational capability.

Recognized for aligning workforce strategy with business objectives, Dr. Scott is a trusted advisor to executive leadership, bringing expertise in organizational transformation, executive coaching, change management, governance, and talent development that enables organizations to build high-performing leaders and achieve sustainable operational excellence.

Mr. Bernard is a nationally recognized executive leader, chief negotiator, and public safety strategist with more than 43 years of distinguished experience leading complex organizations, negotiating high-profile labor agreements, shaping public policy, and advising government and nonprofit executives. As Executive Director and Chief Negotiator for the Montgomery County Volunteer Fire-Rescue Association, he successfully led seven collective bargaining agreements, pioneered the nation’s first negotiated labor agreement between a volunteer emergency services organization and a government entity, secured more than $5.8 million in federal grant funding, increased organizational revenues from less than $10,000 to over $10.7 million, and directed strategic initiatives that earned national recognition for recruitment, advocacy, and organizational excellence. 

His career includes executive leadership roles with the National Volunteer Fire Council, Montgomery County Fire Board, George Washington University, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the U.S. Navy, where he has consistently advised senior government officials, legislators, business leaders, and public safety executives on labor relations, legislative affairs, emergency management, strategic planning, organizational transformation, and regulatory policy. 

Widely respected for building consensus among diverse stakeholders, developing innovative public policy, and delivering measurable results, Mr. Bernard brings exceptional executive leadership, negotiation expertise, and strategic vision to organizations facing complex operational, labor, and governance challenges.

Mr. Plante is a distinguished Human Resources and Organizational Development executive with more than 35 years of experience leading transformational workforce initiatives within large, complex, unionized organizations in both the public and private sectors.

During his executive tenure with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), he served as Director of Human Resources and Director of Organizational Development, where he led enterprise-wide human capital strategies, implemented the transit industry’s first represented employee pay-for-performance program, established WMATA’s inaugural organizational development function, and directed large-scale culture change initiatives that strengthened labor-management cooperation, operational effectiveness, and organizational performance.

Mr. Plante’s accomplishments include modernizing human resources systems, implementing comprehensive compensation and classification programs, redesigning retirement and health benefit plans, improving recruitment and retention strategies for critical workforce positions, and introducing best-practice business processes that enhanced organizational efficiency and employee development.

Earlier executive leadership roles with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York and CBS Corporation further strengthened his expertise in strategic human capital management, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and executive leadership.

As a Senior Consultant with Diversified Workforce Solutions, LLC (DWS), Mr. Plante provides senior executives with trusted guidance on labor-management relations, organizational transformation, workforce strategy, leadership development, and human capital solutions that improve organizational performance and position organizations for long-term success.

Ms. Meyers is an accomplished executive support and project coordination professional with more than 35 years of experience providing strategic administrative leadership, event management, legal support, and organizational coordination for senior executives in higher education and the private sector.

Throughout her career at Howard University, she progressed through positions including Executive Secretary to the General Counsel, Administrative Assistant, Events Manager, and Director of Advancement Events, where she planned and managed high-profile university and presidential events, coordinated budgets, logistics, communications, and cross-functional teams, and supported major institutional and fundraising initiatives.

In her consulting role with Diversified Workforce Solutions, LLC (DWS), she provides critical operational support for collective bargaining engagements, including negotiation preparation, organization of bargaining materials, documentation of negotiation proceedings, and post-negotiation coordination for publication of collective bargaining agreements.

Recognized for exceptional organizational, communication, and project management skills, Ms. Meyers brings the professionalism, discretion, and operational expertise necessary to support complex consulting engagements with county governments and other public-sector organizations.