Board

 

President – Michelle Sosinski
Michelle is an Executive Coach and founder of Michelle Sosinski Coaching. She specializes in helping leaders and executives learn through customized coaching programs to improve performance, gain new perspectives on leadership effectiveness, team building, transition management and career navigation. Michelle cares about the success of her clients. She guides her clients by utilizing her positive, thoughtful and attentive style.
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Vice President – Marci Nemhauser, PsyD
Marci is an executive and personal coach. She partners with people in leadership roles to assist them in achieving their goals. She specializes in working with people transitioning into new leadership positions. Marci also co-teaches a coach certification course as well as does workshops on women and power, transformational living, and 5 steps to leadership.
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Treasurer – Julie Whitcraft

 

Secretary – Kathy Browning
Kathy has worked in the high tech industry for 30 years in a multitude of jobs traversing between individual contributor and management positions within several organizations including Corporate Services, Finance, IT, Sales and Marketing, and Product Groups. Kathy’s expertise includes creative marketing programs, sales development, program management, IT consulting, process improvement, and communications.
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Organizational Development – Rachel Shafran
Rachel Shafran leads a Change Management Center of Excellence at the Nike World Headquarters. She is a coach and facilitator with extensive experience in Leadership Development, Change Management and Organization Effectiveness.
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President Emeritus - Sharon Buckmaster
Sharon coaches and consults with organization leaders wanting to energize their workplace to achieve excellence. From her years as a leader in two Fortune 100 companies, as well as many years as a consultant across diverse industries, she has developed a clear perspective on organizational change that builds on individual and organization strengths to meet current challenges.
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Strategic Marketing Director – Claire Celeste Carnes, MBA
Claire Celeste Carnes is the Regional Director of Marketing and Communications, Providence Health & Services, Oregon. She currently manages the marketing and communications teams supporting the Providence Medical Group and Providence Health Plans as well as guiding several strategic marketing initiatives.
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Membership Director – Emmanuelle Jarmon
Emmanuelle Jarmon is a committed, resourceful and results-oriented leader with 15 years of experience working in the nonprofit field.  As a consultant, she brings considerable knowledge and experience in assisting nonprofits in grant-writing, conducting community assessments, fundraising and strategic development.
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Web and Social Media Director – Kelli Gizzi
Kelli has worked in the computer and telecommunications industries for over 20 years in Information Technology, Software and Services, Sales and Marketing, Server Products, and Emerging Markets Groups. Kelli’s core expertise is in strategic alliances, working with business partners on shared technical or sales goals. Kelli’s latest twist on her alliance-building skills is applying social media to business and building on-line professional communities.
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Communications Director – Kim Parker
Kim has over 20 years of product and marketing experience in the sporting goods industry. She has held director level positions at Nike, adidas and Host Communications. She has an entrepreneurial spirit, with a strong track record of building successful businesses and teams. Kim has a passion for identifying opportunities in the market place and strategically helping those ideas come to life.
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Events Director – Lisa Spohn
 Lisa has over 25 years of experience as a technical communicator and content development manager. She currently manages a technical writing group for a small software company in Vancouver, Washington and is co-owner of Arcus Communications, an agency providing technical writing, marketing communications, training, and staffing services.
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Advisory Council Chairman – Shelley C. Wagner
Shelley C. Wagner is a results-oriented leader utilizing business acumen, change management and professional coaching accreditation to deliver measurable business results. She is successful in the transition of organization and technology using a holistic approach to include business processes, systems/tools and people using communication and relationship-building skills.
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Advisory Council – Karen Weisz
Karen Weisz is the vice president of Human Resources and Corporate Services for Standard Insurance Company with responsibility for Human Resources and Corporate Services. She joined The Standard in 2008 as vice president of Human Resources and in January 2009 was promoted to vice president of Human Resources and Corporate Services.
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Advisory Council – Michelle Rios
Michelle Rios is an Executive Coach and Management Consultant with over 15 years of combined experience in the art of Human and Organizational Effectiveness. She holds an MA in Counseling, an MA in Human Resources with an emphasis in Training and Development, both from Webster University, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Executive Development from Capella University.
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Advisory Council – Pam McLean, Ph.D
Dr. McLean brings 35 years of experience as a clinical and organizational psychologist, executive coach and leader in the field of coaching. As CEO and co-founder of one of the earliest and eminent coaching schools to emerge in the 90’s, The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, McLean oversees all of Hudson’s coaching programs and services, and is committed to excellence in developing highly skilled coaches with a focus on coaching theory, current research and best practices.
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Advisory Council – Patty Ross
Patty Ross is the Senior Director for the Global Product Process Innovation for Nike, Inc. She joined Nike, Inc. in 1992. She is an accomplished professional with successful, comprehensive general management experience across business development, supply chain operations, operational process design, E-Commerce, project management, talent development, customer service and sales operations.
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