Katie is a professional certified coach, mentor and educator who has worked in the fields of personal development, psychology and education for 15+ years. She is known for her exceptional intuition, compassion, and ability to connect deeply with her clients and students. She is passionate about enlivening wholeness, agency and self-acceptance in her clients and students, partnering with them to transform limiting beliefs and patterns, find greater work/life balance and cultivate strong communication skills for more sustainable relationships and a more purpose-driven and fulfilling life. She has advanced training in Leadership Development, Group Facilitation, Non-Violent Communication and has a specialization in working with complex and relational trauma.

Bonnie is passionate about her work as an executive coach and trainer. Bonnie specializes in leadership development and has extensive experience supporting leaders in increasing organization competencies, achieving organizational results and leading with impact. Clients have included Senior Executives, political appointees, and other leaders in HUD, USDA Forest Service, General Service Administration, HHS, Dept of Ed., NSA, DoD, Army, FDA and other government agencies. Bonnie has also worked with clients in hospitals (Children’s National Medical Center, D.C.), industry (Best Buy) and non profit organizations such as MercyCorps and FHI360.

Erin is the other co-founder of ACT Leadership. Erin is an executive coach, trainer and organizational consultant who support’s leaders and organizations to act with greater purpose, authenticity, and impact. Through coaching, consulting, and leadership development, Erin helps individuals, teams and organizations achieve alignment, clarity, and results. Erin has trained over thousands of individuals to become certified coaches to lead with greater impact.  She has designed and executed large scale coaching programs with Fortune 100 companies, the Federal Government and humanitarian organizations.  Prior to entering the field of coaching and development, Erin was a change and organizational consultant for PwC and for the Federal Government. She has delivered coaching and leadership programs in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Mike is one of the co-founders of ACT Leadership and has over 25 years consulting, training and coaching experience with large professional services organizations. He qualified as a Professional Certified Coach through the ICF and has worked with over 100 clients from leading international organizations. He co-created the ICF-accredited ACSTH coaching certification program, “Leadership and Performance Coaching” which is being delivered worldwide across a number of organizations including 500 senior leaders in the federal government. Mike is also a CPA and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Robin Rose, Ph.D. has worked at Brown University for 44 years in senior level administrative positions, overseeing critical divisions at Brown. Throughout her career she has been a creative force in utilizing experiential education to inspire young people and transform the lives and careers of professionals. Her leadership in these roles has earned her a national reputation for innovation.

As the chief student affairs officer, Rose directed the growth of Brown’s state of the art student services including: the residential system and programming, health services, the counseling center, crisis management team, support for students with disabilities, and support for historically underrepresented groups. With a background in Counseling Psychology Rose also developed Brown’s comprehensive mental health outreach program.

Rose created and developed the Leadership Institute, a program focused on leadership and social justice for talented high school students from around the world. She also served as the Senior Associate Dean for Pre-College programs which included close to 6,000 high school students from around the world in summer academic experiences.

More recently she has provided engaging instruction in the practice of leadership to Executive Masters students and participants in custom corporate programs at Brown University and with students in leadership and performance coaching programs. As an instructor she wins high praise from students for her powerful insights, energy, humor and compassion. She creates inclusive learning environments that both challenge and support students. She often teaches sessions on coaching, managing difficult conversations, adaptive leadership, diversity and inclusion and human resilience. She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has a private practice. In her teaching and coaching she helps leaders in corporate and non-profit organizations to be creative, resourceful and have a positive impact on the world.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts, The College of Wooster
Master of Arts, University of Connecticut
Doctor of Philosophy, Counseling Psychology, University of Connecticut

A former Marine officer, combat veteran, and black man with 25 years of experience in talent development, Christopher supports leaders to embrace the vulnerability, courage, and compassion required in elevating their leadership influence and creating leaders with greater impact and results. He has worked in government, healthcare, and banking to help grow internal leadership talent and capacity.

Sydney has more than 30 years of experience educating, executive coaching and facilitating experiential leadership development in the non-profit, education, government and private sectors. She brings both a passion and a commitment to the processes of growth and transformation in her clients. Her expertise working in a diversity of cultures with both individuals and teams as they navigate change, has provided her the opportunity to work globally.