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ICF Wisconsin Ignite Program Coaches
For leaders of non-profit organizations

These coaches are excited to work with non-profit leaders in the ICF Wisconsin Ignite Program.

Contact the ICF Wisconsin Outreach Committee Chair with any questions: Outreach@icfwisconsin.org

Perry Ashley, PT, ACC, CPQC, SCCC

Perry Ashley is a Leadership, Mindset/Resiliency, and Strengths-based Coach and trainer.

Perry’s passion is to help leaders live intentional and fulfilling lives by embracing how they are uniquely wired through understanding their strengths and improving their mental fitness. Supporting professionals to manage stress and create a healthy work/life balance, elevated self-awareness, and growth mindset results in increased engagement, productivity, client and employee satisfaction, and overall personal and organizational health. She believes SABOA™️ (Self-Awareness Before Other-Awareness) is key to leading one’s self and others well.

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Specialty Areas:
Emotional Intelligence, Employee Assessments, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Goal Setting, Health & Fitness/Wellness, Leadership Skills, Life Change/Challenge, Management Skills, Manager as Coach, Midlife Transition

Sharon Barbour, PCC

Coaching since 2006, Sharon brings experience, skill and warmth to each session. New creations, transitions, habit change and somatics are some specialities. She is committed to a more generative human experience that cares for the earth and each other.

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Specialty Areas:
transition, leaders, creatives, women, nonprofits, purpose-driven

Dr. Marella Big Mountain, ACC

Mary grew up on a Wisconsin farm and is happy to be home back in her home state! Determined to see the world, she joined the Air Force where she graduated top of her class academically from pilot training and became a diplomat for the Air Force recently returning from Poland. Currently, she’s teaching applied leadership for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University at the Master’s level and working to build positive youth programs and community in northern Wisconsin.

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Specialty Areas:
SEL-leadership, goal accountability, growing into your destiny and leadership legacy

Jasmine Crandall, ACC

Jasmine is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) as well as a Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach. She has used the CliftonStrengths assessment extensively to help individuals and teams identify their unique strengths, unleash their potential and achieve their goals both professionally and personally.

Jasmine has more than 15 years of leadership and organizational development experience in a wide range of sectors, including corporate banking, manufacturing, entrepreneurial start-ups and non-profit ministry. She is known for her encouraging and caring style, and believes that organizational health is the single greatest determining factor in organizational success. Jasmine attended the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee where she earned a Masters of Science in Management Professional Accounting.

Jasmine lives on a small farmstead in SE Wisconsin with her husband and two dogs. She enjoys a good cup of coffee on the porch, is an avid reader, and enjoys gardening.

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Katie Drescher, PCC

Katie brings over 30 years of successful experience as a leader and coach. Her executive coaching practice is centered around supporting educational, financial, tech and aerospace executives and mid-level managers as well as upper-level military leaders. Representative organizations include American Express, Google, NASA,and the United States Air Force.

Katie helps her clients navigate change and enhance impact by developing trust, clarity, strategy, and actions to meet their goals. Kaite’s coaching philosophy is based on using each client's unique strengths as a catalyst to set and attain their goals while maintaining well being. She uses evidenced based coaching tools, solutions and a variety of methodologies including conscious leadership, mindfulness, neuroscience, emotional intelligence and the whole person approach to help leaders thrive in today's complex, changing and demanding world.

Education and Certifications: Katie is a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation. She also completed a Professional Coaching Certificate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Certificate in Positive Psychology from University of Pennsylvania, and is currently completing a certification in transformational coaching through The Center for Transformation and Change. She holds an undergraduate degree in Art History from Lawrence University, a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis where she served as Articles Editor of the Law Quarterly and completed a federal judicial clerkship. She is a married, mother of two adult sons, former lawyer who enjoys painting and spending time in nature when not coaching. Having served on numerous boards over the course of her career, Katie currently serves as President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the International Coaching Federation.

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Business Startups/Entrepreneurship, Career, Creativity, Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Life Change/Challenge, Public Speaking, Young Adult

Christine Esdaile, ACC

Creating a life that you enjoy is the most important work you will ever do! I believe that everyone has unique gifts and a special life purpose. With compassion, kindness and directness I can help guide you into a deeper awareness of who you are, what you value and what motivates you. Together we sort through the mental and emotional clutter and limiting beliefs that hold you back from your potential in your work & personal life. I have a broad coaching skillset from mindful awareness and acceptance, trauma informed coaching, developmental psychology and many years of coaching experience. I hold a focus of nonjudgment to help you discover real-life solutions to transform your life.

My clients are often amazed by their life changes, from being more emotionally balanced, having greater creativity, to achieving goals with greater efficiency and ease. Whether you’re challenged by stress at work, daunting career goals, personal relationships or navigating change, I can help you gain the insight, motivation and confidence to move from surviving to thriving.

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Jen Farley, ACC

Jen Farley, ACC is a Professional Life Coach, Performer and Speaker. As a Rockstar Life Coach, Jen wants to help dreamers and seekers find and define their authentic voice to become the Rockstar in their lives. She has created Coach Jen Farley, a life coaching company. Jen earned her Professional Life Coaching Certificate from UW-Madison and Career Coach Certification (CPCC) with PARWCC.

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Specialty Areas:
Business Startups/Entrepreneurship, Career, Communication, Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Skills, Life Change/Challenge, Marketing, Organization Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Relations, Public Speaking, Social Media, Team Building, Young Adult

Kimberly Flood, PCC

Kimberly is a transformational leadership and resilience coach, as well as an organizational development consultant, a mom of three, a lover of learning, and an adventure seeker. Kimberly is passionate about effecting change within purpose driven individuals and her purpose and intent as a coach is always "in service to the client;" together we are searching for discovery, awareness, and possibility. Her compassionate presence is balanced with keen observation to support individuals in achieving their goals - whatever they may be.

Kimberly brings two decades of experience and leadership in business management consulting, organizational effectiveness, change management, and corporate social responsibility, largely with Fortune 500 clients. Her professional experience spans four continents and she finds joy and wisdom in different ways of living, thinking, and being. She is a UW-Madison graduate and a 2020 graduate of the UWCPC program.

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Specialty Areas:
Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Manager as Coach, Communication, Emotional Intelligence

Kim Clist Fons, M.Ed., PCC, ITCA, UWCPC

Kim is passionate about supporting service minded individuals and specializes in working with higher education and non-profit organizations. She has more than a decade of experience in leadership and organizational development, strategic planning, board development, and mental health coaching Founder of Blue Wysteria Coaching and Consulting, she is a University of Wisconsin Certified Professional Coach, has received one-on-one and team coaching accreditations from the International Coaching Federation and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, and has a Master’s degree in Adult and Community Education from Ball State University.

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Specialty Areas:
Business Startups/Entrepreneurship, Career, Communication, Education/Academic, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Assessments, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Goal Setting, Leadership Skills, Life Change/Challenge, Management Skills, Manager as Coach, Public Speaking, Strategy, Team Building, Time Management, Web/Internet

Laura Gleisner, PCC

I am a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with 15+ years of experience coaching leaders to increase their resilience, satisfaction level and impact. As a leadership coach and creator of the MPOWER Coaching Model™ I partner with leaders and teams to increase their work satisfaction, professional impact and efficiency. I am also an instructor for the University of Wisconsin’s Certified Professional Coach Program, a mentor coach and certified in the Enneagram Personality Assessment. My coaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that my clients are resourceful and the experts of their own lives. Past clients have noted that as a result of our coaching they are more thoughtful, intentional and strategic about decisions that align to their strengths and values and as a result, increased their impact, efficiency and work satisfaction. I work best with leaders who place a high value on trust, integrity, relationships and possibility.

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Specialty Areas:
Career, Communication, Education/Academic, Emotional Intelligence, Goal Setting, Grief/Bereavement, Leadership Skills, Life Change/Challenge, Presentation Skills, Relationship Coaching, Team Building

Jeff Hayes, ACC

I am a highly effective agile coach for leaders who want to understand and fulfill the promise of the agile mindset and agile ways of working, both for themselves and for their organizations. As an ICF Associate Certified Coach, I joined a community of strong, talented individuals who are dedicated to providing the space you need to achieve significant growth according to your goals.

Over the past 30 years I've been fortunate to work with organizations in the non-profit, finance, defense, energy and healthcare sectors.

To serve the agile community worldwide - and to stay sharp - I provide workshops on a variety of agile topics and I co-host a monthly ICAgile Coaching Circle for the Americas. I am also an active member of the global working group for the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel.

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Specialty Areas:
Agile Coaching, Executive Coaching, Team Coaching

Brian Mason, ACC

I'm Brian and I am a change strategist, knowledge seeker, and challenge solver advocating for the best in each of us.

The people I work with achieve exponential results by focusing on self-care, career development, relationship building, and creating positive and inclusive experiences.

I employ an array of change techniques, action planning tools, and meditation to create satisfaction, inner peace, and success.

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Specialty Areas:
Career, Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Assessments, Employee Engagement, Goal Setting, Life Change/Challenge, Management Skills, Manager as Coach, Midlife Transition, Spirituality, Strategy, Team Building, Time Management, Web/Internet

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Tonya McKenna Trabant, ACC

Tonya is a leadership coach, consultant, facilitator, poet, and mindfulness practitioner. Her Masters Degree is in Professional Communication where she studied leadership and followership. She's worked with leaders at all levels and has 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and public sectors, and currently serves in several volunteer capacities. Tonya specializes in the customization of leadership development, executive coaching, and is well versed in multiple assessments and learning models.

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Specialty Areas:
Leadership Coach, Life Coach, Wellness Coaching, Mindfulness

Sarah Moore-Nokes, ACC

Sarah Moore-Nokes is an ICF certified coach (ACC) who primarily coaches pastors and non-profit leaders drawing on her previous experience in mid-council ministry, human resources, and organizational development.

Sarah partners with clients to establish personal and professional goals, then provides the space to move forward and the accountability to stay on track. Her coaching style is one of co-creating sessions that allow clients to go deep quickly, identify obstacles and challenges, and then focus on strategies to move forward toward the established goals. She brings a calm, expansive presence to sessions, along with a gentle sense of humor, a deep knowledge base of non-profit and church systems, decades of experience in managing change, and an expertise in moving through conflict.

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Specialty Areas:
Career, Communication, Creativity, Executive Coaching, Goal Setting, Leadership Skills, Management Skills, Organization Skills, Parenting, Public Speaking, Spirituality

Krista Morrissey, PCC

Owner of CHOICES Coaching & Consulting Krista brings energy, laughter, reflection, and inspiration as you evolve from where you are and who you are, to where you want to be and who you want to be. Krista has a tremendous amount of love, care, and empathy for her clients but not much sugar.

Your journey on the outside is a result of your story on the inside. Krista takes you on an inside-out journey of discover thy self, know thy self, grow thy self, lead thy self. Krista asks questions from the outside so you can answer them from the inside.

After years of domestic and international leadership and organization development experience Krista’s sees how her journey gifted her the experience and wisdom to stand with others through their growth. She wants you to be the best version of you and bring your ‘gifts’ to the world. We need all of you! No matter if it is personal or professional, Krista helps ignite the leader within.

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Gemma Naturkach, ACC

Gemma Naturkach is a coach, creator & marketer based in Wisconsin, USA.

After surviving abuse, homelessness, the Army, and suicide attempts, She went on to work at Microsoft in a senior leadership position and eventually left to start her own businesses; one as a coach and another in social media marketing.

In February 2022, she and her family evacuated Ukraine, and after a long journey, she made her way to the La Crosse area in Wisconsin, USA.

For a while, she put her coaching business on hold to spread awareness about Russia's war in Ukraine and to focus on her book, Surviving Patriotism, which will be released in 2023.

Her best friend and biggest supporter is her husband, Alex. She has an amazing daughter, Sofia, and a dog, Bruno.

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Specialty Areas:
Career, Communication, Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Goal Setting, Leadership Skills, Life Change/Challenge, Management Skills, Manager as Coach, Marketing, Organization Skills, Presentation Skills, Social Media, Strategy, Team Building

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Paula Rauenbuehler, PCC

Paula is an International Coaching Federation Certified Professional Coach. Using her experiences as a Human Resources Director in the corporate sector along with degrees in psychology and business administration, she is uniquely prepared to assist companies in strengthening their succession plan, improve engagement and retention of top performers impacting both the top and bottom line. During her corporate career, she had the opportunity to live in several states and two countries, providing her with a rich exposure to varied workplace cultures.

She's worked with organizations in the health care, military and technology industries, working with leaders at all levels.

Paula has had direct contributions resulting in improved in employee engagement, management development, retention of top performing talent to positively impact organizations in both revenue and quality metrics

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Specialty Areas:
leadership, mindset, emotional intelligence

Jim Rink, PCC

Jim Rink, owner of i360L, is a skilled coach with 25+ years of leadership experience. He excels at helping organizations and individuals clarify goals, resolve issues, and unlock their full potential.

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Specialty Areas:
Business Startups/Entrepreneurship, Career, Education/Academic, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Assessments, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Management Skills, Manager as Coach, Midlife Transition, Team Building, Time Management, Web/Internet

Shelley Saeger, ACC

Shelley is a compassionate coach who is committed to helping her clients increase their confidence and achieve their goals. She listens to what is said and not said, asks questions to spark self-reflection and critical thinking, and supports accountability for action.

Shelley specializes in leadership coaching, leveraging 20+ years of corporate and non-profit experience to help leaders who are challenged with communication breakdowns, complicated team dynamics, and personal beliefs and behaviors that are limiting their success. She holds multiple certifications, including Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Senior Professional in HR (SPHR), and Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD).

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Leadership Coach

Tim Temby, ACC

30+ years of global leadership experience having served as an executive (Group President, Sector President, Segment COO) for ITW, Marmon and Oshkosh Corp. In the middle of my career, I led sales for a $50M+ family-owned distributor of welding supplies and fasteners. I’ve also served as a board member for several non-profits. I currently serve an independent director for Vortex Optics, and as a board member and treasures for the Clark Lake Advancement Association.

While delivering business performance has always been a foundation for me, I’m most proud of the leaders I’ve helped develop and inspire to generate these and their own Uncommon Achievements. I’m a full time executive and business coach with certified credentials from the International Coaching Federation. I lift business owners and executives up and over daily demands, inspiring confidence, and conviction, then promote focused effort and accountability to drive rare and extraordinary outcomes through professional coaching.

My clients consistently generate results that far exceed their best historical performance. These include privately held companies and multiple Fortune 200 companies.

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Lisa Thompson, ACC

I believe we’re all striving toward something, and I find great fulfillment in guiding clients to reach their own definition of excellence. As your coach, I’ll meet you where you are and be with you on the journey to create your best self, both personally and professionally. I bring a sensible and realistic approach to coaching engagements. Believing that my clients have all the knowledge and answers within, my role is to help bring them out. My varied background provides many experiences to draw from. I worked in corporate America for nine years before becoming a professional coach in 2020. I also have experience in entrepreneurship and working in higher education. I hold a Master of Business Administration, Certified Quality Manager/Organizational Excellence credential, and am currently pursuing a Master of Human Resources and Labor Relations. I’m committed to my clients and deeply value the trust in our partnership. I look forward to helping you achieve your desired outcome.

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Specialty Areas:
Executive Coaching, Career Coaching, Leadership Development

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Chris Wales, PCC

After 30+ years leading various organizations, I understand the complexities and joys leadership can bring. Whether clients want to enhance their current leadership approach or develop the skill set needed for the next step in their journey; powerful questioning leads to insights, shifts in perspectives and unlocks potential. People create meaningful change in their lives when they have the tools, strategy and support to create a clear path forward.

I am a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, earned an MS in Organizational Change Leadership from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, and hold a Psychology of Leadership certificate from Cornell University. Prior to coaching, I have held leadership roles in operations, business development, marketing, and communications. I have witnessed how effective coaching transforms lives.

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Treva Wetherell, ACC

Treva is a compassionate and powerful partner who provides space for her clients to dream and explore, as well as structures, support, and accountability to move purposefully towards their goals, even while navigating the inevitable challenges and changes in life with less stress and more ease and flow, so they can thrive.

She has more than 25 years of experience transforming lives and communities through work with non-profits, higher education, and coaching. She holds professional coaching credentials from the University of Wisconsin Certified Professional Coach Program (UWCPC) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF-ACC). She also has a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.Sc. in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden.

A deep believer in the importance of putting love into action, she has led seven short-term volunteer trips to four continents and worked alongside people in local communities to build safe, affordable, long-lasting shelter for families without it. When not coaching, you’ll find her exploring new places, growing food, paddling, camping, or tucked in a cozy spot with a good book.

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Specialty Areas: Mental Fitness, Well-being, Leadership, Purpose-driven, Life Change/Challenge.

Emily Wright, PCC

Emily is a heart-centered coach, helping guide over-thinkers, over-achievers, people-pleasers, and perfectionists to their truest self. This is done by creating connections to their heart, body, and soul's wisdom for a fulfilling life and career. Her clients dismantle limiting beliefs and lean vulnerably, yet courageously into fully loving and embracing themselves as the amazing humans that they are! From that place of empowerment, they claim their future path in life with confidence, clarity, and heart. Emily is a seasoned corporate professional transformed into a holistic wellness advocate. With over two decades of corporate experience saying yes to all things, she experienced burnout, and then embarked on a transformative journey focusing on well-being for your mind, body, and soul. In addition to coaching, Emily is a Clinical Acupressure practitioner and a Reiki master.

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Life Change/Challenges, Mindset, Mind-Body Connection, Mindfulness, Career, Leadership, Management, Work-Life Balance, Self-Care, Communication, Career/Life Transitions, Working Moms, Compassion Fatigue, Stress Management, Prioritization, Emotional Resiliency

Claire Wu, ACC

Dr. Claire Wu is a leadership and executive coach, and a scholar in leadership and creativity. She's also an assistant professor of management (PhD, SHRM-CP) at the University of Wisconsin Parkside, honored with the distinguish Early Career Excellence Award, the sole recipient campus-wide, which has propelled her toward an impending application for early tenure as an Associate Professor of Management. Claire has taught MBA-level leadership skill courses and HR training to over 2000 professionals.

In her coaching practice, Claire is passionate about helping people enjoy fulfilling lives at work and home. She focuses on self-awareness, overcoming limits, broadening perspectives, and building resilience. Claire's expertise is sought after by a diverse clientele, including faculty members, higher education administrators, physicians, and managers, particularly those facing career transitions, navigating the complexities of academia, pursuing higher education leadership roles, or striving for work/life balance—especially for minority leaders. Claire employs a broad array of evidence-based tools to support her clients on their unique journeys.

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Career and Leadership coaching

Doug Wubben, ACC

I bring compassionate candor to my coaching so you discover what it means to bring your whole self to work and to your life. I've travelled a wonderfully varied career path affording me a wide range of life and leadership experiences, including how to skillfully navigate transitions. My degrees/certifications in change management, coaching, nursing, sociology, history and organic farming allow me to bring fresh eyes to challenges and opportunities. I believe people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. As your coach I am a champion on your behalf and I expect to be amazed.

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Specialty Areas:
Anger Management, Communication, Eating Disorders, Emotional Intelligence, Grief/Bereavement, Health & Fitness/Wellness, Life Change/Challenge, Management Skills, Parenting, Physical Challenges, Relationship Coaching, Time Management, Web/Internet