Who we are

alt-Vision was built by an uncommon collaboration — a transdisciplinary team that brings together regional academic leaders in communication and leadership studies, senior healthcare practitioners, and creative professionals who share a conviction that the most important skills for front-line managers are also the most neglected ones.

What holds the group together is not an institution but a shared belief: that awareness, listening, trust, and vision are not personality traits. They are learnable skills. Members of our academic team have devoted significant parts of their careers to understanding, teaching, and demonstrating exactly that.

Members of our academic team and our production team are listed below.

ACADEMIC TEAM

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Founder President and CEO

alt-Vision

Founder

Curriculum

Product Design

Interview and biopoem pending.

John Caputo, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

Gonzaga University

Founder

Curriculum

John — curious, flexible, convinced that learning should be joyful. Who believes there is no one theory of leadership that will rule the day.

“The leader should be the best listener in the group.”

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Chris Francovich, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

Gonzaga University

Founder

Contributor

Chris — curious, restless, drawn to what’s actually moving. Who believes leadership should become a story we tell about ourselves.

“Leadership should become a story we tell about ourselves.”

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John Stewart, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

Communication Studies

Curriculum

Trust Presenter

John — patient, precise, always reaching for contact. Who believes that the quality of your communication is the quality of your life.

“A bridge rather than a wall.”

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Tom Tiffany, Ph.D.

Former President & CEO

PAML

Founder

Curriculum

Interview and biopoem pending.

“Your ego needs to meld in…”

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PRODUCTION TEAM

Joseph Schappert, M.D.

Co-Founder, COO

alt-Vision

Founder

Production Lead

Product Design

Interview and biopoem pending.

Giovanni Caputo

Director

Baklavabaklava Industries

Interventions

Curriculum

Interview and biopoem pending.

Gerard Fischer

Former healthcare executive

Founder

Special Advisor

Gerard — practical, warm, always sitting in the customer’s chair. Who believes that good leadership requires clarity, genuine support, and the willingness to help people course-correct without judgment.

“A treasure of effective tools.”

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Media Studio

Spokane Public Library

Film & Recording

Community Partner

A space — open, equipped, stubbornly democratic. That believes a level playing field comes down to skill and commitment, not the size of your budget.

“Spaces for people to come create, talk, thrive.”

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