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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

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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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Specialty Areas:
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

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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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

Emily Roberts, 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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Specialty Areas:
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

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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Specialties Areas:
Leadership Coach

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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.

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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Specialty Areas:

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