Karen Cappello
Karen Cappello, MCC, BCC, works with business and executive coaches to increase impact and accelerate revenue. Karen has trained coaches for six different organizations before founding her own ICF-accredited education program called Leverage for Leaders. In every area of her business and life, Karen’s passion for both the outer and the inner game is evident. With her exuberant style and her commitment to living by her own values, vision and purpose, Karen is a role model for other coaches who want to grow their businesses and achieve success with ease and joy.
La Dolce Vita: Sustainable Business Growth Through Coaching Supervision
Karen Cappello, MCC, BCC, works with business and executive coaches to increase impact and accelerate revenue. Karen has trained coaches for six different organizations before founding her own ICF-accredited education program called Leverage for Leaders. In every area of her business and life, Karen’s passion for both the outer and the inner game is evident. With her exuberant style and her commitment to living by her own values, vision and purpose, Karen is a role model for other coaches who want to grow their businesses and achieve success with ease and joy.
La Dolce Vita: Sustainable Business Growth Through Coaching Supervision
Angela Carter
Human resource developer, adult educator, and leadership coach could be the taglines for Dr. Angela Carter. With previous career experience in various leadership and learning function roles spanning property management, high-tech, and manufacturing, Dr. Carter is devoted to leader development, cultural competency, and organizational learning. Holding an ICF ACC credential and contributing to the ICF's Diversity Department and Global Diversity Council, she advances diversity through data analytics. Her research focus includes leadership, coaching, mentoring, and critical human resource development.
ICF Demographic Data Update: 2022–2024 Insights
Human resource developer, adult educator, and leadership coach could be the taglines for Dr. Angela Carter. With previous career experience in various leadership and learning function roles spanning property management, high-tech, and manufacturing, Dr. Carter is devoted to leader development, cultural competency, and organizational learning. Holding an ICF ACC credential and contributing to the ICF's Diversity Department and Global Diversity Council, she advances diversity through data analytics. Her research focus includes leadership, coaching, mentoring, and critical human resource development.
ICF Demographic Data Update: 2022–2024 Insights
Sophia Casey
Sophia Casey is a Master Certified Coach (MCC), executive coach, and consultant with over 20 years in learning and development, serving global corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies. She is CEO of ICLI RISING, an ICF-accredited coach training school, and a Founder of the International Black Coaches Alliance (IBCA). Sophia helps lead ICF’s Coaching Education Assessor Community and serves as an advisor for the ICF Mentor Coaching & Coaching Supervision and ICF Global Diversity Councils.
She trained and mentored thousands of coaches worldwide and consults for Google, ACLU, TJ Maxx, and Dress for Success. Sophia was named USA Today’s Top Transformational Coach and voted as the Best Coach for the Americas. She is a bestselling author completing her ninth and tenth books—one chronicling her MCC journey, and the other on advanced team coaching. Sophia champions increased access to coaching as a tool for all to experience dignity, inclusion, and opportunity.
Elevating Coaching Education: Unpacking the New ICF Coach Educator Competencies
Sophia Casey is a Master Certified Coach (MCC), executive coach, and consultant with over 20 years in learning and development, serving global corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies. She is CEO of ICLI RISING, an ICF-accredited coach training school, and a Founder of the International Black Coaches Alliance (IBCA). Sophia helps lead ICF’s Coaching Education Assessor Community and serves as an advisor for the ICF Mentor Coaching & Coaching Supervision and ICF Global Diversity Councils.
She trained and mentored thousands of coaches worldwide and consults for Google, ACLU, TJ Maxx, and Dress for Success. Sophia was named USA Today’s Top Transformational Coach and voted as the Best Coach for the Americas. She is a bestselling author completing her ninth and tenth books—one chronicling her MCC journey, and the other on advanced team coaching. Sophia champions increased access to coaching as a tool for all to experience dignity, inclusion, and opportunity.
Elevating Coaching Education: Unpacking the New ICF Coach Educator Competencies
Luigi Centenaro
Luigi is a Personal Branding Strategist and Managing Partner of BigName.pro, the people innovation specialist. He has collaborated on Personal Branding, Talent Development with AI, and Work Innovation with leading international corporates and institutions such as SDA Bocconi, IE Madrid, St. Gallen University, and ESSEC Singapore. As an international speaker, he has presented in cities including São Paulo, Amsterdam, Paris, Orlando, and Kuala Lumpur, among others. He is also an author and curator of numerous publications on Personal Branding and Professional Innovation. Luigi is the lead developer of the Personal Branding Canvas, which is the world's most widely used visual tool for Personal Branding and is also included in the Career Innovation Toolkit. More information can be found at https://bigname.pro/
How to Use AI to Grow Your Coaching Practice and Expand Your Personal Brand
Luigi is a Personal Branding Strategist and Managing Partner of BigName.pro, the people innovation specialist. He has collaborated on Personal Branding, Talent Development with AI, and Work Innovation with leading international corporates and institutions such as SDA Bocconi, IE Madrid, St. Gallen University, and ESSEC Singapore. As an international speaker, he has presented in cities including São Paulo, Amsterdam, Paris, Orlando, and Kuala Lumpur, among others. He is also an author and curator of numerous publications on Personal Branding and Professional Innovation. Luigi is the lead developer of the Personal Branding Canvas, which is the world's most widely used visual tool for Personal Branding and is also included in the Career Innovation Toolkit. More information can be found at https://bigname.pro/
How to Use AI to Grow Your Coaching Practice and Expand Your Personal Brand
Michelle Chambers
Michelle Chambers, ACTC, PCC, M.Ed., is an award-winning executive and team coach, speaker, published author, and thought leader. Through Teams Matter™, she helps clients elevate individual, team, and organizational effectiveness. Michelle is program director for Organization Development and Change at the Schulich Executive Education Centre and also serves as a coach educator. Passionate about fostering collaborative learning, she contributes as a thought leader to the ICF/ACMP joint task force and is a recipient of the ICF Prism Award. Join her for a session filled with stories, strategies, and inspiration to elevate your team coaching practice.
Beyond Change: How Team Coaching Fuels Sustainable Transformation
Michelle Chambers, ACTC, PCC, M.Ed., is an award-winning executive and team coach, speaker, published author, and thought leader. Through Teams Matter™, she helps clients elevate individual, team, and organizational effectiveness. Michelle is program director for Organization Development and Change at the Schulich Executive Education Centre and also serves as a coach educator. Passionate about fostering collaborative learning, she contributes as a thought leader to the ICF/ACMP joint task force and is a recipient of the ICF Prism Award. Join her for a session filled with stories, strategies, and inspiration to elevate your team coaching practice.
Beyond Change: How Team Coaching Fuels Sustainable Transformation
Tamala Chirwa
Tamala Chirwa is an ICF Professional Certified Coach and registered mentor coach specializing in executive, leadership, and group/team coaching. She is a Leadership Emotional Intelligence Performance Accelerator (LEIPA) facilitator and coach trainer, certified to debrief assessment tools including DiSC, the Center for Creative Leadership’s Benchmarks 360 Assessments, WorkPlace Big Five Profile, Influence Style Indicator, Conflict Dynamics Profile, and WorkLife Indicator. A Vital Voices Leadership Fellow and member of the VV100 network, Tamala serves as board chairperson of Mudzi Connect Malawi, board member of World Connect Global, board trustee of the ICF Foundation, and member of the ICF Global Diversity Council.
Harnessing the Power of Coaching for Social Impact
Tamala Chirwa is an ICF Professional Certified Coach and registered mentor coach specializing in executive, leadership, and group/team coaching. She is a Leadership Emotional Intelligence Performance Accelerator (LEIPA) facilitator and coach trainer, certified to debrief assessment tools including DiSC, the Center for Creative Leadership’s Benchmarks 360 Assessments, WorkPlace Big Five Profile, Influence Style Indicator, Conflict Dynamics Profile, and WorkLife Indicator. A Vital Voices Leadership Fellow and member of the VV100 network, Tamala serves as board chairperson of Mudzi Connect Malawi, board member of World Connect Global, board trustee of the ICF Foundation, and member of the ICF Global Diversity Council.
Harnessing the Power of Coaching for Social Impact
Malissa Clark
Malissa Clark is an associate professor of industrial-organizational psychology, associate head of the psychology department, and director of the Healthy Work Lab at the University of Georgia, USA. A 2024 Thinkers 50 Radar list member, Malissa is an expert on workaholism, burnout, and employee well-being. Her debut book, Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business — and How to Fix It (2024), was named one of the top management books of the year. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Malissa serves on the NIOSH Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Council.
Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business and How to Fix It
Malissa Clark is an associate professor of industrial-organizational psychology, associate head of the psychology department, and director of the Healthy Work Lab at the University of Georgia, USA. A 2024 Thinkers 50 Radar list member, Malissa is an expert on workaholism, burnout, and employee well-being. Her debut book, Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business — and How to Fix It (2024), was named one of the top management books of the year. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Malissa serves on the NIOSH Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Council.
Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business and How to Fix It
Joan Cook, MCC
Joan Cook is an executive coach with more than 30 years of experience. After transitioning from marketing management in the early ’90s, she pioneered executive coaching, working with senior leaders in industries such as banking, health care, and technology. At EY, she supports partners through career transitions and leads high-performing team initiatives in the U.S. and Latin America. Her global perspective is shaped by early career experience in Mexico and ongoing work in Latin America. She holds a Master of Arts in human resource management, an MBA, and is a founding ICF member with an MCC credential.
The Power & Practice of Internal Coaching: Fresh Research, Real Insights, and What’s Next
Joan Cook is an executive coach with more than 30 years of experience. After transitioning from marketing management in the early ’90s, she pioneered executive coaching, working with senior leaders in industries such as banking, health care, and technology. At EY, she supports partners through career transitions and leads high-performing team initiatives in the U.S. and Latin America. Her global perspective is shaped by early career experience in Mexico and ongoing work in Latin America. She holds a Master of Arts in human resource management, an MBA, and is a founding ICF member with an MCC credential.
The Power & Practice of Internal Coaching: Fresh Research, Real Insights, and What’s Next
Amani Core
A former high school Chinese teacher turned leadership development facilitator, Amani leverages education and design principles to unlock growth for individuals and organizations. In his current role, he has co-designed and delivered over 30 customized workshops for Fortune 500 executive teams, blending creative strategy, facilitation techniques, and next-generation technology to help leaders translate challenges into actionable roadmaps. Amani studied Chinese and Philosophy at Middlebury College and earned his Master of Management Science in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University’s Schwarzman Scholars, deepening his commitment to cross-cultural understanding. Now an International Coaching Federation Foundation Scholarship recipient, he is pursuing the ICF ACC credential to make learning and development accessible across all ages, roles, and neurotypes.
Opening the Door: Making Coaching Education Accessible to Future Generations
A former high school Chinese teacher turned leadership development facilitator, Amani leverages education and design principles to unlock growth for individuals and organizations. In his current role, he has co-designed and delivered over 30 customized workshops for Fortune 500 executive teams, blending creative strategy, facilitation techniques, and next-generation technology to help leaders translate challenges into actionable roadmaps. Amani studied Chinese and Philosophy at Middlebury College and earned his Master of Management Science in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University’s Schwarzman Scholars, deepening his commitment to cross-cultural understanding. Now an International Coaching Federation Foundation Scholarship recipient, he is pursuing the ICF ACC credential to make learning and development accessible across all ages, roles, and neurotypes.
Opening the Door: Making Coaching Education Accessible to Future Generations
