We are extremely saddened to share with you that we have lost our founder,
Judith “Judi” Grutter.

November 24, 1942 – December 16, 2014

Born in Montclair, New Jersey, and raised in New Jersey and Hamilton, NY. Judith was a 1960 graduate of the Northfield School, 1966 graduate of Syracuse University, 1974 recipient of her MS in Counseling from California State University Los Angeles, and all but dissertation in Higher Education and Adult Development from University of California Los Angeles. Forty years as a career development professional included a vocational specialist for Los Angeles County Schools, Community College Counselor, and a professor of career education and counseling at California State University Northridge. In 1978 she and her husband, Bill Schatz, started GS Consultants, a consulting business that trains counselors and Human Resource professionals in how to use psychological assessments. GS currently stands alone as the premiere training company on career assessments. Judi married William Karl Schatz in 1974 and settled in Southern California until 1992 when they moved to South Lake Tahoe. Bill preceded Judi in death from colon cancer in 2004. She leaves an older sister: Ann Appley of Claremont, CA; two step-children: Paul Schatz of Tucson, AZ, and Karla (Schatz) Hood of Seattle, WA; and four nieces/nephews: Anne Cohen of Pasadena, CA, Todd Corham of Kansas City, MO, Jean Cohen of Portland, OR, and L. Pete Cohen of Solana Beach, CA.

Judi consulted regularly with business, industry, education, and government on programs and issues related to career selection, satisfaction, and transition.  She was a recognized authority on the uses of assessment in career counseling and consulting, and was co-author of the Strong Interest Inventory® Interpretive Report, the Strong Interest Inventory® User’s Guide, the Strong/MBTI® Career Report, and Where do I go Next? Using Your Strong Results to Manage Your Career. She developed the online MBTI® Certification Program for Career Counselors and Educators, and was the author of Career Exploration for College Students Using the Strong and the MBTI® Tools, and a series of workbooks entitled Making It In Today’s Organizations Using the Strong and MBTI®.  A past president of the California Career Development Association, Ms. Grutter was a recipient of the National Career Development Association’s Career Counselor of the Year Award, and the California Career Development Association’s 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award and Judith Grutter Practitioner of the Year Award, awarded in 1996 and named in her honor.

Memorial Service

Per Judi’s wishes, her memorial service will be in beautiful South Lake Tahoe.

We will gather at 12pm noon on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at the Happy Homestead Cemetery, 1261 Johnson Boulevard. A reception will immediately follow at Sonney’s BBQ Shack in the Gazebo, 787 Emerald Bay Road.

In lieu of cards and flowers, donations can be sent in memory of
Judith Grutter to:
Associated Students, Inc.
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8350
501c3 EIN 95-1992734

Designate donation for “CCDA Student Chapter.”

We thank you on behalf of GS and Judi’s family.