Elections Are Now Open
The ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors comprises up to nine elected members who set the strategic direction and govern the affairs of the organization to advance the global coaching profession. Each director serves a two-year term, with a maximum of two terms.
Check Your Email for Your Ballot
All ICF members in good standing were emailed their 2026 election ballot on October 31, 2025. If you did not receive a ballot by November 1, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EST (New York), please email research@coachingfederation.org. Each member’s ballot is individualized. For election integrity, please do not forward your ballot to others, and do not use someone else’s ballot to vote.
Voting Deadline
The deadline to submit your ballot is 11:59 p.m. (New York) on November 14, 2025.
Meet the 2026 ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors Nominees
2026 Chair, ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors
ExpandThe Nominating Committee selected the following candidate for the office of ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors Chair. This candidate will run unopposed.
Jihane Labib, ACTC, MCC
Jihane Labib, ACTC, MCC, is an executive and team coach with more than 15 years of experience and 10,000 coaching hours across 20 countries. She is currently serving as an ICF Professional Coaches Global Board Director, advancing the coaching profession worldwide.
As founder and CEO of Coachinglab Academy and Lwasl Group, she designs and delivers ICF-accredited Level 1 and 2 programs that shape the next generation of leaders and professional coaches. Active in ICF initiatives since 2010, she also serves as a mentor and assessor.
Before coaching, Jihane spent 12 years in multinational corporations as a marketing and communication director. She helps executives and teams refine vision, strengthen culture, and drive performance. Her clients span the FMCG, banking, gas and oil, telecommunications, and media sectors. A doctoral candidate in education and artificial intelligence, fluent in Arabic, French, and English, she brings a systemic, multicultural lens to leadership and coaching.
Returning Directors
ExpandThe following candidate was selected to serve for a second term as an ICF Professional Coaches Global Board Director. No vote is required for this position.
Graziela “Gra” Cajado-Ogland, PCC
Graziela “Gra” Cajado-Ogland, PCC, MBA, CPCC, CPQC, LCP, is a certified executive and leadership coach based in London, United Kingdom. She’s held leadership roles in business development across private and not-for-profit sectors, including JPMorgan, American Express, and Save the Children UK.
Through her practice, GCO Executive Coaching Ltd, Gra supports C-suite leaders, business owners, senior professionals, and teams with leadership development, career progression, transitions, and emotional intelligence. She is also a visiting career consultant and coach for London Business School alumni and an external coach for several organizations.
Gra served on the UK ICF Board of Directors from 2021 to 2023 and as a board director and treasurer for the ICF Professional Coaches Board of Directors in 2024 and 2025.
She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School, USA, and received the Most Empowering Executive Coach UK award (2023) and CoachAward’s Best Executive Coach Award, Bronze category (2024).
Candidates for Director Positions
ExpandThe Nominating Committee selected the following five (5) candidates to fill the remaining three (3) open Director positions.
Dawna Atamanchuk, PCC
Dawna Atamanchuk, PCC, is a partner at Change Innovators Inc., a global corporation. Her work explores the intersection of coaching, leadership, and the evolving workplace. Curious about how emerging technologies will shape our field, she’s energized by the global possibilities ahead for ICF. As a coach, communicator, and critical thinker, Dawna is passionate about building meaningful relationships.
She has more than 20 years of board leadership experience grounded in strategic thinking, governance, ethics, and community-building. Dawna has organized numerous charitable and sporting events. As chair of the ICF Credentials and Standards Board, she helped align credentialing practices and co-led global conversations on mentorship, evaluation, and future readiness.
She holds a master’s degrees in interdisciplinary studies from Royal Roads University, with a focus on ambiguity. Dawna is also a proud mother, loyal friend, and community advocate who believes coaching truly changes lives.
Ron Cheshire, PCC
Ron Cheshire, PCC, is an executive and team coach and co-founder of The Co-Leadership Group. He works globally with leaders and teams to strengthen leadership, advance collaboration, and accelerate growth through practical, strengths-based coaching.
Ron holds an MBA, a Bachelor of Arts in economics, and brings more than 30 years of experience in business development, investment management, and executive leadership. His background provides a strategic perspective on organizational challenges and a deep understanding of how leaders succeed in complex environments.
He is an ICF-certified coach, a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, an Erickson Certified Professional Coach, and an expert in codevelopment action learning.
Ron is co-author of Codevelopment Action Learning for Business: Co-Create. Accelerate. Grow. and has volunteered extensively in professional associations for more than a decade.
Based in Montréal and working internationally, Ron enjoys family and outdoor pursuits, reflecting his belief in growth, teamwork, and playing to your strengths.
Sunil Deshmukh, ACTC, ACC
Sunil Deshmukh, ACC, ACTC, is a global leadership and executive coach with extensive experience in systemic leadership, executive and team coaching, sustainability (ESG) coaching, and strategic consulting. He has coached more than 150 leaders worldwide, specializing in guiding founders, CXOs, business owners, and emerging leaders toward C-suite success. His coaching focuses on leadership excellence, emotional intelligence, executive presence, behavioral transformation, and career transitions.
Sunil applies a coaching-based leadership model shaped by his 35-year global corporate career across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Singapore, including work with Goodyear Tires, Foster’s Beer, McDonald’s, and major conglomerates.
Currently serving as global chair (2024–25) and global chair emeritus (2025–26) of the Institute of Management Accountants, USA, Sunil is also an advisor, mentor, and faculty member at Competent Boards (Canada), Talent at Work (UAE), and IIM Nagpur. His credentials include ACC, ACTC, EMCC Senior Practitioner, and Oxford Advanced Leadership certification.
Jennifer Mayo, ACC
Jennifer Mayo, ACC, is an attorney, leadership strategist, and ICF-certified coach with more than 20 years of experience leading organizational transformation and human development across public service, law, and talent strategy. After earning a bachelor’s degree in public relations and philosophy, she worked in advertising before earning her Juris Doctor and serving in government and private legal practice. In public service, she has managed billions in federal funding and led major workforce and leadership initiatives, transforming struggling programs into high-performing teams.
She holds a master’s in industrial/organizational psychology and advanced credentials including SHRM-SCP, ICF ACC, and ODCP. Jennifer is the founder of More Than 16™, a behavioral intelligence platform that shows how high-functioning individuals break down under pressure, delivering actionable, pattern-based insights for leadership, coaching, and organizational performance. She is committed to advancing coaching as an evidence-informed profession that upholds the highest ethical standards while embracing innovation responsibly.
Mhairi McEwan, PCC
Mhairi McEwan, PCC, is a passionate, ICF-accredited executive coach and Leadership Circle Profile™ practitioner, committed to unlocking leadership potential and enabling transformational change in people and organizations.
With a 40-year global career spanning marketing and capability development, she has partnered with, coached, and mentored C-suite leaders in more than 160 multinational organizations — including Unilever, PepsiCo, Diageo, and Accenture — across sectors such as CPG, financial services, life sciences, energy, and technology.
Mhairi is the former group CEO and co-founder of Brand Learning (now part of Accenture) and volunteers as a trustee of the Leverhulme Trust, bringing board-level governance experience and a deep understanding of leadership challenges in both SMEs and global corporates. She is the author of The Growth Drivers, emeritus chair of The Marketing Group of Great Britain, and a lifelong learner — currently completing a master’s in coaching for behavioral change at Henley Business School, UK.