Robb Garrett – President
Kricket Harrison – Vice President
Katherine Jahnke – Secretary
Ose Schwab – Treasurer
Susan Macintosh – Marketing and PR Chair
Judith Champion– Conference Chair
Kay Axtell – Member Services
Joyce Kubik – Programs Chair
Maureen Nolan – CIRCLE editor
Chuck Blocker – Research Committee Chair
| Robb Garrett — President  |
Robb Garrett has a diverse academic, business, and coaching background that makes him well suited to understand how organizations grow and evolve, how they become more effective, and what is needed to move an organization forward. In graduate school, he focused on Personal and Organizational Communications and Survey Research, completing post graduate work in group process and dynamics. At Auburn University he instructed undergrads in group process and public speaking while also working as a project manager for a survey research consulting firm. He went on to working with a series of boutique management consulting firms as a management consultant. Later he co-built a national company with manufacturing, wholesale, retail and design services. His diverse coach training includes CoachU, Corporate CoachU, Coachville, The Graduate School of Coaching (Studying with Thomas Leonard), and ADHD Coach Training at OFI. All of this experience he now brings to bear in service to the ACO. As Vice President he supports the President in the functioning and execution of his job. Additionally, he takes responsibility for the tasks that don’t naturally fall under any one committee’s purview. This gives him a great opportunity to meet new people and network.
Read more about Robbhere.
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| Kricket Harrison -Vice President  |
Kricket Harrison, ACC, CPCC, PACG, is a Professional Coach in practice since 2002. She is certified through the ICF, CTI and ADDCA. She has additional training in team/ relationship systems coaching, and DiSC. Locally, Kricket is an active member in several professional and service organizations. She has a degree in Psychology and Organizational Communication from the University of Texas.
Kricket brings her experience to the board from corporate and small business, and 7 years in leadership roles for Not-for-Profit Boards. Most recently, Kricket served 2 years as VP of Membership for the Georgia Coach Association, doubling membership. She was also part of the team that created a new membership model and sponsorships. Kricket’s strengths are in communication, mediation, team/business development, strategic planning, and performance. Kricket currently serves on the Programs and Marketing Committees.
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| Katherine Jahnke —Secretary  |
Katherine Jahnke trained as a coach with CTI in 2007 and is currently working on her certification. She is the coordinator of two CHADD support groups – one for parents and one for adults. She is the mom of a son with ADHD and her husband has ADHD also. She lives in a college town and has had the pleasure of coaching college students and coaching parents about the realities of ADHD. Before her coaching career, Katherine working in the fundraising field for Texas A&M University and a local hospital and has also served as a Human Resources Director for several companies. Her strengths lie in communication, human resources and organization. She has a real love for people and a passion to help those who are hurting and need support. As Secretary and Treasurer, Katherine is responsible for the records and finances of the ACO. She additionally takes on tasks as requested by the ACO Board.
Read more about Katherine here.
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| Ose Schwab —Treasurer  |
Ose Schwab is a coach (or treasure hunter as she likes to put it) who loves to help students, academics, scientists, and artists discover and harness strengths. As founder of Potentia Vita, Ose also provides Marriage NavigationT, a hybrid coaching-education-consulting service, to married or engaged couples. In Greater Boston Ose facilitates a group of ADHD coaches and an adult support group. She is a board member and occasional speaker for the Peruvian Association Attention Deficit (APDA). Trained through Coach Training Alliance, ADD Insights, and JST Coaching, Ose also draws from other affiliations for training in neuroscience, personality, and learning organization. Experienced as account manager, product developer, and help desk designer in the high tech world, Ose infuses engagements with some techno revamping. For example, as former webmaster for the Institute for the Advancement of ADHD Coaching (IAAC) she not only helped further develop and update the website but established processes and crafted technical and functional specification documentation.
Read more about Ose here.
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| Judith Champion —Conference Chair |
Read more about Judith here.
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| Joyce Kubik —Programs Chair  |
Joyce Kubik holds BA degrees in Psychology and Communications from Cleveland State University and has been coaching since 1998. She trained as an ADHD Coach with the American Coaching Association, and conducted the first ADHD Coach study published in the Journal of Attention Deficits (March 2009). She has strong communication and computer skills. Before she became a coach, she worked as a trainer in corporate offices and taught at local community colleges. For 20 years she served on many state and district boards in Ohio for a national women’s organization. She is well known for her organization, time management skills and program development.
Read more about Joyce here.
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| Kay Axtell —Membership Services Chair  |
Kay Axtell, MA, SCAC, received her ADHD Coach Training from the American Coaching Association. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Loretto Heights College in Denver and a Master’s Degree from the University of Denver. She has been coaching children, adolescents and adults with ADHD symptoms for the past seven years. Prior to that, she taught high school special education classes. In addition to coaching, she has facilitated groups for ADHD teens, women, adults and couples, and conducted presentations regarding ADHD issues to parents, schools, and college and university audiences. She stays abreast of current research and successful coaching strategies through reading, coursework, and attending conferences. She has served for two years on the ACO conference committee. As Membership Services Chair, Kay’s responsibilities will include orienting new members to the ACO, communicating with both new and renewing members, and responding to any questions or suggestions members might have. She will also serve as liaison between ACO members and the ACO Board of Directors.
Read more about Kay here.
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| Susan Macintosh —Marketing and PR Chair  |
Susan Macintosh recently moved to Canada from Australia. Before training as an ADHD Coach, Susan worked and built a rich life across a number of spheres. This included raising a family, nursing – specializing in CCU and ICU , paramedics trainer, Occupational Health provider, part time farmer, business owner, Board Member on a Board or two and a foundation and/or working member of many committees for Charities and NGO’s. She has been a builder of community and a promoter of excellence in the support and treatment of those with ADHD.
Read more about Susan here.
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| Maureen Nolan —Circle Editor  |
Maureen Nolan, ACC is credentialed in ADHD coaching by the ADHD Coaching Academy, is certified ACC by the International Coaching Association, is the only ADHD Coach in the country certified by Dr. David Grand in Brainspotting. In addition she has taken extra ADHD Coach training by Jodi Sleeper-Triplett through the EDGE Foundation to become an EDGE Certified Coach.
Maureen Nolan is a former trade magazine editor and was a Communications Specialist for a school with students K-8th grades with ADHD and LD. She also edited Kids Enabled Magazine, an Atlanta-area magazine for families with children with learning differences, and she has been published in ADDitude Magazine. Maureen has led ADHD support groups and ADHD coaching groups for goal achievement. She supported Landmark College’s Annual Fund Drive when her son was a student there, a premier two-year college for students with ADHD.
Read more about Maureen here.
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| Chuck Blocher —Research Committee Chair  |
Chuck is a successful adult with both dyslexia and ADHD. He holds a Ph.D. with a concentration in psychology and a specialization in leadership. He received his coach training at the Coach Training Institute and the ADD Coach Academy where he earned his Advanced Coach Training PACG specializing in ADHD. He has been coaching since 2005. His diverse business and technical back-ground includes the military, corporations, and technology.
His background and inclinations are well suited to helping the ACO develop its organizational, research, and technical infrastructure. Chuck is an aviation enthusiast, and his hobbies are amateur radio, KC2IQV, and building unique electronics devices.
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