Every journey needs a guide. At ICF Converge 2025, our speakers are trailblazers, deep thinkers, and change-makers helping to lead the way forward in coaching. Explore the voices behind the sessions — and discover the insights they’re ready to share with you.

Carrie Spaulding
Carrie Spaulding
Carrie Spaulding, PCC, is a coach, speaker, facilitator, trainer, improviser, educator, nomad and human. More than 20 years of professionally performing, teaching and directing improvisation have empowered Carrie to thrive in each of these identities. Using her distinctively creative, experiential and outside-the-box approach, Carrie helps individual clients, teams, coaches, leaders and organizations harness the power of improvisation to be more effective, engaged, collaborative, agile, self-aware, confident and compassionate in all aspects of work and life. In her private coaching as The Thirtysomething Coach, Carrie helps thirtysomethings break through Thirtysomething Panic and create careers, relationships and lives they love. Learn more at http://carriespaulding.com.
I’m not a Robot: Level Up Your Key Differentiators in an AI World







Elaine Taylor-Klaus
Elaine Taylor-Klaus
Elaine Taylor-Klaus, MCC, CPCC, co-founded the first global coaching organization for parenting neurodiverse kids (ImpactParents.com). The mom in a complex family of five, she co-created a comprehensive and empowering collaborative problem-solving method for fostering independence: the Impact Model for taking a coach-approach to parenting complex kids. An author, speaker, coach and trusted advisor, Elaine is the co-creator of Sanity School® for Parents and the Sanity School® Certification Program for professionals, co-author of Parenting ADHD Now! Easy Intervention Strategies to Empower Kids with ADHD, and the author of The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety and More.
Neuro-Informed Coaching: Functional Literacy is A Hidden Competency


Hélène Thériault
Hélène Thériault
Hélène Thériault is a world-renowned speaker, holistic coach, and educator. With her company Function First Coaching, she is on a mission to change the face of healthcare by empowering service providers, professionals, and leaders to build sustainable practices and improve patients' clinical outcomes.

With her proprietary and accredited methodology “Dive Into a Coach Approach™”, Hélène trains and certifies healthcare professionals with a holistic framework that combines the best coaching practices, proven leadership skills, strength-based models, and a rich toolkit designed to boost business growth and create lasting results for patients.

Hélène is also a registered occupational therapist and works as a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia. She holds a Master of Adult Education degree from St. Francis Xavier University.

When she’s not making waves in the healthcare industry, you can find Hélène skiing with her husband and two kids or playing beach volleyball in one of the breathtaking spots in British Columbia.

Learn more about Hélène’s training programs and coaching services here: https://www.functionfirstcoaching.com/
The Mental Well-Being Imperative: Coaching Beyond Burnout




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