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Garry Schleifer

Garry Schleifer, PCC, is a seasoned businessman bringing over 30 years of experience to his coaching. His “walk the talk” credentials draw from experience as the visionary behind several multimillion-dollar…

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Samer Hassan, MCC

Samer Hassan, MCC, is a multilingual Egyptian-Italian, whose work and life has crossed cultures, traditions and beliefs on four continents and in three languages. For 15 years, he has developed…

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ICF Foundation

Established in 2004, the ICF Foundation (one of the International Coaching Federation’s six family organizations) connects and equips professional coaches and organizations to accelerate and amplify impact on social progress through coaching. The…

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Gaelle Lecourt

Gaelle Lecourt mentors women to create thriving online coaching businesses so they can have the financial and personal freedom to do what they love while traveling anywhere in the world. Leading…

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Brian Underhill, PCC

Brian O. Underhill, Ph.D., PCC, is the founder and CEO of CoachSource, the world’s largest executive coaching firm, with over 1,100 coaches in 100+ countries worldwide, and the co-author of Executive Coaching for Results:…

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Niamh Gaffney

Niamh Gaffney, PMC, who founded her company Directionality in response to the challenges of life-changing events, is an award-winning ICF Ireland coach and TedX speaker. She supports her clients as…

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Sue McMahon, PCC

Sue McMahon, PCC, is an ICF credential-holder, a Board Certified Coach, and founder of Living from the Heart LLC. Sue has served in numerous ICF volunteer leadership roles, including chair of the Independent…

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Whitney Allen

Whittney Allen is a member of ICF’s Marketing and Communications team, where she helps with external communications, ICF awards programs and Coaching World. She holds a master’s degree in English…

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Matt Trenchard

Matt Trenchard, ACC, is CEO and co-founder of North Point Coaching Academy in Dubai, UAE, where he is fortunate to witness students growing in their self-knowledge and, in doing so,…

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Janice Gair, PCC

Hayley Hesseln, Ph.D., CEC, and Janice Gair, CEC, ACC, CPHR, are co-founders of EI ADVANTAGE, specializing in coach skills training and online emotional intelligence (EI) certification for business and academia.…

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