Dr. Art Cara is the President/CEO of Outplacement Consulting Services (OCS), a nationwide corporate outplacement company. He co-founded and served in various capacities, including part-time Consultant, Lead Consultant, Vice President, Senior Vice President, and as a Ph.D. Organizational Behaviorist for the multi-state Birmingham, Alabama office of Drake Beam Morin (DBM) from 1989 to 2005. While employed at this first U.S. national and global corporate outplacement company, Dr. Cara coached corporate executives and their leadership teams, oversaw a multi-state region of sales/operations consultants, and purchased/interpreted career/personality assessments.
Dr. Cara is a former president of the local Rotary International Club and a highly sought-after speaker on workplace violence, job-related stress, corporate outplacement, change management, and executive leadership assessment and coaching. Before becoming a corporate change management consultant at DBM, Dr. Cara was the Alabama State Director of Medical Social Services at First American Home Health Care. He served on several undergraduate/graduate university faculties, authored workplace articles, and launched a career advice/mental health column called Job Fare for the Birmingham Business Journal.
Dr. Cara is a frequent guest commentator on Clear Channel (WERC Radio 960 AM) and Citadel Broadcasting (107.7 HOTS FM), addressing workplace violence, stress management, employee assessment, career transition, and executive leadership coaching. His publisher hopes to release Dr. Cara’s new book in 2026: TE-IT!—A Behavioral Playbook to Win High Stakes Interviews.
Dr. Cara holds three graduate degrees from three different non-profit ground universities. The Ohio State University awarded him a Ph.D. in Social/Behavioral Science. A board-certified, licensed mental health professional, he earned master's degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Dr. Cara’s undergraduate degree was conferred cum laude by the University of Dayton.