2024 Leadership Conference Special Activities

Stephanie Cassidy is an authentic, innovative, and collaborative coach whose rich background includes being a VP in cable news, head of talent and casting, a booking producer for film and TV news productions, an entertainment and consumer product publicist and an event manager, so she truly understands our business from all angles. Stephanie has been an ICF Certified Coach since 2019 and used her coach training with great effect with her team at the network.  While there, she saw how valuable and underutilized coaching is in news and entertainment. While at the network, Stephanie fused her coaching into her leadership, and designed a highly collaborative booking department that shared contacts in a way unlike any other in cable news. The booking team was a cohesive unit with low turnover and had a mission-driven, team mindset.

Stephanie received her ICF coaching certification in 2019 (ACC) after working for several years with an organization and leadership development firm in Virginia. 

Today, Cassidy is passionate about improving self-care and wellness for professionals in news, film, and TV. In addition to offering coaching services exclusively for professionals in these fields, Cassidy recently launched the first meditation of a newsroom meditation series that you can find on her website www.aquilinecoaching.com. Further, during and after the SAG-AFTRA WGA Strike of 2023 Cassidy provided more than $20K in free coaching to members of these guilds looking to get back on their feet. If you ask her what her passion is, she will tell you, “Elevating everything and everyone around her.”

Stephanie most enjoys helping clients shatter any limiting beliefs holding them back so they can soar.  She also holds a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Certification. A true Jersey Girl, Stephanie resides with her husband in New Jersey where they enjoy travelling, golfing, and rescuing senior Weimaraners.

Laura Fravel is an Executive Communications Coach & Leadership Trainer with 20 years of experience in the TV-media industry. She specializes in elevating your presence, voice and visibility, to step into your position of influence, speak with confidence and create your greatest impact. Her training has been sought after by companies such as Warner-Bros Discovery and Amazon, and her coaching by a major Foundation leader named one of the most influential women in DC. She excels at helping leaders and teams navigating change, with authenticity and grace. And she loves nothing more than a little adventure – traveling, surfing, sailing, often with her two teen girls in tow.

Originally from the island of Jamaica and a graduate of Texas Southern University, Antoy Grant is known for her exceptional versatility, dynamic presence, and her passion and commitment for both the entertainment industry and coaching field.

Antoy is the President of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) New York City Chapter, where she seamlessly integrates her extensive leadership experience and coaching expertise to empower coaches, visionaries, leaders, professionals, and organizations across various mediums.

Her roles as an ICF Credentialed Coach, Creative Consultant, Motivational Speaker, and Author showcases a multifaceted skill set dedicated to inspiration, empowerment, and transformation.

Antoy is a Caribbean chameleon that flows seamlessly both in front and behind the camera. She has built a diverse entertainment career and business encompassing modeling, acting, hosting, poetry, writing, producing, directing, content creation, and editing.

As Founder and CEO of Mangoseed Entertainment LLC-NY and Mangoseed Productions-LA, Antoy has overseen the creation of over 40+ diverse projects, including film and television productions, corporate videos, commercials, and music videos. Some projects include the films Gurl Talk and Pheromones, her new streaming platform Mangoseed.TV, and The Antoy Show.

In front of the camera, her acting credits include Luke Cage, General Hospital, Law and Order, Inside Amy Schumer, King of Queens, and films Devil’s Advocate, Eraser, and Deconstructing Harry. She has appeared in numerous films, TV shows, music videos and national magazines.

Antoy co-created and starred in Goddess City, a groundbreaking Off-Off Broadway musical poetry show that explores spirituality, self-love, and empowerment. Its impact on theater led to its inclusion in the anthology book Say Word: Voices From Hip Hop Theater, solidifying its place as one of the first Hip Hop Poetry Theater.

Antoy’s dedication to helping people reach their goals is evident throughout her books, Best Year Ever: Planner + Journal and Best Year Ever: Goal Workbook. She has conducted numerous self-esteem and empowerment workshops, impacting a wide range of individuals and groups through live performances, public speaking, poetry, and retreats.

Antoy is committed to creating meaningful and transformative works in entertainment, and providing exceptional coaching and tools that make a positive impact and inspire change.

Antoy’s Motto Is: “Believe your Dreams, Live your Passions, Create your Destiny!”

At The WICT Conference, Antoy is excited to provide pro-bono coaching to attendees!

When it comes to coaching, Maki bases her approach around one core belief: everyone has the ability to achieve their goals. Sometimes that ability is buried deep inside, and clients simply need help digging through what’s in their way. This is why she does what she does; Maki finds great joy in supporting the client through exploration and helping them actualize to a freer, more authentic self. That “aha moment” when a client can access their full potential and capabilities brings tremendous gratification to her.

Prior to obtaining her coaching certification, Maki worked in the hospitality industry, a vocation that brought her to Singapore, Tokyo, Nairobi and various cities in the US. Her invaluable experience living and working in different countries and the exposure to different cultures has allowed her to understand human interactions and perspectives in dynamic cross-cultural environments. Maki developed the training and manuals for each team at many of her different hotels, experiences that inspired her flexible, individual-based approach to personal coaching. And if the global hotel scene taught her anything, it’s that one size does not always fit all! Maki had the pleasure of training the next generation of leaders in hospitality, and it was the joy of that mentorship that inspired her to pursue leadership coaching.

Maki received the Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance (LCOP) certification from Rutgers University and is a credentialed Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She highly values her work at these organizations and greatly appreciates their contributions to her personal coaching philosophy.

EquiSense Solutions LLC, led by CEO Jody Jacob-McVey, PCC, CPCC, offers a unique approach to coaching that blends personal and professional development opportunities for leaders. With 17 years of experience in financial services in New York City, Jody witnessed the lack of opportunities for women to stand out and lead. She also noticed that traditional leadership development methods were falling behind the latest research. Discovering the concept of experiential learning and the growing neuroscience behind it, Jody incorporated this approach into her coaching. By adding an experiential element, her clients were able to access new ways of learning and creating without the need for a classroom or boardroom.

Today, EquiSense Solutions LLC is recognized for providing leaders with opportunities to learn experientially. Clients experience significant growth in leader presence, embodied purpose, and creativity through connection, diversity, and inclusion, with a focus on belonging. Jody’s coaching stands out for its integration of nature and the unique opportunity to receive coaching alongside horses, who offer clear and immediate feedback from a fresh perspective. She is dedicated to partnering with leaders and organizations that share her values and mission to make a positive impact in communities. Whether in-person or virtually, Jody’s coaching offers a new perspective on leadership development. For WICT leaders seeking coaching support, Jody Jacob-McVey and EquiSense Solutions provide a transformative and enriching experience.

Karen Kunkel Young is a career catalyst who helps creative leaders take charge of their careers so they can achieve the success that they want. She is a Certified Professional Coach through iPEC, one of the top three global coaching institutions, specializing in executive, leadership, and career coaching. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University.

In addition to leading her coaching practice, Karen Kunkel Young Coaching, Karen serves as a strategist for B2Bs and brands, partnering with founders, CEOs, and executive teams to enhance brand storytelling and elevate thought leadership. A published author and sought-after career empowerment speaker, she is passionate about helping senior creative leaders unlock their potential to level up their careers.

A master storyteller, Karen has over two decades of experience as a creative lead in unscripted programming for major global brands such as Netflix, NBC Universal, Warner Brothers Discovery, A&E, National Geographic, and Shopify. She served as Vice President of Programming for Loud TV and ITV America, the US division of one of the largest entertainment companies worldwide. There, she managed over 25 multi-million-dollar projects from development through distribution, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution and foster a culture of creativity and empowerment, contributing to year over year growth. Her credits Include everything from “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style,” “Tiny House Nation,” “Four Weddings,” “Restaurant Stakeout,” and “Project Runway.”

Karen believes in living big by dreaming big and taking action. Discover more about Karen at www.karenkunkelyoung.com.

I recently completed a successful 30-year career as a Financial Advisor and Senior Vice President of a major investment firm. My main focus had always been to listen carefully not only to my clients’ financial needs – but also to help them develop a deeper understanding of what was most important to them and their families, often shining a light on what they couldn’t see for themselves. Deep, trusting, relationships were the result. This was what I enjoyed most about my career.

The transformational skills and intuitions that I fostered to help clients achieve their financial goals gave me the desire to partner with people to reach their personal goals and dreams in the same manner. In 2016 I became a Certified Life Purpose Coach and Career Mentor.

Coaching is of course not therapy. It’s a collaborative partnership between coach and client that explores with deep curiosity what a person really desires that he or she doesn’t have now. A person may be in transition, looking for change, a better quality of life, better balance. A coach helps people to discover what may be standing in their way and -importantly – to find their own answers.

When we tap into that place that expresses our own natural and creative selves – even for a moment – we know it! It’s effortless and generates a feeling of aliveness because were experiencing a life that truly expresses us. My goal is helping clients get to that place with clarity and purpose.

I measure success in people’s realized potential, valuing each person’s contribution and inherent worth. My approach creates a safe space for individuals to learn and grow, knowing they won’t be left to fall. I focus on understanding and guiding others, celebrating their progress and improvement. By asking insightful questions and tailoring my coaching to each person’s journey, I help them see beyond imperfections and unlock their potential. My commitment to their growth fosters a supportive environment where people feel seen, heard, and valued, leading to measurable progress and enhanced performance.

Brian is an executive coach that focuses on partnering with senior professionals to build a foundation for transformational change that is authentic, purposeful and honors a client’s unique talents.   He encourages his clients to look within themselves to recognize what drives them, holds them back, and what really matters the most based on their core values.   When clients act from a better understanding of themselves, it is more authentic and impactful in the long run.  Brian’s practice also incorporates mindfulness to broaden self-awareness and to open clients up to positive change.

As a coach, Brian shows up authentically and listens closely to better understand the client.  By actively listening and understanding, Brian will determine what coaching strategy is most effective for a client as everyone responds differently to coaching.   Ultimately Brian’s coaching is about action, and he maps out action steps which have been co-created with the client to achieve their most ambitious goals.   Brian keeps clients accountable to the game plan and makes sure they stay focused on what they want to achieve.

Background

Brian has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry.  As a senior member of teams across investment banking, capital markets and asset management, he has deep insight into the drivers of success and what leadership strategies work well across different organizations.  His experience spans institutions of various sizes across the entire corporate life cycle.  In addition, he has spent a considerable amount of time focusing on international markets that present different complexities and market structures.

Education & Qualifications

• Certification in Executive Coaching & Leadership Training (Brown University)
• ICF ACC
• Transcendental Meditation Trained
• Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Finance & ESG Investing (NYU)
• BS in Economics, Government & Law (Lafayette College)
• MBA (NYU Stern School of Business)

Jen Milnes is an ICF-certified Leadership Coach championing change in the lives of her clients and organizations through coaching, training, and facilitation. She was called to coaching after 15+ years as a leader in global corporate retail companies responsible for supply chain, strategy, and operations.

Jen works with busy professionals to beat burnout, improve leadership skills, and create fulfilling careers. She understands being in high-stress situations, juggling multiple roles, and feeling overwhelmed. She loves helping clients build personalized tools to feel more resilient and confident to take on whatever changes come your way. She works with clients and organizations across a variety of industries – from C-suite leaders to new managers. She has worked with clients at Fortune 500 companies, small business, and entrepreneurs.

Jen is an ICF-certified coach after attending the Co-Active Training Institute and achieving the PCC level of coaching experience. She is also certified in Mental Fitness by Positive Intelligence. Prior to coaching, she studied Organizational Change at Northwestern University and Human Resources at Cornell University.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Jen is proud of her role as mom to two curious daughters, supporting the non-profit Room to Read through her role as NJ Chapter lead, and building community wherever she goes.

With a background spanning teaching, curriculum development, mindfulness practice, and coaching, Lisa loves to create spaces for meaningful dialogue. She brings a unique blend of practical frameworks, curiosity, and a solutions orientation to coaching. At the heart of Lisa’s work is a commitment to helping others excel and make a positive impact in their organizations and beyond. Lisa received her coach training from the NeuroLeadership Institute. Her coaching approach is grounded in the latest research, ensuring a clear pathway to personal and professional growth for her clients. She lives in Brooklyn and enjoys live music, seeing art, and walking around the city.

Faye Penn brings a journalistic approach to her executive coaching practice, which also draws upon her senior leadership experience in media, government, and economic development. Leveraging the skills that propelled her success as an editor, her coaching style is direct, focused and narratively informed. Her primary clients are media, creative and impact leaders.

Most recently, as EVP of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, she led the City’s effort to expand innovation industries including life sciences, technology and the green economy. Concurrently, she served as “New York City’s Official Career Guru” as Executive Director of Women.NYC, an initiative to help women across industries advance in their businesses and careers.

Previously, Faye served as a VP at A&E Television, developing video and editorial concepts to elevate the Lifetime brand’s cultural currency. Prior to that, she was an Executive Editor at InStyle, managing partnerships including a collaboration with then First Lady Michelle Obama’s office and top American fashion designers to raise money for Ms. Obama’s global girls empowerment initiative.

Faye has also served in top newsroom leadership roles at New York Magazine, The New York Post and New York Observer. Along the way, she founded Brokelyn, a grassroots media enterprise popular in the early 2000s for its irreverent service reporting about getting by in fast-gentrifying Brooklyn.

Certified by the International Coaching Federation, Faye trained at the ACT Leadership / Brown University and the Center for Executive Coaching. For more about her work, please visit fayepenn.com.

Sarah Poitras is an ACC-credentialed certified professional coach who helps professionals thrive through change and uncertainty to find fulfillment in work and life. Sarah has over 20 years of experience as a strategic leader and coach in the professional setting.

Sarah is a marketing professional and client services expert in the pharmaceutical advertising industry. She has a proven history of building and leading high performing integrated teams with the ultimate goal of improving patients’ lives. This passion for patient advocacy extends to her personal life, as she has worked fiercely to support and connect rare disease patients around the world, given her own personal rare disease experience.

Sarah also works with coaching clients 1:1 – mainly focusing on career development and leadership – as well as marketing consulting services to solopreneurs. She also co-leads a quarterly webinar series – 2×2: Two Coaches. Two Tools. – which is aimed at giving more people access to simple coaching tools.

Sarah earned an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BA from Dartmouth College. She earned a CPC from the International Coach Academy and an ACC credential from the International Coaching Federation.

Sarah’s is a born and raised New Yorker and a curious world-traveler, having taken a sabbatical from work and life in the city for five years to travel the world and live in Europe. She’s now back in New York City, currently living in Brooklyn with her husband of nearly 15 years and her rescue pup – a Beagle mix who is also curious about everything.

Julie Sissman is a Leadership and Executive Coach with a demonstrated track record of supporting clients to achieve their goals and be their best selves. She works with corporate and non-profit professionals and business owners to help them achieve greater effectiveness and organizational success through coaching.

Clients report that Julie’s coaching is “tremendously insightful and deeply caring.” Positive outcomes include:

• Clarity about next steps and how to get there
• A better understanding of how the various threads in their work and life are intertwined
• Insights that equip them to move through challenges and obstacles
• The ability to feel lighter and more capable of moving forward
• Courage to take big steps forward
• Deeper self-awareness and greater effectiveness

Before starting her own business, Julie was a coach and consultant in IBM’s Enterprise Leadership Consulting (ELC) Group, where she served as a trusted advisor to IBM’s senior executives in their mission to transform and integrate IBM.  Prior to joining ELC, Julie served as an Organization and Change Strategy Consultant at IBM, where she enabled IBM’s external clients to successfully implement large-scale transformational projects.  Before IBM, Julie served as Associate Director of Hazon, a Jewish environmental organization, and she held several roles in other corporate and non-profit organizations.

Julie is also an active volunteer/lay leader in her community, serving on non-profit Boards and committees focused on women and girls, philanthropy/giving circles, the LGBTQ+ community, the Jewish community, and education.  Julie received her M.A. in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and her B.A. with Distinction from the University of Michigan, including spending her junior year at Oxford University in England. Julie is certified as a coach by the ICF (International Coaching Federation).

With over 20 years leading global change initiatives and managing hybrid multicultural teams for Fortune 500 companies including Adobe, Oracle, and UBS, Sabine partners with organizations to develop confident, collaborative leaders and create inclusive spaces where diverse talent can thrive.

During her extensive corporate career, Sabine led high visibility international programs during times of organizational change and created success for her diverse & global teams by helping them to cultivate trust, navigate conflict & complexity and execute with excellence.

Her track record includes launching Oracle’s first ever set of global project management standards for a 3.7B professional services business and accelerating the integration of two newly acquired businesses at Adobe. In her most recent roles, she partnered with C-suite executives, HR, & Business leaders on strategic inclusion & talent initiatives for an organization with 17,000 employees.

Sabine leverages her business credentials and executive coaching acumen to help her clients elevate their leadership presence, competence & effectiveness. Her coaching clients appreciate her ability to create safe, nonjudgmental spaces, describe her as warm & insightful, benefit from the structure and accountability she offers, and greatly value her ability to both challenge and champion them in their growth.

Able to support all, her lived experience enables her to also specialize in supporting high-achieving women and people of color in leadership roles.

As a Black woman, Haitian immigrant and working mother, she is intimately familiar with the experiences of high achievers navigating spaces where they are “the only” or part of “the few.”

Sabine also volunteers as a coach, facilitator and board member / advisor for local/national nonprofits and church ministries.

Sabine’s services include Executive Coaching Engagements, One-on-one Leadership Coaching, Customized Leadership Development and Inclusion Workshops.

Education

New York University:

B.A. Organizational Behavior and Communication

Yale University: Undergrad studies

Business Credentials/Certifications

McKinsey:

Black Executive Leadership Program

Project Management Institute:

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Prosci:

Change Management Practitioner

Scrum Alliance:

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Coaching Credentials/Assessments

International Coaching Federation:

Associate Certified Coach (ACC)

Co-Active Training Institute:

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)

Leadership Circle 360 Profile:

Certified Debrief Coach

Standout Strengths Assessment:

Certified Debrief Coach

Positive Intelligence:

Saboteur Assessment

Shara Zaval is an ACC-certified life coach who works with clients who are feeling stuck personally or professionally and are trying to figure out what is next and how to get there.

She uses powerful questions, a judgment-free atmosphere, and assessments to help clients do deep discovery work, build confidence and self-trust, and take action.

She also leads virtual and in-person workshops in multiple areas, including:

• Communication Styles (using the PCSI assessment)
• Using a Coach Approach in Management and Leadership
• Growth Mindset
• Using Myers-Briggs as a Personal Development Tool
• Motivation Techniques
• Emotional Intelligence

In addition to coaching,  Shara has worked in the publishing industry for nearly two decades, specializing in editing, marketing and publicizing children’s literature.

When she is not coaching or working with books and authors, she is probably taking a very long walk in one of New York City’s five boroughs or experimenting with DIY home decor.

Karen Breen is a certified executive coach (CCPEC, ACC) who ignites better leaders, stronger companies, and more purposeful work. Specializing in strategic planning, career transitions, and organizational change, leaders dealing with high-stakes, complex issues seek Karen as a strategic thought partner to chart and navigate the best path forward for themselves, their teams, and their company.

Marrying deep executive coaching expertise with over thirty years of real-world corporate leadership, Karen has guided more than a hundred senior leaders on their journeys to greater professional success and personal fulfillment. With just the right touch of champion and challenge, candor and warmth, questions and insight, clients are amazed at how quickly they achieve forward progress and profitable outcomes with Karen in their corner. She understands their challenges, knows how to navigate the organizational system, and speaks the language of business.

Karen has 36 years of experience driving actionable B2C and B2B growth strategies that solve real sales challenges. As Vice President of Marketing Strategy at Comcast, Karen differentiated performance through strategic leadership, turning sales potential into realized revenue, and building new organizational capabilities. She is skilled in aligning corporate and field strategy, getting things done within matrixed organizations, doing more with less, and winning support from gatekeepers with crossed arms.

The pace of innovation in media and technology presents both opportunity and challenge. Seizing that opportunity amidst marketplace shifts while leading individuals and teams to next-level performance, gracefully navigating teams through change, and mentoring individuals to spark work-life joy distinguished Karen’s impact over her career.

She resides in the Greater Boston area.

Isilay Cabuk is an Executive Leadership and Personal Growth coach with over 15 years of experience in the finance industry. Isilay received her Finance degree from the City University of New York, New York in 1999. She also holds a Registered Nurse from the American Hospital Nursing School in Istanbul and 5 years of experience working in ICU in American Hospital, Istanbul.

Isilay’s expertise spans various industries, collaborating with distinguished organizations such as Apple Inc., Charter Communications, Nike, Siemens, and Prudential etc. Her coaching approach encompasses a wide array of leadership development areas, including honing communication skills, interpersonal dynamics, executive presence, strategic planning, career development, and transition coaching.

Drawing on her extensive experience, Isilay empowers leaders to enhance their leadership capabilities, foster effective communication channels, and strengthen interpersonal relationships within their teams. Through strategic planning guidance, she assists executives in navigating complex challenges and capitalizing on emerging opportunities to drive organizational success.

Moreover, Isilay is deeply committed to supporting career development and smooth transitions within these esteemed organizations. Whether guiding individuals through pivotal career transitions or equipping them with the tools for long-term growth and advancement, his coaching enables professionals to thrive in their roles and contribute significantly to their organizations’ success.

MAO has worked as an executive coach for over 10 years. She has extensive experience in managing complex business and organisational issues for multinational organizations as CFO and HR Director. She adapts her coaching process to the culture of each organization and the unique expectations. She helps individuals and teams across a wide variety of functions and industries to build the management and leadership skills required to positively impact performance, including FMCG, technology, automobile, pharmaceutical, logistics, finance & business services. She selectively coaches global and regional leaders in the areas of executive presence, global mindset & intercultural effectiveness and performance management to enable leaders to clear a path for success.

For example, RAINEE has coached a CEO to lead the merger & acquisition and post-merger integration. She helped him to lead his team better and re-engineered the business processes to be more efficient and effective. With RAINEE’s guidance, the leader managed to adapt to the new work culture in Asia. The leader was then promoted to lead the APAC region. RAINEE continued with the coaching focusing on the job transition. She also worked with the leadership team to improve on their effectiveness which resulted to an increase of 20% EBIT within 12 months.

MAO has lived and worked in a culturally diversified environment in Australia and Europe. MAO was holding P&L responsibility for operations generating annual turnover of Eur€40M to EUR€1.5B. RAINEE holds a Master of Commerce degree, and is an EMCC (European Mentoring & Coaching Council) EIA Senior Practitioner and ITCA Team Coach Practitioner. She is a Fellow of CIMA, Fellow of CPA Australia and CGMA. She has also obtained Microsoft certification on AI and Data Platform fundamentals, and SAP certification on iRPA products and BTP. MAO is fluent in English and Mandarin.

During her spare time, MAO loves sports, cooking, reading and travelling.

Gina Martin is a trailblazing Executive Leadership Coach, a dynamic Speaker, and a strategic Organizational Consultant. With her roots as a first-generation immigrant and a single mother at just 17, Gina’s story is one of undeniable resilience and relentless pursuit of excellence. She is a seasoned entrepreneur who founded two highly successful direct sales businesses, earning national recognition and multiple awards.

Over a distinguished twenty-year career in retail leadership, Gina has honed her expertise in nurturing and leading cross-functional teams of up to 600 individuals for iconic brands such as Victoria’s Secret, GUESS, Inc., and Gap. Her entrepreneurial journey led to Gina Martin Coaching, a platform through which she channels her vast experience into empowering others.

Gina’s mission extends beyond mere coaching; she is devoted to enabling high achievers to unleash their leadership potential and elevate their executive presence. She offers transformative coaching and accountability, helping clients excel in new roles across various industries. Her services are particularly focused on high-achieving professionals and entrepreneurs looking to level up, aiming to optimize their performance, wellness, and leadership.

A certified master practitioner of the Energy Leadership Index™ Assessment, Gina empowers her clients to understand and harness their energy for success. She utilizes this model of work to support organizations and train leadership teams looking to improve their performance, collaboration, and impact, ignite high-performing teams, and drive results.

Gina’s approach is deeply collaborative. She expects excellence and offers probing insights that encourage clients to strive for their personal and professional best. Her philosophy celebrates each individual’s inherent creativity, resourcefulness, and wholeness, emphasizing that her clients are not to be ‘fixed’ but empowered to excel.

Gina’s impact goes beyond her professional capacity and into creating impact through her extensive volunteer work; she is currently serving as President-Elect for the New York City Chapter of the International Coaching Federation.

Brian is an executive coach that focuses on partnering with senior professionals to build a foundation for transformational change that is authentic, purposeful and honors a client’s unique talents.   He encourages his clients to look within themselves to recognize what drives them, holds them back, and what really matters the most based on their core values.   When clients act from a better understanding of themselves, it is more authentic and impactful in the long run.  Brian’s practice also incorporates mindfulness to broaden self-awareness and to open clients up to positive change.

As a coach, Brian shows up authentically and listens closely to better understand the client.  By actively listening and understanding, Brian will determine what coaching strategy is most effective for a client as everyone responds differently to coaching.   Ultimately Brian’s coaching is about action, and he maps out action steps which have been co-created with the client to achieve their most ambitious goals.   Brian keeps clients accountable to the game plan and makes sure they stay focused on what they want to achieve.

Background

Brian has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry.  As a senior member of teams across investment banking, capital markets and asset management, he has deep insight into the drivers of success and what leadership strategies work well across different organizations.  His experience spans institutions of various sizes across the entire corporate life cycle.  In addition, he has spent a considerable amount of time focusing on international markets that present different complexities and market structures.

Education & Qualifications

• Certification in Executive Coaching & Leadership Training (Brown University)
• ICF ACC
• Transcendental Meditation Trained
• Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Finance & ESG Investing (NYU)
• BS in Economics, Government & Law (Lafayette College)
• MBA (NYU Stern School of Business)

Jaymie Meyer is passionate about supporting both women and men in achieving their professional and lifestyle goals. She relishes leading others on a journey of self-discovery to amplify self-awareness, values, and clarity. Her coaching practice includes leadership, career development, communication, empathy, emotional regulation, time management, focus, stress management, and resilience. Some of the modalities she draws on include positive psychology, motivational interviewing, and conscious business coaching.

In 2001, she founded Resilience for Life® in New York City; a holistic lifestyle and executive coaching practice. For 15 years she delivered on-site and virtual resilience trainings at IBM, Citigroup, Bloomberg, Panasonic, Columbia University and Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Additionally, she worked in private practice as an Ayurveda Health Educator and certified Yoga Therapist.

The primary focus of her work for the past 15 years has been 1:1 Executive and Lifestyle coaching, working with C-suite executives, emerging leaders and entrepreneurs.

Jaymie brings a compassionate heart and playful spirit to the work; she’s highly sensitive, direct, and intuitive.

Coaching Credentials

PCC (Professional Coaching Certification via ICF); Certified Conscious Business Coach with Fred Kofman; NBC-HWC (Board Certified Health Health & Wellness Coach; Motivational Interviewing; HeartMath licensed coach and ResilienceAdvantage Facilitator; Certified Ayurveda Health Educator.

Jen Milnes is an ICF-certified Leadership Coach championing change in the lives of her clients and organizations through coaching, training, and facilitation. She was called to coaching after 15+ years as a leader in global corporate retail companies responsible for supply chain, strategy, and operations.

Jen works with busy professionals to beat burnout, improve leadership skills, and create fulfilling careers. She understands being in high-stress situations, juggling multiple roles, and feeling overwhelmed. She loves helping clients build personalized tools to feel more resilient and confident to take on whatever changes come your way. She works with clients and organizations across a variety of industries – from C-suite leaders to new managers. She has worked with clients at Fortune 500 companies, small business, and entrepreneurs.

Jen is an ICF-certified coach after attending the Co-Active Training Institute and achieving the PCC level of coaching experience. She is also certified in Mental Fitness by Positive Intelligence. Prior to coaching, she studied Organizational Change at Northwestern University and Human Resources at Cornell University.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Jen is proud of her role as mom to two curious daughters, supporting the non-profit Room to Read through her role as NJ Chapter lead, and building community wherever she goes.

Faye Penn brings a journalistic approach to her executive coaching practice, which also draws upon her senior leadership experience in media, government, and economic development. Leveraging the skills that propelled her success as an editor, her coaching style is direct, focused and narratively informed. Her primary clients are media, creative and impact leaders.

Most recently, as EVP of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, she led the City’s effort to expand innovation industries including life sciences, technology and the green economy. Concurrently, she served as “New York City’s Official Career Guru” as Executive Director of Women.NYC, an initiative to help women across industries advance in their businesses and careers.

Previously, Faye served as a VP at A&E Television, developing video and editorial concepts to elevate the Lifetime brand’s cultural currency. Prior to that, she was an Executive Editor at InStyle, managing partnerships including a collaboration with then First Lady Michelle Obama’s office and top American fashion designers to raise money for Ms. Obama’s global girls empowerment initiative.

Faye has also served in top newsroom leadership roles at New York Magazine, The New York Post and New York Observer. Along the way, she founded Brokelyn, a grassroots media enterprise popular in the early 2000s for its irreverent service reporting about getting by in fast-gentrifying Brooklyn.

Certified by the International Coaching Federation, Faye trained at the ACT Leadership / Brown University and the Center for Executive Coaching. For more about her work, please visit fayepenn.com.

Sarah Poitras is an ACC-credentialed certified professional coach who helps professionals thrive through change and uncertainty to find fulfillment in work and life. Sarah has over 20 years of experience as a strategic leader and coach in the professional setting.

Sarah is a marketing professional and client services expert in the pharmaceutical advertising industry. She has a proven history of building and leading high performing integrated teams with the ultimate goal of improving patients’ lives. This passion for patient advocacy extends to her personal life, as she has worked fiercely to support and connect rare disease patients around the world, given her own personal rare disease experience.

Sarah also works with coaching clients 1:1 – mainly focusing on career development and leadership – as well as marketing consulting services to solopreneurs. She also co-leads a quarterly webinar series – 2×2: Two Coaches. Two Tools. – which is aimed at giving more people access to simple coaching tools.

Sarah earned an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BA from Dartmouth College. She earned a CPC from the International Coach Academy and an ACC credential from the International Coaching Federation.

Sarah’s is a born and raised New Yorker and a curious world-traveler, having taken a sabbatical from work and life in the city for five years to travel the world and live in Europe. She’s now back in New York City, currently living in Brooklyn with her husband of nearly 15 years and her rescue pup – a Beagle mix who is also curious about everything.

With over 20 years leading global change initiatives and managing hybrid multicultural teams for Fortune 500 companies including Adobe, Oracle, and UBS, Sabine partners with organizations to develop confident, collaborative leaders and create inclusive spaces where diverse talent can thrive.

During her extensive corporate career, Sabine led high visibility international programs during times of organizational change and created success for her diverse & global teams by helping them to cultivate trust, navigate conflict & complexity and execute with excellence.

Her track record includes launching Oracle’s first ever set of global project management standards for a 3.7B professional services business and accelerating the integration of two newly acquired businesses at Adobe. In her most recent roles, she partnered with C-suite executives, HR, & Business leaders on strategic inclusion & talent initiatives for an organization with 17,000 employees.

Sabine leverages her business credentials and executive coaching acumen to help her clients elevate their leadership presence, competence & effectiveness. Her coaching clients appreciate her ability to create safe, nonjudgmental spaces, describe her as warm & insightful, benefit from the structure and accountability she offers, and greatly value her ability to both challenge and champion them in their growth.

Able to support all, her lived experience enables her to also specialize in supporting high-achieving women and people of color in leadership roles.

As a Black woman, Haitian immigrant and working mother, she is intimately familiar with the experiences of high achievers navigating spaces where they are “the only” or part of “the few.”

Sabine also volunteers as a coach, facilitator and board member / advisor for local/national nonprofits and church ministries.

Sabine’s services include Executive Coaching Engagements, One-on-one Leadership Coaching, Customized Leadership Development and Inclusion Workshops.

Education

New York University:

B.A. Organizational Behavior and Communication

Yale University: Undergrad studies

Business Credentials/Certifications

McKinsey:

Black Executive Leadership Program

Project Management Institute:

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Prosci:

Change Management Practitioner

Scrum Alliance:

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Coaching Credentials/Assessments

International Coaching Federation:

Associate Certified Coach (ACC)

Co-Active Training Institute:

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)

Leadership Circle 360 Profile:

Certified Debrief Coach

Standout Strengths Assessment:

Certified Debrief Coach

Positive Intelligence:

Saboteur Assessment