Kelli Hendrickson, PhD, PCC, is a dedicated Career and Leadership Coach, helping professionals in STEM fields, particularly women with PhDs, find more Success, Time, Energy, and Meaning in their careers. As President of Pathmakers Coaching, she specializes in empowering individuals to overcome barriers, define their leadership style, and thrive in their careers. Kelli is also committed to the coaching profession as a Certified Mentor Coach, supporting the development of aspiring coaches.

Kelli has held leadership roles in the coaching community, including serving as President of the ICF Raleigh Area Chapter and co-authoring a pivotal white paper on coaching in higher education. Kelli’s contributions extend through her involvement with the Higher Education Coaches Special Interest Group, where she fosters growth and resilience in professionals navigating the academic landscape.

Outside of coaching, Kelli enjoys exploring the outdoors and staying connected with her love for the ocean.

Pamela J. Maxson, PhD, MCC, is an executive/leadership individual and team coach, mentor coach, trainer/facilitator, speaker and lifelong learner who focuses on helping individuals tap into their purpose, overcome their personal and professional obstacles, and develop a plan to achieve their goals. Pam works with clients to understand and leverage their leadership style, maximize their own and their team’s potential, improve communication, increase their emotional intelligence, and explore their personal and professional fulfillment.

Pam is an ICF Master Certified Coach, a Certified Business and Professional Coach, and a Certified Authentic Leadership Coach. Pam has worked in organizational leadership and taught developmental psychology at Duke University for 30 years. Pam is the founder of Periscope Coaching, LLC, which provides a new lens on leading, an author (Finding Your Inner Bitch), and the current president of the ICF Raleigh Chapter.

Executive Coach and Positioning Advisor, The DP Group, LLC

Divya Parekh is passionate about helping professionals discover their ‘Why’ and achieve their transformational journey to become highly impactful and influential leaders.

Starting 20 years ago, through experiences in both academia and the biopharmaceutical industry, Divya learned how she could transform the impact of an individual, teams, and an organization through listening, meeting them where they are at, and empowerment. As a global executive and leadership coach for startups, Fortune 500 and Fortune 50 companies, she has honed these learnings into a disciplined science. Working with cross-functional groups and teams, Divya coaches leaders to cultivate interdependence between themselves and their internal and external stakeholders to achieve a combined mastery of connectivity and alignment through complicated business and personal challenges. When you function in an environment of mutual trust, return on energy flourish both in business and life.

Using neuroscience techniques and mindfulness, Divya has coached thousands of high-achievers across 40 countries to uncover their potential. She does this by co-creating a desired outcome, defining actionable success plans, and enabling experimentation to help individuals grow beyond current capabilities and limitations in an open, safe, and trusted environment.

Divya is a regular contributor to Forbes and CEO World Magazine. Divya is also the bestselling author of many leadership and entrepreneurial books.

Featured among the Top 20 coaches in North Carolina, Vahbiz is an internationally credentialed leadership coach, facilitator, and career consultant for healthcare and STEM industries. Her coaching philosophy is fueled by a deep commitment to nurturing self-awareness, fostering a growth mindset, and driving sustainable results for individuals and organizations.

As a former biomedical research professional and now, the founder of Living Your Best Coaching, LLC, Vahbiz brings a wealth of expertise from her research, business and organizational development experience to help her clients live their best lives, personally and professionally. Vahbiz has served on the Board of Directors for the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Raleigh Area Chapter and contributes to the global ICF leadership community. She is also a coach trainer and an ICF mentor coach.

Vahbiz is an avid practitioner of yoga and martial arts. She loves making new connections, exploring new hobbies and constantly learning.

“A Scientist’s Mind with a Coach’s Heart”

Linda Selner Vasquez is the founder and a Money Mindset Mentor, Certified Professional Coach, and Speaker at Gateway to Abundance LLC. She is dedicated to helping coaches, speakers, and entrepreneurs break through financial and personal barriers. With an MBA and extensive business experience, Linda specializes in challenging and transforming limiting beliefs around money and success, empowering her clients to achieve greater abundance in their lives and businesses.

As a Certified Sacred Money Coach, Linda utilizes her deep understanding of money archetypes to guide her clients in discovering their money codes and aligning their true personalities with their businesses. Her work is rooted in the belief that real transformation occurs when individuals let go of what no longer serves them and fully embrace their potential. As a devoted animal lover, Linda donates a portion of her profits to animal charities, reflecting her commitment to making a positive impact.

CEO, inviteCHANGE, ICF Master Certified Coach and Accredited Educator Janet M. Harvey, best-selling author of the award-winning leadership and coaching book, Invite Change. Lessons from 2020, The Year of No Return is CEO of inviteCHANGE, a human development organization specializing in generative learning and coaching that shapes a world where people love their life’s work. As a visionary leader in the global professional coaching industry, Janet Harvey is an International Coaching Federation Master Certified Coach and Accredited Educator who has engaged leaders, teams, and global enterprises to invite change that sustains well-being and performance excellence. As Janet shares, “coaching in its many forms has at its root the effect of awakening consciousness and doing so in a highly accelerated fashion that improves productivity and financial outcomes while also generating a healthier workplace climate.” Janet Harvey uses her executive and entrepreneurial experience to cultivate leaders in Generative Wholeness™, their signature generative coaching and learning process to be future fit.

Branding Strategist & Founder, Greatest Story Creative®

Annie Franceschi is a former Disney storyteller-turned-branding expert. In 2013, she quit a dream job telling stories at The Walt Disney Studios to start her practice, Greatest Story Creative®. Since then, Annie has advised hundreds, spoken for thousands, and been featured in Forbes. Along the way, she's become known for helping coaches confidently tell their stories, streamline their practices, and grow their greatest businesses without stressing social media. She’s written two bestselling books: "Establish Yourself" and "Permission to Try," and her first children’s book, "Small Biz for Kids," arrives this fall. She's a Duke University graduate, avid Muppets fan, and happy citizen of Durham, NC - where she lives with her husband, Gus, and her favorite toddler/superhero, Leo.

After teaching high school for over ten years, Sandra was hired at Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence as a Master Trainer & Program Coach. She then opened the Clifton Corner, a safe space to support overwhelmed students who struggle with issues of perfection, motivation, organization, learning differences, school shame, and academic anxiety. As a Board-Certified Educational Therapist & PCC in private clinical practice for over eighteen years, Sandra’s specialty is serving Gifted, Sensitive & Twice-Exceptional students. During the pandemic, Sandra attended Bridges Graduate School and completed an internship at the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa. Last fall, she successfully defended her dissertation on highly sensitive, twice-exceptional students and received her doctorate in Cognitive Diversity.

Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC, EMCC, is the author of 'StoryJacking: Change Your Dialogue, Transform Your Life,' 'The Reflective Coach,' and 'Light Up: The Science of Coaching with Metaphors.' She is also the host of the Coaching Studio Podcast. Lyssa is a recovering Therapist, Confidence Coach, Certified Mentor Coach, Coaching SUPERVision Partner, ICF PCC Assessor, and coaching educator. In 2018, Lyssa began developing the groundbreaking Power of Metaphor Program. This innovative program equips coaches to harness their clients' metaphors, a crucial element in fostering stronger agreements, trust, and powerful embodied awareness. In 2022, she introduced the Updated Credentialing Exam PREP, a resource that has significantly aided over 5,000 coaches in preparing for the updated ICF Exam, a testament to her profound impact on the coaching industry. In all her work, Lyssa is committed to improving the coaching community by enhancing the quality and impact of the coach-client relationship.

Mary Cravets is an award-winning Client Generation Expert and International Speaker who helps coaches grow their businesses without working nights and weekends.She’s heard all the confusing and conflicting advice out there - so she isn’t surprised that most coaches struggle to establish a sustainable business. But she’s here to change that. Using her methods, the majority of Mary’s clients quickly increase their income 50% or more. Clients range from the former CFO of Microsoft North America to coaches in their first few years of business. Mary is also a huge fan of roller coasters, obsessed with otters and proud Mom to her cat Inigo Montoya.

Dani Fox, MBA, is a seasoned coach and hypnotherapist with over 25 years of experience, specializing in the integration of coaching and hypnotherapy to create transformative client experiences. Drawing on a diverse background that includes clinical hypnotherapy, mindfulness, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and life coaching, Dani tailors her approach to meet the unique needs of each client. Her expertise lies in seamlessly blending these modalities to empower individuals to overcome limiting beliefs, release deep-seated emotions, and achieve their personal and professional goals. Dani’s approach is holistic, addressing both the conscious and subconscious mind to facilitate lasting change. She believes in the power of the mind-body connection and uses it to help clients unlock their full potential. Dani’s compassionate, strategic, and science-based methods guide clients on a journey of self-discovery, leading to profound growth and the realization of their highest aspirations.

Sharmin Banu coaches senior leaders in tech with diverse backgrounds to develop their emotional intelligence (EQ) and Executive Presence, resulting in leadership excellence, team collaboration, and desired career transitions. In 2009, as a hardcore software engineering manager at Microsoft, Sharmin, discovered her passion for helping people grow, leading to a courageous leap into coaching. As a fierce champion of the coach approach, Sharmin has served as the President of the ICF Washington Chapter, spoken at various events, and has written numerous articles and white papers. Sharmin’s firsthand experience with people from different cultural backgrounds puts her uniquely positioned to coach the diverse workforce in today’s world. She has managed and coached people from various countries, diverse ethnic/racial backgrounds, and sexual orientations.

Amy Schoen, an ICF PCC since 2016 and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) since 2005, is deeply committed to fostering lasting and meaningful relationships. With a focus on coaching both singles and couples, she guides them toward creating loving and enduring life partnerships. As the visionary behind the Motivated to Marry Dating Secrets Coaching Program, Amy empowers individuals to navigate the complexities of dating and relationships. Her expertise extends beyond personal coaching; she also has an ICF-certified, continuing education training, where she trains and certifies Professional Life Coaches in the Motivated to Marry(R) Relationship coaching methodology. Amy Schoen is the Author of the acclaimed book “Get It Right This Time: How to Find and Keep Your Ideal Romantic Relationship”, available on Amazon.com and her website, www.motivatedtomarry.com. Amy continues to inspire and transform lives through her work, one relationship at a time.

Kelli Hendrickson, PhD, PCC, is a dedicated Career and Leadership Coach, helping professionals in STEM fields, particularly women with PhDs, find more Success, Time, Energy, and Meaning in their careers. As President of Pathmakers Coaching, she specializes in empowering individuals to overcome barriers, define their leadership style, and thrive in their careers. Kelli is also committed to the coaching profession as a Certified Mentor Coach, supporting the development of aspiring coaches.

Kelli has held leadership roles in the coaching community, including serving as President of the ICF Raleigh Area Chapter and co-authoring a pivotal white paper on coaching in higher education. Kelli’s contributions extend through her involvement with the Higher Education Coaches Special Interest Group, where she fosters growth and resilience in professionals navigating the academic landscape.

Outside of coaching, Kelli enjoys exploring the outdoors and staying connected with her love for the ocean.