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Laurie Dupar, MSN, RN,
PCC, CPCC, is a professional AD/HD Coach and Educator who developed
The Change of Focus Coaching Program as a result of her commitment to provide a personal and professional resource for all persons living with AD/HD. Professionally, Laurie has undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Nursing, a Master’s degree as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and over 20 years experience working in the mental wellness field. Personally, one of her four children was diagnosed eight years ago with ADHD. She is actively involved in the advocacy of ADHD coaching and is an experienced presenter both locally and nationally.
Suzanne Falter-Barnes, is a former New York marketing consultant and freelance writer whose clients have included The New York Times, Hearst, Conde Nast and many major package goods companies. Her articles and essays have appeared in More, Fitness, Self, The New York Times, Prevention and Writer’s Digest. and she has been featured in Woman’s Day, New Woman, SELF, The Christian Science Monitor, i-village, and msn.com, as well as more than 100 TV and radio programs. She is also the author of two best selling self help books on creativity. Suzanne’s website,
www.getknownnow.com, teaches anyone how to build platform effectively and establish themselves as a recognized expert in their field.
Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, coaching pioneer, is founder and CEO of
The Optimal Functioning Institute.
She's shared ADD expertise in many formats since 1987. She has trained and mentored countless successful coaches. Co-sponsored by
Wayne State University School of Medicine, "MGH" designed and organized the first ADD-specific Coaching Forum with several pioneers in the field. One of ICF's first MCC's, she represented ADD Coaching on a panel of eight coaching schools developing ICF's accreditation policies and standards. She was CoachU's second graduate and a CU Senior
Trainer for seven years before shifting focus to train ADD Coaches exclusively. An ordained MSIA minister, ADD is her
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Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
Co-authors of
You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!
They are founders of the ADD in the Spirit coach training program.
Glenn Hogard specializes in coaching students from age 14 through college. After 30 years of experience working in the human potential movement, Glen knows that within every client there lies an unbounded field of all possibilities and potential. Using his experience with various skills and techniques acquired over these years, Glen helps clients discover their own unique path to the life they've always dreamed of living.
Andrea J. Lee has dedicated the last 6 years to the advancement and support of leadership in coaching. She has mobilized coaching business owners on 5 continents to reach six- and seven-figure success in a meaningful, sustainable way.
She is author of the industry classic
Multiple
Streams of Coaching Income and
Money, Meaning & Beyond a business book being hailed as a ‘seismic shift in perspective’ for conscious business owners. She's also founder of Online Business Manager and the Multiple Streams 'Dream' Team, both pioneers in providing consulting services specific to the needs of coaching.
Geraldine Markel, Ph.D. is principal of Managing Your Mind Coaching and Seminars and is co author of Finding Your Focus: Practical Strategies for the Everyday Challenges Facing Adults with ADD and Helping Adolescents with ADD and/or Learning Disabilities. At the University of Michigan, Dr. Markel served as faculty in the School of Education and was seminar leader of the Instructional Design Workshop, Executive Education Center, School of Business. Her most recent book is entitled, Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction: Increasing Productivity and Decreasing Stress.
Kerch McConlogue, CPCC, PCC has a passion for clients who have too many ideas. Coaching since 1999 and having more than twenty years
experience as a small business owner, Kerch has been on the boards of several ADHD organizations. She was Managing Editor of FOCUS magazine for ADDA and is Editor of
Circle for the ACO. Story telling comes naturally to her. It may not be an asset as a coach, but,
hey, in a key note address?...
Tara McGillicuddy
is an ADHD Coach who has been educating and supporting people affected by ADHD for over a decade. She also has a vast interest in computer mediated communication and combines it with her knowledge of ADHD to provide online support and resources to those affected by ADHD. She is the director of
ADDClasses.com and the founder of the website livingwithadd.com.
Michelle Schubnel
is a veteran coach, dynamic speaker and sales and marketing expert. She is the President and owner of Coach & Grow R.I.C.H., a premier training company that instructs professional coaches how to create a thriving and profitable business. For the past 6 years Michelle and her team have helped thousands of coaches world wide achieve business success.
Andy Wibbels
has been blogging for six years. He teaches companies all over the world how to use blogs for marketing and for making money.
MarketingSherpa.com
named his site the "Best Marketing Blog" of 2005 and again in 2006. In addition to authoring Blogwild! A Guide for Small Business Blogging, he is a contributing author to
Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars and
BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource.
Sarah Wright, M.S., A.C.T., is principal of Sarah Wright Coaching and Consulting, co-author of Fidget to Focus. Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD, and president of the ADHD Coaches Organization. She lives near San Diego, California, where, in addition to her coaching, consulting, and writing, she in involved in local support groups and speaks locally and nationally on coaching and on attentional differences.
Ken Zaretzky, MCC is among the world's leading coaches. His global practice includes members of congress,
diplomats, movie stars and other people from ten year olds to octogenarians. An expert on coaching practice development he speaks
internationally on the topic. He will soon launch a curriculum based on his top selling book
How It's Done 101.
Zaretzky is writing his second book to be called called When Coaching Isn't based on "outside the box" coaching.
He is committed to his family, his clients and to change.