Melinda Abrams, CPCC, MSA, is a champion of the shared experience. She consistently moves a group to deeper levels of connection and support, and models “being moved” by what is present in the space. She believes that in this creative combustion shift happens simply, naturally, magnificently.

In addition to co-guiding DeepMiddle, Melinda takes great pleasure in coaching, delivering experiential programs at outdoor education centers, and delivering service to educators through the Revitalizing Educators Network.

Her work draws from over 20 years of teaching and leadership development with middle schoolers, corporate clients, and graduate students. Her commitment is to serve emerging leaders as they move towards shared sustainable leadership.

Melinda loves living in Chapel Hill, NC with her husband, three children, and dog, Bubba.

Lyssa Adkins is a coach of agile coaches, and is driven to activate the next generation of great agile coaches.

Lyssa came to agile as a project leader with more than 15 years of project management success. Even with all that experience, nothing prepared her for the power and simplicity of agile done well.

She has taught agile to many hundreds of people, coached dozens of agile teams, and taught agile coaches one-on-one and in small groups.

She is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified Scrum Coach (CSC), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB). She is also a trained Co-active coach.

Chuck Allen, PCC, CPCC, is the co-founder of Organic Communication, http://www.organicommunication.com, a consulting firm that provides coaching and training in communication, leadership, and conflict management.

Chuck has worked in such diverse fields as public relations, public health, technical writing, journalism, event planning and child development. As the owner of a technology consulting firm specializing in the entertainment industry, Chuck brings more than 20 years experience as a consultant and an entrepreneur to his business clients.

In the coaching field Chuck is on the faculty of The Coaches Training Institute, and he is an Executive Coach for the Executive MBA Program of Loyola Marymount University.

Chuck is the past President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Coach Federation. He has coached and trained leaders in fields ranging from non-profit to aerospace, medicine, technology, and the federal government.

Cherie Beck spent 17 years as Executive Account Manager architecting business solutions, and the last 10 years pioneering human potential and culture change to projects involving leadership, personal development, and organizational dynamics.

She is master practitioner and trainer of Spiral Dynamics Integral, a body of knowledge dealing with complex human environments. In addition, Cherie is a certified Co-active coach, a Co-active Space leadership graduate, an OD subject matter expert, an emissary of Generational Theory, and a Integral City Catalyst.

Cherie is a participant leader of a “whole” team whose objective is to transition a premier health club into an integral health complex where body, mind, and spirit integration is supported through relationships with fitness trainers.

Ann Betz, CPCC, has both a passion and a gift for making teachings and theory real, understandable, and powerfully applicable in day-to-day life.

Ann is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership, international coaching and organizational transformation consultants. BEabove focuses on helping individuals, non-profits, and businesses remember their innate capacity to lead, work and live “above the line,” thus increasing their effectiveness and engagement.

Ann has deep experience in both corporate America and the non-profit sector, ranging from work as a contract trainer in Cargill’s leadership program to co-founding a non-profit organization to provide coaching and leadership training to national service programs.

A passionate lifelong learner, Ann is an expert on brain function, healing, and the role of the coach. Ann has also worked internationally with women’s groups in both Costa Rica and Nepal.

Dan Buchner is an award-winning designer, innovation consultant, sought after speaker, and teacher of Design Thinking. Groups around the world have experienced Design Thinking through Dan’s workshops, interactive presentations, and coaching.

With more than 30 years of experience of driving innovation in organizations, Dan has seen astonishing results when individuals bring their entire creative selves – when they use Design Thinking – to their work.

As an innovation consultant, Dan has shown that this way of thinking can have a profound effect on our world’s challenges. Dan holds a degree in Industrial Design and is a CTI trained coach.

Ariane Burgess holds an integrative worldview that sees our future as community, and draws upon her knowledge of key aspects of ecologic, economic and social design to spark an effective transition.

Ariane has taught Gaia Education’s Design for Sustainability in the UK and Thailand for the Permaculture Design Certificate at the Open Center, NY. For the past twenty years her work has focused on reconnecting people to nature. As a healing response in the aftermath of 9/11 she was commissioned to design and install The Labyrinth for Contemplation, Battery Park, NY. Ariane founded Regenerative Culture as a social enterprise to raise awareness, transform leaders, and communities, and invest in the leadership of next generations. Currently Ariane is engaged in co-creating a co-housing community in Scotland.

While Wayne Caskey was engaged in a 30-year career ending as Fortune 500 C-level corporate executive and three-time CEO, he grew psychologically and spiritually through psychoanalysis, CoDependents Anonymous, the Course in Miracles, the Diamond Heart Approach and his involvement with The Institute for the Advancement of Service.

Wayne has written an intuitively-oriented monthly column for smartCEO magazine for five years, and his multidimensional coaching has been profiled in The International Journal of Coaching in Organizations (2007).

Since becoming a coach ten years ago, he has been certified as CPCC, PCC, Evolutionary Coach, and graduated from CTI Leadership. Wayne holds a B.A. from Harvard and J.D. from Yale. He completed his Akashic mentorship in 2006 with Jen Eramith and received Shamanic certification in 2010.

For the past three years, Mary has been a writer and video producer for The Pachamama Alliance, the San Francisco-based non-profit that created the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium. She is also a Symposium Facilitator and Facilitator Trainer.

From 2001 to 2007, Mary was a CPCC based in Hawaii and Marin County, CA. She was a member of The Morning Stars Leadership Tribe and participated in Relationship Systems Coaching Training and Lucid Living. For the past five years, Mary has lived in a community of eleven conscious and fun people in Novato, CA.

Although known for her calm and steady presence, Leslie Clark may surprise you with her lust for an extraordinary life and bold choices.

In 2000 she abandoned a successful 15-year career in the hospitality industry for exotic simplicity and tranquility in the Mayan Riviera town of Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

In late 2008, a new dream called her back to the US where Leslie now continues her tropical lifestyle in Florida. In addition to her private executive coaching practice Leslie customizes rigorous individual and small group corporate leadership programs for value-based organizations that have a strong sense of social responsibility.

She has built her leadership development platform using Co-active coaching, structural consulting, 7th generation thinking, and the principles of permaculture. Leslie has been a CTI faculty member since 1999.

Deborah Colman MA, CPCC, is a Master Certified Coach and seasoned Leadership Trainer who is committed to humanizing organizational cultures in which executives, managers, and teams think in terms of possibility and consciously co-create a life-affirming experience of working together.

Deborah’s areas of specialization include The Authentic Leader, Leader Presence, and Response-Able Leadership. She is widely recognized by her clients, peers, and students alike as an inspiring and wise leader of leaders. In 2004, the ICF awarded Colman & Company Inc. with the prestigious PRISM Award for excellence and business achievement through coaching.

Tom Courry, MA, president and founder of The Next Level organization, is a world renowned leader in organizational and leadership development.

He is considered by many to be one of the top experiential facilitators in the country. In this role, Tom has worked with Fortune 50 organizations in team and leadership dynamics and as a contributing designer/leader for CTI’s Co-active Leadership program.

His workshops are powerful experiences that guide people in seeing their own and others’ potential, and ultimately changing the way they interact with the world around them.

Tom’s unique ability to bring people present and in the moment, opens them to new dimensions of awareness from which they transform their lives and relationships. Tom is a global player who facilitates change through consulting, coaching, and interactivity with leaders and organizational teams.

Hide Enomoto has been a CPCC since1996 and was a member of The Disks Leadership Tribe in 1998.

Hide has been a Faculty member for CTI since 2000 and is the Founder and the current CEO of CTI Japan. Inspired by the work of The Pachamama Alliance, he has been a Facilitator for Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium since 2007 and has been a key player in launching the Symposium in Asia.

Hide is also the Founder and the Chairman of the Board of Seven Generations, a non-profit that offers the Symposiums in Japan. He lives with his family in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.

Jen Eramith, MA, is an Akashic Records consultant working with individuals, groups, and organizations to help find deeper meaning in everyday life.

Jen teaches people to access intuition and utilize it in work and personal endeavors. She offers an insightful and thoughtful perspective to matters of everyday life, the global mystery, and the space between.

Through channelings from the Akashic records, Jen answers questions on many important issues and events. Jen also hosts a weekly radio show at VoiceAmerica.com. Through this work, she aims to help discover deeper meaning, expand our understanding of the world we share, and inspire hope, empowerment, and love. Jen’s website, AkashicTransformations.com, offers the most extensive library of channelings from the Akashic records found anywhere online.

Marc Gauthier’s unique strengths lie in his uncommonly broad range of life skills and interests. From 20 years of quality, energy, and efficient construction to 27 years of spiritual discipline (bhakti-yoga) to being an avid outdoors sports enthusiast to being successfully married for almost 30 years. His love for people and for deep subtle distinctions found in co-activity a perfect environment to grow.

After turning 49 recently, he is currently preparing to run his third marathon in Boston in April 2011. Marc’s life quest is to spark and co-lead the creation of devotional Eco-villages around the world where the focus is on developing strongly authentic and loving relationships as well as identifying and manifesting one’s natural abilities. He is a certified Co-active coach and leadership graduate who lives in Florida.

Michelle Goss, CPCC is a suburban mystic who purchased her first self-help book at the age of 9, setting the stage for a lifelong commitment to growth and spirituality.

Since 1998 Michelle has coached groups and individuals to experience greater levels of happiness and success by applying universal, metaphysical principals to everyday life. As a spiritual pioneer, Michelle has made a practice of stepping into uncharted territory and is currently preparing a meditation series to help others develop a loving rapport with chaos and uncertainty.

A former CTI course leader and HR executive, Michelle designs and delivers transformational workshops for organizations and the public. She lives in a northern suburb of Atlanta with her husband, daughter, and two 10-pound “guard dogs.”

Adrian Hayes is a British double World record-breaking adventurer, speaker, co-active coach and sustainability ambassador.

He holds a Guinness World record (2009) for reaching the Earth’s “3 Poles” - walking all the way to the North Pole, South Pole, and summiting Mt Everest - in the shortest period of time in history, becoming one of only 15 people ever to achieve the feat. He holds a second World record for the longest unsupported Arctic expedition in history, the 2009 vertical crossing of Greenland.

A former Gurkha Officer and Special Forces soldier in the British Army, he left his job as the Regional Sales Director for Airbus Middle East in 2006 to become a full time adventurer, speaker, and corporate coach. He is a co-active coach and leadership graduate who lives in Dubai.

Caroline MacNeill Hall, MA, PCC is president of mac advisors, a leadership advisory firm that helps leaders and their teams find the top of their game—and stay there. Her clients include IBM, Fairview Hospitals, 3M, US Bank, WL Gore Company, Northrup Grumann, Marriott Hotels, Kaiser Permanente, Marin Community Foundation, Adobe, Hewlett Packard, and the Federal Reserve Bank.

Also a leader of CTI’s Co-active Leadership Program, Caroline challenges leaders to discover their authentic power and impact, align their values with their organizations’, and bring their visions to life to the benefit of the bottom line. Along with CTI co-founder Laura Whitworth and colleague Rick Tamlyn, Caroline co-authored the book, “The Bigger Game: Why Playing a Bigger Game Designs Who You Want to Become.”

Jean Hanham, CPCC, ACC, is driven by her passion for living life to its fullest potential. Whether coaching, facilitating, or public speaking, Jean’s engaging communication style, her ability to deeply connect with others, and her infectious positive energy create a dynamic safe space for candor, discovery and growth. Her clients benefit from her 20 years of business experience including leadership positions at Reader’s Digest, Catalina Marketing, Imagitas, and Affinnova.

Jean holds her BA from Rutgers University and MBA from Columbia University. She is a graduate and past teaching assistant of Creativity and Personal Mastery and has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University and at Saint Joseph’s University. Jean is also a recent graduate of CTI’s Leadership Program - Chickadee Tribe.

John Hinrichsen, CPCC, is a graduate of the CTI Leadership program and has been an indoor-cycling instructor for 17 years. He is an AFAA certified personal trainer and a professional mountain guide. Whether on a bike, in a classroom, or in the jungle, John’s passion is supporting people and motivating them in living fully.

John draws on over twenty years of experience in athletics to create the Image Cycling Program as a way to offer fitness enthusiasts a new and unique way to exercise. John’s experience has also given him a unique perspective on the power of the mind and body working together to move people into their core leadership.

He has now taken his motivational Leadership group coaching to a new level by taking groups of people on adventure leadership experiences into the heart Costa Rica. Here they get to immerse themselves and be coached in the essence of their personal core leadership through trekking, rafting, and zip-lining in the jungle.

Sam House, MCC, CPCC, is co-founder of Polarity Pathways, a firm that brings awareness to—and the ability to create from—polarities in all aspects of life.

Endorsing a Wholeness perspective, he stresses the importance of consciously engaging the polarities that form the wholeness of any “reality.” Sam provides intensive, experientially based leadership development training and executive coaching to top organizations around the world.

Sam is a senior faculty member for CTI and has brought his diverse skill set to Fortune 500 companies in the technology, consulting, hospitality/hotel, health care, and international banking sectors, as well as top universities, and many government and non-profit organizations.

Sam holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work and has served as a psychotherapist and administrator in numerous clinical settings.

Elaine Jaynes, M.S., CPCC, MCC, is a guide on life’s journey, leading and encouraging the continuous expansion and growth of those whom she coaches or teaches. She relishes sharing those milestone moments when insight strikes, when emotions deepen, when spirit recognizes itself. She believes strongly that what we co-create in each moment, is the source of human evolution. She knows that conversations are the beginning, and co-activity has at least some answers.

Elaine’s own path has moved through academic and applied work in the field of Organizational Psychology, as corporate executive, as an OD consultant, as curriculum developer, and as leader of Co-active Coaching and Leadership Programs. In addition, Elaine was one of the 10 first-named MCCs by the ICF.

Kelly Jones-Waller, CPCC, PCC is quick, laser like, and fiercely committed to evolving human consciousness. To Kelly, playing to win is all about cutting through our self-imposed drama to reconnecting with the joy of our essential self.

It began with Kelly getting clear and choosing what was most essential for her existence. She left a corporate marketing position of twelve years and embarked on an inner journey of self-discovery to actualize her gift of training and calling forth the truth in others. As a leadership effectiveness coach, trainer and strategist, Kelly challenges organizations, teams, and individuals to create lasting sustainable behavioral change by focusing on what matters most – achieving responsible results and personal fulfillment.

Kelly is also a senior faculty trainer for the Coaches Training Institute, an executive team coach and trainer for The Inwardbound Center for Nonprofit leadership, and is involved in numerous collaborations grounded in a play-to-win philosophy.

Virginia Kellogg is a founding partner of Leadership that Works Inc., www.LeadershipThatWorks.com. She is a pioneer in connecting the field of coaching to the greater need in the world. Through her work with the Coaching and Philanthropy Project, Virginia has been instrumental in creating the bridge between coaching, non-profits and philanthropy and bringing coaching innovations into the social sector.

Passionate about bringing coaching to all people, Virginia challenges the coaching profession to become more available and relevant to all communities and to use its skills and principles to benefit all people, projects and communities.

Leslie Kennedy is passionate about awakening consciousness to the reality of the convergence of climate change, peak oil, and economic calibration, and is committed to provoking and evoking the leader in all of us for the sake of the regeneration of our whole earth.

Leslie has worked with communities and organizations to respond proactively in times of scarcity and loss, implementing new strategies for growth and resilience, and using change management practices to increase sustainability.

Leslie holds an Honours degree and a Masters of Business Administration. Leslie studied with Robert Fritz in the application of Structural Consulting, has completed professional coach and leadership training through CTI, and is pursuing a Certificate in Food Security through Ryerson University.

As co-founder of Polarity Pathways, Debra Wilton-Kinney launched her dream to engage the creative force of wholeness within polarity as a path leading to transformational breakthroughs within and between individuals, teams, organizations, and cultures.

As Senior Partner in an Executive Advisory Firm, Debra brings this lens to her work as a leadership advisor, OD consultant, speaker and educator. She has wholeheartedly engaged and witnessed this as a path to creating greater levels of wholeness and peace both personally and for our world.

Debra has extensive experience across industries ranging from Google to the United Nations Development Program Office. She has an M.S. in Organization Development, is a CTI trained coach and Leadership graduate and served as Adjunct Faculty for Boston and Northeastern University’s Executive Education Programs.

Linda Krantz, M.S., LPC, is a powerful energy force who lives out loud with curiosity and conviction. She holds the human spirit with fierce love and a deep belief in the interconnectedness of all, committed to supporting the emerging consciousness of the world.

Linda brings to life the unique gifts of insight and global visioning gained from many years of teaching and leading groups in body-mind connection as well as more than 17 years in the education world. She has counseled children, adolescents, families, and groups, and served within the highest level of state education. These experiences have fueled in her a passionate commitment to serve the transformation of individuals, organizations, and institutions, which includes being a co-founder of DeepMiddle.

Linda is a Co-active Coach, Leader, and Licensed Professional Counselor, holding an M.S. in Educational Psychology. She lives in Madison, WI with her life-partner Jim, and their cat Telo.

Karen Lam is a metaphysician who believes strongly in the resourcefulness of the here-and-now. As a communications strategist and leadership coach, Karen is passionate about helping women leaders develop their leadership voice.

Karen has coached CEOs and presidents, Nobel laureates, Olympic medalists, TV celebrities, rocket scientists, and the chief of a Native American tribe. She has conducted trainings on Wall Street, in a semiconductor plant ,and a Napa Valley winery. Her clients have ranged from Apple to Disney to the venture capital arm of the CIA.

Karen has lived in Europe, Asia, and North America. As a lifelong learner, she has studied coaching and leadership through CTI, neuro-linguistic programming, Jungian archetypes, somatic coaching, metaphysics, and movement forms such as Nia. She holds an MA in Linguistics.

Keri Kuerbis Lehmann has a passion for love. When she discovered coaching through CTI, she knew she had come home to a profession that allowed her to love for a living. She fell madly in love with metaphysics when she was introduced to Lazaris and Lucid Living.

Since then, she has been on a decidedly spiritual journey of loving and being loved. Keri’s work with clients helps them to love themselves and claim their true power, leadership, and purpose in the process. Keri has an MCC, a CPCC, and an MA in Human Resource Development. She has been a member of the CTI faculty since 1996 and has had her own executive coaching, coach training, and consulting business for 18 years.

Leslie Lupinsky, MCC, CPCC is a master certified coach, author and international speaker. She is a senior faculty member of the Coaches Training Institute and leads courses, supervises students, and is a long-time examiner for the certification program. She has facilitated courses for over fourteen years and has inspired over 3,000 students worldwide. Her passion is to prepare entrepreneurs for the exciting journey of creating the business of their dreams.

Leslie is the Co Founder and Director of Curriculum for Inspired On Demand, a flourishing business-development company. She is also the co-author of The Inspired Business Approach, a cutting-edge entrepreneurial training book for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Michael MacNeill is the founding partner of mac advisors. For 20 years, he has advised executives in generating winning strategies, enhancing leadership skills, sustaining high performance, and developing new business.

Prior to mac advisors, Michael co-founded outplacement firm Lee Hecht Harrison’s multi-million dollar global leadership development/coaching practice, with 150 offices around the world.

Michael has been featured as a speaker around the US on leadership effectiveness, breakthrough thinking, team building, and business development. His clients include Kaiser Permanente, Charles Schwab, Franklin Templeton, VISA, Omnicon, Levis, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Grey Advertising, among many others.

The life and professional experiences of Jill Magerman, CPCC, ACC, combine beautifully to bring together the skills and enthusiasm for Life Coaching.

Jill holds a bachelor’s degree in Individual and Family Studies and a master’s degree in Training and Development with an emphasis on group process.

Jill’s career path has taken her from being a medical social worker, where she championed her patients and effectively listened to help meet their needs to being the executive director of two different non-profit organizations.

Volunteerism is a vital part of Jill’s life both as a participant and as a supervisor and trainer of volunteers. Jill has been invited to serve on several boards and she currently serves as the Treasurer and Chief Play Officer for PACA.

Nick Martin MSc, CPCC holds a vision of a world where we live lightly with one another and with our planet. Nick has been leading CTI’s coaching courses since 2008. As well as having his own coaching practice, he runs leadership development programs for two high-profile organizations in Europe, North America, and Asia.

As a coach and leadership trainer, he encourages people with brains to recognize and include the wisdom in their body and emotions. He has an MSc in Management Development and Training, and uses a range of psychometric instruments, including the Leadership Circle 360 Profile (TLCP).

Pamela Mattsson, CPCC, PCC is a model for living a passionate, authentic, and balanced life. She is a dynamic facilitator and innovative leader in organizational and cultural change. Pamela’s global leadership work centers on bringing the human being into business and inclusive corporate culture transformation.

As a coach, Pamela specializes in what she calls Life Leadership. Firm in the belief that by reconnecting with our inner core, our humanness and our authenticity, we can take responsibility for the life we create and experience the freedom of full expression, creativity and happiness.

Pamela is a powerful CTI Front of Room leader and co-founder of a global leadership-development company. Pamela has degrees in Psychology and Business Management and is a proud mother of four, chef and world traveler.

Maryellen May, CPCC, is an executive leadership coach and business development manager for a large insurance company. She is CTI certified and is a graduate of the CTI Leadership program.

Maryellen’s unique expertise in training comes from over 25 years developing business strategies combined with 10 years of motivational experience as a certified aerobics instructor.

Her website, www.coachingthatmovesu.com offers a training ground for coaches to learn more about how the combination of coaching and exercise can add value to their coaching practice. Maryellen’s experience includes extensive training in coaching the “creative mind” offering expertise in ADD & ADHD coaching.

Heidi McBratney has 25 years of career and life experience guiding, supporting, and teaching individuals, families, and organizations how to evolve their life experiences into beauty, growth, abundance, and professional productivity.

She uses her many years experience of shamanic energy medicine combined with her background in psychology to facilitate others in developing a life dream and the pathways to achieve their dreams, their inner strength, courage, and life vibrancy.

Heidi has created, organized, and taught the Canadian affiliation of The Four Winds Society Shamanic Program and has been instrumental in teaching Victim/Witness Support Staff, Crown Attorneys and the Metropolitan Police Department ways to support victims of violent crimes, using the awareness of energetic maps.

Heidi holds a M.A. in Counseling Psychology and Certification in a number of Shamanic Practices. She has been recognized as an expert in traumatic stress and a leader with individuals and her community in supporting others to develop a new vision and the means to achieve it.

Michele McHall is the author of The Soul’s Dream: A Journey of Intentional Transformation. She has been on the cutting edge of studying and living in the power of creative consciousness all her life. Michele is a sought-after speaker, trainer, and guide on awakening the Whole IQ through her system of Intentional Transformation™.

Michele has witnessed the phenomenal personal and leadership growth of hundreds of people who are seeking to impact their worlds through greater authentic connection and ease. Michele’s previous career as an actress, combined with her credentials of CPCC, MCC, and an MA in Depth Psychology, make her an inspiring, provocative, and engaging presenter who is bound to turn on your ability to see things in an enlightening way.

Rod Miller has always been passionate about holding and living out the heart essence and multi-faceted experiences of spirituality.

Serving as a pastor for 29 years, he is now the Director of Connectional Ministries for the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church where he develops visionary programs that create social environments for change.

Rod earned Doctor of Ministry of Degree and is a graduate of CTI’s Leadership program. As catalyst and one of the co-founders of the DeepMiddle Collective, he is also the author of numerous published articles related to the DeepMiddle. He also co-creates and leads DeepMiddle work with groups and teams in multiple contexts across North America.

Ken Oakley, PCC, CPCC is a trainer, leadership consultant, and coach dedicated to helping people achieve their full potential and thrive in all areas of their lives. With over 25 years of experience, he has worked with thousands of people worldwide to maximize joy, satisfaction, and effectiveness.

Ken focuses on three areas: relationship coaching – helping people find and enhance healthy relationships; business building – using social media to simplify marketing and leverage results; and somatic learning – accessing the wisdom of the body.

A former owner of Body Electric School (specializing in massage and meditation), Ken is currently Director of Social Marketing for Inspired on Demand, a business-development company specializing in helping solo-entrepreneurs build thriving businesses. Ken is certified in The Leadership Circle Profile, EQi, and EQ360, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Sandra Olper, CPCC, ACC, has a passion for helping people discover who they really want to be. Her strong connection, liveliness, authenticity and playfulness are all very evident when she is coaching her clients and when she is facilitating workshops.

Sandra was born and raised in Mexico City. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Brandeis University, and specialized in Clinical Psychology from the UNAM.

Along with her husband and two young daughters, Sandra has enjoyed the experience of living abroad in different countries in Europe and America. Her understanding of cross-cultural issues has proven to be a great asset in her work with people who have relocated.

Ursula Pottinga is a CPCC who believes strongly in the power of weaving wisdom, intuition, and spirituality into a practical, useful form. Her passion for learning and creative expression is a hallmark of her work, which includes co-founding AmeriCoach, and more recently, co-founding Everest Hospitality Consulting for the hotel and hospitality industry.

Ursula is a co-founder and partner in BEabove Leadership, which focuses on organizational transformation and transformational leadership. She is a certified prosperity guide who leads workshops and provides coaching on creating abundance.

Gonan Premfors, CPCC, is a CTI Front of the Room Leader, coach, and entrepreneur living in Dubai and working all over the world. She also owns The Coaches Training Institute Dubai, which she brought to the region in 2005. Gonan is passionate about human consciousness, her daughter, and the combination of the two. Many years of working closely with parents helped her create Parentology philosophy, which she created in cooperation with Henry Kimsey-House.

Johan Premfors, CPCC, is a CTI Front of the Room Leader, entrepreneur, and coach with a passion for different cultures and children.

Johan runs CTI in Dubai and Bahrain and is a prominent coach in the banking, finance, and private enterprise sectors in the region. Johan’s passion for Parentology stems from years of coaching parents, his personal experience of the work of UNICEF, and other child-related agencies in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and East Africa, and through his involvement in local schools.

Clive is a coach and trainer with ten years’ experience working alongside leaders to drive transformative change. He is also a faculty member for CTI, teaching the core curriculum and leading certification pods.

His interest in developing human consciousness spans fifteen years and includes a five-year period of immersive study as a full-time student in a yoga meditation ashram. In addition, Clive has studied several models (including Maslow, Ken Wilbur’s Integral Model, and Spiral Dynamics, as well as Kegan’s work) describing the development path of individual and collective consciousness. He is excited about the chance to integrate the frameworks of these models into the Co-active arena.

Clive has an MA in Engineering and Management from the University of Cambridge, England. In addition, he has a CPCC: from The Coaches Training Institute and a PCC from the International Coaches Federation.

Laurie Riker, CPCC, is a dynamic group facilitator with expertise in individual awareness, organizational development, and educational plan implementation.

Laurie has led hundreds of motivational sessions that have encouraged individual and team growth. Her strength is in creating road maps that bridge individual objectives to goal achievement. She helps implement processes for teams to identify, develop, and cultivate the talent necessary for a win-win environment. Her diversified industry experience includes working with Fortune 50 companies in hi-tech, financial, manufacturing, at-risk youth and non-profit sectors.

Chuck Roppel was trained and functioned as a Catholic priest in the early years of his career. From this role, he evolved into health promotion and disease prevention work within the framework of Community Mental Health Centers in Kentucky and California.

He has been the Director of the San Francisco Mental Health Association and for 13 years, he served as the Director of the California State Department of Mental Health’s Office of Prevention and Mental Health Promotion.

Since 2000, Chuck has been a faculty member of the Coaches Training Institute, maintaining a private life coaching practice and training Co-active coaches throughout the world. He is a Master Certified Coach through the International Coaches Federation.

Lisa Rost brings her love of the The Great Mystery and The Universe Story to the dance (on and off the dance floor). She has practiced and trained extensively in Soul Motion™, which is a “philosophy of movement as prayer, meditation and creative expression that catalyzes personal transformation.”

Lisa is a graduate of CTI’s Leadership Program and is a regular presenter of a movement program for this program. For many years she has facilitated an ongoing weekly dance and moving meditation class in Sebastopol, CA.

Lisa continues to explore creative self-exploration and learning in such activities as “Body Tales”, world travel, and art. She lives in an old converted barn in West Sonoma County with dramatic mountain views above sprawling apple orchards framed by giant redwood trees. She spends her free time gardening and chasing her 12 chickens.

Andrew Sheridan, CPCC, is a Professional Co-active Coach and leadership development trainer. Working with international organizations and individuals, Andrew stands firm in the belief that the value of a life authentically lived is a cornerstone to a more fulfilling, purpose-led existence.

A former corporate junkie, Andrew has spent recent years undertaking in-depth study and research in the fields of social science, psychology, and management theory. An ardent believer in the power of what’s possible when we put the human back into being, back into BEING, Andrew’s work is based on a very simple, yet compelling methodology: model the change we wish to see, be conscious of what we’re creating, and pay it forward.

Andrew works with international organizations and individuals, as well as in his capacity as a vibrant Front of Room leader for CTI.

Art Shirk, EdD, PCC is a designer and faculty member of the Coaches Training Institute. He leads CTI’s Co-active Leadership Program in the USA and Europe, and certifies coaches to use the Leadership Circle Profile.

Art develops leaders from the inside-out and enables leaders, teams, and communities to harness the power of conflict and creative tension. He is a founding partner of Coaching Hall International based in Bogotá Colombia where he designs and leads programs in Latin America.

Art received his doctoral degree from Columbia University in Organization and Leadership Development, and has held senior roles at Princeton University, Fidelity Investments, and Digital Equipment Corporation. He is currently enrolled in the Master of Arts degree program in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change at the Process Work Institute in Portland, Oregon.

Doug Silsbee, PCC, is a thought leader in the fields of presence-based coaching, leadership development, and resilience. A master teacher, he has developed leaders on five continents. His work integrates mindfulness, somatics, and integral psychology into a robust approach to sustainable human development.

Doug is a Master Somatic Coach with Strozzi Institute, and author of two leading coaching books, The Mindful Coach and Presence-Based Coaching. He is a popular presenter at conferences for ICF, OD Network, and the International Association of Facilitators.

With his wife Walker, Doug owns a carbon-neutral mountain retreat center in North Carolina where Doug offers ICF-approved training in his unique coaching methods. They have three grown children, an adored grandson, and a Quechua Indian god-daughter in Peru.

Jeremy Stover, CPCC, has a special talent for working with young executives, developers, and managers in the high-tech and software industry. He provides a fresh perspective to individuals and teams working in fast-paced, high-stress environments.

As a leadership trainer and an executive and team coach Jeremy brings a solution-focused systems approach to his clients. He understands the challenges of leading or being a member of a virtual team that spans the globe and is able to help his clients communicate more effectively and achieve tangible results. Jeremy is a principal of IdeaTribe, a partner in PEAK, and is on the faculty at CTI.

Okokon Udo, PhD, CPCC, is a change management consultant, spiritual director, certified coach, educator and author. For over twenty years, Okokon has walked the spiritual path and in the process has discovered valuable insights to healing, transformation and wisdom.

He has journeyed with individuals, groups, communities and organizations on their own paths to spiritual discovery, healing and excellence. Nine years ago, Okokon founded his own organizational effectiveness consulting firm, an international consultancy focused on leadership development, intercultural effectiveness, change management, and more.

Okokon is a majority owner of the Intercultural Leadership International, a global Intercultural Excellence consulting firm. He has also served as the executive director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Health, an assistant professor at two universities, a certified clinical pastoral educator and chaplain in two health care systems, and as a pastoral leader in a wide variety of settings in the US and Nigeria.

Okokon, a leader in the Co-active Leadership Program, is currently enrolled in the Master of Arts degree program in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change at the Process Work Institute in Portland, Oregon.

Nancy Winship is a consultant with twenty-five years of experience working with leaders, teams, and organizations as a coach and facilitator. She is deeply interested in how leaders learn and mature, and how they cope with change, particularly as their roles become increasingly complex and ambiguous.

Nancy has held numerous positions as an internal and external leadership consultant for many Fortune 500 companies as well as for global non-profit organizations. She led the design team for the current Microsoft executive development program, “Adaptive Leadership” and is a preferred facilitator for the program. The content of that program is source material for this CTI Summit Pathway.

Nancy has a BA in Philosophy, Oberlin College an MBA from Northwestern University, and a Masters in Applied Behavioral Sciences; Leadership Institute of Seattle. In addition, she is a candidate for CTI certification and multiple certifications, including “The Immunity to Change.”

Jing Ye, CPCC, ORSCC, is known as “Quiet Storm” as a coach and leader. She invites individuals and groups to look beyond what they see and challenges them to trust their own abilities to break boundaries and limitations.

For the last 20 years, Jing has made a few leaps on her career path – from an assistant judge in China, to an IT and business crew at IBM, and now a coach and facilitator.

Deeply rooted in her Chinese heritage and a desire for wholeness, Jing finds the common ground amongst diverse disciplines seeking integration and appreciation. Jing brings to DeepMiddle a wealth of knowledge, a unique way of relating and an uncanny ability to connect pieces together.