Coach Roster
Clare Jacky
Clare Jacky is a People and Business Operations consultant supporting clients through strategic planning, the development of operational rhythm and progressive people practices, change management and cultural innovation, organizational design, and leadership development. In her consultancy, she works with founders and leaders in a variety of industries and stages of growth, including startups, scaling technology companies, agencies, and non-profit organizations.
A strong generalist, Clare has held leadership roles in both the Operations and People space. She has deep experience in leadership development, high-performing team models, performance management, feedback practices, and strategic planning. She is a strong believer in the connection between leaders who cultivate high trust and accountability and strong business outcomes. She embraces a systems thinking, data-driven, people-centric approach with her clients.
Clare holds an M.A. in Organization Development and Change Management from the University of St. Thomas and a B.A. in International Studies from Macalester College.
Jon Passman
Jon Passman is an executive and business coach with a passion for helping leaders fulfill their corporate, professional, and personal goals. Using his 30+ years of business experience including senior executive roles at several large software and services companies, such as Trimble, GE, and Ceridian, Jon helps his clients achieve higher levels of performance while creating greater balance between their personal and professional lives.
Because Jon has held roles similar to his clients he easily relates to their challenges and needs. This allows him to coach effectively and if requested provide expert advice. Jon has several functional and business areas of expertise: executive team building and mentoring, strategic marketing, product marketing, product management, and innovation, new product launches, strategic pricing and business model innovation, investment / capital Allocation, strategic planning and P&L accountability. Jon has worked in many industries with particular deep experience in software/SaaS, business services, supply chain, human capital management and professional services.
Jon received his Masters in Management (MBA) in Strategy and Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, after earning his Bachelor of Arts in Math from Northwestern University.
Jon lives in Minnetonka with his wife Pam and daughter Eve. Their sons Jordan and Abe are currently in college.
Lauren Franklin
Lauren Franklin is an executive coach and organizational consultant energized by supporting organizations with manager development, culture, talent acquisition, employee listening, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
She has a wealth of expertise in the tech space along with experience in higher education and public sector. She’s hired, developed, and built teams from the ground up and helped influence organization-wide culture initiatives in a variety of organizations from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Lauren holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Gonzaga University with a certificate in Leadership Studies, a Master of Arts in Sociology with a focus in quantitative data analysis from Portland State University, and is certified in the Bridges Coaching Method. She’s located in Seattle, Washington where she enjoys spending time outside with her husband and son and their Golden Retriever, Wesley.
Drea Tuott, PsyD
Dr. Tuott is a leadership coach with a holistic approach helping maximize focus, clarity, and confidence in the workplace. Dr. Tuott has specific expertise in helping individuals and cultures build resilience and foster DEIB.
Her career includes a background in neuroscience, assessment community education, mental health services, and addiction recovery. She is also a life coach, certified in the Bridges Coaching Method.
Dr. Tuott received her BA in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Argosy University and her MA and Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of St. Thomas.
Jill Bornstein
Jill is an Executive Coach and Senior Leader with over 25 years of experience. Her background as a finance executive at General Electric, business founder, elected community leader, and President of several
She is an Executive Coach and Senior Leader with over 25 years of experience. Her background as a finance executive at General Electric, business founder, elected community leader, and President of several non-profit boards developed her competencies as a successful growth accelerator, business strategist, team champion, connector, and partnership builder.
She specializes in developing high potential leaders, rising executives and entrepreneur leaders at early stage thru mid-cap companies who want to position themselves for their next. Jill also works with teams to become high performing with a healthy culture so they can achieve exciting, important, or daunting goals. Drawing from her wealth of experience to guide her clients, she creates individualized roadmaps to methodically help each reach their individual leadership goals, develop emotional IQ, and have a positive impact on their teams and businesses.
Her coaching philosophy is straightforward. Clients define what success looks like and her role is to help move them forward to achieve that success. Clients know their situation best and through deep listening, intelligent questioning, being present, acting as a sounding board, inspiring them to act and holding them accountable, the answers they are seeking to solve their challenges and develop as a leader can be found.
Jill supports her client’s development initially through one-on-one and/or group/team coaching over a 3-to-12-month timeframe. Additionally, she offers customized trainings, workshops or speaking engagements on team engagement, team culture, and how teams can show up with impact for each other. Engaged and connected workplaces do better work, are more collaborative, innovative and have higher loyalty.
Susan Auer
Susan has served in “Corporate America” in large and small companies and have a passion for bringing people together for common understanding of mission and values. She is known as a cultural architect in organizations and strives to uncover what makes individuals heart come alive.
Susan is a thoughtful relationship healer, a change agent and ally. She has been called a natural coach and mentor and it’s one of her very favorite ways of showing up. She builds bridges between people, strategy, and process and able to see through to suggest and help implement great change and ways of working.
Her forte is working alongside those who are in mid-career and either in transition, finding themselves in a misaligned role, having consistent misses with communication and/or their leadership, or those who want to do more of what makes them truly shine.
Susan has expertise in mid-level leadership building and developing teams as well as communicating effectively to senior leaders in a style that is individual and authentic. She brings expertise in Leadership both academically with her master’s degree as well as in practice. She has have implemented a DEI - supplier diversity program, worked with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as well as organizations in great change.
Susan holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Business and Technology, and Master of Arts in Leadership in Organizational Leadership degree.
Amy Bennett
Amy Bennett is an executive coach with 20 years experience working with organizations globally from start-ups to the Fortune 50 to increase effectiveness, maximize productivity, and build connection with their teams. Her expertise includes major retail, healthcare, consumer packaged goods, transportation, logistics, and real estate.
Amy leverages her keen sense of observation to guide clients in identifying areas of greatest impact and develop personalized, measurable plans to get there. Clients find unyielding support and a deep confidence in their innate ability as they uncover solutions to achieve their goals.
Amy is a former collegiate athlete who received her degree in Communications from Wichita State University and is certified in the Bridges Coaching Method, Korn Ferry 360 Assessment, Insights Discovery Assessment, and is a certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner.
Grace Twesigye
Grace works holistically to help people seize opportunities to create mindful change in their lives. She is a leadership coach with over a decade of experience working with executives, managers, and entrepreneurs across various industries and organizational structures, including (but not limited to) startups, nonprofits, universities, and tech companies.
Building upon her experience as an attorney, people-services practitioner, and DEI&B leader, Grace uses a strengths-based holistic approach and creates a safe and supportive environment for clients to explore their strengths and areas of opportunity.
Grace obtained her BA from Kenyon College, her JD from Boston College Law School, and, most recently, became an ICF-accredited coach through the Hudson Institute of Coaching. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, son, and two cats.
Gina Kuck
Gina Kuck is an executive coach and business development strategist known for creating original ideas and solutions. She takes joy in developing and inspiring teams and people to take action around ideas, projects, and tasks.
Gina has held leadership roles in Sales and Marketing, Operations, and People spaces. She has deep experience in leading high performance, national award-winning teams through strategic planning and performance management with an emphasis on enhanced communication and feedback practices.
With expertise in a wide range of industries including running her own small business, working in and with mid-size companies, and managing national accounts for a publicly traded global organization, Gina brings depth and practical perspective to her interactions. She sits on the South Dakota State University Ness School of Management and Economics Entrepreneurial Program Advisory Board, is certified in the Bridges Coaching Method, is a Co. Starters Facilitator and has a concentration in communication styles and behaviors that work in business.
Genuine, thoughtful, and honest she focuses on blind spots, personal enrichment, and professional development for next level leaders and organizations. With 30 years of business experience, and a BA in Business Management, she believes leaders who are on purpose generate the best business outcomes with the most satisfied people.
Nataly Huff
Nataly is an experienced leader known for challenging the status quo and creating measurable, sustainable change. She brings hands-on experience mobilizing cross-functional teams and rallying colleagues from all functions and geographics to buy into bold new ideas. With more than 15 years in leadership focusing on growth and retention marketing, Nataly’s experience spans B2C, B2B2C, and prosumer spaces with a proven track record in achieving sustainable growth for small-scale start-ups as well as mature global organizations.
Nataly has been hiring, inspiring, and managing world-class, high-performing teams of 10-30 marketing directors, managers, and staff, with dotted-line oversight of hundreds more personnel. She is a firm believer in trust, feedback, and context as the key drivers for a professional environment where team members feel valued, are engaged, and stay productive. Throughout her career, Nataly has provided mentorship to numerous teams and individuals, nurturing the development of their technical and soft skills that have been instrumental in supporting their career progression and personal growth.
Bill Brower
Bill Brower is an executive and business coach with a passion for developing talent and enabling leaders to achieve their personal and professional goals. He is skilled in assisting businesses that require support in areas such as leadership development, career growth, talent acquisition, workplace culture, and employee engagement.
With a background spanning 15 years in both tech and manufacturing industries, and coming from a family of business owners and entrepreneurs, Bill has a well-rounded perspective on building and scaling effective teams and fostering a positive organizational culture. He has successful experiences in hiring, developing and scaling teams, and contributing to long-term organizational planning and change management. Bill prides himself on his ability to earn trust with his clients and business partners. His experience covers a range of company stages, from startups to high-growth mid-stage companies, and even Fortune 3 corporations.
Bill holds a BS in Managerial Marketing and Business Management from Kent State University and is certified in the Bridges Coaching Method. He lives in Seattle, Washington, where he enjoys outdoor activities with his wife, two children, and two dogs.
Victor Thompson
Victor Thompson is a leadership coach and business consultant who enjoys partnering with leaders to magnify their unique gifts and talents and holds a strong passion to explore ways they can enhance their mindsets and elevate their environments. With a diverse background that includes over 20 years of business leadership, change management and executive coaching experience, Victor is committed to establishing inclusive and caring environments that facilitate growth and new insights.
Victor has held leadership positions with multiple organizations where he has had first-hand experience transforming businesses and developing teams. His clients delight in his ability to establish a trusting and non-threatening environment while challenging their thought processes to gain clarity and enhance effectiveness. He is also known for his ability to partner withorganizations to increase employee engagement, leverage diversity and accelerate performance.
Victor has completed doctoral coursework in Organization Development at the University of St. Thomas and is certified to facilitate a variety of assessments and coaching models. When not working, Victor may be found playing games and exploring escape rooms with his wife and four daughters, working out, coaching youth sports, writing the next great novel and/or self-help book and sometimes binging on Netflix or Marvel movies.
Doug Stotland
As a tech executive for more than two decades, Doug has led global businesses and built high-performing teams from product development to operations to sales and most functions in between. As a certified executive coach, Doug works with C-suite and senior-level leaders committed to developing and evolving to grow and adapt in new roles, new markets, and new businesses.
Doug earned his coaching certification through the Hudson Institute and is an ICF certified coach. His client list includes leaders at publicly traded companies like Microsoft, Snap, Google and Meta as well as pre-IPO start-ups and private equity firms. In addition to executives, Doug also reserves 3-5 coaching slots for a small number of early-career leaders who are investing to develop into the high-impact, world-class executives of the future.
Before becoming an executive coach, Doug held senior roles at technology companies from early-stage startups to leading a global business for Microsoft to one of the early senior hires at Facebook through building a new business from scratch for ServiceChannel.
Doug holds a BA in English Lit from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. Doug has lived, toured and worked in many countries around the world with his current home in Santa Cruz, California where he lives with his wife, two daughters and piti-cattle-pointer dog named Lucky and enjoys reading, movies and most outdoor activities; especially if they’re in, or near, an ocean.
Kristy Wulkan
Kristy Wulkan is an executive coach who is passionate about supporting mission-driven organizations. She has been a coach for over 10 years, helping clients achieve results through building awareness, confidence, and accountability. Her coaching superpower is making people feel seen and heard.
As a leader, Kristy has worked within and alongside executive teams at digital health startups for 10 years. She partnered closely with cross-functional teams to design and execute company strategy. She has led highly engaged, high performing teams through growth in fast-paced settings. She has worked within organizations in various stages of maturity, from Series A startup to Fortune 50 companies.
Kristy is a Board-Certified Coach (BCC). She holds an MA in Holistic Health from St. Catherine University and a BBA in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She trained at the Center for Executive Coaching and is also certified in the Bridges Coaching Method and Hogan Assessments. In addition to her executive coach training, she trained in wellness coaching at Mayo Clinic and is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC).
Kristy lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband and two young boys. She enjoys traveling, adventuring outside, spending time with her family, baking sourdough bread, and keeping her Duolingo streak alive.
Anna Stumpf
Anna Stumpf brings a robust thirty year career into her coaching, offering a unique blend of expertise drawn from her rich background in higher education, extensive corporate experience, including tech and professional services, and deep understanding of Gen Z. With over a decade in academia, including 18 years as a full-time educator, and an impressive tenure at the world's largest company, Anna brings invaluable insights into organizational dynamics, leadership development, and bridging generational gaps.
Specializing in emotional intelligence assessment, Anna helps professionals and organizations effectively navigate the complexities of the modern workforce. Her unique approach combines cutting-edge EQ assessment tools with tailored strategies to enhance self-awareness, empathy, and relationship management skills. By leveraging her expertise in emotional intelligence and her deep understanding of Gen Z, Anna empowers clients to foster authentic connections, improve team dynamics, and drive impactful change.
Whether you're seeking to enhance your leadership skills, navigate career transitions, or optimize your organization's multigenerational workforce, Anna's guidance is transformative. With her distinctive perspective and proven track record, she is an invaluable partner for professionals and businesses aiming to thrive in today's rapidly evolving landscape.
Anna lives outside of Indianapolis with her husband of over 20 years and is a new empty nester. She holds a doctorate in marketing from Northcentral University, an MBA and MAT from University of Indianapolis.
Jori Maurer
Jori Maurer is a marketing strategist and leadership coach with 15+ years of experience. She has deep industry experience in tech, having run small and large teams at small start-ups as well as large, PE-backed firms. She’s run marketing, customer success, and HR teams and has deep experience enabling newer managers and supporting leaders who need to work cross functionally to be successful. She’s currently leading a workforce transformation project across a team of 700 as chief of staff to the CMO.
Her biggest personal achievements have always been with people. She’s most proud of helping multiple people change careers and jump into new teams, promoting first time managers and coaching them as they manage people for the first time, and supporting people through tough times of change and transformation. Her super power is helping people find what makes them tick and aligning those motivators with meaningful work.
Jori holds a bachelor of arts from Scripps College and is certified in the Bridges Coaching Method.
Erika Mohle
Erika Mohle, M.Sc, R.Psych, is the founder of Mohle Consulting, with 10 years of experience as a Psychologist working with leaders. She is known for applying neuroscience and human behavioral science to present practical and challenging solutions to support leaders in achieving their potential. She draws on her background as a psychologist to elevate her clients through research-backed, personalized, and real-world coaching.
Erika has worked with a variety of executives, ranging from those at companies employing over 9000 people to CEOs of smaller firms. She has extensive experience in individual coaching, executive assessment, and leadership development.
Erika is a Certified Executive Coach, received her Bachelor of Arts in Honours Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), and her Master of Science in Counselling Psychology from the University of Calgary (Canada).
Heather Long
My superpowers are pattern-finding and being fully present to my clients to support them in creating order out of chaos and “stuckness”. I have a PhD in Management - Sustainable Systems Design and 30 years of corporate experience in healthcare providing patient care, serving as an executive operations leader, and building organizational systems design and improvement. I hold multiple certifications as a coach - Associate Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation), Board Certified Coach (Center for Credentialing and Education), and Team Coach (Center for Executive Coaching). My doctoral research was also on high-performing teams and I have led many such teams.
Coaching has always been "my style" in project management, leadership, and in personal business. My mission is to help others achieve their missions and goals. Particular areas of expertise and passion include: navigating wicked problems (seemingly unsolvable and tricky problems needing audacious goals), growing leadership behaviors and strategies from good to great, building high-performance teams, generating resilience, and building the many capabilities that enable leaders and teams to consistently and sustainably move their desired outcomes across the finish line.
On a personal note, I am a runner/walker and a cyclist. My family and friends mean the world to me and I'm privileged to be surrounded by some truly wonderful people. As a lifelong learner and intellectually curious individual, I'm on a continuous growth journey enabling me to fully relate to and support those who are also on a development path.
Cassie Jones
Cassie brings 30+ years of HR experience in Manufacturing, government, for Profit and non-profit business entities. Visionary and people-oriented Executive focused on establishing high-quality global HR practices, infrastructure, and policies in line with overall business strategy. Highly analytical expert with wealth of experience in providing direction to vital HR operations and sustaining organizational growth and stability through effective workforce planning, talent engagement and development, and culture cultivation. Expert in planning and executing adaptive HR management strategies to accommodate changes and successfully navigate critical business situations. Influential adviser to executives and relationship manager capable of excelling within complex, matrixed organizations.