Jennifer Koster, ACC, PhD
Dr. Jennifer Koster is the DEIB Engagement Manager at the International Coaching Federation, where she leads global engagement strategies, supports member resource groups across regions, and develops inclusive learning experiences that reflect the evolving needs of the coaching profession. She works closely the VP of DEIB, to build alignment and expand programming that fosters equity, access, and belonging. With a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, an ACC credential, and a background in higher education, Jen brings clarity, strategy, and a touch of humor to every project—whether she’s designing a course, managing engagement, or making complex concepts actually make sense. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jen-koster/
Holding the Line: Coaching as an Act of Allyship
Dr. Jennifer Koster is the DEIB Engagement Manager at the International Coaching Federation, where she leads global engagement strategies, supports member resource groups across regions, and develops inclusive learning experiences that reflect the evolving needs of the coaching profession. She works closely the VP of DEIB, to build alignment and expand programming that fosters equity, access, and belonging. With a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, an ACC credential, and a background in higher education, Jen brings clarity, strategy, and a touch of humor to every project—whether she’s designing a course, managing engagement, or making complex concepts actually make sense. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jen-koster/
Holding the Line: Coaching as an Act of Allyship
Alli Lake
Alli Lake, PCC, PhD, is a strategic leader dedicated to advancing coaching and leadership development. As director of strategic initiatives at the International Coaching Federation (ICF), she partners with global teams to shape high-impact strategies, streamline operations, and develop cutting-edge resources. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Alli specializes in leadership development, emotional intelligence, and CliftonStrengths. She earned her PhD in Educational Policy and Evaluation from the University of Kentucky, where her dissertation explored the role of coaching in the development of self-authorship and agency of university students. Renowned for her engaging workshops and ability to connect with professionals at all levels, Alli is deeply committed to lifelong learning and empowering individuals to unlock their full potential through transformative, strategic coaching.
Enhancing Coaching Practice: Exploring the New ICF Mentor Coaching and Coaching Supervision Competencies
Global Coaching Insights: Outcomes from the 2025 Coaching Job Analysis and Competency Updates
Alli Lake, PCC, PhD, is a strategic leader dedicated to advancing coaching and leadership development. As director of strategic initiatives at the International Coaching Federation (ICF), she partners with global teams to shape high-impact strategies, streamline operations, and develop cutting-edge resources. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Alli specializes in leadership development, emotional intelligence, and CliftonStrengths. She earned her PhD in Educational Policy and Evaluation from the University of Kentucky, where her dissertation explored the role of coaching in the development of self-authorship and agency of university students. Renowned for her engaging workshops and ability to connect with professionals at all levels, Alli is deeply committed to lifelong learning and empowering individuals to unlock their full potential through transformative, strategic coaching.
Enhancing Coaching Practice: Exploring the New ICF Mentor Coaching and Coaching Supervision Competencies
Global Coaching Insights: Outcomes from the 2025 Coaching Job Analysis and Competency Updates
Carylynn Larson
Carylynn Kemp Larson is a dynamic professional speaker who helps leaders and teams navigate change and build resilient, connected cultures. Her work spans corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors, and she has served on faculty at The George Washington University, USA, and The American University, USA. She holds a doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology from George Mason University, USA, has tens of thousands of hours of coaching and consulting experience, and brings more than 17 years of leadership experience in a mental health nonprofit. Carylynn is excited to deliver her Spotlight Talk on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Break Through: How Healing Community Supports Our Success
Carylynn Kemp Larson is a dynamic professional speaker who helps leaders and teams navigate change and build resilient, connected cultures. Her work spans corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors, and she has served on faculty at The George Washington University, USA, and The American University, USA. She holds a doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology from George Mason University, USA, has tens of thousands of hours of coaching and consulting experience, and brings more than 17 years of leadership experience in a mental health nonprofit. Carylynn is excited to deliver her Spotlight Talk on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Break Through: How Healing Community Supports Our Success
David Lipsky
David Lipsky helps leaders and teams unlock their collective potential to drive innovation and achieve extraordinary results. Through coaching and facilitation, he accelerates alignment on key goals, enabling focused execution. His strengths-based approach fosters the right conversations at the right time, engaging and energizing people for success. David has delivered results in global organizations including Bank of America, KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Walmart, Sony, and UNICEF. As head coach at Samsung SEA, he leads a global coaching culture initiative. He writes, speaks, and teaches on leadership and sustainability, hosts the Leadership Secret Sauce podcast, and authored The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook.
Building a Coaching Culture: Overcoming Organizational Imposter Syndrome
David Lipsky helps leaders and teams unlock their collective potential to drive innovation and achieve extraordinary results. Through coaching and facilitation, he accelerates alignment on key goals, enabling focused execution. His strengths-based approach fosters the right conversations at the right time, engaging and energizing people for success. David has delivered results in global organizations including Bank of America, KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Walmart, Sony, and UNICEF. As head coach at Samsung SEA, he leads a global coaching culture initiative. He writes, speaks, and teaches on leadership and sustainability, hosts the Leadership Secret Sauce podcast, and authored The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook.
Building a Coaching Culture: Overcoming Organizational Imposter Syndrome
Toral Livingston-Jha
Toral Livingston-Jha, PCC, is passionate about working with individuals and teams committed to making positive change and creating impact. For more than 20 years, she has provided organizational development, team management, and client relations within organizations focused on environmental, social, and educational causes. Toral is the lead mentor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Certified Professional Coach Program and incorporates cultural humility into mentoring. As a mother, woman of color, and second-generation American from Gujarat, India, she understands navigating uncertainty, welcoming diverse perspectives, and honoring individual identity.
Embracing Cultural Humility in Coaching
Toral Livingston-Jha, PCC, is passionate about working with individuals and teams committed to making positive change and creating impact. For more than 20 years, she has provided organizational development, team management, and client relations within organizations focused on environmental, social, and educational causes. Toral is the lead mentor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Certified Professional Coach Program and incorporates cultural humility into mentoring. As a mother, woman of color, and second-generation American from Gujarat, India, she understands navigating uncertainty, welcoming diverse perspectives, and honoring individual identity.
Embracing Cultural Humility in Coaching
Lindsay Madaschi
Lindsay Fletcher is an ICF-certified leadership coach and Vice President of People Development, Culture and Belonging at Allianz Commercial. With over a decade of global experience spanning London, Tokyo, New York and now Chicago, Lindsay leads enterprise-wide strategies that elevate inclusive leadership, build coaching cultures, and future-proof talent. His work has earned recognition through ATD BEST Awards, Great Place to Work certification, and high-impact programs that drive measurable ROI. Lindsay is passionate about helping leaders unlock their potential and fostering workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Unlocking Organizational Potential: The Impact of Workplace Career Coaching
Lindsay Fletcher is an ICF-certified leadership coach and Vice President of People Development, Culture and Belonging at Allianz Commercial. With over a decade of global experience spanning London, Tokyo, New York and now Chicago, Lindsay leads enterprise-wide strategies that elevate inclusive leadership, build coaching cultures, and future-proof talent. His work has earned recognition through ATD BEST Awards, Great Place to Work certification, and high-impact programs that drive measurable ROI. Lindsay is passionate about helping leaders unlock their potential and fostering workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Unlocking Organizational Potential: The Impact of Workplace Career Coaching
Lisa Madaschi
Lisa Madaschi is a career coach specializing in leadership and professional growth, working with corporate clients to navigate career transitions and build impactful careers. With a background in corporate communication and brand marketing, she understands the challenges coaches face in building independent businesses. To give back to the coaching community, Lisa helps fellow coaches establish their brands, position themselves as experts, and attract ideal clients. Using neuroscience, storytelling, and strategic branding, she equips coaches with the tools to build sustainable businesses beyond coaching platforms and third-party companies, empowering them to thrive in a competitive market.
The Neuroscience of Branding: How Your Brand Builds Trust and Influence
Lisa Madaschi is a career coach specializing in leadership and professional growth, working with corporate clients to navigate career transitions and build impactful careers. With a background in corporate communication and brand marketing, she understands the challenges coaches face in building independent businesses. To give back to the coaching community, Lisa helps fellow coaches establish their brands, position themselves as experts, and attract ideal clients. Using neuroscience, storytelling, and strategic branding, she equips coaches with the tools to build sustainable businesses beyond coaching platforms and third-party companies, empowering them to thrive in a competitive market.
The Neuroscience of Branding: How Your Brand Builds Trust and Influence
Dumisani Magadlela
Dumi Magadlela is an executive coach, team coach, coach trainer, and leadership skills development facilitator. He is a founding board member of the Africa Board for Coaching, Consulting, and Coaching Psychology (ABCCCP), an association promoting professional coaching across Africa. He co-founded and chaired the Ubuntu Coaching Foundation (UCF) at The Coaching Centre (TCC) in South Africa. The foundation helps previously disadvantaged communities access often unaffordable coaching services. He served as the ICF Global Board Chair from 2023-2024 and currently serves on multiple coach-development faculties globally. He coaches leaders and executives across diverse sectors. Dumi lives in Johannesburg and works globally.
Crisis Response for Coaches: Finding Stillness in Turmoil
Dumi Magadlela is an executive coach, team coach, coach trainer, and leadership skills development facilitator. He is a founding board member of the Africa Board for Coaching, Consulting, and Coaching Psychology (ABCCCP), an association promoting professional coaching across Africa. He co-founded and chaired the Ubuntu Coaching Foundation (UCF) at The Coaching Centre (TCC) in South Africa. The foundation helps previously disadvantaged communities access often unaffordable coaching services. He served as the ICF Global Board Chair from 2023-2024 and currently serves on multiple coach-development faculties globally. He coaches leaders and executives across diverse sectors. Dumi lives in Johannesburg and works globally.
Crisis Response for Coaches: Finding Stillness in Turmoil
Patricia Mathews
Pat Mathews is president of Mathews Associates, a coaching practice dedicated to supporting leaders as they build productive partnerships, teams, and workplaces. She is an RN and holds a Master of Arts in health administration. She also holds a leadership coaching certificate from Georgetown University, USA, and is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation. Pat served on the ICF Global Board of Directors for five years and as vice chair in 2016. She is a founding faculty member of Georgetown’s Institute for Transformational Leadership and co-author of Professional Coaching Competencies: The Complete Guide (2018) as well as several other publications.
COACHBOCK Unveiled: Your Guide to the New ICF Body of Competencies and Knowledge
Pat Mathews is president of Mathews Associates, a coaching practice dedicated to supporting leaders as they build productive partnerships, teams, and workplaces. She is an RN and holds a Master of Arts in health administration. She also holds a leadership coaching certificate from Georgetown University, USA, and is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation. Pat served on the ICF Global Board of Directors for five years and as vice chair in 2016. She is a founding faculty member of Georgetown’s Institute for Transformational Leadership and co-author of Professional Coaching Competencies: The Complete Guide (2018) as well as several other publications.
COACHBOCK Unveiled: Your Guide to the New ICF Body of Competencies and Knowledge
Jeremy May
Jeremy May is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified executive coach, leadership consultant, and TEDx speaker. Over the past 8 years, Jeremy has worked internally with organizations to help leaders improve DEIB efforts, navigate the complexities of change, manage conflict effectively, and build their awareness of self and others. Prior to that, he spent 3 years as a frontline leader in the retail community bank where he led multiple branches. Jeremy has a Master’s in Organizational Leadership. When not working with leaders, Jeremy spends his time with his wife and 2 kids and enjoys flexing his competitive muscles in strategy board games and pickleball.
Holding the Line: Coaching as an Act of Allyship
Jeremy May is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified executive coach, leadership consultant, and TEDx speaker. Over the past 8 years, Jeremy has worked internally with organizations to help leaders improve DEIB efforts, navigate the complexities of change, manage conflict effectively, and build their awareness of self and others. Prior to that, he spent 3 years as a frontline leader in the retail community bank where he led multiple branches. Jeremy has a Master’s in Organizational Leadership. When not working with leaders, Jeremy spends his time with his wife and 2 kids and enjoys flexing his competitive muscles in strategy board games and pickleball.
Holding the Line: Coaching as an Act of Allyship
