A life which is unexamined is not worth living.
About Dynamic Connexons
The Dynamic Approach
In this wild fast paced world, driven by the many technologies that are supposed to enhance our ability to communicate, we find ourselves getting further away from personal contact and the development of meaningful relationships. These relationships are pivotal to our capacity to grow individually, to be creative and work in harmony with one another. We understand that many people show a resistance to creating and maintaining relationships. The founders of Dynamic Connexons recognized the need to develop programming that breaks down the communication barriers and offers participants a comfortable atmosphere in which to develop meaningful relationships built on trust and respect.
Find something you care about and live a life that shows it.
Our Team
Stan | Art | Darcy
Our staff is unique in that we operate under a no smoke and mirrors philosophy. We live our personal lives under the same guiding principals that we practice professionally.
Stanley E. Thomas, Colonel, Retired U.S. Army, is a facilitator/conversationalist, blending outdoor experiential work with café dialogue strategies such as strategic conversation and appreciative inquiry. Stan’s combination of these strategies enables corporate executive groups to move quickly beyond personal agendas and into substantive outcomes.
His background includes 30 years of experience in various leadership positions in the military involving operations, personnel management, and command that included running two Army installations. He has also served as President and Executive Director of Communities in Schools, a non-profit, nationally affiliated program that encourages at-risk children to stay in school.
Stan has been a leadership facilitator in both outdoor and indoor experiential work for the past eleven years. He has worked with such clients as the University of Texas at San Antonio Executive MBA and Leadership Challenge programs, Coca-Cola Bottling in Ft. Worth, Sulzer Carbometics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Army Medical Department Center and School, Valero Energy Corporation, South Texas Radiology Imaging Services, Health Texas Medical, and BP/Amoco in Houston. Since 1998, Stan has served as a leadership fellow at the Center for Professional Excellence at the University of Texas San Antonio.
Arturo “Art” Ortiz, MA has been facilitating and instructing experiential leadership programs for the past 13 years. He works in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at The University of Texas at San Antonio instructing outdoor leadership courses.
Art holds a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management and a Master’s in Kinesiology with a specialization in outdoor leadership; and is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). He is certified as a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) and AMGA Top-Rope Site Manager. Art has worked with a variety of groups from the San Antonio Spurs, Coca-Cola executives, and Dell, to The UTSA EMBA program, sororities & fraternities and student governments.
He resides in San Antonio with his wife, Maura, and their two children, Alexander Rainer and Daphne Rose.
Darcy Scrimpshire is a graduate of Texas A&M University where she received a bachelor degree in Speech Communication. She spent seven years in the retail industry working as a store manager and buyer for Stage Stores and JC Penney. The experience provided invaluable knowledge and insight into the structure and management of corporate environments
Since 2001, Darcy has served as an advisor for the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority at the University of North Texas. In this role, she mentors and supports chapter members to ensure successful implementation and execution of their goals. Darcy is responsible for managing all members of the Executive Board which includes chapter officers and other members of the advisory board.
In addition, Darcy serves on the Board of Directors for the Alpha Delta Pi Housing Corporation at UNT. The corporation is comprised of alumnae who are responsible for the management and operations of the sorority house. She is the finance director for her area MOPS group and is a member of the Frisco Women’s League.
Darcy has been married to her husband Darren for eight years. They have two daughters, Sydney and Ryan.