Conference Education Committee
2011 Conference Education Steering Committee
The following ICF members have volunteered their time and expertise to help create a high caliber educational opportunity for you in Las Vegas! As coaches, they know what you want from an ICF Conference because it's what they want too!
Lynn Meinke, PCC (USA) – Chair, 2011 Conference Education Steering Committee
Innovative and thought-provoking, Lynn is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with over 30 years experience in the human development field as a nurse, psychotherapist, educator, Life Coach and Mentor Coach. She is currently the Director of Skills Development for The Institute for Life Coach Training. She is also the founder of Coaching Services International, offering a full range of coaching services to individuals and organizations in the United States and Europe. Lynn is a cum laude graduate of Ramapo College with a bachelor's of science in psychology. She received n master's degree in psychology from Columbia University and did post-graduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute.
With several other coaches, Lynn worked to develop the Life Satisfaction Survey. Research using the survey was presented at the 2006 ICF Research Symposium. Inviting coaches to become more active in research, Lynn and several colleagues presented "Demystifying Research" at the 2007 ICF Annual International Conference. One of Lynn's passions is assisting coaches to professionally and comfortably address difficult topics while maintaining the coaching paradigm. Lynn has led several presentations on this topic at ICF Annual Conferences and at the 2004 ICF European Conference in Norway. Lynn also co-chairs the Art of Coaching subcommittee.
Lori-Anne Demers, MCC (Canada) – Co-chair, Global Conversations Area of Focus Subcommittee
With 20 years experience as a facilitator, developer and trainer of professional coaching, Lori-Anne designs programs and processes, consults in communications, and coaches individuals and teams to achieve their personal and professional goals. She focuses her business on coaching leaders in organizations and communities and training individuals in professional coaching through professional growth workshops, retreats and various conferences. Lori-Anne co-founded the Royal Roads Executive Coaching Certification Program and has worked with Erickson College to create "The Art and Science of Coaching" program and accreditation application. In 2007, The Demers Group launched its own Professional Coach Training Program, "Core Passion Coaching." Lori-Anne is an ICF Assessor, and in 2000 was nominated for the Women of Distinction Award for her work in training and development. Lori-Anne also co-chairs the Global Conversations subcommittee.
Giuseppe Totino, ACC (Turkey) – Co-chair Art of Coaching Area of Focus Subcommittee
Giuseppe's corporate career began in the UK when he was headhunted to join the international team of a multinational telecommunications company. From there he pursued a career that led him to work among people with diverse backgrounds and cultures. His experience includes launching the London-based operations of an international financial group, advising FTSE 250 at a "Big 4" consulting company, becoming a UK chartered tax advisor and setting up his own organization active over two continents and for which he was the CEO, before becoming a professional coach. His coaching interest is the result of his will to see and connect to what he calls "the best side of a human being," which he can observe, experience and value when in a coaching relationship with a client. His purpose consists in supporting his clients through coaching to unleash the enormous capacities that lie within them. He is eager to contribute to his clients' success, and to observe how, by unleashing that richness, they can reach extraordinary results in any endeavor, at work and in life. Giuseppe adheres to the ICF form of coaching which honors the client as the expert in his/her life and work, and concurs with the ICF philosophy of coaching that every client is creative, resourceful and whole. He is currently on the faculty of the International Coach Academy where he runs the Executive Coaching Community of Practices, and coaches comfortably in English, Italian and Spanish. Giuseppe also co-chairs the Art of Coaching subcommittee.
Katerina Kanelidou, ACC (Greece) – Co-chair Art of Coaching Area of Focus Subcommittee
Katerina Kanelidou, MA, ACC, CTT, is an ICF Associate Certified Coach and a Certified Trainer's Trainer. With a strong background in drama-therapy, adult education, training, group analysis and sports science, she worked for 15 years with teams and individuals as a therapist, educator, coach and trainer's trainer. In 2009, she founded her own coaching company. Based in Athens, she provides business and executive coaching and training services, working globally with leaders and their teams for the creation of a high performing environment and positive change. She specializes in transformational leadership, team development and executive on boarding.
Tom Krapu, PCC (USA) – Co-chair, Science of Coaching Area of Focus Subcommittee
Tom is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and has served on ICF’s Research Committee, most recently as committee chair and is current co-chair of ICF’s Education Committee. He is an experienced speaker, having presented at numerous national and international conferences and corporate events, including ICF’s Research Symposium and Annual International Conferences. Trained as a counseling psychologist, Tom has worked in both academic and private sectors, drawing from his extensive practical and real world experience in his work with clients and as a consultant. His professional coaching experience includes delivering international individual and group coaching initiatives in organizations from Fortune 50 companies and higher education settings to smaller for profit and nonprofit organizations and government, financial and healthcare sectors. He has also provided individual coaching services to clergy from the congregational to the bishop level as well as to people in transition and entrepreneurs. He has trained "managers as coaches", presents nationally to professionals transitioning to the coaching profession and teaches advanced curriculum on the development and use of 360 survey instruments.
David Gray (UK) – Co-chair, Science of Coaching Area of Focus Subcommittee
David is Professor of Management Learning at the University of Surrey, UK, having previously worked at the London Stock Exchange where he was director of a national training development initiative for the UK securities industry. His research interests, and publication record, include research methods (with a focus on research design and quantitative and qualitative methods), management learning (particularly coaching and mentoring), reflective learning, and e-learning. David teaches on Surrey's MBA programme (which is AMBA and ASCSB accredited) and has been responsible for curriculum innovations, including the introduction of action consultancies, action learning sets and reflective management practice. He is a member of the International Coach Federation’s global research committee, and is an experienced coach having worked in organizations ranging from large corporations, to small and medium enterprises and the voluntary sector.
Manon Dulude, PCC (Canada) – Co-chair, Practice of Coaching Area of Focus Subcommittee
Manon is the founder of Forge Coaching & Consulting located in Ontario, Canada. Manon is currently completing her doctorate degree in Human Development and Coaching with the International University of Professional Studies. She holds a master's degree in professional studies and creativity development from Pratt Institute, New York. She also is trained in mediation through the Windsor School of Law. Manon is an ICF Assessor with the Credentialing Committee of the International Coach Federation. Manon coaches in the private, financial and government sectors. She is passionate about coaching leaders and teams which are looking to engage in effective communication to build trust and develop collaborative organizational cultures. Manon's past experiences as a trauma debriefer with groups such as the Canadian Coast Guard during the Swissair disaster search and rescue operations have taught her that the resilience and determination of the human spirit are limitless. Manon also co-chairs the Practice of Coaching subcommittee.
Jeanne Erikson, Ph.D., PCC (USA) – Co-chair, Practice of Coaching Area of Focus Subcommittee
Jeanne provides wellness and serenity coaching to small businesses that have the goal of improving employee health and retention. She also coaches and trains management groups about lowering stress and improving happiness. She is faculty advisor for several Ph.D. students who are researching coaching, was the 2008 and 2009 chair of the ICF Ethics and Standards Committee, and will be teaching ethics to coaching students. She is a dedicated yoga practitioner, sings with the Wichita (Kansas, USA) Symphony Chorus as a hobby, and has grandchildren who keep her laughing.
Lisa Kramer, PCC (USA) - Co-chair, Global Conversations Area of Focus Subcommittee
Lisa is a professional coach, facilitator and author. Her business, Living with Intention LLC, specializes in Life and Leadership Coaching, coach training, and Mentor Coaching. Lisa's vision is a world inhabited by people who have the tools to consciously create their best lives--to live with intention. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Social Work and received her certification from the Coaches Training Institute. Lisa is on the faculty of the UT Dallas Executive Coaching Program and a senior faculty member of the Institute for Life Coach Training. She is passionate about supporting newer coaches in their professional development. She is the author of Loving with Intention: A Guide for Relationship Coaching. For more information, visit Lisa online at http://www.livingwithintention.com/.
Krissy Jackson, PCC (Switzerland)
Krissy has been actively involved in the International Coach Federation since 2005. It was Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais who said that his goal was to "make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant." that really struck a chord with Krissy, and when in 2003 she discovered coaching she felt that this was the element that had been missing throughout her research. "A person can be introduced to many things, but in the end you can only help them by enabling them to help themselves. Change must come from the heart of the individual who is changing not from some outside force" she says. Fascinated by what makes some people successful and others not, Krissy has studied the mind body connection for the past 15 years. Everything from aromatherapy massage, acupuncture, different forms of exercise and nutrition, and finally Feldenkrais (a cross between yoga and Physiotherapy). Having earned her Certified Professional Coach (CPC) designation from the International Coach Academy and her Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation, Krissy an accomplished facilitator, went on to work as a team leader/coach for several well-known signature-coaching programs. She now specialises in working with women in IT and has been successfully coaching both private clients and groups for the past six years.
SUBCOMMITTEE
Karen Ramsey, ACC (USA) - Art of Coaching
Lynn Skotnitsky (Canada) - Art of Coaching
Joanne Schlosser, ACC (USA) - Global Conversations
Lene Ronning-Arnesen, PCC (Norway) - Practice of Coaching
Claudine Bergeron, MCC (Canada) - Practice of Coaching
Nancy Branton, PCC (USA) - Science of Coaching
Laura Belsten, MCC (USA) - Science of Coaching