BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President BillGrout@FearlessLiving.org
Bill Grout is a life coach, executive coach
and director of corporate workshops and coaching for the Fearless
Living Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He coaches both private and
corporate clients and is a facilitator of Fearless Living's Fearless
Foundation Weekend (FFW) and Fearless Conversations Workshop (FCW). In
addition, he is an executive coach with the Boulder-based Burger
Concinnity Group. His corporate clients have included Microsoft,
Experian, Gambro BCT, Leonard Rice Engineers, Active Interest Media,
and the City of Lakewood. Before joining Fearless Living, he had a
25-year career in publishing with companies like Ziff-Davis, Times
Mirror, CBS Publishing and Time Warner. He was editor-in-chief of
SKIING Magazine and editor-in-chief of Mountain Sports Press, a book
publishing unit of Time Warner. To his coaching practice he brings
over two decades of experience in corporate management, years of
personal- and professional-development training, and a commitment to a
life that includes loving relationships, career success, vigorous
health and unfolding spirit.303-906-1545 barbaflood@aol.com www.barbaraflood.com
303-955-0367
Katie Smith is an Executive Search Consultant and Coach. For the past 15 years, she has done strategic consulting on both sides of the fence: with business leaders to build their executive teams, and with professionals in transition seeking Director-to-C-level roles with privately-held companies. Her “matches” focus on 3 key areas: culture, energy level and skill. Katie’s hands-on approach is direct, open and thought-provoking; she builds relationships built on accountability and trust. Her goal with her coaching clients is to encourage her clients to play their bigger games, do what they love, and create happy lives. A member of the International Coach Federation and a graduate of Coach University, additionally, Katie has been teaching yoga and meditation for 15 years. One of Katie’s areas of expertise is emotional distress and addiction and she has custom-designed stress-management programs for specific populations, including via the State Law Board of California. Katie uses these tools, as appropriate, with her clients to manage stress and live a more balanced life.
720-470-7728 www.watersedgelifecoaching.com Levya Braman is a Certified Coaching Professional dedicated to helping busy, successful people (primarily business owners and solopreneurs) find time for themselves. She is very familiar with the time demands that business owners face and knows how difficult it can be to make time for those things that bring quality of life. Her work includes helping her clients find a balance that works for them. After all, what good is financial success if you have no one to share it with or have lost your health along the way? Levya's perspective is that we all possess 'inner wisdom': her goal is to help each client become more in-tune with that 'inner-knowing' for that's the key to a truly successful, happy life. Levya has her own coaching business – www.WatersEdgeLifeCoaching.com and is also a speaker and teacher (Colorado Free University). She was trained by the well-respected and well-known coach and author, Debbie Ford.
303-433-4195denise@deniseclarkllc.com www.deniseclarkllc.com D enise Clark is the founder and owner of Denise Clark, LLC, an independent consulting and coaching business serving the nonprofit sector. After a nonprofit career that spans 15 years, she transitioned out of an executive position to eagerly embark on a new career path to help address the unique challenges faced by nonprofits. She brings management and governance experience to her consulting and coaching practice and knows firsthand what it takes to run a nonprofit organization. Denise believes that the profession of coaching is unknown to most nonprofits and is dedicated to increasing its visibility and value within the sector. She specializes in building the capacity of nonprofits through board development, strategic planning, fundraising consulting, team building and executive coaching. Coaches Training Institute, studying both individual and organizational/relationship systems coaching. She is an upbeat, enthusiastic coach dedicated to inspiring others to maximize their personal and professional potential. She is passionate about helping her clients play a bigger game by focusing on what matters most to them in life. Denise wholeheartedly believes that through the single act of working with a coach, you open the door to a whole new way of experiencing life.
Membership Director 303-776-6103 info@zoilitagrant.net www.zoilitagrant.net When it comes to providing people with tools to improve their lives, Zoilita Grant is truly a pioneer. As a nationally known speaker, teacher and hypnotherapist, Zoilita has dedicated her life to helping people heal themselves. After more than thirty years of private psychotherapy practice, Zoilita now focuses on speaking, teaching and Hypnotic-Coaching™. She has a line of Hypnosis CDs for the public and written and published over twenty-seven books for Hypnosis practitioners. She is the Director of the Colorado Coaching and Hypnotherapy Training Institute. Visit her web sites: www.ZoilitaGrant.net , www.HypnotherapyProducts.net or www.ColoradoCoaching.net Secretary
877-477-6450 Melissa@CoachMelissa.net www.CoachMelissa.net
Melissa Cappleman is a Certified Debt-Free Coach. She specializes in assisting her clients to implement a budget or cash flow plan. She encourages them to communicate fearlessly with collectors and empowers them to take control of their financial lives and get out of debt. Melissa is a Wellness Mapping 360° Certified Coach, a Dave Ramsey Certified Counselor, a Coach Training Alliance Certified Coach and an International Coach Federation member. Her clients say what makes her a great coach is that she’s gently straight-forward, knowledgeable and non-pretentious. She asks out loud the questions that her clients have been wondering about and talks about the issues they’ve been afraid to discuss. She break tasks into bite-sized pieces. Due to her previous personal experience with financial difficulties, Melissa knows where her clients are coming from and she knows how to help them get where they want to be. Past-President 720-937-2729 mcushman@engagingchange.com www.engagingchange.com Michael Cushman is an expert in nonverbal communications and group
dynamics, a futurist, and an entrepreneur. Michael uses information
products, training and coaching to help experts master "Nonverbal
Leadership." Nonverbal Leadership is a unique way to unconsciously
elicit cooperation from anyone, without losing integrity. Michael is
the founder of Engaging Change and LearntheBook. Throughout his
career, he has been a financial analyst, software engineer, management
consultant, and IT executive. Michael has experience in launching
strategic initiatives, bringing startups to profitability, integrating
organizations after M&As, turning around failing projects and
firms, leading cultural change, driving operational excellence,
creating award-winning products, and introducing profitable solutions
at over 50 companies. Today, he focuses on helping experts and leaders
make business breakthroughs using Nonverbal Leadership. He is a Sr. Fellow at The DaVinci Institute.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Ann Strong - Facilitator
303-399-8737 ann@thrivingcoaches.com www.thrivingcoaches.com Ann is the Founder and Leader of Thriving Coaches, which provides clear, grounded, focused, inspiring and immediately-applicable
business-building support to business, career and life coaches. ThrivingCoaches
offers free roundtables and highly effective one-on-one and group programs to
help coaches thrive during the start-up years. Ann has helped hundreds of
coaches and other self-employed professionals thrive by authentically and
effectively marketing their businesses.
Ann brings to her training and coaching: 11 years of
spiritual business coaching, 24 years of successful self-employment, 26 years
of teaching personal and professional development and a life-long commitment to
her own spiritual growth. The co-author of Exploring Coaching, an
internationally acclaimed e-book offered through Coach Training Alliance, Ann
also contributed the “Coaching” chapter of the book, Creating Workplace
Community: Motivation, Solutions, Ideas and Philosophies for Motivating
Ourselves and Others. Currently, she is finishing her next book .
When she’s not busy coaching, writing or teaching, you may
find Ann walking in City Park, eating sushi or soaking up the New Mexico desert.
303-906-1545 barbaflood@aol.com www.barbaraflood.com Barbara
Flood, MSW, Ph.D., is a Professional and Executive Life Coach certified
by Coach Training Alliance. Her Ph.D. is in Psychology with an emphasis
on Systems Theory and Communication. She is a member of the
International Coach Federation; the Denver Coach Federation. Her
master's degree is in Social Work with an emphasis on Administration
and Clinical Social Work. She presently manages half the United States
for an International Foundation that focuses on education and
philanthropic work. Dr. Flood also facilitates group processes and
conducts trainings to assist people in coaching and faciliating others. Brenda Cody, M.S. - Co-Facilitator DCF Resource Librarian 720-989-8743 Brenda@WorkSolutionsGroup.com www.WorkSolutionsGroup.com Brenda Cody is a personal and professional life coach, helping clients to "Turn Distraction into Action" via her coaching program of the same name. Brenda's program assists clients in working through her A.C.T. model: Awareness + Connection = Transformation. Brenda also assists Coaches on the contractual side of their business via her offerings at www.ContractsForCoaches.com and is working on a self-employment system for Contracts professionals. Brenda has her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, her Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling and 22 years of corporate experience which provides a unique combination of experience and education to assist clients on both their personal and professional development paths. Brenda is a full-time Coach, Consultant, Trainer, Speaker and Writer and is thrilled to contribute to the DCF via her volunteer activities as a SIG Co-Facilitator and Resource Librarian. Karen Van Cleve - Co-Facilitator Marketing for the Established Coach SIG 303-987-5957 coachkaren@comcast.net www.KarenVanCleve.com Karen Van Cleve, founder of Live Well Coaching, loves being a “Passion Agent” for her clients. She specializes in professionals and solopreneurs who want to grow their businesses, while having a fulfilling and passionate life. Karen was trained through Coach U and the Anthony Robbins Company. She holds certifications through the IAC and the ICF. Karen believes the best way to grow your coaching business is to constantly learn and evolve and to network as much as possible. She co-facilitates the Start-Up Coaches SIG as a way to do both and to contribute to the community of coaches. Gary Hawk - Facilitator
303-333-4757 (office) garyhawk@getclarity.com www.getclarity.com
Gary serves as an executive coach and mentor for CEOs, business owners and senior executives. He guides and challenges his clients in clarifying business and personal visions, and in thinking through the ongoing means to attain them. Gary
is also Managing Partner of Clarity International, a coaching and
training firm that teaches skills on how to see, sense and use energy
as a primary life and work strategy. He and his wife, Cathy, are
co-authors of Creating the Rest of Your Life, An Atlas for Manifesting
Success and Excellence in Life and Work.
With over 40 years experience in both large and small businesses, Gary brings a rich business background to his coaching relationships. He has executive experience working in both manufacturing and service environments. He is an attorney and served as General Counsel for a producer and syndicator of television commercials, as well as a rapidly growing, plastics manufacturer. Gary has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Nebraska. Gary is a PCC, ICF certified coach, and has completed a coaching certification and leadership certification from Coaches Training Institute; and a coaching certification from Clarity International. Gary is also a certified trainer of the Team Spirit process of developing high performing teams.
Other Colorado Chapters Ft. Collins Chapter 970-225-1254 Susan@KeepItSimpleCoaching.com www.nccoaches.org