Charles Krusekopf is a Certified Executive Coach and Professor in the School of Business at Royal Roads University. He has over 20 years of experience coaching mid-career professionals who are working to identify and achieve their personal and work goals. He participated in the Stanford Design Lab’s Life Design Studio program for educators and delivers Design Your Life (DYL) programs for a wide range of audiences, including North American, international and Indigenous business and non-profit professionals helping them explore the question, “How can I continue to grow personally and professionally as my career and life advances?“ He is working with several universities in Canada, the US and UK to create purpose program for late-career/early retirement individuals, and believes in the power of both education and coaching to help people get unstuck and move forward. He completed International Coaching Federation (ICF) professional education and maintains an active Executive Coaching practice with a focus on later-career explorations.
Working one-on-one or in small groups, I help my clients get unstuck and move forward in their personal and professional lives with confidence. Together, we work on creating a greater sense of clarity, focus and well-being. I use a highly individualized evidence-based whole person approach. When appropriate, I complement the Designing Your Life framework with exercises from the fields of improv, positive psychology, mindfulness and self-compassion. My style is flexible, warm and playful. I provide a safe and supportive space for deep work and exploration, while also keeping things engaging. All sessions are virtual, which allows me to work with clients from around the world. I am fluent in French and English and happy to coach in either language. Before becoming a coach, I worked in the tech industry as a software engineer and a marketer. I hold a BA and an MBA from Harvard, trained as a coach at UC Davis, hold a PCC certification from the International Coaching Federation and have been a Designing Your Life certified coach since 2021. Let’s partner to clarify where you are, imagine what’s possible, help you stay focused and maintain balance in your life. I look forward to meeting you!
Karen is passionate about inspiring others to leverage their strengths and flourish in their lives. She truly enjoys guiding her clients toward professional and personal fulfillment through the realization of their career goals and life ambitions. Karen partners closely with each individual to tailor a unique program that supports the whole person.
Anna is an authentic and thoughtful career coach, educator and facilitator with over 20 years’ experience in HR, learning and development, program research and design, facilitation and careers consultation. Combining an evidence-based career development framework with a life design approach, Anna creates a supportive and proactive environment that enables her clients to make informed and timely career decisions, with confidence. Anna currently manages a dedicated careers team in a leading tertiary education institution and runs a small private Career Consulting business. Anna holds a Graduate Certificate in Careers Education and Development and is a professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) and NAGCAS (National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service). Anna is also a voluntary career coach with Dress for Success (supporting disadvantaged women secure employment).
As a career coach, I work with people who have arrived at a career crossroads and want to—or have to — make a change. I’ve helped hundreds of people facing career dilemmas, including redundancy, redeployment, outplacement, burnout, and simply being in jobs that just weren’t right for them. It’s all about creating a new design for their working life and supporting them in making the change.
I am dedicated to empowering leaders to build productive, engaged teams. I believe people are the key to transforming businesses and markets. Specializing in law firm leadership, I serve as an executive coach and am a former practicing litigator. As a Master Certified Coach (MCC), I have coached over 1,000 leaders globally.
My name is Thea Mangila Mushi. I am a Tanzanian, born and raised on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Moshi Rural District, Kibosho ward at a small village called Sambarai.
Mary Beth believes that life is an adventure, and with that comes the promise of unknowns, risk taking, and failure. She provides support for leaders and their teams to see and grow their bigger selves by becoming more self-aware and more comfortable with uncertainty and change, by cultivating vulnerability, resilience, and reflection as companions along the journey. Mary Beth’s fierce compassion combined with her own background as a global corporate executive with many of her own work and life design changes makes her uniquely skilful as a coach, trusted advisor and consultant for complex change. Mary Beth has a Masters in Organization Development from American University, Washington, DC, an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix, USA and received her BS in Language and Linguistics from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. In addition to her work as a DYL coach, Mary Beth is a professional certified coach (PCC) with the ICF. She is also qualified as a coach supervisor through ICCS and is a Certified Dare to Lead™ and Daring Way™ facilitator in the work of Dr. Brené Brown. Mary Beth is married and has three children. New Zealand is home and a great launch pad to the world.
When it comes to living your most courageous life, I have a simple philosophy, invest in and live a life of intention. Which really means making big moves and not waiting for life to happen to you. As a certified life coach for more than 15 years, I have devoted my practice to helping people get in touch with their most authentic selves and move past the gremlins and old stories that can hold us all back. In addition to being a certified life coach, I am a licensed therapist and always bring that lens of understanding to the work I do. In 2019, I also became a certified Designing Your Life Coach.
Jeff Stafford, founder of Orange Slice Training & Coaching, is an ICF Global Certified coach and facilitator with 20+ years of experience in a variety of industries including non-profits, government, higher education, and health care. Jeff designs experiences that move the needle on engagement through one-to-one coaching, group coaching, and facilitating cohort-based programs to upskill in the areas of leadership development.
Laura Francis is an ICF certified life coach, career coach and speaker. She brings over 30 years of diverse experience to her work. Featured in the New York Times and NPR radio, Laura is an expert on teen, young adult and midlife and the issues currently affecting those populations. She is an active member of the Forbes Coaches Council and a designing your life certified coach. Laura regularly speaks at Rancho la Puerta wellness center, The University of California and Lewis and Clark University. She is currently expanding into corporate wellness programs. Laura has an active individual and group coaching practice and brings curiosity, open mindedness, active listening and thoughtful analysis to her work. As a career coach, Laura is particularly interested in helping clients find work at the intersection of what they love, what they can be paid for, what they are good at, and what the world needs.
As an empathetic and intuitive coach, I would like to help you design your way, no matter where you are in your life journey. I have over 15 years of experience helping others to transition to new chapters in their lives. Whether you’re in high school or college and just starting your career, feeling overwhelmed or unsure of what you want to do next or what to do after retirement, I can help you figure it out. I will help you to identify your skills, interests, and values, explore different options and possibilities, and design a way to help you achieve your goals.
Nancy Farina Johnston is an experienced leadership and transition coach who works closely with clients to connect the dots on the areas that spark their interests, capitalize on their strengths, and provide a sustainable path for future growth. As a certified DYL coach since 2019, she has found the process to be a transformational tool to increase clients’ creativity. She specializes in working with individuals who are ready to pivot to a new chapter in their lives and need an insightful and supportive coach along the way. Nancy has spent the past 15 years providing career coaching in academic settings, working with experienced alumni from Columbia Business School, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She has worked with individuals in a variety of industries, and at all levels of experience. Earlier in her career, Nancy served in a variety of marketing roles, primarily in entrepreneurial software companies. Nancy is also certified in the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment and is a Tiara International Certified Coach. Nancy earned her Master’s in Counseling and Organizational Psychology from Adler University, her MBA in Marketing and Finance from DePaul University, and her BA in Marketing from Loyola University.
Leveraging a rich tapestry of life experiences and a robust 30-year career as both a senior executive and an entrepreneurial founder, I offer my clients an unrivaled depth of understanding and guidance as a Life Coach. With the wisdom of six decades, a certified “Designing Your Life” coach from Stanford University and the resilience gained from overcoming both personal and professional adversities, my coaching is grounded in authenticity, resilience, and a relentless pursuit of purpose.
I am a career management professional with over 20 years experience in coaching and developing career management programs for students and experienced professionals pursuing career transitions, with a specific expertise in business careers. My approach is to engage individuals and groups to understand themselves and how their skills, values, and interests align with their careers. My goal is to empower individuals to proactively pursue their goals, whatever they may be. As a coach, I use conversation, assessment, exercises, and hopefully some humor to help professionals make their way in the world of work.
What are you secretly wishing for yet feel that dream might be unreachable? What I love about what I do is I help people bring that dream into real life, exploring it, and building it, piece by piece. I support early career professionals in exploring their self-identity, designing their career and life paths that speak to who they are, and setting up the foundation for their long-term success. I also support people who are going through transitions, to craft their new life stories, creating more meaning and joy in their life as well as learning and growth. My approach is explorative, creative, and strategic, with a balance of exploration and actions, to support you in gaining clarity and moving forward with concrete action steps. As an enthusiastic learner and adventurer myself, warmth, curiosity, fun, and intelligence are some of the qualities I bring to what I do. I am a Master Certified Coach with over 2500 coaching hours, specializing in career coaching and leadership coaching. Leveraging 20 years of experience in business management and learning and development, I have supported many people in designing career and life paths that are more aligned with who they are and what they value. It was joyful to have witnessed my clients embark on richer, more colorful and fulfilling lives by using design thinking tools. Personally, I have spent years of studying, working, and living across Asia, Europe, and North America, and gone through a lot of personal and professional changes during my life which helped me gain valuable insights about transitions and navigating uncertainties and changes.
Susan is a leadership coach with 30 years’ experience in business development and team building in the private and non-profit sectors in the US and overseas. Her clients include mid- and senior-level professionals who are navigating complex transitions or exploring entirely new professional directions. As a Designing Your Life Coach, she partners with her clients to find their unique passions, achieve bold goals, and discover deeper meaning in their lives. Susan holds a Certificate in Leadership Coaching through Georgetown University and is certified in several assessments. She has an MA in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a BA from Mt Holyoke College. Susan lives in Washington, DC, and has lived in Teheran, Riyadh, Brussels, Madrid and London. She speaks French and Spanish and brings a deep understanding of different cultures from her work with leaders in Africa, Europe, the Mideast, Asia and the Americas.
There’s nothing better than discovering new ways to learn, grow, and connect with one another. Through the years I’ve been able to generate many ways to inspire those around me to expand their ideas of what is possible in life. I believe in the power of creativity and design thinking to ignite and unite people leading them to find solutions for the challenges we face in life. Personal application has served me navigating the many transitions in my own lives as student, athlete, professional educator, spouse, parent, business owner, grandmother, creative, and life/design coach. I’ve been designing my own life for years, and I joined the certified Designing Your Life Coach community to help others.
Alan Heymann, JD, PCC (he/him) has a knack for coaching fellow introverts, helping them find their superpowers in an extroverted world. Alan also specializes in coaching through transitions. He brings a warm, open and energetic presence to his coaching clients. To date, Alan has coached leaders who were born in 32 countries and work on 4 continents. His clients have spanned corporations (including the Fortune 50), nonprofit organizations, public utilities, federal, county and municipal governments.
Marcia is a recognized career and leadership coach to the legal profession. Editor and co-author of The Lawyer’s Career Management Handbook: Your Bridge to a Satisfying Career (West Publishing), Marcia’s expertise is supporting her clients in designing career paths that not only align with their values, skills and talents, but also fit into the life they want for themselves. She works with individuals at every stage, from just starting out in a new job to creating a retirement that brings purpose and joy to this next chapter, and every transition in-between.
I specialize in helping individuals aged 50+ to create uniquely fulfilling “encore careers.” Such career transitions often seek a better balance of sustained income, personal fulfillment, and meaningful social impact. My approach begins with assisting clients to discover their career “true north” and identify opportunities that resonate with their passions, strengths, and stage of life. My own journey started with an MBA from the Harvard Business School, leading to a diverse career spanning international banking, management consulting, entrepreneurship, and C-Suite roles in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. However, rather than retiring, I wished to dedicate the next stage of my life to helping others find and realize their own “impossible” dreams. The result: I’m now living my dream – and love helping others find and live their own!
Sound familiar? I’ve never had a job I actually enjoyed. I want to invest my time in things that matter to me. I won’t know who I am after my kids leave the nest. I’m stuck. Really stuck. I want the next chapter in my life to fit who I really am.
Since becoming a Certified Designing Your Life Coach in 2018 I have assisted over 300 people in designing their lives. I have seen new companies been made, new carrier paths taken and old one re-designed. I have run groups for unemployed people, people in rehabilitation and women at crossroads in their live. I have also done one-on-one coaching and run an on-line course based on Designing Your Worklife and other tools in my toolbox. I am a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, Certified in Five Behaviors of Cohesive Teams™ Everything DiSCⓇFacilitator and Accredited Strengths Profile Practitioner with a diploma in Positive Phycology. I work with individuals, teams and groups and love to see people grow.
Ellen Fondiler is an award-winning entrepreneur, career coach and the mom of two amazing young men. She has worked as a death penalty attorney, launched four businesses, and has raised millions for charities and nonprofits. She is the co-host of a weekly podcast called Chart Your Career, which brings astrology and career advice to thousands of listeners. Ellen is living proof that your career can evolve over time and you don’t have to remain stuck doing “just one thing” for the rest of your life. She is based in La Jolla, California and works with clients all over the world.
I am a Reinvention Strategist and Coach with the mission of empowering people to redefine success for themselves, explore new possibilities and redesign their lives and careers so they can enjoy meaningful success.
Joe Casey is an executive coach who helps people design new, fulfilling lives after they graduate from the world of full-time work.
Ruth is a trusted career partner who works with motivated professionals to define career options based on their experience, strengths, talents, and values. Ruth’s career programs use proven tools and processes that support diverse individuals.
As a coach, I support people who find themselves in a life transition related to work, relationships, family or values. Within this broad focus, I have specialized in working with people who are confronting a major change, including people seeking recovery from addictions that have had negative impacts on their life, those making the transition from a career to retirement, and people who have accumulated more obligations (work, family, school, or other) than they can manage – in other words, individuals who need to redesign what they do, with consequences for who they want to become. I partner with clients to assist them in defining and achieving goals that make their lives more meaningful. My commitment to clients involves deep listening to their stories and aspirations, exploring all of their ideas with respectful curiosity, supporting them in reflective action, and promoting self-understanding that empowers change. My certifications include Designing Your Life and Narrative Coaching, in addition to general life coach training.
Junaid is a Stanford Life Design Educator for Universities and a Certified Designing Your Life Coach. He has a MS Degree in Psychology and another in Electrical Engineering from Wright State University, OH, USA.
Tracy Foley is a career and life coach dedicated to helping individuals use transformative approaches such as “Designing Your Life” principles to shape their ideal futures. After retiring early from a successful corporate career, Tracy applied these principles not only to her professional journey but also to her personal life. Using these tools, Tracy achieved many of her own dreams, from becoming a young VP to owning her dream lake home and enjoying bucket-list vacations, all while creating a work-life balance that brought her greater fulfillment.
Krista is a life design coach who supports people in exploring and articulating their strengths, generating ideas for what could be next, and then creating a tangible plan to move forward.
With a 27-year career as a leader of people, programs, and policies, retired Navy Captain Kyle Moses (PhD) has extensive coaching experience priming executive leaders, based in government, non-profit-organizations, the private sector, and cross-cultural settings, for next-level excellence in leadership and in individual well-being. Kyle’s coaching philosophy is a systems-based framework styled around the core belief that “the revolution starts from within” as the client develops a new understanding of how the world is presenting itself while their own cognitive framing evolves. Dr. Moses has proven results in successfully guiding clients to optimize their work and personal lives, enabling them to successfully navigate increased complexity, expand their decision space, harness personal strengths, optimize life/career transitions, and increase organizational efficiency and productivity to meet corporate goals. Kyle holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, two master’s degrees in management science and human resource management, and a master of business administration degree with a focus on business leadership. Kyle’s coaching clientele hail from across the globe over and benefit from his diverse experience and deep cross-cultural understanding.
Dr. Margarita Tarragona loves positive psychology, the science of human flourishing, and applies it in coaching to work with clients during transitions and as they design their next steps and re-write their life stories. Margarita has received the Outstanding Practitioner Award from the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). She is Professor of the Practice and Director of the ITAM Center for Wellbeing Studies at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, in Mexico City, and a lecturer for the University of Pennsylvania´s LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology. She is the author of Positive Identities: Positive Psychology and Narrative Practices and hosts the Spanish-language podcast Psicología y Felicidad (Psychology and Happiness).
With a rich history of success as a career and transitions coach, I am deeply passionate about helping individuals navigate life’s pivotal moments, particularly as they approach retirement. After accompanying my mom through the final months of her life, I am deeply moved to create a space for meaningful discovery and planning for a life well lived beyond full time employment.
Liana’s passion lies in helping individuals, teams, and organizations build strategies for impactful outcomes in their lives and communities. She is a thought leader and innovation professional, as well as an insights storyteller, experienced in driving social impact initiatives related to the future of work and economic progress. As the Global Head of Innovation and Insights at the Innovation Foundation within the Adecco Group, she implemented the social innovation lab methodology, leveraging data and insights to co-create solutions for underserved populations in the labor market. She developed insights reports outlining critical challenges faced by mature workers, women re-entering the workforce, and youth. In her role as the Global Head of Thought Leadership and FU.SE (Future of Work Initiative) at the Adecco Group, she oversaw the thought leadership strategy for the Adecco Group. Additionally, she served as a design thinking facilitator, developing programs for the annual Global Leaders Conference and training colleagues in design thinking methods for addressing complex business challenges. Liana held a prior position at the World Economic Forum, where she executed a strategy for business engagement and high-level stakeholders, knowledge management, as well as program design for the Annual Meetings in Davos. She has solid experience in building partnerships and fostering engagement with international organizations, the private sector, and academia. Liana was responsible for community management and knowledge curation within the Network of Global Future Councils, the largest community of academic, business, and civil society leaders focused on resolving global challenges. She also led institutional engagement with the G20 and B20 processes. Liana holds an Executive Master in Global Leadership from the World Economic Forum in collaboration with INSEAD, London Business School, Wharton School of Business, Tsinghua University. She also earned a Master of International Affairs (MIA) from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Inspiring, accompanying individuals, teams and organizations in their work and life next stages embracing Design Thinking mindset and tools has become one of my missions. I speak English, French and German. My work experience of more than 2 decades with various international product and project management roles in corporations enriches my coaching signature. I hold certifications as an Individual Psychology Design Thinking Coach as well as a Designing Your Life Coach.
As the Vice President of Insight and Change at ServeMinnesota, Dean develops discernment and newness in programs and services by implementing human-centered design (design thinking) across the organization. In addition, as a certified Designing Your Life coach, he leads the investigation and development of career pathing for the AmeriCorps members and provides regular coaching to all AmeriCorps members across the state in preparation for their life after service.
Nicole is a licensed psychologist and executive coach who has been practicing for nearly 25 years. She has a background in health and sport psychology and is passionate about working with leaders, teams, and organizations who are called to create and design flourishing communities and cultures. She enjoys rumbling with challenging situations, identifying opportunities for resilience during periods of adversity, and finding joy and zest in unexpected places and people. In addition to being a psychologist, Nicole served as a senior administrative leader in higher education for 15 years, overseeing health, mental health, fitness/recreation, and wellness operations. She has experience in leadership development, operations, strategy, finance, personnel management, and crisis management. Her current practice is focused on working with high-performing leaders and teams who are motivated to take an honest and deep look at themselves and their strengths, challenges, and areas for growth, knowing that who we are is fundamental to how we lead. To learn more about Nicole, visit: https://sewaneepsych.com/
I love books, watercolors, ballet, evening walks, meaningful conversation, singing, and delighting in the beauty all around us. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (TM) I have the unique capacity to understand the impact of investing in yourself as we navigate life’s changing seasons. I specialize in working with creatives and small book clubs (6-9 in each cohort) in Seattle, Honolulu, or virtually.
A passionate program curator, design thinker, trainer and career coach. With more than a decade experience in working with young minds, Flora developed insights in empowering young people and unleashing their potential. Having a vision to create positive impact for an inclusive society, Flora begins to work with different stakeholders, like employers, HR professionals, social workers, people with disability, to co-create a sustainable future for the next generation. All of us deserve a flourishing and fulfilling life and the good news is – everything we need is already inside. Let’s get started and try stuff with Flora.
I am an experienced accredited executive and team coach. I work with individuals, teams and organisations going through significant change often in large, complex, and global contexts. My career started in HR before moving into management consultancy and the technology sector.
I help creative professionals negotiating a turning point in their career and life to design their next life their way. They crave something else, but don’t quite know how to go about finding it, or what their options are. All your life you’ve faced and met the expectations of others. Finally, space opens up, external pressures lessen, and you glimpse the opportunity to live for yourself. But what does that mean for you today? I’ve learned that your purpose and priorities take different forms as you evolve. Fulfilment at 25 is not the same as fulfilment at 35 or 55. I believe that to live a creative life, you just need to listen to that small voice inside you saying “there must be something else” and take action. The search for that “something else” has motivated me to become a certified DESIGNING YOUR LIFE coach and life transition coach. Work with me and you’ll come away with a renewed self -belief, a broader sense of your possibilities at this point, and clarity as to what you really want next in life and how to make it work, so you can feel fulfilled and sure of your purpose at last.
I help aspiring entrepreneurs and students design their business and personal growth strategies. I draw upon my own experience of 8 different career pathways – including my first with McKinsey Tokyo and Los Angeles – and starting 3 successful companies. I specialize in cross border business in the US and Japan. Fluent in Japanese.
Isabelle is a business consultant and certified leadership coach merging eastern and western practices of conscious leading and living. Guiding individuals and teams to successfully design their inner and outer development journeys and to be in the driver seats of life, work and wellbeing is a passion for her. Isabelle is also a co-creator of capacity building programs for emerging adults on the topics of conscious leadership, transformation literacy and holistic wellness. With a 20-year career as an executive in high tech industries in Canada, Isabelle (MBA, Eng.) has extensive experience leading large scale system transformations, team performance and individual development. While living in southeast Asia for seven years, she deepened her leadership, personal mastery and transformation literacy while heading consulting endeavors for various startups and small businesses in East Timor and Bali. Now based in Portugal, Isabelle’s clientele spans across the globe and benefit from her diverse experience and deep desire for meaningful and authentic interactions. She also holds accredited certifications as an executive leadership coach, design your life coach, yoga teacher, small and medium consulting, neurolinguistic programming and is on progress of accreditation for holistic wellness coaching.
My 10+ years of coaching experience in leading executives, leaders, and high potential colleagues through both personal and organizational change in various industries, including healthcare, education, technology, environmental sciences, and nonprofits. In addition to coaching, I have experience in leading: Information Technology, Culture Transformation, Career Enrichment, Talent Stewardship, Organizational Effectiveness and Consulting. I am a Board Certified Coach, an Organizational Psychologist, a Design Your Life Coach, a Global Career Development Facilitator, and a ProSCI Certified Change Practitioner. These skills have enabled me to work with numerous individuals on their career development, and learning plans – at all legs of the journey. My academic background includes a Bachelors in Wildlife Biology and Ecology, a Masters Degree in Healthcare Administration, and a Doctorate in Psychology
James Maynard, a seasoned strategist and growth advisor based in Canada, specializes in coaching executives in transition, crafting their professional narratives, and designing fulfilling career paths. With an extensive background spanning three decades in executive leadership within the technology and telecommunications sectors, James is passionate about helping individuals reimagine and redesign their lives. As a disruptor in the industry, James leverages his expertise in disruptive innovation, transformative business models, and scaling global technology companies to guide clients through the intricacies of career shifts. James brings a wealth of practical experience to his coaching practice. Internationally acknowledged as an expert in innovation, investment, and commercialization ecosystems, James served as the CEO of Wavefront, a national Center of Excellence with international impact. Under his leadership, Wavefront played a vital role in nurturing entrepreneurial endeavours, making him a valuable mentor for those seeking to design a purpose-driven life. James, a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail and a sought-after speaker on innovation, received the IEEE Canada R. H. Tanner Industry Leadership Award in 2013. James combines strategic insight with a commitment to continuous learning to empower individuals in designing lives rich in purpose and fulfillment.
As a DYL-certified coach, I strive to help busy academics and researchers redefine their professional lives or explore new opportunities. With a Ph.D. in health psychology and extensive experience in clinical, academic, and public health settings, I understand the unique challenges of academia—from soft-money life to the demands of top research institutions.
Gene Roche is an career development professional with a diverse background in adult learning and development.. As the Executive Professor Emeritus of Higher Education at the College of William and Mary, his career has centered on exploring the intersections of emerging technologies, self-directed-learning, adult education and career development. He was a fellow-at the Center for Innovation in Learning Design and has worked with several thousand undergraduates and graduate students in Life/Work planning and design thinking. Prior to his faculty role, Gene held various leadership positions at William and Mary, including Director of IT Communications and Organizational Development, Director of Academic Information Services, and Director of University E-Learning Initiatives. Before joining William & Mary, he served as the Director of Career Services at Hamilton College and taught in graduate programs at Syracuse University and Elmira College. Gene Roche’s background includes earning his AB degree at Hamilton College and completing his MS and EdD degrees from Syracuse University. Prior to his retirement from William and Mary, he received The Aceto Award, presented annually to a member of the instructional or professional faculty who demonstrates an exceptional commitment to excellence in service to the campus community.
Ciarán Conroy is an Executive Coach with a background in Executive and Organisational leadership. He has strong Board-level and C Suite experience. Ciarán is a mountain endurance runner and has participated in many trail races across the world. He has a proven track record in coaching, leadership, strategy, marketing, and business development. His executive coaching company True Potential is based in Ireland. True Potential focuses on executive & leadership, positive health, life design & retirement coaching, particularly for executives and managers. He is a certified facilitator of the Lego Serious Play (LSP) methodology and soon to be certified as a Design Your Life (DYL) coach. Ciaran is also a Board member of a leading cancer support Center in Ireland and is a sports coach with a degree in fitness and conditioning. He has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) and is a Graduate and Fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland,