Ranieka Weston, PCC

Keynote Presenter

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Ranieka Weston is a PCC-credentialed executive coach and leadership strategist with more than 20 years of experience in corporate leadership and talent development in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. She earned her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Florida A&M University and her graduate degree in Strategic Communication and Leadership from Seton Hall University, and completed her executive coach training at Georgetown University. Over the years, she has also served as a mentor coach with Cultivating Leadership, which has deepened her focus on adult development—exploring how leaders’ beliefs, assumptions, and internal narratives shape how they lead over time.

After two decades inside nonprofit, large, midsize, and small organizations, Ranieka noticed that many highly capable leaders weren’t lacking skill; they were navigating from unexamined beliefs and expectations—often negotiating against themselves. Her work now focuses on developing the Negotiator’s Mindset, helping leaders clarify their value, hold boundaries, and navigate critical conversations with intention and alignment. Learn more about Ranieka by viewing her video here.

https://www.raniekaweston.com/ 

Amy J. Warshawsky, MCC, NBC-HWC

Coaching with a Twist: Improv for Coaches (Thursday Evening)

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Presenter Bio: Amy J. Warshawskky, MCC, NBC-HWC, is a leadership and mentor coach with expertise in coaching individuals, teams and groups. She integrates somatic practices with coaching to deepen self-awareness and embodied leadership. A former faculty member of the ADAPT Health Coach Training Program, Amy has held roles in nonprofit and higher education settings. She holds an MS in Journalism from Northwestern University and a BA from Cornell University. 

Workshop Details: Coaching with a Twist: Improv for Coaches
Grow your confidence in the improvisational nature of coaching and communication, accessing more creativity, skill and connection. 

After this workshop, participants will have greater facility to:

• Quickly come into a calm, creative, resourceful state. 
• Actively listen and bring greater precision to reflections of client desires, values and strengths.
• Bring more playfulness and empathy into their coaching.
• Find more freedom in their coaching through non-judgment of self and others.
• Integrate ICF core coaching competencies in ways that support client transformation.

Website: https://bnamentorcoaching.com/

Celeste Robledo, MCC

Supporting Ourselves: Cultivating Sustainable Presence in Coaching Practice

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Presenter Bio: Celeste Robledo, MCC, is an executive and leadership coach with over 17 years of experience partnering with senior leaders through complexity, transitions, and high-stakes decision-making. Formerly with PwC, she now leads a private practice supporting executives, entrepreneurs, and working parents to think with clarity, act with intention, and lead with impact. Celeste is known for her grounded presence, systems perspective, and ability to help clients slow their thinking to make more aligned and sustainable decisions.

Workshop Details: Supporting Ourselves: Cultivating Sustainable Presence in Coaching Practice
Coaches excel at holding space for others but often minimize their own limits, energy, and signals of strain. Over time, this pattern can reduce presence, blur boundaries, and challenge the sustainability of practice.

This interactive workshop invites coaches to view well-being as a professional capacity rather than a personal concern. Participants will explore how chronic overextension and unexamined boundary patterns affect coaching presence, ethical practice, and effectiveness.

Through brief teaching, guided reflection, and experiential practice, participants will engage with a Sustainable Presence Framework that enhances awareness of energy, boundaries, and renewal—without prescribing specific behaviors or self-care strategies. The session emphasizes discernment, responsibility, and choice, supporting coaches in cultivating the internal conditions required to show up fully and consistently over time.

Attendees will leave with practical insights to integrate into their practice, supporting both clients and their own long-term sustainability.

Marisol Foumakoye, MA, PCC, NBC-HWC

Supporting Our Colleagues: Coach Circle Blueprint – Build a Peer Support System That Reduces Isolation

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Presenter Bio: Marisol Foumakoye, MA, PCC, NBC-HWC, is a certified coach and mentor who supports purpose-driven leaders and coaches in building sustainable, ethical, and emotionally healthy practices. She holds a Master’s in Psychology, is a certified mindfulness and meditation teacher, and brings professional experience in mental health, addiction services, and facilitation. Marisol is passionate about strengthening the professional coaching community through connection, feedback, and shared support.

Workshop Details: Supporting Our Colleagues: Coach Circle Blueprint – Build a Peer Support System That Reduces Isolation
Coaching can be deeply fulfilling yet surprisingly isolating. In this interactive session, participants will design a simple, sustainable peer support system—a “Coach Circle”—that strengthens connection, supports ethical practice, and builds community consistency. Attendees will leave with a ready-to-use structure, meeting agenda, and accountability plan they can implement immediately.

By the end of the session, participants will have:

• A completed Coach Circle Blueprint (purpose, cadence, roles, norms, agenda)
• A ready-to-run peer consultation format to reuse in every meeting
• A 7-day launch plan to start their circle immediately after the conference

Website: https://www.growglowdaily.com

Sebastian Little, PCC, ACTC

Supporting Those We Work With: The Adaptive Coach – Thriving with Human Attributes in an Artificial and Automated World

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Presenter Bio: Sebastian Little, PCC, ACTC, is an Executive and Team Coach who partners with high-performing leaders and teams to align culture, improve performance, and build leadership capacity. He has worked across professional sports—including the NHL, MLB, and NBA—as well as nonprofit and corporate environments. Sebastian integrates ontology, organizational leadership, and mental performance to help leaders sustain excellence under pressure. A Yale University graduate and former varsity football athlete, he is the co-author of the upcoming book Unarmored: Repurpose the Origin Stories that Shape You and Lead Like You Have Nothing to Prove, scheduled for early 2027.
Workshop Details: Supporting Those We Work With: The Adaptive Coach – Thriving with Human Attributes in an Artificial and Automated World
As AI and automation reshape the workplace, the value of coaching increasingly depends on distinctly human capacities. In this highly experiential session, participants will explore three differentiators of the adaptive coach: attention, attunement, and authentic intention. Through embodied practice and applied reflection, coaches will assess their current regulation capacity and systemic focus, while learning to design interventions that extend beyond individual conversations into broader systems of impact.

Participants will leave with practical tools to elevate their presence, expand influence, and position their practice for sustained relevance in an increasingly automated world.

Website: https://www.sebastianlittle.com/

Cindy Donaldson

Strengthening a Coaching Business That Supports the Life You Want – Who YOU Are IS the Strategy

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Presenter Bio: Cindy Donaldson is a strategic business consultant, high-performance coach, keynote speaker, author, and trainer who works with leaders and organizations ready to move beyond surface-level change into meaningful, sustainable growth. With over 30 years of experience, Cindy operates at the intersection of business strategy, leadership, and human behavior—helping companies and individuals cut through complexity, identify what truly holds them back, and move forward with clarity and confidence. She is known for her ability to assess situations quickly, ask the questions others avoid, and create actionable paths forward without losing momentum. Her approach blends real-world business acumen with high-performance coaching, making her work both strategic and personal.
Workshop Details: Strengthening a Coaching Business That Supports the Life You Want – Who YOU Are IS the Strategy
Many coaches enter the field to make a difference, not to feel overbooked, underpaid, or resentful of their own calendars. Yet, some end up saying yes to every client, discounting their value, and building a business that looks successful on paper but feels exhausting in reality.

In this engaging keynote, Cindy invites coaches to stop performing “what success is supposed to look like” and start leading their businesses from the inside out. Through relatable stories, practical insights, and well-placed truth bombs, participants will explore how purpose, vision, and authenticity are strategic business decisions. They will leave with a clearer sense of what drains energy, why chasing the wrong growth creates poor results, and how aligning who they are with how they work leads to better clients, stronger boundaries, and a coaching practice that truly fits their life—no hustle, no guilt, just a smarter, sustainable approach.

Website: https://redbarnconsultingllc.com/ and https://cindy-donaldson.com/

Alexandra Phillips, PCC

Strengthening Your Coaching Ecosystem – Integrating AI, Partnerships, and Presence

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Presenter Bio: Alexandra Phillips, PCC, is an organizational development consultant and executive coach specializing in culture, team effectiveness, and change leadership. She is the founder and CEO of Copper Owl Group, where she partners with senior leaders to align people, systems, and purpose in complex organizations. Alexandra believes that most “people problems” are system problems, driven by unclear roles, misaligned incentives, informal power dynamics, and accountability gaps. With over 20 years of experience across financial services, technology, real estate, and media, she translates organizational insights into practical interventions that build trust and performance.

Website: https://www.copperowlgroup.com/

Chris Curtin, ACC

Strengthening Coaching for the Future – “It’s Not Easy Being Green”: The Tao of Kermit and the Art of Heart-Centered Coaching & Leadership

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Presenter Bio: Chris Curtin, ACC, is an executive coach, leadership development expert, culture enhancement and change management practitioner, and keynote speaker. He is CEO of Connected Approach Partners, where he works with organizations, teams, and individuals to achieve their potential through leadership development, executive coaching, and immersive team experiences. Chris has over 18 years of experience in HR, leadership development, and change management at companies including General Electric and RTX. He is an Associate Certified Coach through ICF, a certified Senior Professional in HR, and holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Website: https://theconnectedapproach.com/