Vikki is a Certified Professional Coach and founder of Grab Your Coat Coaching. As a military spouse, Vikki understands the unique trials and triumphs of living in a military community. This first-hand knowledge fuels her passion for partnering with women as they embark on a journey of discovering a new purpose, passion, or adventure. With a focus on personal growth and development, Vikki’s aim is to embolden women as they embrace their strength and cultivate a sense of choice even amidst a background of constant change. Vikki trained with the highly esteemed coaching school iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching) and specializes in Core Energy Coaching™, a methodology focused on getting to the root (or “core”) of an individual's challenges by identifying and shifting inner thoughts, beliefs, and emotions that block success. Her coaching expertise combined with a warm and authentic nature, creates a non-judgmental space for powerful conversations and life-changing insights. Vikki is credentialed through the International Coaching Federation (ACC), is certified in Core Energy Coaching, is a Master Practitioner in the Energy Leadership™ Index and holds a Master of Science in Human Resources Management from Texas A&M University.

Tracy Paukstys, founder of Clear Path Coaching, has a passion for advancing the goals of executives, professionals, and teams to reach higher performance levels and realize their true potential. Tracy helps her clients light their path to a thriving career by focusing on elevating leadership and emotional intelligence abilities, discerning a career path and guiding clients through career transitions. As a former marketing exec, Tracy leverages her skills in branding, analysis, emotional intelligence, and leadership development. She conducts comprehensive assessments, including DiSC, Meijers-Briggs, Energy Leadership Index Assessment, Leadership Circle Profile 360, Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i), TypeFinder for Career Planning and Career Personality Profiler. She offers coaching sessions, workshops, and lunch-and-learns for individuals and groups. Tracy is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and holds ICF (PCC) leadership and career coach certifications

Ellen has nearly twenty years of experience in healthcare leadership in a variety of roles. Whether her role has been healthcare operator, Six Sigma black belt, Chief of Staff, mentor or coach, Ellen supports leaders who want to stop putting out fires and want to start accomplishing what they are committed to doing. Ellen has worked within and among healthcare executive teams leading strategic initiatives, restructuring operations, building effective communication processes, and shepherding organizational culture change. Ellen gets results through wise discernment, high integrity, common sense, and lighthearted energy. Her superhero power is a keen insight; cutting through the noise to the heart of the matter. Ellen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Ellen is trained in healthcare Six Sigma process improvement and change management. She is a Newfield Certified Coach and holds the International Coaching Federation’s Associate Certified Coach credential. Ellen is an EQ-i 2.0Ⓡ and EQ360 Certified Practitioner.

Lola is an Executive Coach who is passionate about growth. Lola specializes in Career Coaching, Leadership Coaching, and Personal Development Coaching for students, leaders, teams, and organizations. Lola also facilitates career development training and workshops. Lola partners with her clients to ensure that the road blocks, challenges, and triumphs they encounter are a part of their growth experience. Lola believes that grow this fundamental to living your best life, and she is passionate about helping people in the development of self-aware-ness and improved self-management to ensure they are growing in every season and every area of their lives. She works with her clients to see every experience as an opportunity for growth and development. Lola is a Professional Credential member (PCC) of the International Coaching Federation(ICF). She has a Master's in Higher Education & Student Affairs Administration from the University of NorthTexas. She is a certified people development trainer with certifications in Emotional intelligence(EQi2.0) and Career Assessments. Lola is a career coach in the Career center of the University of NorthTexas.

Lisa is a business leader and certified Integral Executive Coach who is passionate about serving fellow Veterans in their professional journeys. She specializes in helping Veterans discover the next career they're passionate about so that they have a fulfilling life and career they love. As a former Naval Intelligence Officer who transitioned into corporate, she understands firsthand the challenges associated with stepping into and climbing the corporate ladder. She also brings a broad perspective to her coaching, having worked across a diverse array of industries and organizations, including Defense contracting, commercial consulting, startups and large corporations. Her deep corporate and coaching experience is underpinned by an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Political Science from Duke University.

Cathy Carroll is founder and President of Legacy Onward, Inc., a leadership coaching firm specializing in family business leadership. After growing up around her grandfather’s business, Cathy pursued a 20-year corporate career as an actuary at Hewitt Associates and a corporate executive at Sabre Inc., and United Airlines before leaving to run her father’s business. As President & COO of Pro Equine Group, she was responsible for five companies that manufacture and distribute equipment serving the team roping market. After turning the company around, Cathy left to start Legacy Onward, bringing leadership coaching services to family businesses. Cathy earned a leadership coaching certificate at Georgetown University, an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BA at Boston College. She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) in the International Coaching Federation. Cathy’s brother served in the Marine Corps for four years.

Donna Holland Barnes, PhD, PCC is a sociologist specializing in suicide prevention and intervention. She is an Associate Professor at Howard University’s department of psychiatry and teaches medical students on how to manage their suicidal patients. Dr. Barnes is also the founder and CEO of DHB Wellness & Associates, LLC. She is a certified life and executive coach, certified grief counselor and a crisis intervention trainer. The two major assessment tools used are the Super Self, an assessment tool that helps discover self-awareness and the Stress Inventory in which many stressful life events are listed and rated on a scale of 1 – 10. She is interested in coaching veterans in transition and wishes to assist in navigating resources, especially health care availability. She aims at working closely with veterans and “riding” with them until their goals are met.

An experienced coach, leadership trainer and facilitator, Catie works with leaders at all levels to help them understand how to use their gifts and strengths to achieve their goals and get the results they desire for success at the next level. She brings nearly 20 years of experience working with over 20,000 leaders and their teams to help them transform their organizations and grow as leaders. Her work spans public, private and nonprofit sectors with a focus on employee engagement, leadership strategy, organizational design, talent development and employee value proposition. Catie is a former military spouse and started her career as a management consultant working in the Pentagon for the Air Force and Navy, and later at NORAD/U.S. Northern Command. Clients seek her out to help improve their communication style, emotional intelligence and to increase their confidence and business edge. Catie holds an MS in Industrial Organizational Psychology and a BS in Psychology. She earned her coaching certification in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University. She is certified to administer the Multi Health Systems Emotional Quotient (EQi) 360 assessment, Cognitive Peak Profile assessment and regularly debriefs the Strength Deployment Inventory and DiSC assessment.

As a board-certified health and wellness coach, an ICF PCC, and certified positive psychology life coach, Jennifer partners with her clients to help them achieve their health, wellness and life goals. She uses a whole person, strengths-based approach with clients to support them to identify what’s most important to them, achieve aspirational new goals, and to overcome obstacles that have held them back for years. Jennifer understands first-hand some of the challenges veterans and their families face; her father was killed in action in Vietnam and her stepfather retired after 20 years of service. Common coaching goals include: developing more confidence, exercising more, eating better, reducing stress, and improving relationships.

Lesley is a certified Professional coach and business owner of Uptown Professional Coaching. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Denver and has an extensive background in healthcare management and small business. Through her passion and deep love for Psychology, specifically Neuropsychology, and her natural ability to relate with people, coaching was a natural next step. In her practice she is well known for her intuitive and connected approach, while also being able to hold her clients accountable, which improves their ability to reach success and the confidence they desire. With experience in executive coaching, small business, and life coaching, Lesley’s goal with each of her clients is to provide them the space to share their feelings and true desires in a non-judgmental and supportive environment. Lesley received her certification in Professional Coaching in 2017 through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC), is an ELI-MP (Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner), and is working towards becoming an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF).

As a Certified Life Coach, Ken Pierce specializes in Transition Coaching. He helps people ask the right questions to clarify their unique identity, develop action plans, and find fulfillment during life transitions.​ ​ Prior to coaching, Ken spent 40 years as a team leader in aviation technology, software support, then small business consulting. He believes building trust with people starts by demonstrating integrity, passionately pursuing his personal growth, and being consistently approachable and available to his clients.

Nicole is a veteran and the owner of Be With (bwith.org) a virtual wellness studio. Her formal education is a degree in Business Administration and over 15 years of experience in office and technical administration. She specializes in trauma-informed healing modalities of yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and coaching. She is a 500hr (RYT) yoga teacher certified in Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa, Aerial Yoga, Curvy Yoga, and Yogastrology®. Passionate about sharing resources that personally found beneficial, she is also a Y12SR Leader, Mindful Resilience Ambassador, and a Warriors at Ease Level 1 Instructor. She offer tools for healing and resiliency as a Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Community Resilience Model Instructor, Via Character Strengths educator, ICF Associate Certified Coach, and Integrative Health & Wellness Coach. Her mission is to empower people by normalizing the human experiences of stress and supporting individuals in personal growth and transformation by cultivating their personal strengths.