Kemia Sarraf
Kemia Sarraf, MD, MPH, RCC, TIPC, or “Dr. K,” completed her Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health at the University of Utah and her internal medicine residency at Washington University School of Medicine. Her career spans more than two decades and has included medical practice and education, trauma-responsive executive coaching and leadership training programs, public health programming, multiple board positions in the public and private sectors, and farming. Dr. K founded Lodestar in 2016, responding to the need for trauma-responsive coaching for physician colleagues reporting high levels of severe burnout, vicarious trauma, and moral injury. Her work has since expanded to include consulting work across multiple industries, leadership training, and trauma-responsive culture building.
Overwhelmed and Uncertain! Essential Coaching Skills for Navigating Times of High Uncertainty
Kemia Sarraf, MD, MPH, RCC, TIPC, or “Dr. K,” completed her Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health at the University of Utah and her internal medicine residency at Washington University School of Medicine. Her career spans more than two decades and has included medical practice and education, trauma-responsive executive coaching and leadership training programs, public health programming, multiple board positions in the public and private sectors, and farming. Dr. K founded Lodestar in 2016, responding to the need for trauma-responsive coaching for physician colleagues reporting high levels of severe burnout, vicarious trauma, and moral injury. Her work has since expanded to include consulting work across multiple industries, leadership training, and trauma-responsive culture building.
Overwhelmed and Uncertain! Essential Coaching Skills for Navigating Times of High Uncertainty
Tamica Sears
Tamica Sears, founder of Sears Coaching and author of the book “How to Tell if You’re An A**Hole Boss” is a life-long learner and advocate for human potential. With two decades in HR and coaching, her expertise is only half the story. As an HR professional, Tamica champions creating inclusive, innovative work cultures. She's also passionate about equipping leaders and teams to strive for authenticity, become self-reflective, and achieve success. Despite her dedication to work, Tamica never loses sight of personal growth — aspiring to be not just a better coach, but a better human every day.
Moving Beyond Limiting Beliefs to Coach Clients Through Discrimination and Institutional Betrayal
Tamica Sears, founder of Sears Coaching and author of the book “How to Tell if You’re An A**Hole Boss” is a life-long learner and advocate for human potential. With two decades in HR and coaching, her expertise is only half the story. As an HR professional, Tamica champions creating inclusive, innovative work cultures. She's also passionate about equipping leaders and teams to strive for authenticity, become self-reflective, and achieve success. Despite her dedication to work, Tamica never loses sight of personal growth — aspiring to be not just a better coach, but a better human every day.
Moving Beyond Limiting Beliefs to Coach Clients Through Discrimination and Institutional Betrayal
Harvey Seifter
Harvey Seifter is a leading authority on future-ready leadership, organizational creativity, and arts-based learning. His company, Creating Futures That Work, provides experiential learning using the arts to develop innovative leaders and high-performing teams. Harvey founded the NSF-funded Art of Science Learning Research Center, conducting groundbreaking research establishing causal links between arts-based learning and enhanced creative thinking, collaboration, and innovation. From 2012-23, he taught 25,000+ business leaders at GE's Crotonville Global Leadership Development Center. A classically trained musician, Harvey led arts organizations including Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Magic Theatre, garnering five Grammy Awards and the Kennedy Center Award.
Innovation Begins With “I:" Experiential Learning for Leaders and Coaches
Harvey Seifter is a leading authority on future-ready leadership, organizational creativity, and arts-based learning. His company, Creating Futures That Work, provides experiential learning using the arts to develop innovative leaders and high-performing teams. Harvey founded the NSF-funded Art of Science Learning Research Center, conducting groundbreaking research establishing causal links between arts-based learning and enhanced creative thinking, collaboration, and innovation. From 2012-23, he taught 25,000+ business leaders at GE's Crotonville Global Leadership Development Center. A classically trained musician, Harvey led arts organizations including Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Magic Theatre, garnering five Grammy Awards and the Kennedy Center Award.
Innovation Begins With “I:" Experiential Learning for Leaders and Coaches
Rashmi Shetty
Rashmi is founder and director of The Third Eye. With a master’s degree in public administration, she draws inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita. Her background in broadcasting led to her discovery of the power of VOICE, which now forms the foundation of her coaching framework. She coaches CXOs and women transitioning to senior leadership roles to enhance their vocal presence. A national and international award winner for scripting and narrating radio documentaries, Rashmi is also an award-winning podcaster, known for her weekly human library audio podcast, U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty.
Empowering Organizations in Crisis: The Role of Coaching for Resilience and Recovery
Rashmi is founder and director of The Third Eye. With a master’s degree in public administration, she draws inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita. Her background in broadcasting led to her discovery of the power of VOICE, which now forms the foundation of her coaching framework. She coaches CXOs and women transitioning to senior leadership roles to enhance their vocal presence. A national and international award winner for scripting and narrating radio documentaries, Rashmi is also an award-winning podcaster, known for her weekly human library audio podcast, U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty.
Empowering Organizations in Crisis: The Role of Coaching for Resilience and Recovery
Bridgette Simmonds
Bridgette Simmonds, known as The Queen of Belief, is a transformational coach, keynote speaker, and business mentor empowering leaders, high achievers, and coaches to reach their full potential. With more than 20 years in leadership, mindset mastery, and Fortune 500 experience, she blends strategy, wellness, and bold belief-shifting to drive lasting success. As founder of Bridgette Simmonds International, she’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal and recognized as one of Tampa Bay’s Top 15 Coaches. Through retreats, keynotes, and experiential coaching, Bridgette helps others break free from limitations, redefine success, and create lives of purpose, impact, and fulfillment.
The #1 Skill Separating High-Paid Coaches from Everyone Else — It's Not Strategy
Bridgette Simmonds, known as The Queen of Belief, is a transformational coach, keynote speaker, and business mentor empowering leaders, high achievers, and coaches to reach their full potential. With more than 20 years in leadership, mindset mastery, and Fortune 500 experience, she blends strategy, wellness, and bold belief-shifting to drive lasting success. As founder of Bridgette Simmonds International, she’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal and recognized as one of Tampa Bay’s Top 15 Coaches. Through retreats, keynotes, and experiential coaching, Bridgette helps others break free from limitations, redefine success, and create lives of purpose, impact, and fulfillment.
The #1 Skill Separating High-Paid Coaches from Everyone Else — It's Not Strategy
Tracy Sinclair
Tracy Sinclair, MCC, is a multi-award-winning coach dedicated to developing the coaching profession. Named to the inaugural Coaches50 list in 2024, she received ICF's Impact Award for Distinguished Coach in 2023 and won Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards in 2019 and 2021. Tracy served as an ICF Global Board Director (2016-2021) and UK ICF president (2013-2014). She co-authored Becoming a Coach and founded Coaching with Conscience, specializing in coaching for social impact. With clients including Goldman Sachs, BMW, and Shell, Tracy transforms organizations and individuals through powerful conversations that inspire thinking, feeling, and acting differently.
From Coached to Coach: Gen Z Is Changing the Game
Tracy Sinclair, MCC, is a multi-award-winning coach dedicated to developing the coaching profession. Named to the inaugural Coaches50 list in 2024, she received ICF's Impact Award for Distinguished Coach in 2023 and won Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards in 2019 and 2021. Tracy served as an ICF Global Board Director (2016-2021) and UK ICF president (2013-2014). She co-authored Becoming a Coach and founded Coaching with Conscience, specializing in coaching for social impact. With clients including Goldman Sachs, BMW, and Shell, Tracy transforms organizations and individuals through powerful conversations that inspire thinking, feeling, and acting differently.
From Coached to Coach: Gen Z Is Changing the Game
Keith Skillman, CAE
Keith Skillman, CAE, is the principal in Skillman Media Strategies LLC, which he formed following a career in association management spanning 35-plus years, including 31 with the American Society of Association Executives. Through his consultancy, Keith develops content strategies and helps organizations create and express their content though publications (including guides to their professional bodies of knowledge), web sites, and other vehicles.
While at ASAE—in roles ranging from managing editor to editor in chief and vice president of publishing—Keith led content achievement in magazines and other periodicals, books and other information products, and research-content dissemination (via the ASAE Research Foundation). Keith also served as staff leader for ASAE volunteer groups including the ASAE ForesightWorks Advisory Group.
Keith is a Certified Association Executive and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University.
COACHBOCK Unveiled: Your Guide to the New ICF Body of Competencies and Knowledge
Keith Skillman, CAE, is the principal in Skillman Media Strategies LLC, which he formed following a career in association management spanning 35-plus years, including 31 with the American Society of Association Executives. Through his consultancy, Keith develops content strategies and helps organizations create and express their content though publications (including guides to their professional bodies of knowledge), web sites, and other vehicles.
While at ASAE—in roles ranging from managing editor to editor in chief and vice president of publishing—Keith led content achievement in magazines and other periodicals, books and other information products, and research-content dissemination (via the ASAE Research Foundation). Keith also served as staff leader for ASAE volunteer groups including the ASAE ForesightWorks Advisory Group.
Keith is a Certified Association Executive and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University.
COACHBOCK Unveiled: Your Guide to the New ICF Body of Competencies and Knowledge
Deborah (Sunni) Smith
As an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Sunni Smith is the principal of her own
coaching and consulting enterprise that specializes in executive/leadership development.
Among others, she has provided strategic and innovative professional services for leaders
at Salesforce, National Arts Strategies (NAS), Genentech within the Roche Group, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the UCLA Anderson MBA Program.
With a background in counseling, business, and law, Sunni earned certifications in Team
Advantage Coaching®, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and Conversational Intelligence®(C-IQ)
as well as several other coaching modalities and assessments. She is distinguished as a
trained, accredited facilitator in Coaching Supervision and was awarded an EMCC
Supervision Quality Award in 2022. Her latest certification is with Creating Futures that
Work® (CFTW), including its LISA (Leadership Innovation Skills Assessment) instrument.
She was also recently recruited to facilitate Group Coaching Supervision for Coaching for
Social Justice (CSJ).
Innovation Begins With “I:" Experiential Learning for Leaders and Coaches
As an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Sunni Smith is the principal of her own
coaching and consulting enterprise that specializes in executive/leadership development.
Among others, she has provided strategic and innovative professional services for leaders
at Salesforce, National Arts Strategies (NAS), Genentech within the Roche Group, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the UCLA Anderson MBA Program.
With a background in counseling, business, and law, Sunni earned certifications in Team
Advantage Coaching®, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and Conversational Intelligence®(C-IQ)
as well as several other coaching modalities and assessments. She is distinguished as a
trained, accredited facilitator in Coaching Supervision and was awarded an EMCC
Supervision Quality Award in 2022. Her latest certification is with Creating Futures that
Work® (CFTW), including its LISA (Leadership Innovation Skills Assessment) instrument.
She was also recently recruited to facilitate Group Coaching Supervision for Coaching for
Social Justice (CSJ).
Innovation Begins With “I:" Experiential Learning for Leaders and Coaches
Francesca Smith
Fran Smith, PCC MSc, is an experienced leadership coach with a deep passion for addressing the climate crisis. After her own climate awakening in 2020, she became a facilitator for Climate Cafes and educational workshops, helping others move from fear and despair to hope and action.
Originally from the UK and now based in Brazil, Fran founded the Brazilian community of the Climate Coaching Alliance in 2024. She holds an ICF-approved certification in Climate Change Mastery and has increasingly integrated her climate values into both her personal and professional life. She runs workshops for coaches and helps corporate clients navigate the complexities of climate change.
As part of an international research group, Fran is currently interviewing coaches successfully integrating climate change into their work. She is thrilled to share their insights and the practical implications for coaching at this conference.
Breaking New Ground: Exploring the Landscape of Climate Coaching
Fran Smith, PCC MSc, is an experienced leadership coach with a deep passion for addressing the climate crisis. After her own climate awakening in 2020, she became a facilitator for Climate Cafes and educational workshops, helping others move from fear and despair to hope and action.
Originally from the UK and now based in Brazil, Fran founded the Brazilian community of the Climate Coaching Alliance in 2024. She holds an ICF-approved certification in Climate Change Mastery and has increasingly integrated her climate values into both her personal and professional life. She runs workshops for coaches and helps corporate clients navigate the complexities of climate change.
As part of an international research group, Fran is currently interviewing coaches successfully integrating climate change into their work. She is thrilled to share their insights and the practical implications for coaching at this conference.
Breaking New Ground: Exploring the Landscape of Climate Coaching
