Who We Are
HPA provides performance improvement services to public and private sector clients conducting safety sensitive operations across a wide range of industries including healthcare, mining, transportation and energy. The HPA team consists of internationally recognized experts in organizational culture, safety, behavioral analysis, risk analysis, employment practices, and data collection and analysis.
The principals are:
Sonja B. Haber, Ph.D.
Dr. Haber has been conducting work in the area of human performance analysis for over 30 years. She has been involved in the evaluation and intervention of human performance strategies in various applications. For the last 20 years, Dr. Haber's work has focused on improving human performance within organizations that must operate with a high degree of reliability. She has been extensively involved in conducting fieldwork for various international agencies in efforts related to enhancing human performance. Her work has also included cross‑cultural analysis of organizational issues, in the areas of safety culture and management and supervisory skills. Most recently, Dr. Haber has been conducting safety culture evaluations in various organizations, providing consultation in organizational interventions including leadership and management training, enhanced communication and observational skills training, and working towards the development of performance measures for organization and management processes.
Deborah A. Shurberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Shurberg's primary interests lie in the development and implementation of methodological tools useful for the analysis and improvement of organizational functioning and in the assessment and evaluation of human resource practices critical to effective organizational performance. In particular, her work focuses on improving human performance within organizations that must function with a high degree of reliability and the assessment and improvement of organizational behaviors that impact safety culture. Dr. Shurberg has extensive experience across a variety of industries and countries providing support in the diagnosis of organizational and management strengths and areas in need of improvement. She has significant experience in the development and implementation of intervention strategies within the nuclear industry, particularly on human-performance related topics including Communication Skills, Observational Skills and Management and Supervisory Skills.
