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2010-2011 Board Members
President - Susan Slocum, CPC
414-510-9393
slocum.susan@gmail.com
 Susan
is a Certified Professional Coach, speaker and trainer/facilitator. In 2008
she established TSAB consulting and coaching, aka, Transitional Strategies for
Aspiring Baby-Boomers, and expanded and broadened her knowledge and options
by becoming a certified coach through iPEC’s coaching program.
Susan has been involved with mentoring and training for over 25 years. She
has trained and coached start-up business and served as a mentor and coach for
many organizations. She has wide ranging career experience in the non-profit
and volunteer world. Her passion has always been to help make a difference in
people’s lives and the organizations that serve them. It is that passion
that brings her to CCF.
Her main focus is on career and transition counseling and coaching. She brings
many years of growth and change in her own life to her coaching and blends her
professional and personal knowledge and experience to help others achieve their
goals and dreams. She works with individuals and groups to help them identify
and achieve the results they desire in their personal and professional lives.
She particularly enjoys working with individuals who are ready to make major
changes in their lives and/or to get energized about their careers again.
Susan believes we are never too old, savvy or busy to incorporate coaching
into our demanding lives. She is inspired by her clients as they become more
resourceful as they work to develop their true potential and is energized by
their passion to live their lives to their fullest.
Susan is currently partnering with Interfaith and the Mature Workers Resource
Center providing career and transition services through workshops, small groups
and one-on-one programs. Additionally, Susan was co-founder and president of
MEC, a non-profit which won an award for best emerging organization in 2005,
has been the CEO of two non-profit organizations and has been chairman or president
of many non-profit organizations and major fundraising events.
She is very excited to be involved in the coaching community. She considers
board participation as the perfect opportunity to learn about, grow with and
advocate for the coaching community’s visibility and viability.
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President Elect - Kam Gupta
847-612-4244
citkam@gmail.com
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Executive coach. Graduate of iPEC
• President, Continuous Improvement Technology. Established in 1991, the
company is dedicated to creating effective leadership and customer focused excellence
for individuals and organizations.
• Motivational / Keynote Speaker, Leadership Trainer, writer and author.
Management consultant and coach.
• Past Chair, ASQ’s Human Development & Leadership Division.
• Member of the Board of Directors (2004-2008) of American Society for
Quality (A 100,000 member professional organization).
• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Prior jobs included Vice President,
Plant Manager, and positions in project management & Quality.
• Writer and Author of regular newspaper column and articles on leadership
in Journal of Quality and Participation (JQP).
• Served as an examiner for the MBNQA and Lincoln Award for Business Excellence
(ABE).
• Two children – Daughter (Vidooshi), MD, Nephrology, and Son (Vikas)
Electrical and Bio-Engineer.
• Hobbies: Anything that I have not tried before. Working without the
‘box’.
• Thoughts about CCF: A phenomenal platform for all members to explore
their fullest potential and then share with those we touch.
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Treasurer - Sue Koch
http://soaringsolutions.net
773-844-4438
sue@soaringsolutions.net
 Sue
Koch spent 15 years in consulting and corporate roles building and managing
the internal business systems and organizational structures of small technology
companies in Chicago. Joining companies in new or growth phases gave her exceptional
coverage in all aspects of running a business. This provided keen insight into
what it takes to succeed in both the short and long term, and what needs to
be in place to sustain a growing business and retain productive, happy employees.
Her management experience and style has proven very effective in mentoring
staff, mediating conflict, and ensuring that people are given the opportunity
to grow and thrive as they deserve. Her training as a professional business
and life coach at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching provides
the formal training, structure and toolset to support what Sue has been offering
employees and peers for many years. The result of a positive environment and
thriving happy employees is a successful business.
Sue's personal experience in career transition, personal trauma as well as
performance fitness & injury recovery position her well to coach others
navigating transitions. Her strength lies in guiding clients to achieve goals
with great success and motivation while coming from a place of compassion and
understanding.
Passionate about the exceptional power of coaching she created Chicago based
Soaring Solutions, LLC.
Sue is also an AFFA certified Zumba instructor who loves bringing another source
of fun, energy and motivation to others through this passion.
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Secretary - Raechel Anderson Dressler, MBA, CPC
630-215-4857
RaechelAD@gmail.com
 Raechel
is a certified professional coach and founder and owner of The W.A.Y. Coaching.
Raechel coaches two very distinctive groups of people: those planning a wedding
and those who are affected by mental illness. While they are two vastly different
types of clients, her passion for coaching both stems out of passions that Raechel
has: event planning, big picture and perspective mastery, empathy and understanding
for the mentally ill and their families, and moving forward “regardless.”
Raechel’s professional background includes extensive experience in corporate
and business administration. In 1996, Raechel began a 10-year journey with the
desire to work from the “ground up” to fully appreciate all aspects
of leadership and management in businesses. Over the course of those 10 years,
Raechel served in nearly all roles that exist in today’s small to mid-size
businesses, starting as a receptionist and ending as a President and Chief Executive
Officer. Since then, Raechel has primarily acted as an outside consultant for
many small to mid-sized businesses, but still maintains some Vice President
and Board roles.
Additionally, Raechel is an inspirational speaker on mental illness and participates
on a speaker’s circuit for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Raechel draws on her own personal experiences when she speaks and relates to
a variety of audiences, such as students of psychology and psychiatry in undergraduate,
graduate, and medical schools; physicians and psychiatrists; mental illness
support groups; family and church groups; and the patients in local psychiatric
units. One of Raechel’s life purposes is to be a part of the eradication
of stigma attached to mental illness.
Raechel is married to Peter, a lawyer, accountant, and outside controller.
She has a beautiful and brilliant 12-year old step-daughter, Alene, and has
the blessing of participating in the upbringing of her adorable and amazing
3-year old niece, Ellie Belle. Other immediate family members include 2 black
cats: Igloo (a/k/a Moose or Iggy) and Barrett (a/k/a Pookies or Trouble).
Raechel has a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy, History, and Political Science
from Judson College and a Masters in Business Administration from Northern Illinois
University. Raechel’s coach training was done through the Institute of
Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), from which she received the designation
of Certified Professional Coach.
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Alliance - Denise Bouchard, ACC, CPCC
847-372-5839
phoenixdmb@aol.com
Denise is the ultimate entrepreneur having started her first successful company
at the age of twenty two. She overcame two obstacles in her first business venture;
one being her age and the second being a woman in the then male dominated world
of telecommunications. While successfully building this venture she not only
sold products and services but installed them as well. Her coaching skills started
to be developed here as she trained her clients not only on the use of her equipment
but on how to increase their business through the use of technology.
While being a partner in several successful telecommunications companies she
was called upon to speak at seminars held for entrepreneurs. She spoke not on
how technology worked but how to grow your business using telecommunications.
She also conducted in-house training classes on the use of these products in
growing their businesses. She soon found that she was developing open communications
between her client’s management and the people they managed.
Her enjoyment in helping other entrepreneurs achieve their dreams made her
realize that she should look at this coaching as a new business idea. Upon investigation
she found many coaches that were not skilled in coaching giving this profession
a bad name.
Determined to bring her professional reputation to the coaching arena she searched
for the knowledge that would ensure her success. She enrolled in the Coaches
Training Institute where she earned her Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
(CPCC) designation.
She works with her clients to identify their roadblocks and set realistic goals.
She provides clarity, focus and encouragement to support the client in reaching
those goals. Denise helps her clients identify and remove obstacles to their
success and performance by coaching them to understand themselves in a whole
new way.
Denise brings an honest, empathetic, strong, intuitive style and is totally
committed to serving her clients. She is able to bring to her clients a quiet
stability that makes it easy for them to collaborate. She has established a
strong reputation for her ability to apply organizational and motivational skills,
as well as humor, to improve business results.
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Alliance - Shawna Myers
www.thecatalystcoach.com
847-424-8323
shawna@thecatalystcoach.com
 Shawna
Myers is an Organization Development Consultant, Entrepreneur and Certified
Professional Coach. She works with individuals, groups, businesses and education
systems to inspire them to achieve greater levels of success.
Shawna holds a Master of Science in Organization Development from Loyola University,
Chicago and is a Certified Core Energy Coach. She has taught meditation and
worked with the Enneagram for over 10 years. Shawna follows her passion for
teaching by serving as Adjunct Faculty, teaching courses at both Depaul University,
in the School for New Learning, and also Loyola University in the Graduate School
of Business. Prior to starting her own business, Shawna worked as an OD Consultant,
Trainer and Coach within Health Care, Small Business and Corporate settings.
Most recently, Shawna has created the Freedom Mastermind Group to support other
women entrepreneurs to transform their businesses from ones that run their lives,
to businesses that bring freedom and truly support them in having the time,
money and energy that they desire for their business, their families and their
lives!
Shawna is available for individual, group and corporate coaching and training.
She lives in Evanston, IL with her husband and three young children.
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Communications - Patricia Perkins, PMP, CPCC
www.patriciaperkins.com
312-808-9940
pat@patriciaperkins.com
 Patricia
is a Leadership and Life Coach, consultant and professional speaker dedicated
to teaching emerging leaders how to advance their career and advance their life.
She focuses on helping professionals design their life and career goals, take
massive action consistent to those goals and obtain sustainable results. Patricia
specializes in communication and leadership, team building and work life balance.
As a native of Chicago, Patricia understands hard work and “to whom much is
given, much is required". Bringing over 20 years of corporate experience into
her coaching engagements, Patricia has a proven track record of achieving results
and a unique background in Personal, Professional and Business Development including
Team Building and Program Management.
Patricia’s background has granted her the opportunity to work in leadership
positions with such billion dollar firms as AON Corporation, Sara Lee, RR Donnelley
and Hewitt Associates. While serving these great organizations, she has lead,
trained and coached teams in size from 5 – 50+ to execute projects and programs
ranging from $1M - $100MM in budget. Her primary focus areas have been in the
Sales and Marketing, Finance and Administration and Technology.
Patricia earned her Masters in Management Information Systems from Roosevelt
University and holds the distinguished Project Management Professional (PMP)
designation from the Project Management Institute. She is a certified Professional
Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Coaches Training Institute and an authorized
distributor of Inscape Publishing's DiSC® assessments.
Her professional memberships include the International Coach Federation (ICF),
BPCA Coach Alliance, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Patricia was recently
elected for the Board of the Chicago Coach Federation and has served on both
of the Executive Boards of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. and
the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) Chicago Chapter.
Executive clientele list includes: Chicago Tribune, CI International, IT Senior
Management Forum, Hewlett-Packard, Jenkins Construction, Johnson Controls, KPMG,
MaddoxSmye, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Magellan Associates LLC, P&G, Saint Francis
Medical Center and the University of Miami.
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Member at Large - Lynn Banis, PhD, MCC
www.discoverypointcoaching.com
847-998-9882
lynn@coachacademytexas.com
www.coachacademytexas.com
 Lynn
Banis is a Master Certified Coach and Certified NLP Coach who has devoted over
thirty years to the development of human and organizational potential. She is
recognized for her clarity of thought, her ability to ask deep questions, and
her business acumen. Lynn’s coaching includes developing star players
in the corporate arena by leveraging the person’s strengths with respect
to personal, professional, and organizational goals. In addition to executive
coaching, Lynn is a talented instructional designer, researcher, and tele-seminar
leader. She also is deeply involved in preparing new coaches for certification
and in helping them build their businesses.
Lynn is forthright, future-focused and drives towards solutions. She quickly
establishes trust with her clients and helps them meet their objectives. Whether
Lynn is working with individuals or groups, her clients say she really “hears”
them and that she has been instrumental in guiding them through complex, often
difficult situations.
In addition to founding Discovery Point Coaching, Lynn is Chief Coaching Officer
for Turnkey Coaching Solutions, a global business and life coach program management
company; and is Managing Director of Coaching for Coach Academy Texas, a cutting
edge coach training company that is developing the NEXT GENERATION of coaches.
Previously, she was a Senior Manager, Performance Consulting with Andersen
Worldwide and focused her efforts improving leadership development and managing
large scale change. Earlier, she held executive positions in large healthcare
organizations in leadership development, training, and quality management. She
began her career as an educator.
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Marketing - David Kaiser
www.darkmatterconsulting.com
773-454-7606
Davidwkaiser@yahoo.com
 David
Kaiser, Ph.D., has helped dozens of clients to pull themselves out of the guilt,
fear and stress of stalled projects and guide them through to successful completion.
Dave trained at the Coaches Training Institute and certified by the International
Coaching Federation. He has 20 years of corporate and academic experience.
Dave has worked in Finance, Marketing and Project Management at blue-chip
companies including Marriott, MCI and General Growth Properties. He also holds
a Doctorate in Linguistics from the University of Chicago, a Masters in Russian
from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelors in Finance from Georgetown University
(go Hoyas!). Dave has lived in Russia, serving as a US-AID consultant, and studied
in Poland. He speaks Russian fluently and some Polish. He is certified to use
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Campbell Leadership Index, LH-Step, FIRO-B,
Emotional Competence Inventory, and has extensive experience using Process Communications
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Marketing - Laura Menze
www.lifequestalliance.com
847-650-6503
LMenze@LifeQuestAlliance.com
 Laura
is the owner and Executive Coach at LifeQuest Alliance, Inc. located in Libertyville,
IL, a company that specializes in Helping Good People Become Great through business
and life coaching for individuals and groups. She holds a BA in Communications,
an MBA in International Business, and is expected to earn her CPCC (Certified
Professional Co-Active Coach) credential in 2010.
Prior to starting LifeQuest Alliance, Laura’s career was in international
marketing where she served as the Global Marketing Communications Manager at
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings in Waukegan, IL. At present, Laura is a member
of the International Coaching Federation, Infinity Foundation of Highland Park,
the Libertyville Noon Rotary Club, and a Board Member of the Chicago Coaching
Federation. She also provides an array of workshops at the College of Lake County
Job Center and volunteers her coaching services at Fresh Start of Illinois,
a non-profit organization in Libertyville focused on helping people succeed
in their career transition.
Inspiring others to dream big and take the steps necessary toward living the
life of their dreams is her true passion.
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Membership - Pamela Marte, CPCC
www.insideoutcoachingservices.com
847-946-6562
pmarte@insideoutcoachingservices.com
 Pamela
Marte founded Inside/Out Coaching in the Chicago area in 2006, with more than
20 years of experience in sales, personal coaching, sales training, education
program development and management. She is a Certified Professional Co-active
Coach (CPCC) who works with Executives, Teams, Entrepreneurs and Individuals
in Transition.
In her 16 year career with a major corporation, Pamela gained a broad perspective
on business, holding both local and national positions in Chicago, New York
and San Francisco.
She focuses on helping professionals to advance their careers and achieve their
personal objectives through a combination of coaching and consulting. Pamela
combines her past experience and expertise with results-driven techniques to
help her clients improve their presence and achieve their goals. She enjoys
speaking to businesses and groups on topics relevant to their growth and potential.
In addition to being a Chicago Coach Federation board member, she is a member
of the board of directors for the Schaumburg Business Association and was the
chair person for their Women’s Business Institute. Pamela is also an Ambassador
for the Greater O’Hare Association.
Some of the organizations Pamela has worked with are: First Midwest Bank, RSM
Mc Gladrey, Schaumburg Business Association, Judson University, Greater O’Hare
Association, Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau, Northwest Suburban
Senior Coalition, Executives Networking Group.
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Membership - Ken A. Carlson
www.authenticdevelopment.com
847-873-9559
ken@authenticdevelopment.com
 Ken
Carlson, owner of Authentic Development, has a passion for helping people come
alive.
Ken has an extensive background in science marketing and teaching at the university
level. With various leadership roles at small businesses and large corporations,
Ken discovered that coaching his associates and students was what he was made
to do. In 2008, he made his dream a reality by starting Authentic Development.
Authentic Development’s name comes out of a belief that people will not
change until they learn the truth about themselves. Change must come from the
inside and a one on one relationship with a coach or a friend is the best way
for people to make the choices that will help them reach their goals.
Ken believes that the most important things in life are relationships. Their
influence will be the only thing that outlasts this life. His most critical
relationships are with his wife Rachel, his college-aged son Andy, and high
school daughter Molly. Ken and Rachel love to travel together—especially
the Caribbean. Andy is studying software engineering at MSOE with the goal of
designing video games. Finally, Molly and dad’s favorite activity together
is watching Temperance Brennan and Booth on the TV show “Bones.”
Ken loves the outdoors and relishes a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area as often as possible. Ken is also a triathlon freak, having done eight
in the last 18 months—including an IronMan 70.3 in July 2010.
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Programs - Beth Bradfish
www.bethbradfish.com
773-276-1970
marybeth@bethbradfish.com
 Executives
typically come to Beth with a business problem. Through our work they find the
solution and more. They align their life with their deepest intentions. As they
expand their focus, they see themselves making a difference in the lives of
others. They realize the full breath of their strengths and have a deep appreciation
for what they bring to life. Beth Bradfish has been helping clients define and
realize their aspirations for more than 20 years. Beth provides private coaching
for professionals in the areas of career success and personal development.
Coaching process: BBI coaching uses an approach that combines the
tenets of positive psychology with the latest research in neurobiology. This
foundation for the coaching process gives each client specific practices tailored
to their needs and strengths.
Results: Given the coaching process and practices of BBI, clients
are able to:
- Succeed at realizing their most heart-felt aspirations.
- Achieve a deep sense of integrity by building on their recognized strengths
and essence. (Knowledge about strengths is attained through validated assessments
and 360o feedback.)
- Create a desired future through targeted self-assessment and visioning
exercises.
- Transform their lives through positive daily practices combined with a
focus on clearly defined intentions (both short and long term).
- Discover, define and expand on their unique calling in life.
- Live joyfully knowing they are fully who they are meant to be.
- Have the flexibility to adjust and change in small and large ways as deep-rooted
intentions are freed and allowed to be expressed.
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Programs - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli, PHR
www.professionalsuccesscoaching.com
1-866-610-5468
sheila.boysen@professionalsuccesscoaching.com
 Sheila
is a Coach, Human Resources professional, Assistant Professor and Ph.D. candidate.
As a coach, she works with individuals and groups to help them find their passion,
ideal career and reach important life goals.
She is finishing her coach education at the University of Texas at Dallas in
their Executive, Professional and Career Coaching program and will be receiving
her ACC certification at the end of this year. Her doctoral studies at Benedictine
University in Organization Development include extensive research on Coaching
and Talent Management. She holds Bachelors of Science in Marketing from the
University of Illinois, an MBA in Organization Behavior from Northern Illinois
University and a Professional Human Resources certification from the Human Resources
Certification Institute.
She is currently a part time instructor at Kendall College, Capella University
and the City Colleges of Chicago. Her passion is training, education and coaching
individuals and groups to help them be as successful as possible.
Sheila is available for individual, group and corporate coaching and training.
She lives in Rolling Meadows, IL with her husband.
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Special Events- Denise Brown
www.caregiving.com
773-343-6341
denise@caregiving.com
 Denise
M. Brown, a certified professional coach, helps family caregivers of aging relatives
find the answers to their questions: Why me? Why now? What now? She also coaches
large and small businesses interested in reaching family caregivers.
Denise began working with family caregivers in 1990, launching Caregiving.com
in 1996. Her insights about the family caregiver experience have been featured
in Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal and Chicago
Tribune.
Her Internet talk show, Your Caregiving Journey, airs weekly at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/caregiving.
She has authored two books for family caregivers: Take Comfort, Reflections
of Hope for Caregivers and The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful
Journey. Her workshops about the caregiving experience are regularly rated
as excellent or very good; she counts LifeCare, Inc., a national work-life benefits
company, among her clients.
Denise received her training in 2004 through IPEC and is credentialed by the
International Coach Federation. She’s also on the board for Guild for
the Blind.
Denise is available for speaking engagements, as well as one-on-one and group
coaching. Contact Denise to schedule your complementary coaching call. You also
can follow her on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/caregiving
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Past President - Ben Dooley, PCC
www.bedo.org/coaches
630-484-2336
ben@bedo.org
 Do you
BeDo? That's what I sure want to know. You know, this coaching thing is pretty
cool. After discovering I could use the first two letters of my name to accurately
describe my philosophy in coaching, I’ve been busy trying to let that message
out. “Once we’re clear on who or how we want to BE, the DO-ing simply falls
into place. After all, we're human BE-ings right? Not Human DO-ings.” (Yeah,
I know, a little cliché, but it’s true, right?) I’ve done just about every coach
training there is at CTI, and somewhere along the line, I made the conscious
choice to BE a coach, and although the road has been challenging, it’s also
rewarding. With commitment, support and focus, the DO-ings have been pouring
in and keeping me an extremely busy boy.
In fact, what the heck was I thinking when I took on this CCF Board position?
Well, actually, it makes perfect sense and is in alignment with my passion and
purpose.
You see, I am committed to building and growing powerful coaches. That’s my
specialty—working with coaches to not only get the most out of their training
and skill development, but to also discover their “Inner Coach” so they can
BE powerful and confident coaches, and DO successful coaching, in just about
any way I can:
- A One-on-one blend of Coaching and Mentoring.
- A Certification Exam Prep mini-course that helps coaches turbo-boost their
skills and eliminate all exam anxiety. (How about that?)
- The Coaching Skills Forum, a telecall for all coaches who want to deepen
their coaching skills.
- The Coaching Skills Game—a card game you can play with other coaches to
help each other become stronger and more powerful in your coaching skills
and confidence.
- The “BeDo Bits” newsletter, dedicated to helping coaches grow powerful,
confident, and successful… Bit by Bit.
And now, somewhere in the midst all of this, I have the delicious opportunity
to channel some of this creativity and commitment to you, the Chicago Coaches,
so that together we can all discover new and exciting ways to grow each other
as well as the coaching profession.
To quote Flounder in the film Animal House, “Oh boy, this is gonna be great!”
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